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Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Setbacks and solace for Sunak

Tactical voting, somewhat akin to India's Mahagathbhandan against the ruling party, may damage the Tories.

25 July 2023 12:42 AM IST

A placard held by a leader at a protest of the INDIA alliance parties over ethnic violence in Manipur, during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 24, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

AA Edit | No end in sight to logjam on Manipur in Parliament

The biggest thorn without a visible thaw is the issue of acknowledgement of the significance of Manipur as an issue.

25 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Mohan Guruswamy | Un-crowding India's capital and decentralising of...

Dispersing offices across the nation will not only decongest Delhi, but will also become economic drivers that will...

25 July 2023 12:02 AM IST

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. (PTI)

AA Edit | Naveen set to beat all records

Patnaik who was sworn in Odisha Chief Minister for the first time on March 5, 2000, has completed 23 years and 139 days...

24 July 2023 12:35 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | In India's border states, Centre isn't peripheral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement last week blaming state governments for lapses in ensuring the rule of law, was...

24 July 2023 12:24 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremasinghe. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Delhi's ties with Colombo see promising new turn

The visit of President Ranil Wickremasinghe last week to New Delhi was not of the customary meet-and-greet variety.

24 July 2023 12:21 AM IST

Margot Robbie in the new Barbie movie (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | Staycations in UK are suddenly the rage

But the big story for everyone is Barbie versus Oppenheimer!

24 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

Women raise slogans during a protest after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a few men in violence-hit Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Old women will save the world

And as long as we have the courage, we can show all women, and maybe even men, the light.

23 July 2023 12:32 AM IST

Opposition parties meet, in Bengaluru. (PTI File Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Why 2024 promises to be an exciting election

The relentless targeting of Opposition leaders has created fear, panic, anger and a solidarity of victimhood among...

23 July 2023 12:25 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI file photo)

Anita Katyal | Mamata wins at musical chairs; is IB being shorn of...

The Trinamul chief was also given a prominent seat at the joint press conference after the meeting.

23 July 2023 12:18 AM IST

Walt Disney died during production of the film The Jungle Book (1967). (AA File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after the boat people, leaks are found in...

The children who have been trafficked into Britain, perhaps with the connivance of their parents, arrive here without...

22 July 2023 12:41 AM IST

Opposition members display placards in front of the Speakers chair in a protest in the Lok Sabha over the Manipur issue, during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, July 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Oppostion has right to protest, but let Parliament be...

But in the end, politics should not be of, for and by the politician, or the political party.

22 July 2023 12:24 AM IST