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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the French President Emmanuel Macron for a State Banquet at the Louvre Museum, in Paris, Friday, July 14, 2023. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | India and France: United over strategic autonomy'

The unique and close relationship between India and France dates from soon after India's independence in 1947.

17 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar addresses the media during a press conference at his residence, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Does the anti-defection law silence voice of...

India's tryst with the anti-defection law commenced post the Fifty-Second Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985.

16 July 2023 12:42 AM IST

The author, in the company of her ginger-haired husband at the Birmingham concert of her favourite singer, wearing the T-shirt for it. (Photo by arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Been there, done that, got The T-shirt

Will everything in my future be a version of something that's already happened?

16 July 2023 12:30 AM IST

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (ANI)

Shobhaa De | Of Gujjus & Maharashtrians: Will Pawar show who's boss?

India is waiting to see how and when this pitched battle ends.

15 July 2023 12:20 AM IST

Huw Edwards. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | A sordid tale in UK as top BBC presenter lands in...

The story that emerges is a sordid, perhaps pitiable one.

15 July 2023 12:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Our Pak-China focus hurts India's stature...

Could India have handled the contentious issue of terrorism differently?

14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

A census worker gathers data at a village in Lalgarh, 130 kms west of Kolkata. ( AFP Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Delay over Census hurting the way India is...

The last one was held in 2011.

13 July 2023 12:17 AM IST

A truck after it got swept away in floodwater following heavy monsoon rains, in Kullu, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Himachal dithers as babu shortage persists at the top

Currently, Himachal Pradesh has only 110 IAS officers across various positions, falling significantly short of the...

13 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

The Army and Assam Rifles were deployed to control the situation in Manipur where violence broke out during a tribal agitation (Twitter/@MangteC)

Patricia Mukhim | What will happen in N-E if Manipur civil war...

The Meiteis believe they are wronged by a system which deprives them of their rights as Manipur's indigenous people.

12 July 2023 1:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Amritkaal' now upon us, but eco targets are far from...

Halfway into 2023, there is no further reference to this five-year plan.

11 July 2023 12:34 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

It is from the Magna Carta that the English writ of habeas corpus evolved.

11 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

The politics is more noisy than Bazball and Wimbledon put together. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Costly makeover at 75th b'day for NHS?

This week happens to be the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

10 July 2023 1:14 AM IST