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Farrukh Dhondy | On returning to bookshops; challenges on social media

Will the cautionary lifting of Covid-19 restrictions bring book buyers back to the bookshops to savour the browsing...

29 April 2022 11:55 PM IST

Most of our Muslim brethren have observed the holy month of Ramzan, keeping rozas and praying for peace. (AP Photo)

Shobhaa De | As Id nears, stories of hope amid a toxic climate of fear

This has been one of the hottest months in recent history, and I am not talking about the heatstroke inducing...

29 April 2022 11:21 PM IST

Bulldozers being used to remove illegal structures during a joint anti-encroachment drive by NDMC, PWD, local bodies and the police, in the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Saeed Naqvi | Jahangirpuri kills Ramzan spirit: Id will be observed,...

The weaker the intellect, the greater the tendency to deviate from fact and logic into miracle and magic

28 April 2022 11:48 PM IST

: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, at Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

Anand K. Sahay | PK flap: Fragile Cong fails to learn from past...

The Congress, in contrast, is not a single-person party, despite all the appearances

28 April 2022 11:37 PM IST

Apparently, hundreds of posts are currently vacant in various ministries and departments at various levels, impeding the efficient functioning of the government. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Babus' stir bears fruit, govt rushes to fill critical...

A few weeks ago, the representatives of CSS officers had met with the minister of state for personnel and PMO, Dr...

28 April 2022 12:59 AM IST

Prashant Kishor meets Sonia Gandhi amid speculations about joining Congress. (ANI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Congress looks paralysed for keeps; PK a PR stunt

The Congress' failure is its permanent leadership crisis

28 April 2022 12:37 AM IST

Passengers wait for taxis outside the T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Lekha Shankar | With more flights, fewer Covid rules, Thailand looks...

The biggest boost for tourism between the two countries was, of course, the resumption of commercial flights, after two...

27 April 2022 12:33 AM IST

All women contingent of Indian Army during the rehearsal for the Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

N.B. Singh | GOCO' model is not delivering for armed forces: A new one...

The GOCO model was meant to modernise the ABWs and free up Army personnel from maintenance work

27 April 2022 12:30 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he speaks to the press with the Estonian prime minister following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Big sigh of relief for Europe: Will India find own...

President Macron won by a fairly comfortable margin of 58.2 per cent to 41.8 per cent for Ms Le Pen

27 April 2022 12:26 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | If India turns into a Hindu Rashtra, what will it mean

o understand what changes can come here, we must first try to understand what the term Hindu Rashtra means

26 April 2022 1:41 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with his Britains counterpart Boris Johnson after a joint press briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 22, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris' UK & Modi's India: On the same...

History is reinforced by 1.4 million Indian-origin people comprising the largest ethnic group there after whites

26 April 2022 1:00 AM IST

Boris Johnson not only failed to be consistent protecting the wrongdoer one day and abandoning him the next, he then donned ashes and sackcloth and became an enthusiast for banning second jobs for MPs. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Clubbing is back, so is beachwear; women's soccer...

But even so, we are still in some ways under the influence of the pandemic

25 April 2022 12:59 AM IST