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Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh (C) speaks to the media, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Khalistan 2.0 & the fallacy of Hindutva supremacy

Today, the separatist movement for Khalistan has once again reared its ugly face. Why has this happened?

5 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Global tensions stymie India's G-20 leadership

The Ukraine war has polarised the group with China increasingly in the Russian corner, opposing any condemnatory words...

4 March 2023 12:37 AM IST

Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britains first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

Farrukh Dhondy | Northern Ireland deal with EU is a big win for Rishi:...

BoJo's Northern Ireland Protocol created what the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) call a border in the North...

4 March 2023 12:19 AM IST

Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments of population in the country. (Photo: Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Fix today's problems first, stop dwelling on...

This is India's moment to seize opportunities and deftly navigate crises along the way, and beyond its G-20 presidency.

3 March 2023 12:44 AM IST

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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