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Mr Sidhu is cloaking his ambition in the bid to fight corrupt leaders in the party. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sidhu drama reveals Cong afloat despite...

The Congress had to go into the election with Mr Channi as the face of the party, and not Mr Sidhu

30 Sept 2021 1:42 AM IST

CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose photograph is on right, addresses an election campaign wearing a mask in Kochi, on March 27, 2021. The southern state goes to polls on April 6 to elect members to its state legislature. (AP/R S Iyer)

Dilip Cherian | Kerala first state to appoint point man for diaspora,...

The bureaucracy in India moves at a slow pace is a truth that needs no explanation

29 Sept 2021 2:57 AM IST

Former US President George W. Bush had gone a step further. He saw Australia not as a deputy sheriff but as a sheriff. (AFP Photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Quad, AUKUS challenge: How will China respond?

Nearly 20 years ago John Howard, Australian Prime Minister from 1996 to 2007, described his country as America's deputy...

29 Sept 2021 2:49 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Why governance fails in India's tribal areas

A Cabinet Committee on Tribal Affairs was meant to constantly review the policy

28 Sept 2021 1:25 AM IST

All individuals in Assam had to submit to the government documents which showed that their ancestors had been in Assam as citizens before 1971. (Photo: DC File)

Aakar Patel | Presumption of guilt' violates a key principle of common...

The State now assumes that you have done something wrong, and it is for you to demonstrate your innocence

28 Sept 2021 12:21 AM IST

India-US relations naturally got positively reviewed but some problem areas remain. (AP)

K.C. Singh | Modi had good visit to US, but sticking points remain

Most interesting of all was the great emphasis by the Prime Minister on democracy

27 Sept 2021 2:13 AM IST

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Why the US capitulated to Taliban in Afghanistan

Why did the United States after investing humungous amounts of blood and treasure in Afghanistan cut and run in this...

26 Sept 2021 2:12 AM IST

Kulbir Kaur | Animal spirits and the limits of vocabulary

Humans have only one outstanding trait to consume. Consume, consume and consume more that's all we are really capable...

26 Sept 2021 1:10 AM IST

Class 10 results to be announced by 12 noon .(Representational image: Twitter@PIBBhopal)

A delay that violates the basic rights of children

The reopening of schools for in-person classes, mostly for Class 9 to Class 12 only, is one such action

26 Sept 2021 12:15 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why diversity is critical to being British

Very many institutions in Britain have adopted what they call a policy of 'diversity'

25 Sept 2021 6:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden meets in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | PM to return from US with global power play compass

The nuclear deal of 2015 conferred on Tehran the kind of legitimacy that was to have enabled it to balance power in the...

25 Sept 2021 6:44 AM IST

The bill, as it stands now, states that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event .

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil...

Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages

23 Sept 2021 11:40 PM IST