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Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

AA Edit | Endgame may be near in Boris' battle for survival

'Go Boris', 'Bye Boris' moments seem to have arrived, this time around with a ring of seeming finality

7 July 2022 3:15 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | UP plans to hire retired officers to probe serving IAS...

A panel headed by the state CS Durga Shankar, including other senior IAS officers, will recommend names of candidates...

7 July 2022 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration ceremony of Digital India Week 2022, in Gandhinagar, Monday, July 4, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Modi holds the middle as BJP moves further Right

The inclusivity and development mantra invoked by Mr Modi was clearly aimed at appeasing the apprehensive among the...

6 July 2022 11:33 PM IST

Members of the FBIs Evidence Response Team Unit investigate in downtown Highland Park, Ill., the day after a deadly mass shooting on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

AA Edit | Have guns, will shoot

In a gun-worshipping nation with more weapons than people, a gun has historically symbolised masculinity and power

6 July 2022 7:50 AM IST

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde with rebel Shiv Sena MLAs during the Special session of Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)(

AA Edit | Maha crisis not yet over, wait until next act starts

Maha has witnessed the sight of parties dumping their partners while chasing power and then going back after the...

6 July 2022 7:41 AM IST

President Joe Biden, center, meets with South Koreas President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japans Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, during the NATO summit in Madrid, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Skand Tayal | A rejuvenated Nato now casts its gaze towards the...

China is against Seoul and Tokyo joining Nato's plans to strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Pacific region

6 July 2022 7:33 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Rewriting history, with an open mind or empty mind?

In recent years, the Sangh Parivar's historians have been seeking to revise history to suit some of their ideological...

6 July 2022 7:21 AM IST

Rescue workers clearing rubble of a destroyed school after an attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 4, 2022. The Ukrainian militarys General Staff says that Russian forces are trying to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after capturing a key stronghold. AP/PTI

AA Edit | Will someone help stop the war?

India may be buying Russian oil to cool its purchase price but it's not making a virtue out of its neutrality

5 July 2022 1:04 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

PM's emphasis on reaching out to minorities welcome

Mr Modi has placed heavy stakes on the minority outreach programme as it directly contradicts his party's political...

5 July 2022 12:09 AM IST

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair (in white cap) is escorted by policemen at the Patiala House Court in a case related to an allegedly objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018, in New Delhi on July 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | State's targeting of Zubair, others will make India's...

It is the Union govt's agencies under home minister Amit Shah that have been misusing their vast powers to destroy the...

4 July 2022 11:51 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, at G-7 Summit, in Germany. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Nato, Ukraine, Russia: Why India should go its...

India has no option but to join the West in ganging up on both China and Russia, and that this alone shapes Indian...

4 July 2022 11:37 PM IST

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde along with rebel Shiv Sena MLAs flashes the victory sign as they arrive to attend a special session of Maharashtra Assembly, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai, Sunday, July 3, 2022. After the House proceedings begin, Sunday election for the post of Speaker of the House will be held. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Many twists in Maha drama: Will Shinde be...

The ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, with its interesting twists and turns, may not have really ended with the...

3 July 2022 11:56 PM IST