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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' main challenge is burden of expectations

The victory has unsurprisingly created a dilemma that has become quite routine for the Congress

18 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Gen. Syed Asim Munir. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Bhopinder Singh | Target Imran: Gen. Munir a true soldier of Pak Deep...

As Imran's bte noire, Gen. Munir had to endure the former PM's reciprocal indignity of supposed corruption charges

17 May 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express, at Rani Kamlapati Station, in Bhopal, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | What was behind Cong K'taka win: The questions that need...

An election is over in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that a ban on the Bajrang Dal was the same as an...

16 May 2023 12:44 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, at a polling station. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | As 2024 looms, Kejriwal is looking ahead to...

The Congress cannot bask in the glory of the Karnataka sweep and the AAP can't focus only on its long-term pursuits.

16 May 2023 12:30 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)

Sanjaya Baru | Karnataka helps breach a psychological barrier

There is no better evidence of this change than the response of the Bengaluru voter to Mr Modi's heavily garlanded...

15 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Crowds are on the way to Buckingham Palace after the coronation ceremony for Britains King Charles III in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Kishwar Desai | Young stay aloof from monarchy; Liverpool hit by...

It seems the elderly British are super-loyal and believe the monarchy is a strength. But those under 30 are indifferent...

15 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Yucky to yummy: Do our tastes change as we age?

Food and eating habits are perennial fun conversations on social media

14 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a mega road show in the Mandya district of Karnataka on Sunday (ANI)

Pavan K. Varma | Karnataka's lesson for BJP: Divisiveness has limits

To base its electoral strategy singularly on issues such as quotas for Muslims, halal, hijab, azaan, Bajrangbali is an...

14 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Mr Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the topic, Mr Gandhi has demanded that the government make the 2011 data on castes public and lift the 50 per cent cap on reservation for the backwards classes. (File Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Rahul & Kharge share credit for victory; MP sees...

Congress kept its focus on local matters and its five guarantees while the BJP spoke only of Bajrangbali

14 May 2023 12:05 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)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Shutting down Internet: Govts need to do...

This is a worrying trend and one we ignore at great risk

13 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Crowds are on the way to Buckingham Palace after the coronation ceremony for Britains King Charles III in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Farrukh Dhondy | Sleaze, hypocrisy, fraud, corruption: The many ills...

The sin of some other nations puts the UK in the listening side of the confessional

13 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report (PTI file photo)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | When will Indians counter China's rising...

It seems the Chinese know well that despite occasional hiccups, they can get their way with a subservient section of...

12 May 2023 12:57 AM IST