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Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran who is contesting as an independent candidate greeting voters at a polling booth during voting for the Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency bypoll in Chennai. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘Supplementary’ SIR Row; LPG Pressure Amidst War

West Bengal voter lists row raises concerns over poll fairness

25 March 2026 10:21 PM IST

Kamal Davar | Conflict in Mideast Needs To End Now… Let Gandhi’s Land Take the Initiative!

Kamal Davar | Conflict in Mideast Needs To End Now… Let Gandhi’s Land...

Strikes near Strait of Hormuz disrupt oil flow, markets hit

25 March 2026 10:04 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Persian Lesson: Can US & Iran Find A Way Out?

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Persian Lesson: Can US & Iran Find A Way Out?

The US and Israel hoped to bring Iran to its knees with an air offensive alone, as the terrain is highly unsuitable for...

24 March 2026 10:25 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | NIA’s Arrest Of 6 Foreigners Exposes Plot To Hit India In N-E

Pradeep C. Nair | NIA’s Arrest Of 6 Foreigners Exposes Plot To Hit...

Ukraine’s ambassador to India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, handed over an official note of protest demanding the immediate...

24 March 2026 10:08 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Can Iran ‘Win’? Will US Agree To Tehran’s Terms & Do Right Thing?

Aakar Patel | Can Iran ‘Win’? Will US Agree To Tehran’s Terms & Do...

Why do I want Iran to win? At the most basic level, it is the underdog in the fight against two nuclear-armed opponents,...

23 March 2026 10:26 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Trump & Bibi: Diminishing Dividends Of Belligerence…

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Trump & Bibi: Diminishing Dividends Of...

Hamas’ political leader Ismael Haniyeh was killed in an Israel bombing in Tehran in July 31, 2024. On September 9, 2025,...

23 March 2026 9:57 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Beyond ‘Blue Book’ Rules and Protocol: How Statesmen Can Uphold Constitution

Bhopinder Singh | Beyond ‘Blue Book’ Rules and Protocol: How Statesmen...

Protocol breach in West Bengal sparks debate on constitutional roles

22 March 2026 9:34 PM IST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on early Tuesday carried out searches at multiple locations in various states across northern India (Representational image: ANI)

Bharat Bhushan | Alien Mercenaries & Revival of Conspiracies in N-E...

National Investigation Agency action fuels debate on foreign role in Myanmar conflict

22 March 2026 9:21 PM IST

Anita Anand | The Conundrum Of The Mideast War, As Tradition Is Pitted Against Modernity

Anita Anand | The Conundrum Of The Mideast War, As Tradition Is Pitted...

British sociologist Anthony Giddens defines modernity as a shorthand term for modern society or industrial civilisation,...

22 March 2026 12:04 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Why Hormuz crisis must lead to a strategic reset

Manish Tewari | Why Hormuz crisis must lead to a strategic reset

Due to interconnectedness of global energy markets, even a disruption not actually a blockade of the delivery of goods...

21 March 2026 11:48 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Feel The Pinch? Don’t Ya Dare Whine About LPG

Ranjona Banerji | Feel The Pinch? Don’t Ya Dare Whine About LPG

And then there are those geniuses who jump straight into the “in my day we had no piped or cylinder gas” stories

21 March 2026 11:21 PM IST

Shobhaa De | For Dubai Returnees, Ghar Wapsi Is Not a Cakewalk…

Shobhaa De | For Dubai Returnees, Ghar Wapsi Is Not a Cakewalk…

Conflict fears expose risks behind tax haven dreams abroad

20 March 2026 10:01 PM IST