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Pradeep C. Nair | How Bangladesh, Nepal & Myanmar Elections Impact India’s Northeast

Pradeep C. Nair | How Bangladesh, Nepal & Myanmar Elections Impact...

The current war in the Persian Gulf has critically affected Bangladesh, which imports 95 per cent of its oil needs....

18 March 2026 12:31 AM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

AA Edit | EC Can’t Act Arbitrarily, Rein In Transfer Powers

However, the Constitution does not confer on the EC the right to take over the functioning of the elected government and...

18 March 2026 12:12 AM IST

AA Edit | Oscars Prove Love Of Art Is Universal

AA Edit | Oscars Prove Love Of Art Is Universal

The march of taste for Korean culture, especially among the youth and not only in the USA but in India too, where Korean...

17 March 2026 12:48 AM IST

AA Edit | Kerala Polls May Prove Tricky For Both LDF, UDF

AA Edit | Kerala Polls May Prove Tricky For Both LDF, UDF

The Left faces two major challenges for its return to power. One is an anti-incumbency mood prevailing among a section...

17 March 2026 12:36 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Are There Principles In Our Foreign Policy? Or Should India Just Go By Opportunism?

Aakar Patel | Are There Principles In Our Foreign Policy? Or Should...

In a speech he made where he first laid out this doctrine of opportunism and inconsistency, Mr Jaishankar said it was...

17 March 2026 12:23 AM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Shikha Mukerjee | An Unprecedented Run-up To A Predictable Election?

Armed with the mantra of “Detect” and “Delete”, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of rolls carried out over almost...

17 March 2026 12:09 AM IST

M.P. Nathanael | What Had Really Turned the Tide Against Maoists All Across India

M.P. Nathanael | What Had Really Turned the Tide Against Maoists All...

Maoists laid down arms before A. Revanth Reddy amid the intensified anti-Maoist drive

15 March 2026 11:50 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

Sanjaya Baru | With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

Escalation involving Israel and Iran could hurt India’s economy and energy security

15 March 2026 11:28 PM IST

AA Edit | Electoral Battle Lines Set in 4 States, 1 UT

AA Edit | Electoral Battle Lines Set in 4 States, 1 UT

Battle set between NDA and INDIA bloc

15 March 2026 10:58 PM IST

AA Edit | Freedom for Sonam Wangchuk

AA Edit | Freedom for Sonam Wangchuk

Move after NSA detention highlights need for talks on Ladakh demands

15 March 2026 10:15 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My Continuing Struggles With Literature Festivals

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | My Continuing Struggles With Literature...

Was it my interactions with my fellow panellists or my friendship with our 'handlers' that made all the difference?

15 March 2026 12:44 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Amritsar Is Lucky For BJPs Losers; Cong MPs Lobby For Kerala Tickets

Anita Katyal | Amritsar Is 'Lucky' For BJP's Losers; Cong MPs Lobby...

Arun Jaitley lost the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Amritsar to Congress leader Amarinder Singh by a margin of a lakh...

15 March 2026 12:32 AM IST