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CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose photograph is on right, addresses an election campaign wearing a mask in Kochi, on March 27, 2021. The southern state goes to polls on April 6 to elect members to its state legislature. (AP/R S Iyer)

AA Edit | South India is different: Hopes rest on Left, DMK

The Dravidian major DMK has similarly reduced the seats for the Congress in its alliance of Tamil forces aiming to...

3 April 2021 8:19 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Signs of hope in UK's Batley, as teacher triggers...

Mohammed Amin Pandor, a publicity seeker and a graduate engineer from Dewsbury recently issued a fatwa against the...

3 April 2021 7:57 AM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Will Didi's dadagiri' or BJP's dhanda' win Bong hearts?

Didi can appease, appease, appease all she wants and say namaz in public five times a day to win over a big and...

3 April 2021 7:45 AM IST

The fact that a probe has been ordered itself brings into focus the widely held view that the ruling party at the Centre had been playing toppling games through which non-BJP governments were targeted and brought down. (Representational image: PTI file photo)

AA Edit | DC Edit | K'taka: Lotus' probe welcome

This is a setback for the BJP as well as its Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa who was charged with engineering the collapse...

2 April 2021 8:55 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the post-budget press conference, at National Media Centre in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

AA Edit | Small savings U-turn: Bad economics, bizarre optics

The government may have calculated that if the interest rates are pushed down, it can borrow on better terms to meet its...

2 April 2021 8:48 AM IST

Vincenzo de Luca | Linking Italian, Indian cultures, past & present,...

The festival is a unique opportunity to further strengthen the historical cultural relations between the two countries

2 April 2021 7:44 AM IST

Less surprising but also far more frequent is evidence of the BJPs incredible faith in the Indian cow and its many products. (Representational image:AFP file photo)

Karan Thapar | BJP has a different take On history, science, cows!

Long is the list of BJP leaders who believe some of the greatest modern achievements actually existed in the times of...

2 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

The court noted the instance of PPS officer Rajinder Singh Sohal who was convicted in a criminal case but has been posted as the SSP of Gurdaspur, a post meant for the IPS cadre. (Representational Image/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in...

The court has directed the state govt to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint PPS officers to IPS-cadre posts of...

1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Devi Kar | Being politically correct in times of Covid & polls

Politics dominates society so powerfully that everywhere and at all times we are required to be 'politically correct'

1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A.G. Noorani | India in Nato? Is New Delhi ready for such a major...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, headquartered in Brussels, has long been in a reflective mood regarding its own...

31 March 2021 7:42 AM IST

No wonder Britains response was limited to grieving rhetoric when Beijing imposed sanctions on five ruling Conservative Party MPs, two peers, a barrister and an academic. (AFP file photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Weak Britain reluctant to confront aggressive...

Ramping up criticism of Beijing not only risks deterring future Chinese investment but could undermine British...

31 March 2021 7:25 AM IST

It appears that many Indians are not primarily voting on the basis of issues like the economy and their own well-being as measured by data provided by the government. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | India headed in wrong direction: Is it too late to...

We have become as much of a religious state as Pakistan and this is a fact

30 March 2021 1:16 AM IST