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Chief minister-designate Uddhav Thackeray with governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan. (Photo: PTI)

Maha drama can be a signpost for future

In Maharashtra, this led to disenchantment from its oldest regional communal ally, the Shiv Sena.

28 Nov 2019 1:01 AM IST

Food safety commissioner Mrinalini Darswal has asked the officials to visit all midday meal kitchens to take stalk of the hygiene and cleanliness standards. (Representational Image)

Eggs and equality

Even there, a few months ago, Jains and the Kabir Panth community had tried to put a spanner in the works.

27 Nov 2019 1:09 AM IST

Supreme Court of India

SC order brings cheer in Maha testing times

Each of these points of the petitoners had been contested by the BJP and the Central government.

27 Nov 2019 1:08 AM IST

A wake-up call for Kerala

There are as many as 55 primary health centres with NQAS accreditation in the state.

26 Nov 2019 12:23 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the upper house. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Govt must recognise J&K not yet normal'

An official claim of normality in such circumstances can only make us the world's laughing stock.

26 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Every day newspapers are filled with reports of such mindless deaths, caused by erratic irresponsible drivers some drunk, some driving faster than they should for adventure, and many others, plain irresponsible.

Rein in those rogues

Every day, across our country, people go out on roads of all kinds for the business of their lives.

25 Nov 2019 1:52 AM IST

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari with newly-appointed Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy Ajit Pawar in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

The sorry spectacle in Maha tarnishes India

It agreed to hear the matter on Sunday, but ended the day in about an hour without passing a final order.

25 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari with newly-appointed Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy Ajit Pawar in Mumbai on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Another close one as power eludes Pawar

Sonia would go on, within days, to name Manmohan Singh as the prime minister, who would in turn, be re-elected to a...

24 Nov 2019 6:56 AM IST

Sethumadhavan has one delightful girl and one charming boy. Lovingly named Janma Malini and Kurkuresh (perhaps by themselves, via a curt memo from the womb).

Holy cow? More like ma-minion, dad-slave

Let's take my good friend Sethumadhavan from Chennai. Everyone knows a Sethumadhavan.

24 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Banaras Hindu University

Vile linguistic communalism

Faculty members and students of other departments have shown up the protests against the professor to be shallow and...

23 Nov 2019 12:05 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the upper house. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Is repression in J&K the new normal'?

Read any newspaper in the Valley and you will see nothing but loud self-censorship.

23 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Sourav Ganguly convinced the Bangladesh Cricket Board to agree to a Day/Night Test just a few days before their team was to land in India. (Photo: PTI)

Pink cricket in India, at last

Spotting the ball in twilight isn't easy and the pink ball tends to do a lot more in playing tricks off the surface.

22 Nov 2019 2:28 AM IST