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Shikha Mukerjee | No End to Confusion as Pan-India SIR Rolls Out

Shikha Mukerjee | No End to Confusion as Pan-India SIR Rolls Out

The start of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls to “purify” the voter lists to “strengthen democracy” has...

30 Oct 2025 12:02 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Queries Raised as Telangana Officer Seeks to Bow Out Before End of Term

Dilip Cherian | Queries Raised as Telangana Officer Seeks to Bow Out...

Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi’s decision to hang up his boots eight years ahead of time has clearly rattled the Telangana...

29 Oct 2025 6:50 PM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | COP30: Can We Samba To A Greener Global Future?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | COP30: Can We Samba To A Greener Global Future?

The US is the largest cumulative emitter of carbon, historically responsible for 24 per cent of the global emissions....

28 Oct 2025 10:14 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Islamabad Seems To Be Losing The Plot As War Looms On Afghan Border

Bhopinder Singh | Islamabad Seems To Be Losing The Plot As War Looms...

Gul Bahadur is a direct descendant of Mirza Ali Khan (of the Madda Khel clan of Uthmanzai Pathans), a revered...

28 Oct 2025 9:56 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Could Mamdani Win NY Mayoral Poll, Give Politics New Focus in US?

Aakar Patel | Could Mamdani Win NY Mayoral Poll, Give Politics New...

Democratic nominee leads ahead of November 4 election after a grassroots campaign.

27 Oct 2025 9:59 PM IST

Sanjaya Baru | The Many Hyderabads That We Now Live in

Sanjaya Baru | The Many Hyderabads That We Now Live in

Once divided by the Musi, now united by diversity — Hyderabad’s story of many cities in one.

27 Oct 2025 9:38 PM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can Trump Succeed in His Pledge to Disarm Hamas?

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Can Trump Succeed in His Pledge to Disarm...

However much Donald Trump, 47th President of the United States, and inarguably the most powerful man on the planet,...

26 Oct 2025 9:29 PM IST

Pradeep C. Nair | Does Homecoming of NSCN’s Muivah Signal a Return of Peace in Manipur?

Pradeep C. Nair | Does Homecoming of NSCN’s Muivah Signal a Return of...

Veteran Naga leader Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M), reached...

26 Oct 2025 9:13 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Ditch That Smartphone, Get Out, Get A W/Life

Shreya Sen-Handley | Ditch That Smartphone, Get Out, Get A W/Life

It was unfortunate, therefore, that on the one night recently that some couples-time was scrounged, the only cinema show...

26 Oct 2025 12:41 AM IST

Pavan K. Varma | NDA United, But Is Nitish Playing His Last Innings?

Pavan K. Varma | NDA United, But Is Nitish Playing His Last Innings?

The conspiracy, to my mind, was unethical, unnecessary, and dangerous. One consequence was that the RJD’s seats were...

25 Oct 2025 11:55 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Will Modi Join Sun Worship? Rahul Absence Proves Costly

Anita Katyal | Will Modi Join Sun Worship? Rahul Absence Proves Costly

Where is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi? This question surfaces often in view of his propensity to disappear when a crisis...

25 Oct 2025 11:45 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’ Won’t Work

Shikha Mukerjee | Amid Fragile Unity In Bihar, ‘Friendly Fights’...

“Friendly fight” is a euphemism. The real status of the relationship within a coalition that engages in a friendly fight...

24 Oct 2025 11:15 PM IST