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AA Edit | Will Nitish’s Tenth Term Start New Era for Bihar?

AA Edit | Will Nitish’s Tenth Term Start New Era for Bihar?

Nitish Kumar being sworn in for the tenth time as the chief minister of Bihar was a logical culmination of a resurgent...

22 Nov 2025 12:48 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration, Asylum-Seekers

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration,...

“No, nothing can bring back the hourNo apologies, retractions or tearsThe seasons rot the brightest flaming...

21 Nov 2025 10:13 PM IST

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

As this dramatic year slides into the last month of 2025, it kinda makes most people feel a bit stupid. We scratch our...

21 Nov 2025 10:04 PM IST

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71 Survive?

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71...

Bangladesh wants its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to be extradited to her country, now she has been sentenced to...

20 Nov 2025 11:06 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Fresh off a decisive Bihar victory, the Modi government has signalled a sharp bureaucratic reset, one that goes far...

20 Nov 2025 10:50 PM IST

AA Edit | Governors and Bills: More Clarity By SC Was Needed

AA Edit | Governors and Bills: More Clarity By SC Was Needed

It is welcome that the court has brought some finality to the matter of whether a governor can or cannot sit on a bill...

20 Nov 2025 10:32 PM IST

AA Edit | Maoist Insurgency On Deathbed

AA Edit | Maoist Insurgency On Deathbed

Born in Purvati village in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, Hidma began as a Bastar Dalam member before rising through...

20 Nov 2025 9:18 PM IST

AA Edit | Need for Fair Policy After SC Nod to Green Violators

AA Edit | Need for Fair Policy After SC Nod to Green Violators

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has recalled a previous judgment on retrospective environmental clearances,...

19 Nov 2025 9:21 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

The composition of the Eighth Pay Commission has been announced. It will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana...

19 Nov 2025 9:01 PM IST

AA Edit | 10/11: Don’t Target All Kashmiris

AA Edit | 10/11: Don’t Target All Kashmiris

Reports of Kashmiri students facing profiling, social isolation and harassment outside the Union territory, especially...

19 Nov 2025 8:45 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Why, for Many in Bharat, Zohran Mamdani Fails the ‘Indianness’ Test

Bhopinder Singh | Why, for Many in Bharat, Zohran Mamdani Fails the...

Unlike in the case of the success of most foreign politicians who are of Indian origin, or who have some links with...

19 Nov 2025 7:46 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Urban Radicalisation: The Warning In Delhi

Syed Ata Hasnain | Urban Radicalisation: The Warning In Delhi

The Delhi blast reminds us that while India’s fundamental social resilience remains strong, urban radicalisation has...

18 Nov 2025 10:00 PM IST