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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

Mumbai: Jyoti Randhe, a class 10th student of BMC school, studies at her house, at Aarey Colony in Mumbai. AFP Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | NEP is ambitious, but needs more...

To put the ideas of the plan into action, many more institutions have to be set up

1 Aug 2020 4:26 PM IST

One hypothesis is that Sushant had visitors, or perhaps a small party, the previous day or evening, and that the crime was done by people known to him

Bela Bhatia | Getting away with murder in Bollywood

Experts and fans have pointed to many reasons why Sushant's death is likely to be a murder

31 July 2020 8:03 PM IST

: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra (R) and others arrive at party office, in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Sanjay Kumar | Reviving Congress will be a very difficult task

The way political events that have unfolded within the Congress during the last few years are clear signals of a grave...

31 July 2020 5:54 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Aakar Patel | What's this govt good at, except announcements?

In the six months of this year, over 200 people have already been killed in violence in Kashmir

30 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Chinas President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | As US, China spar; India needs to fend for...

India must consider its own long-term geopolitical imperatives more than American overtures

29 July 2020 4:51 PM IST