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Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung addresses a press conference in Kolkata on 21 October 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of Gorkhaland'

This time the spark was lit by the October 7 invitation to talks to discuss issues related to Gorkhaland by the Union...

2 Nov 2020 10:55 AM IST

Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar City, was reeling under winter chill and witnessed the seasons first snowfall earlier this month. (Photo: AFP)

Winter upon us, so's the season of scapegoating

Winter is nearly here, and will be a long litany of horrors, unless we act to prevent them.

1 Nov 2020 4:51 PM IST

Referring to a recent survey report, Tejaswi Yadav said that more than 75 percent ministers in the new NDA regime are tainted and facing criminal charges including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo: PTI/File)

Anita Katyal | Will savarnas buy RJD pitch?

The RJD leader ensures he is flanked on either side by RJD's Bihar chief Jagdanand Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha at...

1 Nov 2020 4:39 PM IST

French soldiers and Municipal Police officers stand behind a cordon-off area near the Orthodox Church where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, on October 31, 2020 in Lyon, said a police source. - The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. (AFP)

Pavan K Varma | India must set example of pluralism, tolerance

India's civilisational history presents the best example of a plural society.

1 Nov 2020 4:27 PM IST

Security forces inspect the spot of militant attack in Srinagar-Jammu highway at Pampore in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. PTI photo

AA Edit | Pak lies on terror exposed

Pakistan stands self-condemned through the shocking boast of its federal minister Fawad Chaudhry on the Pulwama...

31 Oct 2020 10:53 AM IST

A girl reacts as a health worker wearing protective gear prepares to collect her swab sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at sample collection centre in Hyderabad on October 29, 2020.(AFP)

AA Edit | Don't relax yet, ward off India's 2nd wave

October 30 recorded the highest-ever daily increase of 5.45 lakh new patients

31 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav addresses during the second leg of campaign for Bihar assembly polls, in Samastipur district, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Battle for Bihar: Super flop or a blockbuster?

It's time for Battle cry Bihar ! And this stellar star cast can take the pants off just about any actor from Bollywood

31 Oct 2020 9:48 AM IST

Tata Sons interim chairman Ratan Tata

Farrukh Dhondy | Communist MP in Britain was Tata's cousin, Gandhi's...

The book is called Comrade Sak and is written by Mark Wadsworth, a black British writer with Caribbean roots

31 Oct 2020 9:42 AM IST

Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school that was reopened after closure for months owing to coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Schools are being opened as per guidelines issued in Unlock. 5. (PTI)

AA Edit | Heed ASER's red flag

The ASER study showed that during the survey week, only one in three rural children had engaged in a learning activity

30 Oct 2020 10:14 AM IST

Activists of Peoples Democratic party (PDP) protesting against Indias new land laws that allows any Indian citizen to buy land in the disputed region shout slogans in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Until last year, Indians were not allowed to buy property in the region. But in August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government scrapped the disputed regions special status, annulled its separate constitution, split the region into two federal territories. (AP)

AA Edit | Centre design in J&K stands exposed at last

In May this year, new domicile rules were devised to let some people from outside J&K to apply for permanent resident...

30 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

Arun Shourie is former BJP member and was Cabinet minister during Atal Bihari Vajpayees rule. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Death talk: Euthanasia tales amid Covid times

The question this mesmerising account raises is did Arun's father, HD Shourie commit euthanasia?

30 Oct 2020 9:52 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stop Dragon's free ride, don't let it exploit...

The Chinese Communist Party's mission to humiliate India has become more diabolical by the day

30 Oct 2020 9:46 AM IST