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Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Golay. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | 'Non-performers' in Sikkim govt are going to be sent...

Last year, an extensive drive was conducted against officials reporting late for work in govt offices and the latecomers...

14 April 2022 12:47 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

AA Edit | Boris, the party animal, must go

There cannot be one law for the citizens and another for the privileged

14 April 2022 12:43 AM IST

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing a press conference after the partys three-day central committee meeting in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | CPM has sunk into a hole: Where'll it go from here?

Re-elected for the third term as party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury is tasked to deliver a miracle

14 April 2022 12:24 AM IST

Farmers take a tea break in a paddy field in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar on September. AFP Photo

AA Edit | A lull before the storm in Telangana paddy politics

With agitations threatened by the Congress and BJP in the state, the TRS finally agreed to buy the crop

14 April 2022 12:13 AM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Debate laws before passing them

The legislature must return to its original business: discuss, debate and legislate

13 April 2022 2:51 AM IST

US President Joe Biden interacts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the India-US virtual summit, at the White House in Washington, DC, USA. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other dignitaries are also seen. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Mollified' US offers upgrade in ties, amidst rights rebuke

India is at a crossroads so far as redefining its relationships and balancing its strategic neutrality against its...

13 April 2022 2:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden (PTI file image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can shared values' douse discord in India-US...

Mr Narendra Modi's actions must live up to his rhetoric before he can respond to Mr Biden's call to help suffering...

13 April 2022 12:38 AM IST

CPI(M) leaders S. Ramachandran Pillai and Sitaram Yechury during the flag hoisting ceremony of the 23rd CPI(M) Party Congress, at E.K. Nayanar Academy in Kannur, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit | Comrades call for Opp. unity

Given the ground realities of Indian politics, the comrades will have a tough time pursuing their goals

12 April 2022 3:17 AM IST

The court, after hearing the submissions, granted bail to the accused, saying his detention will serve no purpose as the probe into the matter is completed and nothing has to be recovered from him. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Communal violence not acceptable; Rama unites

Every single transgressor and aggressor must be nabbed and the maximum punishment ensured by courts without exception

12 April 2022 2:59 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Venal officers target citizens, keeping India as partly...

On civil liberties India has only scored 33 out of 60, while the United States has scored 51

12 April 2022 1:31 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. (ANI)

K C Singh | Army, Sharifs start anew as Imran's govt implodes

The Pakistan Army was always closer to Shehbaz Sharif than his older brother Nawaz

12 April 2022 12:50 AM IST

Believe it or not, cocaine is a very common environmental contaminant - it is well known that it is present on many bank notes. (Photo: Pixabay)

AA Edit | Innovate in war on drugs

If we keep the costs of consuming drugs for the elite stringent enough, it will lead to amazing results

11 April 2022 8:10 PM IST