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A house is left smouldering and damaged after yet another gunfight between security forces and militants in Srinagar. (File photo: Habib Naqash)

First person: When there's gunfire outside, switch off the lights and...

Widespread destruction has taken place in Kashmir in the past three decades and still every morning starts with a new...

4 July 2020 12:17 PM IST

Protesters during a Justice for Shukri Abdi demonstration, to support the family in their pursuit of justice, in central London. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | In a crisis, is Boris pushing the coconuts' forward?

The word coconut' is used to abuse people who are deemed to be brown outside and white inside'

4 July 2020 2:18 AM IST

Hong Kong has been shaken by massive anti-government rallies this month. (AFP)

AA Edit | Beijing batters HK's autonomy

The new measure, most details of which are yet to be revealed to Hong Kong's people, was approved just a day earlier

2 July 2020 7:26 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

AA Edit | Expediency alone not enough to curb Covid-19

The Prime Minister, however, was silent on the ground realities on the corona front and the administrative measures

2 July 2020 6:55 PM IST

Manu Jaiswal | India-China clash: Trick lies in picking the battle

Manu Jaiswal | India-China clash: Trick lies in picking the battle

The armies clashed on the banks of a river

2 July 2020 6:03 PM IST

RBI Governor Urjit Patel, will announce the resolution of the MPC on its first bi-monthly monetary policy for financial year 2018-19 later in the day.

Dilli ka Babu | Urjit back at policy helm; will Rajan return next?

The government has a huge task on its hands and clearly needs to use its straitened resources for fighting the deadly...

1 July 2020 7:04 PM IST

Presumably, the company hopes to reduce the fixation with colour by dropping the fair from its product descriptions

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India's colour bar: Why fairness' touches nerve

Nandita Das, a well-known young filmmaker and actress, says even a superficial name change is a step in the right...

1 July 2020 6:16 PM IST

In this file photo dated Thursday, June 12, 2008, of Syed Ali Shah Geelani waves at a crowd, in Srinagar. Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam, alleging lack of accountability and a brewing rebellion in the ranks. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Hawk's diminishing clout

Geelani is seen by everyone in J&K and in Pakistan as Pakistan's first and last man in Kashmir

1 July 2020 5:53 PM IST

While the ban does damage growth prospects of a company like TikTok, though hardly fatally, losing a quarterly revenue of Rs 25 crore in India (approx. $3.31 million) hardly dents it much. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Apps ban a signal to dragon, but no surgical strike'

China holds disproportionate stake in India's tech startup ecosystem and could use it against us

1 July 2020 5:17 PM IST

There are grim warnings about the future of the economy. Rating agencies have already raised the red flag. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Resolute plan needed to fight coronavirus

Every day marks a new high in the number of virus cases, and India is in the race to become the third largest infected...

30 Jun 2020 5:43 PM IST

Indian soldier carry a roll of barbed wire as they return from the site of a gun-battle in Srinagar. AP Photo

AA Edit | Kashmir's new residents

Under the princely dispensation those who belonged to the Jammu and Kashmir state were deemed "state subjects"

30 Jun 2020 5:16 PM IST

An Indian army truck drives along a road in Leh. AP Photo

Anand K Sahay | The situation at LAC: PM must come clean

In 2020, a military confrontation may not materialise, but the Chinese have evidently prepared for one over a long...

30 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST