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Congress leader DK Shivakumar said, We have to agree with the mandate of the voters of these 15 constituencies. People have accepted the defectors. We have accepted defeat. I dont think we have to be disheartened. (Photo: ANI)

Saeed Naqvi | Karnataka too close to call, but Congress has advantage

The Assembly polls are just a few days away and Bajrangbali has been introduced into active electioneering by Congress...

8 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Imphal: Vehicles in flames after violence broke out during the Tribal Solidarity March called by All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM), in Imphal, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Monideepa Banerjie | Manipur smoke signals were ignored by Delhi

Such was the scale of the violence that 24 hours or so later, the Centre felt it must step in

8 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Do you know who we are, Europe?

Don't forget we had pushpaka vimanams. Imagine if we decided to bring them back. What would happen to your airlines and...

7 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Ladakh sector. (Representational Image)

Manish Tewari | India lost land at LAC, step up strategic game

As India heads into the 2024 general elections, it will have to be very watchful of its strategic, tactical and...

7 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

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

Shobhaa De | The Maharashtra gaddi' hinges on a burnt roti

During his loooooong and illustrious political career, Sharad Pawar, 82, has played several complex roles, but never a...

6 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

King Charles (DC File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | As King Charles III crowned, thoughts about democracy...

Millions all over the world will watch as the BBC covers hours of march pasts by troops

6 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia speak with the media during their protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | WFI mess: All that's wrong as India sport,...

The manner in which this episode has played out raises doubts over the BJP leadership having such an iron grip over the...

5 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others pose for photographs during Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Strategic stock-taking will mark SCO FMs' Goa meet

The visit of Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is being treated with a hot and cold attitude by the...

4 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

The state ranks second in the number of scavenger deaths in the entire country, which is a serious matter for Gujarat. (Representational Image)

Dilip Cherian | Scavenger deaths in Gujarat may set off blame game

The CMO is aware of the issue's potential to snowball into a political crisis and is taking steps to swiftly defuse it

4 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Anita Anand | Imagining a new form of marriage in India: It has to...

Over the last decade, acceptance of homosexuality has grown in India, especially since Supreme Court decriminalised...

3 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at supporters during a roadshow, in Kochi, Monday, April 24, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | Signs of churn in India, but is nation's mood...

Political perversions abound in a hot-air democracy; media silence is the butt of jokes shared on smartphones around the...

3 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao programme (Wikimedia)

Aakar Patel | Of sabka saath' & beti bachao': The myth and reality in...

'Beti bachao' is not a convincing phrase in the mouths of those who free convicted rapists for coldly-calculated...

2 May 2023 7:44 AM IST