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The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807 (Photo: AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | How India got saddled with Aksai Chin mess

The Indian case for ownership of Aksai Chin, or the white desert, rests essentially on the cartographic exertions of a...

23 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Story Type Required Source Required Byline Optional No Photo Title Required 21 Characters Remaining URL(Alias) Required 21 Characters Remaining dc-edit-raids-on-sisodia-show-the-caged-parrot-still-at-work Same as Title? Strap Required Maximum 150 Characters Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials leave after a raid at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Raids on Sisodia show the 'caged parrot' still at work

The policy, according to the govt, was aimed at eliminating liquor mafia, stopping the supply of spurious liquor and...

22 Aug 2022 9:50 AM IST

Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruquis show Dongri to Nowhere went off peacefully amidst security provided by 600 police personnel at Shilpa Kala Vedika on Saturday. (Photo: AA/ R. Pavan)

AA Edit | No real friends of freedom

No govt in India is a friend of freedom; it merely depends on who they feel you are likely to offend, and how expendable...

22 Aug 2022 12:40 AM IST

The H-1B programme offers temporary US visas that allow companies to hire highly skilled foreign professionals working in areas with shortages of qualified American workers. (Photo: Representational | File)

Sanjaya Baru | Visa queues get longer as drain becomes a tsunami

The immigration authorities in Canada and Australia have reported unprecedented numbers arriving from India this year

22 Aug 2022 12:34 AM IST

Congress leaders Ambika Soni, Pawan Bansal and others during the partys ceremony for the hoisting of the National Flag on the occasion of 76th Independence Day. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Ambika may run for Cong top job; Arif's head on the...

When Ambika Soni unfurled national flag at the AICC HQ on Aug 15 in place of Sonia Gandhi who is down with Covid, it led...

22 Aug 2022 12:32 AM IST

The BJPs door-to-door campaign drew sharp criticism from the rivals. (ANI representational)

Pavan K Varma | Do not weaponise the Uniform Civil Code

It is a pity that the BJP has essentially made Uniform Civil Code a weapon to target specific religious communities

21 Aug 2022 7:19 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | To India, With Love

Shreya Sen-Handley | To India, With Love

To paraphrase that popular maxim, you can take the girl out of India, but you can't take India out of the girl!

21 Aug 2022 12:17 AM IST

AA Edit | Widen ambit of fake news fight

The forces which abuse democratic freedoms to undermine the very idea of democracy are dominant in our country, too

20 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam, Joint Coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami and other senior leaders during the partys General Council Meeting, in Chennai. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)

AA Edit | AIADMK in a mess: OPS, EPS refuse to back down

Panneerselvam and Palaniswami, will have to face an election that could be on the scale of a general election to get the...

20 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day, in New Delhi on Aug 15, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Theatre of the Absurd: At 75, promising miracles

In India, we have countless award-winning thespians, not all of them professional actors. Some of our Nautanki Netas can...

20 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989...

The 24-year-old Lebanese Muslim, Hadi Matar, has been charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

20 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari (ANI)

AA Edit | Gadkari's exit to further boost Modi-Shah clout

The senior Nagpur politician is thought to be close to the highest levels in the RSS, and is also arguably the best...

19 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST