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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee

Clutching at straws in Bengal as BJP on rise

The Trinamul Congress grew and grew, with people who joined in droves.

3 July 2019 1:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Conservative Party lost a by-election in Wales, cutting his parliamentary majority to just one. (Photo: AFP)

Welcome to Boris in Wonderland, with the supporters of democracy

The date is significant because it's when witches and other mythical creatures emerge and demand a trick or treat.

24 Aug 2019 3:55 AM IST

The Samjhauta Express, named after the Hindi word for agreement, comprises six sleeper coaches and an AC 3-tier coach. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Samjhauta stops: How 4-decade service has cemented love across border

It was suspended again on August 8, 2019 by Pakistan in retaliation to India's decision to strip Jammu and Kashmir of...

8 Aug 2019 4:42 PM IST

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

The Speaker's impartiality is indispensable

In India, the Economist's words would be seen as Speakers' violating parliamentary privilege.

4 Aug 2019 12:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Why did Modi invoke ancient Tamil poet to stress India's unity in...

This is not for the first that an Indian leader has echoed these words on an International forum.

28 Sept 2019 11:56 AM IST

Tharoor put up another photo of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to make his point that most Indian prime ministers have been popular abroad not just Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter)

Tharoor finally manages to find 'authentic' pic of Nehru's US visit

Tharoor's post came a day after a tweet on Tuesday had gone geographically and grammatically wrong.

25 Sept 2019 12:21 PM IST

UPA chairperson and former president of Congress Sonia Gandhi said that her party is exposing fraud and corruption of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people associated with him. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Can Congress follow Indira's 1969 plan to revitalise itself?

The Congress cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds anymore.

18 Sept 2019 1:59 AM IST

Swerving to Solitude: Letters to Mama by Keki N. Daruwalla Simon and Schuster India, Rs 499.

Emergency, scrutinised through the female gaze

It is too easy to just set it in the Emergency or in India and the world of the 1970s.

15 Sept 2019 1:32 AM IST

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani pays his last respects to his father Ram Jethmalani during his cremation at Lodhi Road Crematorium in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Eminent jurist leaves behind a rich legacy

Colleagues look back fondly at the storied life and near-seven-decade career of legal fraternity's controversial doyen.

9 Sept 2019 1:23 AM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Language row led to a new nation 49 yrs ago

Jinnah's toxic temper, mixed with arrogance, sowed the seeds of irreversible Bengali nationalism in the world's most...

16 Dec 2020 9:05 AM IST

RN Kao, Gentleman Spymaster, by Nitin A Gokhale Bloomsbury, Rs 599.

Super-Kao-boy' who helped liberate Bangladesh

Even the legendary Rameshwar Nath Kao couldn't quite play god at all times.

26 Jan 2020 3:03 AM IST

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut withdraws Indira Gandhi remark

Terming Mr Raut's comment as wrong, state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat on Thursday said such remarks would not be...

17 Jan 2020 1:09 AM IST