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The view is that Mr Kumar will have ample time to get a grip on the state administration before the elections. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | Babu's return smacks of long term planning, Gujarat...

The current chief secretary is 1986-batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar, who was brought in after Anil Mukim retired in...

17 Nov 2021 1:56 AM IST

Aakar Patel | If Indians focus on trivia, ignore hard reality, the...

On every meaningful measure, life for Indians compares poorly with those in other democracies

16 Nov 2021 11:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders Summit Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment session at the COP26 Climate Conference. (AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A cop-out for the world, but a triumph for India

India's unassailable position as a world leader in climate negotiations was reaffirmed by PM Narendra Modi in a simple...

16 Nov 2021 11:33 AM IST

India has developed the required shipbuilding skills, undoubtedly, but this needs to be combined with timely delivery for the Indian Navys operational preparedness. Representational Image (PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Stealth ships to give fillip to Indian Navy's...

The West has been forced to do an about-turn

15 Nov 2021 1:34 AM IST

This is a spurious argument. Mr Modi was himself a very regional leader till 2013. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Regionals' national role: Mapping a path to 2024

Mr Modi has, for sure, a full two years to craft his counter strategy and regain his popularity

15 Nov 2021 1:05 AM IST

About three per cent of the UK, five per cent of the US, and 12 per cent of Finland, to name just a few, suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter! (AFP Representational Image)

Shreya Sen-Handley | Season's affect and the comfort of darkness

In this first month of winter, in the colder reaches of the world, the nights draw near, and the days are hauntingly...

14 Nov 2021 2:42 PM IST

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

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law...

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM IST

There is some talk that Mr Venugopal is being groomed to take of the role of Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhis political secretary. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Venugopal's star rises in Congress, but the knives are...

Mr Venugopal has become so powerful that most general secretaries in charge of states have become virtually redundant

14 Nov 2021 1:38 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Padma Shri award to folk dancer Matha B. Manjamma Jogati during the Civil Investiture Ceremony-IV at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Shobhaa De | Are Padma awards for the common' man? Not really!

For the very first time in the history of the Padma awards, I felt elated after scrutinising the eclectic list of...

13 Nov 2021 12:35 AM IST

British lawmaker Owen Paterson. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | It's not just the Owen scandal Spate of sleaze dogs...

Owen, has resigned his seat in Britain's House of Commons, withdrawing from the heart of a scandal that is overtaking...

13 Nov 2021 12:15 AM IST

The concerns that are shared and reflected in the Delhi Declaration are: drug trafficking; refuge to terrorist organisations and their leaders; the impending humanitarian crisis due to the onset of winter and the paucity of resources with the Taliban regime. Representational Image. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Eight nations issued a joint Delhi Declaration, with twelve sub paras stressing, recalling, condemning or emphasising...

12 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

In the run-up to 2024, state elections will be fought by regional parties in defence of a multi-party, multi-location system of democratic politics. Representational Image. (AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | Clash of political cultures lies ahead as 2024 looms

Each election between now and 2024 will challenge the old federal design of authority, power, responsibility and...

11 Nov 2021 3:48 AM IST