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There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

AA Edit | Free speech paramount, leaders' discretion must

Leaders must behave based on realisation that their words could trigger unacceptable actions by their followers

5 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

Newly appointed Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh Prabodh Saxena calling on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Raj Bhavan. (Photo: Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Sukhu favourite emerges as HP's new chief secy

Mr Saxena, a 1990-cadre HP cadre IAS officer, will have tenure until March 2025

5 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a ceremony to flag off Vande Bharat Express train connecting Howrah and New Jalpaiguri, and inaugurate other railway projects, via video conferencing, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why the global reach of a Vishwa Guru' falls...

What wisdom will this guru who can't guard India's own borders and who exports deadly lethal children's medicines impart...

5 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Eight people died after falling into a drain caused by a stampede. Four others were injured, two of them critically. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | Stampede deaths: Who to blame?

Truth is, both leaders are responsible, and several innocent citizens have needlessly perished

4 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Demonetisation valid, but was it judicious?

The dissenting order refuses to accept this reasoning and has found the process to be suffering from legal infirmities

4 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC leaves a lot of loose ends with...

Demonetisation is mainly a policy issue, and an impartial examination of the details will show that it was done without...

4 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

7th Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan

Dinesh C. Sharma | How the Nizam in 1947 waged propaganda war against...

The propaganda war and political lobbying did result in some gains for the beleaguered Nizam

4 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of cricketer Rishabh Pant receiving treatment at a hospital after his car met with an accident, in Roorkee, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pant mishap: Focus on roads, users

The roads even in metros, for instance Bangalore, are filled with potholes, which can be conduits of death and...

3 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

We will need to write the doctrine and the strategy, and that will not be easy for a government that prefers certitude over doubt. (Representational Image/AFP)

Aakar Patel | India's Pakistan obsession: Can doctrine shift to focus...

Building intelligence capability now to counter our primary threat China will not be easy

3 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Indian economy might have been caught in the tailwinds, but the truth is PM Modis view seems to have been proven right, against those of most global experts. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Indian economy looking up, but joblessness a big worry

The economy today is strong, healthy and looking upwards

3 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Bharat Jodo Yatra is not a journey without maps . It has crept up on the existing grammar of politics. (Representational Image/PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the three-shell trick works in India's politics

Every politician knows, some far better than others, how to hide the dirty pea under a shell and confuse the voter about...

3 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Migrants stand in a queue at Central Railway Station to board a Shramik Special train for West Bengal, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Chennai. PTI Photo

AA Edit | RVM: Good idea. Will it work?

A large number of electors will find it easy to vote from the place they are currently working out of.

2 Jan 2023 12:27 AM IST