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The capital city of Delhi enveloped in smog in New Delhi, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Air pollution level is Delhi-NCR has started rising owing much to stubble (parali) burning in adjoining states. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Delhi's nightmare: Leaders bicker while...

The Centre wants commercial vehicles which do not cater to essential services to be stopped, & 50 percent of employees...

8 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. (Twitter)

Saeed Naqvi | Decoding Blinken's frenetic diplomacy in Mideast & role...

Iran, Hezbollah and the entire Shia arc, was cajoled and threatened not to expand the conflict.

8 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Fire and smoke rises from buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. AP/PTI

Syed Ata Hasnain | Israel-Hamas war: Does expansion loom large?

The world cannot afford any more bloodletting of such proportions

7 Nov 2023 12:11 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | It's time to end the anonymous funding of all Indian...

The next body to say the electoral bonds scheme was dangerous was the Election Commission.

7 Nov 2023 12:08 AM IST

Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil. (Image: Twitter)

Sunil Gatade | Maratha quota issue unravels like time bomb' in Maha...

The issue has taken centre-stage with the emergence of Manoj Jarange Patil from the backward Marathwada region.

6 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

The BJPs worries have found reflection in a series of haphazard steps taken by the party or the government. (PTI File Image)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Many worries for BJP as semi-final' vote looms

The ultra-nationalistic narrative emerged as the overarching narrative, clearly missing at this stage.

5 Nov 2023 11:38 PM IST

In this photograph taken on July 22, 2016, a Premiere Padmini taxi is parked alongside other taxis outside a railway station in the Indian city of Mumbai. (AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE)

Ranjona Banerji | The dashing kaali-peeli drivers of Mumbai

What made the Mumbai kaali-peeli my lifeline were the people, not the cars.

5 Nov 2023 12:08 AM IST

Palestinians inspect the damage of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. AP/PTI

Manish Tewari | To foil wider conflict, Israel must stop sacking of...

Is a disproportionately asymmetric conventional response to an outrage perpetrated by semi-state actors warranted?

5 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hamas terrorists' or militants': A word storm as Gaza...

The BBC has stubbornly refused to call the Hamas personnel terrorists . The BBC has called them militants .

3 Nov 2023 11:58 PM IST

Delhis air quality slips to severe category. (AA File Image)

Shobhaa De | Diwali dhamakas galore amid Mahua soap opera!

Even without the haze, there is a great deal of toxicity out there, folks.

3 Nov 2023 11:55 PM IST

Under this reshuffle, the 1989-batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre Safi Ahsan Rizvi and five other officers have been promoted as Special Directors in the IB from the post of Additional Directors.(Representational Image/File)

Dilip Cherian | Central posting of Gujarat IPS officers sets off huge...

13 IPS officers from various states were initially shortlisted for Central deputation

3 Nov 2023 12:17 AM IST

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Indranil Banerjie | World's outrage over Gaza war is selective

Tel Aviv has only itself to blame for the October 7 carnage, which is the result of a failure to accept the two-state...

3 Nov 2023 12:11 AM IST