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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the Khel Mahakumbh being held in Jaipur, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (PTI)

AA Edit | It's up to Indians to protect our democracy, not outsiders

Leaders of democratic nations, including India, have repeatedly averred that democracy is a shared value.

1 April 2023 12:17 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Trump makes dubious history

Mr Trump may have been charged on many counts but they will be known only after his arraignment takes place on Tuesday...

1 April 2023 12:14 AM IST

Rahul Baba baiters want to know more about his weird beard -- a question only Rahul and his barber can respond to. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Give MPs, MLAs a fair chance

There are constitutional and legal provisions to disqualify an elected member.

31 March 2023 12:29 AM IST

JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | Karnataka polls to show which way wind blowing

That the state had shown a tendency to change regimes every five years for decades may give the Congress hope.

31 March 2023 12:27 AM IST

Senior AIADMK leader R Vaithilingam and State Ministers D Jayakumar and K T Rajendra Balaji said it has been decided that the present arrangement which gave full powers in the party to Palaniswami and Panneerselvam will continue. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Is AIADMK turning a new leaf?

The succession strife in the prime Opposition party had a deleterious impact on the state's politics

30 March 2023 12:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, S. Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal during the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

AA Edit | 'Unity of corrupt'?: PM sets a fresh challenge for Opp.

The Opposition must clearly understand the nature of this see-saw, where all those opposed to the BJP come together

30 March 2023 12:24 AM IST

Police uses water canon to disperse anti government protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

AA Edit | Bibi forced to take step back

The independence of the judiciary has been a thorn to Israeli politicians

29 March 2023 12:20 AM IST

Indias opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, speaks during a meeting as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu on Monday, Jan.23, 2023. (Photo:AP)

AA Edit | Action on Rahul unites Opp., as people remain indifferent

Mr Gandhi and his series of misfortunes might actually be a blessing in disguise

29 March 2023 12:14 AM IST

Nikhat Zareen after winning the gold medal in the 52-kg category in boxing. (Twitter)

AA Edit | India's golden boxing girls

Some of the wins came in hard-fought bouts, further embellishing a golden sporting journey for women boxers

28 March 2023 12:19 AM IST

The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act 2019, that came into force from Monday, provides for a 10 per cent additional reservation for those not eligible earlier. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the bill within a week. So compelling were the provisions an inclusive agenda for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and explicit exclusion of the well-off that all parties were agreed a rare but welcome show of national consensus. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others

Home minister Amit Shah backed Karnataka government's decision saying it was scrapped because it was constitutionally...

28 March 2023 12:11 AM IST

Using them as a convenient remedy and becoming habituated to these insidious drugs is dangerous and over time becomes an addiction.

AA Edit | India must win war on drugs

According to World Drug Report 2022, India is one of the world's single largest opiate markets in terms of users

27 March 2023 1:42 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Criminal defamation must go, make it a civil offence

Given the several interrelated circumstances leading up to it, the sentencing of Rahul Gandhi also looks somewhat...

27 March 2023 12:17 AM IST