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(From left) Sachin Pilot with Ashok Gehlot

Parsa | A failed coup & intolerant CM fuels Raj sarkar crisis

There is room only for one leader, It is the same culture that has been enacted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the...

16 July 2020 6:57 PM IST

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (AFP)

DC Edit | Trump visa U-turn relief for students

Facing lawsuits from reputed universities like Harvard and MIT, Trump did a rare and swift walkback on an extremely...

16 July 2020 6:29 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | With cinema as guide, is conflict the destiny of India &...

Let's begin with Breaking with Old Ideas on China during Mao's Great Leap Forward

16 July 2020 5:24 PM IST

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers guard a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir (AFP)

The Line of Actual Concern

The Chinese goal is to remap the areas it is occupying militarily to suit its strategic purposes.

16 July 2020 11:11 AM IST

There are practical aspects of conducting the exam to consider as well, the reason why an eminent institution like IIT Bombay has cancelled it. Representational Image

AA Edit | UGC should put health of the students before marks

Though the UGC has advised conducting online exam or mixed mode tests, there are massive infrastructural frailties

15 July 2020 7:40 PM IST

An army truck moves towards LAC, amid India-China border dispute in eastern Ladakh, in Leh. PTI Photo

Syed Ata Hasnain | In Ladakh, operational logistics holds the key

Well behind and in between are an equal number of heroes who toil hard to ensure that the front lines are always kept...

15 July 2020 6:54 PM IST

The court has also ordered the audit of the temple accounts for the last 25 years, in an attempt to bring transparency in the running of the great temple

DC Edit | Power shift in trust of Padmanabha Swamy temple, but it's...

While the ex-royals will continue to be the trustees, the temple would now be run by a five-member administrative...

15 July 2020 6:27 PM IST

According to sources, the delay is caused by the fact that the commission itself is yet to be constituted. PTI Photo

Dilli ka Babu | National Medical Commission still waiting in the wings

Despite the urgency displayed in the creating new regulator, government has not issued a notification on the appointment...

15 July 2020 6:04 PM IST

In this April 6, 2018 file photo, Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives for the inaugural ceremony of the India-Nepal business forum in New Delhi. AP Photo

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Don't allow rancour to hinder ties with Nepal

India has had problems with Nepal long before there were any with China

14 July 2020 6:56 PM IST

A man who used his influence to get away with the worst crimes surrenders and is shot dead in custody before he can reveal his secrets. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | The realities of life in a lawless state

In lawless states like India, even the government does not know the law

14 July 2020 6:35 PM IST

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot addresses the media after visiting the State Governor at his residence, in Jaipur. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Rajasthan's political crisis: Sachin Pilot's revolt...

Pilot had played a major role in ensuring the party's victory in the 2018 polls, defeating the BJP led by Vasundhara...

14 July 2020 6:11 PM IST

When a prisoner is traumatised, the constitution suffers a shock. File Photo

AA Edit | Save Varavara Rao, a prisoner in trauma

There are many illustrious jurists who have cast such a duty on their successors to be guardian angels of prisoner...

14 July 2020 5:17 PM IST