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NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | The Maharashtra gaddi' hinges on a burnt roti

During his loooooong and illustrious political career, Sharad Pawar, 82, has played several complex roles, but never a...

6 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | As King Charles III crowned, thoughts about democracy...

Millions all over the world will watch as the BBC covers hours of march pasts by troops

6 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

The flag was used since 1978, but only in 1994 did it become a symbol for LGBTQ pride. (Photo: Pixabay)

AA Edit | Let gay couples live normally

The govt's position reflects a refreshing change from the earlier one of extreme denial, calling same-sex marriage an...

5 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Smoke billows from the frontline city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on May 3, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | Kremlin strikes hard, but this war has no winners

When will this madness end is the question that has been exercising the minds of all right-thinking people

5 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia speak with the media during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | WFI mess: All that's wrong as India sport,...

The manner in which this episode has played out raises doubts over the BJP leadership having such an iron grip over the...

5 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

The recent on-field clash between senior cricketers Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir has once again turned the spotlight on issues like sportsmanship.

AA Edit | When role models brawl

It was shocking then to see two cricketers, looked up to as role models for young players, entangled in arguments beyond...

4 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

NCP leader Sharad Pawar (PTI)

AA Edit | At a critical time, Pawar role vital for NCP, Opp.

It is possible that he sticks to his decision and hands over the party to the next generation when he can still sway...

4 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others pose for photographs during Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Strategic stock-taking will mark SCO FMs' Goa meet

The visit of Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is being treated with a hot and cold attitude by the...

4 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

The state ranks second in the number of scavenger deaths in the entire country, which is a serious matter for Gujarat. (Representational Image)

Dilip Cherian | Scavenger deaths in Gujarat may set off blame game

The CMO is aware of the issue's potential to snowball into a political crisis and is taking steps to swiftly defuse it

4 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Court wages war on hate

Haters are not part of the solution; they are out there only to aggravate problems and must be resisted by society with...

3 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge releases party manifesto for Karnataka Assembly elections (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Manifestos get divisive amid Karnataka poll battle

The thrust of the Cong manifesto incidentally was the five promises, standing for five fingers of the human hand, which...

3 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Anita Anand | Imagining a new form of marriage in India: It has to...

Over the last decade, acceptance of homosexuality has grown in India, especially since Supreme Court decriminalised...

3 May 2023 12:05 AM IST