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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)

AA Edit | SC stay on sedition law is historic and welcome

It is for the first time in the 150-year history of the law that its operation is being held in abeyance

12 May 2022 2:08 AM IST

Apparently, there have been several instances in which the ministry was provided wrong information, either deliberately or negligently, by states. (Representational image/ DC File)

Dilip Cherian | Centre warns officers filing false info on behalf of...

Apparently, the problem has grown alarmingly so that finance secretary T.V. Somanathan had to step in

12 May 2022 1:49 AM IST

Rioters hurl stones and sticks during a communal riot that escalated due to clamping illegal water connection in a religious place in Moti Karanja area of Aurangabad. (photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Violence in Indian life: Can rulers take steps...

Drifting towards bigotry and blinkers, we must bear in mind that there is a domestic as well as an international...

12 May 2022 1:09 AM IST

YSRC president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. (DC)

DC Edit | Jagan sets an example

Jagan Mohan Reddy reject family politics, refusing to allow any other member in his family from joining his government

11 May 2022 1:55 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa. (AP)

AA Edit | What Lanka needs: A unity govt without Rajapaksas

The road back to a modicum of normalcy would be a hard one for a country that imports a lot of food items, including...

11 May 2022 1:31 AM IST

The Ukraine story will certainly take a turn once the identity of senior Western officials, generals and mercenary groups at Azov are revealed. (Representational Image/ AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Sanctions hit Europe as US wants it weak: Putin adviser

The re-emergence of Russia with the help of friends who don't want Western hegemony, is unacceptable to the West

11 May 2022 12:36 AM IST

Pope Francis. (AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Ukraine poses a big crisis for political'...

Political empires and the papacy of course don't sail in the same boat any longer, as was the case in the Middle Ages in...

11 May 2022 12:18 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiers watch debris from a Russian tank after recent fights in the town of Trostsyanets, some 400km east of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

AA EDIT | No end in sight to Ukraine war

The good news is Vladimir Putin did not make any major announcement at the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow on...

10 May 2022 1:20 AM IST

AA EDIT | Portrait of a national leader as a politician

Between Gandhi and Ambedkar, India had its greatest national leaders who also served as icons to inspire the next...

10 May 2022 1:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Fixing issues, not PR alone, may improve India's image

To correct a problem, one has to first acknowledge a problem

10 May 2022 12:51 AM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP)

K.C. Singh | Trade & Ukraine: Modi's fine balance in Europe

Joint statements broadly indicate the mutually perceived vision of future relations

10 May 2022 12:35 AM IST

It is most likely that Prime Minister Modi and home minister Shah will go into a self-congratulatory mode in the belief that they have handled the long-festering Kashmir problem well. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | In J&K, BJP continues to play political...

The Modi government was not satisfied with removing Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir

9 May 2022 12:47 AM IST