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Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

No person serving government can be appointed Election Commissioner

The court said giving additional charge of the State Election Commission to a government official is mockery of the...

13 March 2021 8:51 AM IST

Mr Biden can do even more to help the world rid itself of the pandemic. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Biden shows the way

Biden signed a historic US $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package heralding a path-breaking measure that sets very high...

13 March 2021 4:54 AM IST

Fair and free elections where citizens vote peacefully and elect their representatives and rulers are one of the seminal pillars of a functioning democracy. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Polls a serious business, spare us all the theatrics

Spectacles and theatrics are essential ingredients of Indian elections and our leaders never fail to deliver them

13 March 2021 4:41 AM IST

The Gandhis state of funk may have been enhanced last week by Gujarat where, contrary to the promise of 2017, the Congress has been beaten to a pulp by the BJP in the local body elections. (Photo: PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | Gandhis have had it if Congress flops in May

As for the Congress Party (The House), senior members have already bolted and joined the BJP

13 March 2021 4:30 AM IST

We take skin colourism as a nasty ingredient of our prejudices -- which we shouldnt. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | My adventures with Oprah, the real queen of...

Interviews with royals are like a virus plague, you don't want to catch them, but you can't avoid hearing all about them

13 March 2021 4:10 AM IST

Legally, with the Supreme Court having pronounced its verdict, each individual, group, party and organisation has the democratic right to challenge it, call for a review petition and so forth.

Toolkit case: Delhi court extends protection from arrest granted to...

The counsel appearing for the accused told the court that his case was entirely different from the co-accused

12 March 2021 11:40 AM IST

Trinamool Congress supporters pray for the speedy recovery of party chief and West Bengal CM Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, outside SSKM hospital, in Kolkata, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Six-member TMC delegation to meet EC in Delhi on Friday over 'attack'...

Party leaders alleged that anti-social elements have been mobilised from the neighbouring states by the BJP in Nandigram...

12 March 2021 11:06 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Biden announces all Americans to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination...

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 29,150,068 and 529,102,...

12 March 2021 10:01 AM IST

The hope is that the new CM will appease disgruntled elements in preparation for the state poll next year. For the BJP, however, changing CMs midstream has not paid earlier. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | U'khand: Will BJP strategy work?

In a state with only 70 MLAs, change of loyalty is not hard to engineer a syndrome Uttarakhand shares with several...

12 March 2021 4:56 AM IST

Sharing her plans in the video, Ms Banerjee, whose her party postponed its manifesto release which was earlier scheduled during the day, vowed to bounce back in her poll campaign. (Photo: PTI)

Didi shifts blame on her car; wants to return in poll campaign, even...

Her fresh narrative came after many local residents, who witnessed the accident at Birulia of Nandigram, punctured her...

12 March 2021 4:49 AM IST

The Congress and the UDF need to device a scheme that can rival that of the LDF if they were to return to power following the four-decade-old pattern. (Photo:DC)

AA Edit | Chacko exit: Is it too late for Cong to stop Kerala loss?

The Congress has of late demonstrated an unenviable ability to watch nonchalantly the sight of its bastions falling to...

12 March 2021 4:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launches pan-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. (PTI)

Prime Minister Modi to seek Quad funds for COVID-19 vaccine

Observers see the move as a major boost to India which has been playing a global leadership role in disbursing vaccines...

12 March 2021 1:53 AM IST