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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)

Aakar Patel | With institutions of democracy undermined, fears for the...

Government blocked reports that reflected poor state of economy

15 Nov 2022 12:21 AM IST

Newly appointed Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar, Sunday, September 12, 2021. (PTI)

Sunil Gatade | Gujarat UCC focus to divert attention from Morbi?

BJP believes that Kejriwal's party will cut into the votes of the Congress

15 Nov 2022 12:17 AM IST

Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Ban alcohol before elections

An alcohol-free India was an ideal set for the republic by its founding fathers

15 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan during the press conference at Raj bhavan on Wednesday. (K. Durga Rao/AA)

Sanjaya Baru | Are Raj Bhavans a sinecure or a political waiting room?

Three non-BJP govts in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are at loggerheads with their governors

14 Nov 2022 12:29 AM IST

Rajiv Gandhi, confused by a welter of opinions on the Tamils issue, may have erred in judgment in sending a peace keeping force to the island nation and paid the price. (Photo:DC/File)

AA Edit | Was Rajiv assassins' early release a little premature?

Release of killers of a Prime Minister was clearly judicial overreach

14 Nov 2022 12:18 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to pose outside the to 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | A more desi Diwali in Sunak's Britain; storm over...

There are deep misgivings as to how closely (or not) the serial seems to be following real lives

14 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

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

AA Edit | Judges' pick: Make it transparent

Delaying the procedure has little justification, says Supreme Court

14 Nov 2022 12:06 AM IST

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Why did Imran survive the assassin's bullets?

The army's expectation was that once removed the former PM would fade away as others did before him

13 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | What's old isn't necessarily gold

What the romanticization of old friendships also brings into sharp focus is how little we seem to value the concept of...

13 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old partys highest office (PTI/R Senthil Kumar)

Anita Katyal | Kharge may stay RS Opp. leader; Miraya Vadra's Twitter...

Kharge's continuation may become tricky after Cong adopted the Udaipur declaration which underlined the principle of...

13 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Indias Captain Rohit Sharma (L) escorts his team off the field after their defeat during the ICC mens Twenty20 World Cup 2022 semi-final cricket match between England and India at The Adelaide Oval on November 10, 2022 in Adelaide. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Over-rated India's timid performance

Team India's white ball squad would have to rebuild with fresh ideas and specialist cricketers and coaches

12 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut leaves after being produced at a court, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Raut was on Wednesday granted bail in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Raut case exposes gross abuse of powers by ED

The ED is endowed with vast powers most other investigating agencies do not enjoy

12 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST