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Dilip Cherian | Exodus of babus from Punjab amid Khalistan' uproar

The situation is fluid and it does not help that the administration has been shown up as meek and submissive

2 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh state President Mohan Markam and other party leaders during the 85th plenary session, in Raipur, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Anand K. Sahay | What Congress must do if it is to lead Opp. front

It is not so much the unity of parties as the unity of various forces in society that will eventually matter

2 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

We have removed the Khalistani flags from Vidhan Sabha gate. we are investing and going to register a case, SP Kangra Khushal Sharma said. (ANI)Opinion
Kamal Davar | Khalistan' push to target India: Pak reviving Zia's...

The intelligence and security agencies must maintain a tight vigil on the overall situation in Punjab and abroad

1 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Bandi Sanjay Kumar, the BJPs state unit president, objects that the newly-built domed state secretariat symbolises slavery: domes recall the culture of the Nizams. (Photo: Twitter/@bandisanjay_bjp)Opinion
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | In search of conspiracies, with no sense of the...

Honesty demands giving credit where credit is due. Foreigners are blamed for many things, but they preserved India's...

1 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Mind you, many of these indicators come from those places where we want to be seen in a good light, such as Davos. (Representational Image)Opinion
Aakar Patel | Why is India's rank on some global indices not...

What is striking is that the media has no interest in reporting the background to which they give out the news

28 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh state President Mohan Markam and other party leaders during the 85th plenary session, in Raipur, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress plenary: The real stuff behind...

There is much more to the Congress carnival at Raipur than the speeches of Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul...

28 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday expanded his two-member ministry, 41 days after taking oath as the CM. (ANI)Opinion
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will boost for Shinde Sena be a boon or curse...

Part of the BJP's troubles in Maharashtra is the result of its domineering stance towards allies.

27 Feb 2023 12:50 AM IST

Shraddha Walkar (ANI)Opinion
Anita Anand | A wake-up call: Are families in India failing their...

No matter how free young Indians feel, they are deeply tied to their families, especially if the families are...

27 Feb 2023 12:39 AM IST

E-books had certainly existed before the Kindle and other devices for they were an alternate form of publishing and for publishers, certain genres of publishing required the e-book format and now technology became an enabler. (Photo: Facebook screengrab, Representational)Opinion
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How to recognise a writer

Didn't Groucho Marx say it best? I refuse to be a member of any club that accepts me.'

26 Feb 2023 1:55 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
Manish Tewari | Has Putin shot himself in the foot over Ukraine?

Ukraine's independence unfortunately became problematic for the Soviet Union's successor state Russia from the day go...

26 Feb 2023 1:46 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Opinion
Saeed Naqvi | Vietnam joins Sino-Russian orbit, in a huge blow to West

The Beijing-Moscow pair has attracted new adherents, whereas the Western camp is restive.

26 Feb 2023 1:43 AM IST

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, attends Prime Ministers Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP)Opinion
Farrukh Dhondy | Hedgie desperate to clean up mess, as BoJo all out to...

BoJo signed a deal whereby the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland would remain open for the...

25 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

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