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Sanjaya Baru | Pride & politics: Netas toss the Tirupati laddu around

Sanjaya Baru | Pride & politics: Netas toss the Tirupati laddu around

The deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan of the Jana Sena Party (JSP), was once an admirer of...

30 Sept 2024 1:22 AM IST

Kishwar Desai| Labour MP quits, calls PM hypocrite; Oxford Street to be free of traffic?

Kishwar Desai| Labour MP quits, calls PM hypocrite; Oxford Street to...

There are very few British Prime Ministers who have come out unscathed from the daily grilling that goes on in...

30 Sept 2024 1:18 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Governors need to keep soul of Constitution alive

Pavan K. Varma | Governors need to keep soul of Constitution alive

A poet has written: “Hum unki yaad mein aksar unhi ko bhool gaye: In remembering her, I often forgot about...

29 Sept 2024 12:42 AM IST

Anita Katyal | Omar-Rahul bond gets weakened by poll? Kolkata bids farewell to trams

Anita Katyal | Omar-Rahul bond gets weakened by poll? Kolkata bids...

Politics and personal relationships do not mix. This was increasingly apparent during the ongoing poll campaign in...

29 Sept 2024 12:16 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Waiting for ‘sorry’? Why not get even?

Shreya Sen-Handley | Waiting for ‘sorry’? Why not get even?

When seventies superstar Ryan O’ Neal died last year, I rewatched some of his old films and even found one I...

29 Sept 2024 12:14 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Migrants facing heat in UK, Europe: Indians in trouble?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Migrants facing heat in UK, Europe: Indians in...

India’s home minister Amit Shah would have dismissed them as “termites”. Being equally unsympathetic to...

28 Sept 2024 12:56 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour, after 80 days, gets flak for schools’ VAT, Starmer freebies

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Labour, after 80 days, gets flak for schools’ VAT,...

“A drizzle leads to a downpour A metaphor -- little to more? The sky speaking of the currents of...

28 Sept 2024 12:50 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India-US ties plagued by irritants, friction points

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India-US ties plagued by irritants, friction...

Unlike the state of almost permanent, congenital hostility which marks India’s relations with the People’s...

27 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Blame game afoot after Bengal floods: Power secy, chief engineer exit DVC

Dilip Cherian | Blame game afoot after Bengal floods: Power secy,...

Resignations of key officials in West Bengal raise concerns about flood management and bureaucratic accountability amid...

26 Sept 2024 12:02 AM IST

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Kejriwal to Atishi: Can the AAP’s new strategy work?

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Kejriwal to Atishi: Can the AAP’s new strategy...

Atishi’s ascent as Delhi CM highlights challenges in governance and AAP's shift towards personality-driven politics

26 Sept 2024 12:00 AM IST

Saeed Naqvi | Rein in capitalism on the rampage, or liberal democracy’s days are numbered

Saeed Naqvi | Rein in capitalism on the rampage, or liberal...

That Juan Guaido, 41, has described himself in his CV as “ex-President of Venezuela: 2019-2023” is not...

25 Sept 2024 12:12 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘One Nation, One Election’: Can it work, or will it fail?

Shikha Mukerjee | ‘One Nation, One Election’: Can it work, or will it...

While campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to roll out within 100...

25 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST