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Taliban fighters stand guard on the backdrop of shops selling antiques and decorative merchandise at Chicken Street in Kabul on September 26, 2021. The once-bustling hotspot, where aid workers and adventurous tourists would shop for vintage tribal rugs, pottery and metalware, is almost empty of visitors looking for a bargain. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)

Anand K. Sahay | India's return to a key role in Kabul: Ticklish issue...

The reopening of the embassy in Afghanistan's capital will by no means be a recognition of the Taliban government by...

31 May 2022 11:33 PM IST

Punjab Congress leader and musician Subhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala (Image credit: Instagram)

AA Edit| Let experts decide on security

The AAP knows the art of taking populist measures; a frontal attack on the VVIP culture will have its legitimate takers,...

31 May 2022 6:22 AM IST

Gujarat Titans players with the IPL trophy after winning the final T20 cricket match of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL season 15), between the Gujarat Titans and the Rajasthan Royals, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

AA Edit | Titans on top: But is IPL of any benefit to Team India?

The finale saw the setting of a world record of 1,04,589 fans at a limited-overs cricket match who gathered in Ahmedabad

31 May 2022 6:20 AM IST

Saffron flags lie outside a mosque a day after communal clashes in Jahangirpuri, a neighborhood in northwest Delhi, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo)

Aakar Patel | Failure of India's bureaucrats to stand up for what's...

It means that the entire bureaucracy is fine with the violence against minorities catalysed by the State

31 May 2022 12:31 AM IST

Students walk in formation with the Indian flag during full dress rehearsal. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | From a unitary state to a Union of States

India was never intended to be a saffron-hued monochromatic state, but a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual...

30 May 2022 11:39 PM IST

Saeed Naqvi | A forgotten story of 1971: When India's frigate,...

Sadly, the successful intervention has been forgotten, possibly because it was overshadowed by the bigger Bangladesh war...

30 May 2022 6:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during the programme at Indian School of Business campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. (Photo by arrangement)

Sanjaya Baru | From politics to business: All eyes are on Hyderabad

Hyderabad has been used to attracting national and international attention for a long time

30 May 2022 6:54 AM IST

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan is being escorted by law enforcement officials outside the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office after he was allegedly brought in for questioning along with others following a raid at a party on a cruise ship, in Mumbai on October 3, 2021. (AFP)

AA Edit | Aryan case exposes flaws, abuse potential in system

The irony of it being the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a designated dry day in the country in honour of the...

30 May 2022 6:49 AM IST

AA Edit | Wake-up call, in translation

She deserves only as much respect as Sir Salman Rushdie, who became the first Indian to win the acclaimed Booker Prize...

30 May 2022 6:48 AM IST

I padded about happily on my naked-as-the-day-they-were-born feet, as if on a sunny beach, and felt an incredible sense of freedom that no censorious glance could stymie. (Representational Image/ By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | The happy looser's cheerful musings

Let sandals snap and house keys hide, false friends fall away and gossip abide

29 May 2022 12:29 AM IST

The Gyanvapi Mosque after its survey by a commission, in Varanasi, Tuesday, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | Gyanvapi puts focus on truth and reconciliation

A wrong turn of events at the wrong time can change the future evolution of nations

29 May 2022 12:22 AM IST

Navjot Singh Sidhu (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Surjewala in key panel surprising; tofu and walnuts for...

It would be worth finding out if doctors recommend the same diet for other inmates with a similar medical condition

28 May 2022 11:54 PM IST