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Anita Katyal | Personality cult infiltrates Left; leaked survey'...

While Pinarayi Vijayan is on a roll, the Congress-led UDF is fighting hard to wrest the state from its chief political...

4 April 2021 4:07 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Signs of hope in UK's Batley, as teacher triggers...

Mohammed Amin Pandor, a publicity seeker and a graduate engineer from Dewsbury recently issued a fatwa against the...

3 April 2021 7:57 AM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Shobhaa De | Will Didi's dadagiri' or BJP's dhanda' win Bong hearts?

Didi can appease, appease, appease all she wants and say namaz in public five times a day to win over a big and...

3 April 2021 7:45 AM IST

Vincenzo de Luca | Linking Italian, Indian cultures, past & present,...

The festival is a unique opportunity to further strengthen the historical cultural relations between the two countries

2 April 2021 7:44 AM IST

Less surprising but also far more frequent is evidence of the BJPs incredible faith in the Indian cow and its many products. (Representational image:AFP file photo)

Karan Thapar | BJP has a different take On history, science, cows!

Long is the list of BJP leaders who believe some of the greatest modern achievements actually existed in the times of...

2 April 2021 7:27 AM IST

The court noted the instance of PPS officer Rajinder Singh Sohal who was convicted in a criminal case but has been posted as the SSP of Gurdaspur, a post meant for the IPS cadre. (Representational Image/PTI)

Dilip Cherian | High court pulls up Punjab govt for tainted cops in...

The court has directed the state govt to explain how and why it has chosen to appoint PPS officers to IPS-cadre posts of...

1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Devi Kar | Being politically correct in times of Covid & polls

Politics dominates society so powerfully that everywhere and at all times we are required to be 'politically correct'

1 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A.G. Noorani | India in Nato? Is New Delhi ready for such a major...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, headquartered in Brussels, has long been in a reflective mood regarding its own...

31 March 2021 7:42 AM IST

No wonder Britains response was limited to grieving rhetoric when Beijing imposed sanctions on five ruling Conservative Party MPs, two peers, a barrister and an academic. (AFP file photo)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Weak Britain reluctant to confront aggressive...

Ramping up criticism of Beijing not only risks deterring future Chinese investment but could undermine British...

31 March 2021 7:25 AM IST

It appears that many Indians are not primarily voting on the basis of issues like the economy and their own well-being as measured by data provided by the government. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | India headed in wrong direction: Is it too late to...

We have become as much of a religious state as Pakistan and this is a fact

30 March 2021 1:16 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | NRIs a master race'? It's not they who are special

The NRIs who talk at our Pravasi Bharatiya melas hardly remit any money back home, but they talk a lot telling us what...

30 March 2021 1:14 AM IST

A new generation of RSS and BJP leaders are not inclined to update the Hindutva ideology because their basic presumption of glorifying a dead national past is their basic principle. (Photo:PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Hosabale's rise: RSS-BJP ties still remain...

If the BJP survives in power, it may not need the RSS much longer

29 March 2021 4:19 AM IST