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This re-enactment of the Chicago 7 trial, with Bobby Seale, the only black defendant, bound and gagged in public when he vociferously protested against a judgement of the bench, was also an essential and telling record of US history.(Twitter/@hitRECordJoe)

Farrukh Dhondy | OF CABBAGES AND KINGS

Tried! When Arun Jaitley batted for art and when my films weren't banned

24 Oct 2020 11:22 AM IST

Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, descending the stairs of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli prior to an inter-religious ceremony for peace in Campidoglio Square, at Romes Capitoline Hill. (Photo: VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)

AA Edit | We are family

The conservatives say the Pope has only reminded the families of LGBT persons not to throw them out

24 Oct 2020 10:12 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference, ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections, in Patna. (PTI)

AA Edit | Polls before policy? BJP vaccine carrot unethical

If Bihar is to get the Covid vaccine free, will other states also get it free? Has the cost of this been calculated?

24 Oct 2020 9:53 AM IST

Social activist and preacher Father Stan Swamy. (PTI)

Court takes cognisance of Elgar Parishad charge sheet

NIA claimed the conspiracy related to the violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon was part of a 'well chalked-out...

23 Oct 2020 10:48 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses her first press conference after her release from over 14 months long detention, in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Mufti was in detention from August 5 last year following the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI)

Defiant Mufti pledges to fight till last breath for restoration of...

She said that she regretted posing faith in Prime Minister Modi who belonged to a party of which Atal Bihari Vajpayee...

23 Oct 2020 10:21 PM IST

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, left, and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav greet the crowd gathered for an election campaign rally in Hisua, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (All India Congress Committee via AP)

Bihar Elections: Rahul Gandhi slams Modi on Chinese intrusion, jobs...

Gandhi was sharing the dais with RJD leader and grand alliance Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav during the...

23 Oct 2020 8:36 PM IST

Two militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen, for all practical purposes the only home-grown armed extremist outfit in the valley, who had engaged the security forces were brought down and five jawans injured. AFP photo

J&K: Militants changing sanctuaries under pressure from security...

South Kashmir has been the hotbed of insurgency especially after militant commander Burhan Wani was killed by Indian...

23 Oct 2020 8:11 PM IST

A Hindu devotee helps another to adjust a face shield as they assemble prior to evening prayers for Goddess Durga at a makeshift place for worship during Durga Puja festival in New Delhi on October 22, 2020. (AFP)

In India, 70 lakh people have recovered from COVID infection

With 54, 366 fresh cases, India on Friday registered a total of 77.61 lakh cases of novel coronavirus

23 Oct 2020 8:00 PM IST

The banners and posters, reading All Meghalaya Bengalis are Bangladeshis , were alleged to have been put up by the KSU.(Twitter/@MrSamratX)

Meghalaya government appeals for peace after posters target Bengalis...

Sources in the student body indicated that the poster campaign had its roots in the Ichamati incident earlier this year

23 Oct 2020 6:50 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister and Janta Dal-United President Nitish Kumar during an election rally, in Sasaram, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (PTI)

PM begins election campaign in Bihar, says UPA wasted 10 years of CM...

He also raised the Galawan valley clash, article 370 and Pulwama terrorist attack during the rally

23 Oct 2020 6:44 PM IST

According to news agency reports, the 33 Indians who were working with a company as labourers in Somalia have been virtually held hostage by their employers for the past eight months. (Representational Image:AFP)

Efforts on to bring back 33 Indians stranded in Somalia

The labourers is reported to be virtually held hostage by their employers for the past eight months

23 Oct 2020 6:39 PM IST

The CBI has registered the case under charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating, and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on Tuesday afternoon, sources said.

Maharashtra withdrew CBI consent to stop political misuse: Anil...

Maharashtra is the fourth state in the country to withdraw the general consent to the apex agency.

23 Oct 2020 3:50 AM IST