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Union home minister Amit Shah (PTI)

BJP and Congress trade barbs over Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi

The Congress hit back saying that an undeclared Emergency has been imposed in the country by the BJP.

26 Jun 2020 7:21 AM IST

Praveen Davar | 1971 War: How India's foreign policy was key to Dhaka...

In fact, Kissinger warned India on behalf of President Richard Nixon that India shouldn't even think of attacking...

20 Oct 2021 1:49 AM IST

If Rahul Gandhi is going to be our Prime Minister one day, he needs to learn how to handle awkward situations, in particular those connected to his familys past. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Of Rahul, Indira and the mistake' of Emergency

Indira Gandhi didn't think the Emergency was a mistake and she certainly didn't apologise for it

19 March 2021 4:45 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Karan Thapar | Sedition: Time for SC to enforce its own rulings

96 per cent of sedition cases for criticising politicians and governments over the last decade were registered after...

11 Jun 2021 12:11 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

AA Edit | Pushing two-child policy: Can it ramp up growth?

According to the last population census (2011), the rate of growth of population among Muslims was higher than the...

14 July 2021 12:30 AM IST

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (PTI)

Saeed Naqvi | RSS' Bhagwat and Muslims: Recalling Bhaurao Deoras'...

Muslims, traditionally a Congress vote bank, began to feel uncomfortable with the Congress. There was a reason

10 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The hidden politics behind Supreme Court's...

On the face of it, the collegium system is indeed untenable in principle in a democratic system. But it is not a simple...

7 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers

Book Excerpt | Pranab: How I had worked with Indira, Sonia, Manmohan...

I felt that while Dr Singh might not have been as aggressive as Pranab in voicing his opinions

10 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Telangana had backwardness written into its geography. It had backwardness written into its sociology. And it had backwardness hard-wired into its mentality. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Andhra & Telangana: The trial marriage that failed

The story is of a deep cultural divide between two peoples united by language but divided by habits, values, history and...

25 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

Captain Shiva Chouhan. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Siachen: Breaking barriers

In going to duty at an altitude of 4,765 metres at the Kumar Post in the Himalayas, Shiva has struck a resounding blow...

5 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard following crack down on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and his supporters, in Jalandhar, Sunday March 19, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Restore order in Punjab, with zero tolerance for extremism

The extremist preacher Amritpal Singh has used foreign funding and brainwashing techniques to create an atmosphere for...

21 March 2023 12:14 AM IST

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh (C) speaks to the media, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 3, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | Khalistan 2.0 & the fallacy of Hindutva supremacy

Today, the separatist movement for Khalistan has once again reared its ugly face. Why has this happened?

5 March 2023 12:00 AM IST