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Pavan Varma | Congress in decline, how long before it falls to pieces?

The ongoing shenanigans in the Congress party are reminiscent of the two nawabs

3 Oct 2021 12:20 AM IST

Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Manpreet Badal new power centre; PK bats again for Didi

It is now clear that poll strategist Prashant Kishor's dalliance with the Congress is in the past

3 Oct 2021 12:12 AM IST

The shortage of fuel to vehicles is not the only acute crisis that Britain is suffering. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | I told you so UK fuel crisis shows fears on Brexit...

No, gentle reader, the supply of fuel had not been curtailed by the oil-fields of the world being flooded by...

2 Oct 2021 1:45 AM IST

Burning of Ravans effigy symbolises the triumph of good over evil, and evil should not stand tall, think the organisers of Dussehra event in Bittan Market here. (Photo: Representational)

Shobhaa De | As Dussehra, Diwali loom, muted euphoria in the air

A recent study claims that toddlers can recognise popular brands easily, but have trouble identifying common birds or...

2 Oct 2021 1:30 AM IST

Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla. (Twitter)

N Sathiya Moorthy | Conferring stability to India ties is a way out...

India has proved to Sri Lanka and all its other neighbours that it was more trustworthy than any extra-regional power

1 Oct 2021 4:37 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | The post-Merkel Germany India and world will face

During Angela Merkel's 16 years in office, the world's most powerful woman leader faced one crisis after another

1 Oct 2021 2:43 AM IST

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | Digital equity for all ages: A success...

Asia and the Pacific is home to the largest number of older persons in the world -- and rapidly ageing

1 Oct 2021 1:26 AM IST

While no change is being suggested on the LoC, we need to think of how to re-purpose the Armys involvement in J&K. (PTI)

Satish Dua | Plan Army's exit from Kashmir to win hearts, nip ISIS...

Domestically, India must block all attempts at radicalisation and promote Sufism and Kashmiriyat

30 Sept 2021 3:27 AM IST

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