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Anita Katyal | A hockey player's teen patti' fix; in Gujarat, Cong on...

The manner in which the AAP is doling out cash on hoardings, banners, ads and running its high-profile campaign in Guj...

30 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

BCCI on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, announced an equal match fee for its centrally-contracted female and male players in a bid to promote gender equality in the countrys most popular sport. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pay parity in cricket welcome

The BCCI move to pay men and women equally is a standout move that is worth emulating across sectors of work and play

29 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Uniformity cannot be at cost of federal principles

The Constitution defines India as a Union of states, and has prescribed a clear division of powers between the Centre...

29 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022. - 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))

Farrukh Dhondy | At last! Hedgie enters No. 10 How long will the party...

All public opinion polls give Labour a 30% lead over the Tories and that would mean a historic wipe out of Hedgie, his...

29 Oct 2022 12:05 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)

Shobhaa De | We want banana leaves & pappadums at Downing St

Let's hope the Sunaks serve formal dinners on banana leaves (eco-friendly, yaar) and always include pappadums

29 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge (ANI)

Anand K. Sahay | Can Kharge & Rahul's yatra energise Cong, target...

The vastly-experienced Mallikarjun Kharge, from the large, oppressed Dalit community, has convincingly won the Cong...

27 Oct 2022 11:14 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

AA Edit | A self-goal by Kejriwal

It could have been a funny quip, a retort at the end of a more serious text of an economical critique of the policies of...

27 Oct 2022 10:47 PM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

AA Edit | As election season begins, Kharge faces trial by fire

Mr Kharge's first task will be to reintroduce the basics of democracy in the party and the first test will be to see if...

27 Oct 2022 10:32 PM IST

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that the government is functioning with only 62 per cent of the allotted strength of IAS officers and 52 per cent of the allotted strength of IPS officers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Vijayan must rein in police

There have been complaints against the way the police have been behaving with the public ever since Mr Vijayan assumed...

27 Oct 2022 12:16 AM IST

AA Edit | Identity is no bar: Every Indian can aim to be PM

India has had, during its history, Presidents and Vice-Presidents elected, who were from religious minorities and...

27 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Great power rifts shatter India's dream sequences

India subscribes to the Western model in form -- an outcome of a dream sequence which began at Independence and has...

27 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Dilip Cherian | As Modi govt eyes final lap, latest secretary rejig is...

At a time when the global economy is still struggling and India is facing rising food, fuel and fertiliser subsidy...

27 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST