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The Indian Railways is one of the biggest landlords after the central government. (Photo: Twitter@RailMinIndia)

AA Edit | Tapping railway land potential

Despite an ever-increasing welfare agenda, railways have a poor record as a business enterprise.

12 Sept 2022 1:43 AM IST

The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Be wary of LAC pullback, build bridges in region

Wherever disengagement has officially occurred in eastern Ladakh, Indian forces have not been permitted by the PLA to...

12 Sept 2022 1:34 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on his fourth day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra (PTI File Photo)

Sunil Gatade | Will Rahul's Bharat Jodo' become a game-changer?

The 3,750-km Bharat Jodo Yatra is taking place at a time when many predict the further decline and demise of the Grand...

12 Sept 2022 1:23 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Trespassers Will Be Garlanded

Over the years, I have got used to receiving my own posts as WhatsApp forwards attributed to others

11 Sept 2022 1:00 AM IST

INS Vikrant, Indias first indigenously-built aircraft carrier. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Can India become an Indian Ocean power?

India sits astride critical sea lines of communication, a position that uniquely empowers it to become a truly regional...

11 Sept 2022 12:09 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, the Queens Norfolk residence on February 5, 2022. (File photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Era ends: Elizabeth II one of a kind, she'll be missed

Her image and the values she stood for had resonated far beyond a shrinking British Empire

10 Sept 2022 12:11 AM IST

Prime Minister Modi spoke for millions of Indians when he hailed Bose but the country should not stop here. (Photo By Arrangement)

AA Edit | An end to colonial mindset?

The installation of a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Bose in the nation's capital, whom PM Modi called India's first...

10 Sept 2022 12:09 AM IST

In this file photo taken on June 5, 2012 Britains Queen Elizabeth II (C) waves from the balcony of Buckingham Palace next to (L-R) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at the end of a coach procession on the final ceremonial day of the Queens Diamond Jubilee in London. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Queens and Kings: Why the Brits love the royals

The hours and days to follow will tell us whether or not the royal family absorbed their emotions with dignity

10 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST

ndias captain Rohit Sharma reacts during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between Sri Lanka and India, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Dismal show by Team India

The fixation on individual form of the star players must make way for objective judgments on whether they can contribute...

9 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina during the exchange of MOUs and release of a press statement, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | As Indo-Bangla ties evolve, long-term efforts are key

It is well understood that the present state of affairs derives in a very basic way from the current Bangladesh leader...

9 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Gorby's model: 1980s' Sweden as socialism was being...

Gorbachev, as the subsequent years proved, was clearly out of touch with the nation he had set out to transform

9 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

A boy pushes a table in a flooded locality of Bellandur after heavy monsoon rains, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | India's sinking story: Can we reimagine our...

Bengaluru continues to reel from torrential rains, flooded homes, widespread power cuts, submerged roads and more

9 Sept 2022 12:00 AM IST