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A worker uses an anti-smog gun to control dust at a construction side at the landmark India Gate monument in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP/Manish Swarup)

Sunil Gatade | Civic polls in Delhi almost like battle of a...

Delhi is known as a mini-India . A vote here therefore has much significance

30 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

File photo of Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi waving at supporters at a public meeting ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, in Kheda district. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi's home base, remains a...

Gujarat, is not a cakewalk for either the BJP or Mr Modi, and the PM is also keen to prove that he remains unbeaten on...

30 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

File photo of BJP workers welcoming PM Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters to celebrate the partys victory in the Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi (Photo: AP)

Aakar Patel | After decisive win in 2019, has govt run out of steam?

The listlessness shows in endless political campaigning conducted without much reference to performance, only to...

29 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

The suspense over Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwas extension or the appointment of a new chief was finally broken with the appointment of Lt. Gen. Asim Munir. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Gen. Munir rock the boat, or keep Pak stable?

It can be expected that Gen. Munir will attempt to establish his own coterie of loyalists who may not be in line with...

29 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Visitors stop to take a photograph with a giant Christmas tree outside Battersea Power Station in south London on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Christmas lights across London as UK heads for winter...

It is all balle-balle for one community, purely because Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken over

28 Nov 2022 1:53 AM IST

Sanjaya Baru | Global South can make G-20 much less of a G-2

India must set out an agenda of interest to the developing countries

28 Nov 2022 1:47 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Bulldozer justice unjust under all circumstances

Pavan K. Varma | Bulldozer justice' unjust under all circumstances

Although it is clearly verifiable that bulldozers have especially targeted the minority community, Hindus too have not...

27 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Any parent with a teen or two under their rooves will have dealt with this accelerated development this transformation of their tender tots into fully-formed individuals in the blink of a bleary, parental eye. (Photo By Arrangement)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Smells like teen spirit? Don't sweat it, step...

The fallout is an odd mix of terror at losing control, excited anticipation at what comes next, and even relief

27 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

There are lurking doubts about Himachal Pradesh where anti-incumbency and the rebel factor have queered the pitch for the ruling party. (DC Image)

Anita Katyal | Nadda, Anurag sleepless on HP; Shah lobby plans to...

BJP president J.P. Nadda has reason to worry because a defeat would reflect poorly on him as he hails from the hill...

27 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Rahul Baba baiters want to know more about his weird beard -- a question only Rahul and his barber can respond to. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | From Chai Pe Charcha to Daadhi Pe Charcha

The politics of beard-keeping demands a book

26 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Meghan Markle (Photo: Instagram)

Farrukh Dhondy | When fantasy pretends to be history Does truth...

Gentle reader, there has always been a conflict between truth and blind nationalist interpretation of events

26 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Firewalling Indian personal data is out of place with this strategy and plays to a jingoistic Chinese playbook, sans its economic and business heft. (Representatioanl Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Personal data is only half protected' by new data...

It includes a bland provision for transfer of data outside India to countries notified by the govt on terms and...

25 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST