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K.C. Singh | Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Good Start, Hurdles Loom

K.C. Singh | Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Good Start, Hurdles Loom

This involves the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) retreating to a “yellow line”, skirting Gaza City etc, but well within...

12 Oct 2025 9:20 PM IST

DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties With Taliban Govt | Padma Rao Sundarji

DELHIBERATIONS | India Must Tread With Caution As It Upgrades Ties...

While Mr Muttaqi did not specifically mention India in his recorded address at the negotiation table when he said...

12 Oct 2025 8:07 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Chhat Early, So Whose Vote Will Shrink? Adhir Up for Bigger Role?

Anita Katyal | Chhat Early, So Whose Vote Will Shrink? Adhir Up for...

Anxiety is building up in both the ruling National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition’s Mahagathbandhan in...

11 Oct 2025 10:07 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Will Nitish’s Last-minute Largesse Pay or Backfire?

Pavan K. Varma | Will Nitish’s Last-minute Largesse Pay or Backfire?

Elections to the Bihar Assembly were announced at a press conference on October 6 by the three election commissioners....

11 Oct 2025 9:54 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Targeting The Ugly Indian: New India Myth Justified?

Ranjona Banerji | Targeting The Ugly Indian: New India Myth Justified?

The Internet is flooded with videos and images of Indians “misbehaving”, in India and in other lands

11 Oct 2025 9:32 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clear, Transparent Rules Vital to Fight Graft in Govt

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Clear, Transparent Rules Vital to Fight Graft in...

How to ensure that State powers — concentrated at the top -- reconcile with the liberties and rights of citizens, has...

10 Oct 2025 10:51 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Will UK’s Muslims & Asylum-Seekers Get Targeted After ‘Hit’ at Synagogue?

Farrukh Dhondy | Will UK’s Muslims & Asylum-Seekers Get Targeted After...

“I gave up jealousy long agoIt’s a waste of emotion destroying your peaceIndividuals love whom they want to and soThe...

10 Oct 2025 8:10 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | RSS’ 100 Years: Cult Of The National In A Diverse India

Shikha Mukerjee | RSS’ 100 Years: Cult Of The National In A Diverse...

Tagore warned: “Crowd psychology is a blind force. Like steam and other physical forces, it can be utilised for creating...

10 Oct 2025 12:57 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | From Trade To Tirade: How One Tweet Rocked The Customs Boat

Dilip Cherian | From Trade To Tirade: How One Tweet Rocked The ...

And this is why the episode has legs far beyond Chennai port. International investors read these signals closely. If the...

10 Oct 2025 12:46 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan’s Confidence Trap & India’s Strategic Caution

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan’s Confidence Trap & India’s Strategic...

At the helm of the Pakistan military today stands a chief with an ambitious streak, emblematic of the institution’s...

9 Oct 2025 12:08 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Will NDA Keep Edge Over RJD-Cong As Bihar Votes? Or Will Kishor Play Spoiler?

Anita Katyal | Will NDA Keep Edge Over RJD-Cong As Bihar Votes? Or...

The NDA’s Rs 62,000-crore pre-poll package has given the ruling side a clear edge, forcing the Mahagathbandhan’s key...

8 Oct 2025 11:55 PM IST

REFLECTIONS | Synagogue Attack Exposes Britain’s Cauldron Of Hate | Sunanda K. Datta-Ray

REFLECTIONS | Synagogue Attack Exposes Britain’s Cauldron Of Hate |...

The sequence of events seems like a nightmare now compared with the Manchester in whose warm friendship my adolescent...

8 Oct 2025 1:04 AM IST