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File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the closing ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Rahul shave made into a hairy affair; time for Cabinet...

The trip to Varanasi had to be called off due to unforeseen circumstances. So the beard stays for now, till an...

19 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents Address as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi listens to him in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Anand K. Sahay | Ideological conflicts set to intensify in run-up to...

Politics is at the bitterest it has been in a long time

18 Feb 2023 12:44 AM IST

$In this April 5, 2002 file photo, The Koh-i-noor, or \mountain of light,\ diamond, set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Britains late Queen Mother Elizabeth, is seen on her coffin as it is drawn to Londons Westminster Hall. (Photo: AP)$ Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | Flummery' at King's coronation, but no Kohinoor in...

Camilla, the Queen Consort, will not wear the crown inherited from Queen Victoria at the coronation ceremony

18 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST

$\Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ New Zealand government official said. (PTI)$ Opinion

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Will a sparkling Maharajah be home away from...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the two agreements for deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with both the...

17 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Rescuers search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the countrys southeast on February 7, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Turkish lesson: Ignoring building codes...

If buildings in an earthquake-prone area are constructed to withstand the shaking, then the people inside are much safer

16 Feb 2023 12:12 AM IST

File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding a folder-case containing the Union Budget. (Photo: PTI)

Satish Reddy | The tech-driven, growth-centric Budget offers a...

The Budget has strong public finances and a sound financial sector that will benefit all classes of society

16 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressing the closing ceremony of Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. (PTI Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | A new narrative for India's future: Can Rahul...

The respect and deference accorded to him stresses that the importance lies in the position, not the person

15 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors

That not a single babu was seen as governor material is a severe setback

15 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news is no longer news

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When news' is no longer...

Not many modern democracies have gone down this path before, setting it upon themselves to use the law and the media to...

14 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Kharge's strategy: How the Congress can corner Modi

If the parliamentary performance is any indication, the combination of Rahul and Kharge is effective in making Mr Modi...

14 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans former President Gen. Pervez Musharrafs popularity dropped and the attack by the security forces on Lal Masjid conservative seminary in Islamabad in July 2007 further increased his unpopularity. (File Photo: AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | How Siachen obsession got better of Musharraf

The Siachen phenomenon is hardly known to the public in Indian

13 Feb 2023 2:15 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | What did the balloon tell China about US?

Why on earth would China fly a balloon into US territory?

12 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST