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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

Do we need governors to act as agents of Centre?

Some sense of that gubernatorial grandeur persists in India even 75 years after the British left

30 Aug 2022 9:43 AM IST

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (PTI file photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Congress heed what Ghulam Nabi had to...

Mr Azad's criticism of Rahul is what the Congress badly needs

29 Aug 2022 9:01 AM IST

Salman Rushdie (AP file photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The Satanic' furies: A look at the genesis

Rushdie and The Satanic Verses will encroach on the world's attention now and then indefinitely for political football

28 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Folks that make me highly judgmental'

The parents, now, are the ones who need help. They need to be cut off. They need to remember times when they were young...

28 Aug 2022 12:10 AM IST

A man offers sweets to people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 post-Godhra riots, after they came out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, in Godhra on August 15. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Bilkis Bano and the fault in our criminal justice...

Even the Centre's recent remission policy for release of prisoners on Independence Day excluded rape convicts from its...

28 Aug 2022 12:09 AM IST

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Cosying up to Liz To get a Cabinet job, or become a...

Offering my flattery to Liz Truss may at last fulfil my long-standing ambition to be a member of Britain's House of...

27 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Chinas new Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said that with two strong leaders at the helm in both the countries, the ties are set to reach new heights. (Photo: Twitter/ VikramMisri)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Time to join forces to take on Beijing's wolf...

Ambassador Sun Weidong only signalled the acute fear psychosis of his masters in Beijing, owing to transcontinental...

27 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

One wonders what, given the recent past and the record since 1947, the next quarter century holds in store for India. (DC Image)

Patralekha Chatterjee | A lot needs to be done for developed' India by...

Development , like beauty, is a word that triggers lively discussions and polemical exchanges

26 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Railway officers now likely to face appraisal by...

The Railways Board has introduced a process that allows peers and juniors to evaluate their reporting officers

25 Aug 2022 12:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the four-nation India-Israel-US-UAE (I2U2) virtual summit to be held on Thursday, New Delhi announced on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM's sense of unease growing?

Although the Opposition parties are divided, the ruling party can bleed in many states

25 Aug 2022 12:06 AM IST

Sex workers of Sonagachi, South Asias largest redlight area are seeing brisk business as they are accepting the banned notes as demonetisation hit small businessmen across Kokata. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Sunitha Krishnan | Court did not legitimise sex work; focus on women's...

Several news articles have reported that a May 2022 Supreme Court ruling recognised sex work as a profession. Did it...

24 Aug 2022 12:39 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Sunil Gatade | Will a Jagjivan Ram' rise in BJP ahead of 2024 LS...

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has also been forced to cool his heels by not being included in the all-powerful...

24 Aug 2022 12:21 AM IST