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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

AA Edit | CUET: Is it really needed?

India boasts of being the IT hub of the world but critical failures in government services continue to make life...

18 Aug 2022 11:58 PM IST

A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than most

If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

18 Aug 2022 11:53 PM IST

FIFA headquarters

AA EDIT | Time to clean up Indian soccer

The need of the hour is to bring in radical reforms in football administration

18 Aug 2022 12:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 15, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Can India be a developed nation before it gets...

India, acting internationally as a pragmatic, non-preachy, middle power would be new for its citizens

18 Aug 2022 12:30 AM IST