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Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after partys victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | 2024 Game On; But Cong, Opp. Need to Act...

The reasons behind the BJP's victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not...

6 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress workers holding the party flag celebrate the partys win in Karnataka Assembly elections, outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress Complacency Helps Modi win Back Hindi belt

In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain...

5 Dec 2023 12:11 AM IST

According to Mr Liyuo, India and China have such a long history of sharing belief and knowledge between them. So a new era will see us coming closer. China and India should play a major role to augment global governance and Asian sentiments. Representational Image/AFP

Aakar Patel | 1960 to 1990, India & China were at par. How did it then...

We can either accept that by looking at our actual performance and the hard data over 60 years or we can delude...

5 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. AP/PTI

Saeed Naqvi | After war in Gaza, Israel will enter new world order,...

The media space was saturated with rocket attacks on Kabul, boosting Islamophobia sky-high.

4 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after partys victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Local factors led to BJP's Hindi belt poll...

The hard reality is that the Modi factor was absent in all the four states.

4 Dec 2023 12:01 AM IST

Leopard kills five-year-old girl. (Representative Image)

Shashi Warrier | The Leopard on WhatsApp

WhatsApp Panic: How Social Media Frenzy Ignited Leopard Rumors and Local Theories

3 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Afghanistans Hashmatullah Shahidi. (PTI Image)

Manish Tewari | Why India must gird itself for Pak-Afghan showdown

The fundamental conflict between Afghanistan-Pakistan can be traced back to the late 19th century.

3 Dec 2023 12:02 AM IST

What happens to the Kohinoor once its returned will be a matter of contention. (AA File Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | UK must return all its loot from the Elgin Marbles to...

The Kohinoor was stolen from the young Dilip Singh by the East India Company's Lord Dalhousie.

2 Dec 2023 12:09 AM IST

Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis pays tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists during 26/11 attack, on its 15th anniversary in Mumbai, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)

Shobhaa De | A not so grand goodbye to 2023 and here's to 2024

Any and everything is converted into a self-seeking image building activity.

2 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Even before the current surge of respiratory illnesses in China, in much of 2023, there have been many children and adults in India. (AP File Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Flu-like illnesses' outbreak in China no real...

The flu season has changed in many countries and RSV related infections are more commonly being reported.

1 Dec 2023 12:47 AM IST

People at the under-construction Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel after the successful evacuation of the 41 trapped workers, in Uttarkashi district, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | The Silkyara lesson: Can we unite to fight crises?

The country today stands divided, fractious, plagued by conflicting ideas and objectives.

1 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC's...

The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST