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Students during a protest rally over the death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped two weeks ago in Hathras. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hathras: Yogi government's offensive...

The charges against the protesters include conspiracy, treason and abetting enmity between communities and castes

7 Oct 2020 6:13 PM IST

: RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav leave after the grand alliance press conference ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections, in Patna. PTI Photo

Anita Katyal | Tejashwi, Chirag play long game; Hathras wakes up...

Reports say Paswan and Yadav have been in touch with poll strategist Prashant Kishor who has told them that they should...

5 Oct 2020 8:44 PM IST

ife-size posters of BJP leaders displayed at party office ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, in Patna. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Hope alive for those shown the door in BJP reshuffle

The November 10 verdict is keenly awaited when results of these by-polls would be declared along with the Bihar Assembly...

4 Oct 2020 6:46 PM IST

A television journalist reports from the spot where the 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by four men, was cremated on the outskirts of Bool Garhi village in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. AP Photo

Pavan K Varma | Napping media awakes, puts Yogi Adityanath on the spot

Thanks to the media, most of them brave young women, the entire nation was sickened by the pitiless and high-handed...

4 Oct 2020 6:28 PM IST

Picture credits: Stephen Handley

Shreya Sen-Handley | A Kolkata Kumroween' & other COVID sacrifices

There can be no Kumroween this year. No festivities of any sort for us in Kolkata

4 Oct 2020 6:23 PM IST

We have observed that teachers and students have moved away from drab textbooks and learned to explore the World Wide Web for resources. AP Photo

Devi Kar | Surprising outcomes as schooling goes virtual' in COVID...

Online schooling was generally vilified, and it was felt that the already poor state of school education in India was...

3 Oct 2020 6:46 PM IST

People from various organizations stage a protest against the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradeshs Hathras, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Dalit lives: No more than a heap of ashes

To call UP anything else but a barbaric, no man's land, would be insulting women across the country

3 Oct 2020 6:26 PM IST

Red, white and blue lights illuminate 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britains prime minister, in central London on January 31, 2020, after Britain left the European Union at 2300GMT. Brexit supporters gathered outside parliament to cheer Britains departure from the European Union following three years of epic political drama.(AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Had UK Home Secy been in post in 60s, she wouldn't be...

Patel suggested immigrants who attempt to cross the English Channel to land illegally in Britain, should be transported...

3 Oct 2020 7:00 AM IST

Jaswant Singh was new to diplomacy on the world stage but he proved more than equal to the task. PTI Photo

Anand K. Sahay | Jaswant Singh, a gentleman politician and an astute...

Contemplating the life he lived after he is gone, it is hard to see him in any role other than that of a politician at...

2 Oct 2020 5:32 PM IST

Collectors being checked for temperature at the Pragati Bhavan. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who will reform our huge army of babus?

Narendra Modi said he would restructure the bureaucracy but nothing has been heard of it since then

29 Sept 2020 3:17 PM IST

Serum Institute of India said that trials of AstraZeneca Plcs COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country is ongoing and has not faced any issues. (Representative Image)

Aakar Patel | Several NGOs trying to uplift India might be forced to...

Today India invites foreign investment in arms and ammunition but it restricts investment in health, education and...

29 Sept 2020 12:39 PM IST

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping. (ANI file photo)

Manish Tewari | The love that wasn't at Wuhan and Mamallapuram

The present confrontation in Ladakh shows that China deceived India by making New Delhi complacent

27 Sept 2020 8:18 PM IST