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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar (ANI)

AA Edit | Uncertainty lies ahead as Maha in political ferment

The NCP is part of an overarching opposition agenda, where Sharad Pawar continues to be a much respected voice.

4 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Hundreds turned out for the burial of the 17-year-old whose killing by police triggered the unrest. (AP/PTI)

AA Edit | France burns on systemic racism

The discontent is clear and Mr Macron, with powers extensively in his hands as President, is being blamed for it.

4 July 2023 12:03 AM IST

The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist. Secrets held by Mallikas mother, Mallikas aunt, Mallikas neighbours and Mallikas friends all the main characters. If I were to describe Fear and Lovely the way I want to, you would hear a robotic voice uttering spoiler alert at the start of almost every paragraph.

Book review | Slow & lovely dive into a middle class Indian girl's...

The entire book is about secrets. Secrets held by Mallika, the protagonist

3 July 2023 1:04 AM IST

Annas stories sprang from his politics, and, more visibly, the compassion in which his socialist views were rooted. His feelings on British rule, brahminical superiority, widow remarriage, and what were to become known as self-respect marriages marriages free of priests and dowries all show up in them. Finally, he was one of the pioneers of using popular fiction to promote a political party, first as a writer of short stories and then as a writer of movie scripts.

Book Review | C.N. Annadurai's witty social realism lost in...

Annadurai's fame as a politician tends to overshadow his accomplishments as a storyteller

3 July 2023 12:46 AM IST

Book Review | Giving wings to amateur birders

Book Review | Giving wings to amateur birders

Aasheesh's collection of essays, written over nearly four decades, makes justice to the phrase The Pleasures of Birds...

3 July 2023 12:38 AM IST

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar takes oath as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, at Raj Bhavan, in Mumbai, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (PTI)

NCP's Ajit Pawar does an Eknath Shinde, takes oath as Maharashtra...

Eight NCP legislators also sworn in as ministers at the ceremony held at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai

3 July 2023 12:34 AM IST

Twenty-five people died after a bus travelling from Maharashtras Yavatmal to Pune caught fire in Buldhana on the Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway. (ANI)

AA Edit | Take a lesson from bus horror

As per reports, some of the survivors succeeded in breaking windows and jumped out to escape the raging fire, which...

3 July 2023 12:20 AM IST

The chronological narrative follows three themes. First a brief overview of the budgets presented by each FM a refresher for fiscal policy wonks and deeply instructive for eager learners. Second, an informed and lively peek into the personal dynamics between the Prime Minister (PM) and each FM and between each FM and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) all situated within the political economy context over the three decades. (Image By Arrangement)

Book Review | Finance ministers who shaped early post-Independence...

What struck this reviewer was how many FMs resigned from office in those early days a practice that ended soonafter

3 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

File photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky walking along tranches with border guard officers as he inspects the state border with Russian Federation in Sumy region. (Ukrainian Presidential Press/AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Would-be winners in Ukraine war lurching towards far...

The alarming surge of the far-right in Germany, according to the latest opinion polls, shouldn't surprise the political...

3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress, in New Delhi, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (PTI)

AA Edit | BJP in MP gives the lie to PM's tall talk on freebies

The pattern evident in Indian electoral politics in the last two decades has been that people reward parties whose...

3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Government of Indias Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Check governors trying to exceed their powers

In the past nine years, it has become commonplace for governors to block legislation passed by state Assemblies.

3 July 2023 12:05 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Apna Dal (Sonelal) leader and Union Minister Anupriya Patel at the Jan Swabhiman Divas programme on the birth anniversary of Apna Dal founder Sonelal Patel, in Lucknow on Sunday. (Image: PTI)

Amit Shah Urges Consolidation of Backward Caste Voters in UP

Uttar Pradesh got completely rid of the divisive forces

3 July 2023 12:00 AM IST