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We drive drunk and light firecrackers on car roofs, while zig-zagging at top speed through the traffic. (Visit Goa). (Image: Facebook@Vincent Braganza)

Padma Rao Sundarji | Why Lakshadweep cannot become another Maldives

Even Bollywood joined the war-cry: Chalo Lakshadweep instead!

18 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Anita Anand | Lessons to learn from Bhutan on what not to do in...

Three deputy ministers in Maldives heard this as putting down the exotic and pristine offerings of their country and...

18 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to hold the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30 next year. (AP)

AA Edit | Apex court's stay on survey of Mathura Idgah welcome

The Sunni Waqf Board had challenged the very maintainability of the suit as well as the application

18 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, on Tuesday, (Image:AP)

AA Edit | Iowa boost for Trump's WH bid

He has promised to be a dictator at least for a day if he attains office. More than half of American voters may still...

18 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Maldives President Muizzu. (PTI Image)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Don't boycott the Maldives; send flood of...

Rather than encourage boycott calls, this is India's golden opportunity to send swarms of tourists around the year to...

17 Jan 2024 1:23 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, at Chiephobozou near Kohima, Nagaland, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Nyaya Yatra may be fruitful

Unlike the first edition of Bharat Jodo, this expedition will pass predominantly through areas where the Congress...

17 Jan 2024 1:21 AM IST

Deploying aircraft that can fly in dense fog with pilots trained to handle low visibility might be the best solution to an elusive algorithm of a specialised winter schedule for flights into and out of New Delhi. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Airlines, airports must plan better to tackle winter fog

No algorithm exists to exclude New Delhi IGI airport for flights till at least midday when the fog might be less dense...

17 Jan 2024 1:20 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, DMK leader Tiruchi Siva, CPI General Secretary D. Raja and others during a protest of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) at Jantar Mantar. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

AA Edit | Differences persist but INDIA must move on towards unity

INDIA to work deeper to understand and reconcile the competing interests of the alliance partners ahead of a tough...

15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Senior BJP Leader L K Advani. (PTI File Image)

Aakar Patel | How Advani made the Ram Mandir possible taking the BJP...

Unfortunately for Mr Advani but unsurprisingly for the rest of us, the architect of the party's rise will not be able to...

15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Saffron flags bearing images of Lord Ram, Lord Hanuman and the upcoming grand temple on display in front of shops along Ram Path, in Ayodhya. Ahead of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in the holy city, demand for such flags has risen manifold. (PTI Photo/Kunal_Dutt)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi's Ayodhya overdrive: Will dreams...

It is now a recognisable signature of Prime Minister Modi that he does not believe in anything low key.

15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

The Taiwanese flag waves on the tower of the Presidential Office Building, originally built in 1919 as the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period, in Taipei on January 14, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

AA Edit | Taiwan vote reinforces freedom spirit

Taiwanese seem determined to keep clear of China's dream of unification despite the threat of invasion that China is...

15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Upset over the visit of the British envoy in Islamabad to the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), India on Saturday registered a strong protest saying such an infringement of Indias sovereignty and integrity is unacceptable. (Twitter@JaneMarriottUK)

India protests UK envoy's visit to PoK

The British high commissioner to Islamabad, Jane Marriott, visited Mirpur, located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, on a...

14 Jan 2024 2:14 AM IST