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Recep Tayyip Erdogan (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | Will Erdogan's Islamist play at Hagia Sophia rescue his...

A powerful anti-West Islamist party, Refah, or Welfare, took shape and spread like prairie fire

13 Aug 2020 7:48 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi being presented with a memento by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during the Ayodhya Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan (PTI)

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Ayodhya glory will fade amid Covid tension before...

It cannot be ignored that the virus has left Indians a little too tense to remain distracted by his Ayodhya show for...

12 Aug 2020 5:25 PM IST

Workers hang dyed yarn for drying under the sun as seen on the National Handloom Day at a textile mill, in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. PTI Photo

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | Make India stronger in order to take on China

As Dr Manmohan Singh, has always reiterated, the Asian ecosystem has ample space for India and China both to grow...

12 Aug 2020 4:58 PM IST

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Vishnu Prakash | Will Kashmir turn into heaven on earth' again?

The state was also exempted from all the laws of the land, unless specifically adopted by its own Legislative Assembly

11 Aug 2020 5:26 PM IST

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Aakar Patel | India losing its Mahabharat against Covid?

India is the only nation, to repeat, that has consistently been going up in terms of number of cases from the start till...

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM IST

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (PTI photo)

Anita Katyal | Singhal nephew at pujan venue; COVID reprieve for...

Salil Singhal's presence, along with his wife Madhu, led many to ask about denying the same courtesy to children of...

10 Aug 2020 5:03 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists and supporters wave flags as they celebrate before the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhaya. AFP Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Will Ram Rajya' lead to a more tolerant India?

ecularism in our country is not about the absolute separation of the State and faith

10 Aug 2020 4:31 PM IST

Amars political journey began in Kolkata with Subrata Mukherjee and against Somen Mitra who died recently

Waqyanawis | When Somen Mitra shoved Amar Singh out of Kolkata

It was a sad and quiet exit for Amar Singh who for most of his life remained boisterous and flamboyant

9 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

K.C. Singh | External affairs minister Jaishankar's new vision may...

An excerpt published recently from the book's introduction outlines his worldview. It also raises a number of...

9 Aug 2020 4:50 PM IST

I swallowed, collected my scattered wits, and told the driver there was something wrong with the meter.

Shashi Warrier | My first brush with a Madras autowallah

One final instruction relayed from my Madras cousin: Don't ever take an autorickshaw in madras because the drivers are...

9 Aug 2020 4:32 PM IST

Mumbai: Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari leaves the SRPF camp, after BMC exempted him from quarantine protocols and allowed to return to his home state. PTI Photo

Shobhaa De | Playing cops & robbers in Mumbai-ishstyle drama

This week, all the loose ends were supposed to be tied up neatly by Mumbai police, but wait, Bihar police dramatically...

8 Aug 2020 6:43 PM IST

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Dev 360 | Pandemic on the rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India's official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

8 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST