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Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan during the press conference at Raj bhavan on Wednesday. (K. Durga Rao/AA)

Sanjaya Baru | Are Raj Bhavans a sinecure or a political waiting room?

Three non-BJP govts in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are at loggerheads with their governors

14 Nov 2022 12:29 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to pose outside the to 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | A more desi Diwali in Sunak's Britain; storm over...

There are deep misgivings as to how closely (or not) the serial seems to be following real lives

14 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Why did Imran survive the assassin's bullets?

The army's expectation was that once removed the former PM would fade away as others did before him

13 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | What's old isn't necessarily gold

What the romanticization of old friendships also brings into sharp focus is how little we seem to value the concept of...

13 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old partys highest office (PTI/R Senthil Kumar)

Anita Katyal | Kharge may stay RS Opp. leader; Miraya Vadra's Twitter...

Kharge's continuation may become tricky after Cong adopted the Udaipur declaration which underlined the principle of...

13 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Two conundrums that make very little sense

Bhupendra Patel had better deliver, or else! In an overturn, during the 2017 polls, the BJP tally shrank to 99 seats,...

12 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why protests matter and stifling them is unacceptable

In professed democracies such as the UK or India, the State's antagonism to the freedom of speech cannot and must not be...

11 Nov 2022 8:13 PM IST

A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrakant Lahariya | Covid virus hasn't gone, but risk now is very...

A key question remains whether Covid-19 is still a cause of worry or not? The short answer is no

11 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | N-E officers still unhappy after Centre looks into...

The babus are upset with the Centre for discontinuing the additional monetary allowance introduced in 2009 for AIS...

10 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

n early morning pedestrian is silhouetted against sunrise as he walks through the U.S. Flags on the National Mall and past the US Capitol Building in Washington Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, one day before the midterm election will determine the control of the US Congress. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Dems defy midterms' rout: Ties with India won't be hit

For India, the change of balance in the US Congress, total or partial, is unlikely to impact relations with the United...

10 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AFP)

Kamal Davar | Imran Khan is down, but not out: Pakistan on edge again

Imran suffered a gunshot injury on his lower right leg, while six others surrounding him were injured and one killed as...

9 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

The needless and avoidable death of 133 people so far after a suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi in Gujarat, must become Indias resolve to never again have such a tragedy. (Photo: AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Any corner can be cut in a land of...

The handful FIRs that were filed in the Morbi bridge collapse illustrates that there is no credible mechanism to punish...

9 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST