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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

The Art of Persia, presented by the very talented and unassuming presenter Samira Ahmed purports to recreate the history of Persia through its artefacts. Photo: Twitter

Farrukh Dhondy | Art of Persia: Time to question Alexander's...

Cyrus, a declared Zoroastrian and follower of the single god Ahura Mazda is mentioned in several instances in the Old...

8 Aug 2020 2:30 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | How the media, like politics, has become bigoted and...

The media space in India is funded primarily by advertising, The reader or viewer pays very little by way of...

5 Aug 2020 8:42 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi in the Bhoomi Pujan (ANI)

Parsa Venkateshwar | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi's bid to seal BJP's future?

He was careful enough to avoid mentioning the other part of the Ayodhya settlement as directed by the SC in its November...

5 Aug 2020 8:26 PM IST

A paramilitary soldier patrols near a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar. AFP Photo

V Sudarshan | Men in The Castle and J&K's metamorphosis

With Kafkaesque efficiency, our bureaucrats in The Castle have managed not to hold elections, even to panchayats

5 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | China's real target may be Arunachal Pradesh

Of late, the Chinese have given a glimpse of what their true intentions are by laying claim to Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife...

4 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

A waiter wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passes a customer drinking outside a restaurant in London. AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | As COVID-19 returns to UK, holidayers bear the brunt

Boris Johnson is now worried, scared of a second wave. So rules changed again, catching holiday makers unawares

4 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

A CRPF jawan stands guard along a street on the first day of the two-day curfew in Srinagar. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari | A year after J&K ambush, many thorny questions remain

There was never and still isn't even minimalist support for the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir

4 Aug 2020 4:39 PM IST

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard by a closed road, as Kashmiris marked Eid during lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in in Srinagar. AP Photo

Waqyanawis | Will J&K statehood be announced from Red Fort on August...

The big question is whether Modi and his deputy, home minister Amit Shah, will think out of the box and do course...

2 Aug 2020 5:38 PM IST

Dilli Ka Babu | With Babus as pawns, stage set for Nagaland vs Centre...

The Centre has come down on the state government like a ton of bricks for misgovernance

1 Aug 2020 6:15 PM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnsons obesity challenge and globalisation in COVID times

Farrukh Dhondy | Boris Johnson's obesity challenge and globalisation'...

The British government will ban, for certain hours in the week, mind you, advertising which sells junk food

1 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST