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DC Edit | Indian democracy faces its darkest day in history

It was one of the darkest days in the history of India’s Parliament as the elected representatives of the people ...

21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas seems to come earlier every year… amid the...

“Shah Jahan was obsessed with his wife Is the Taj a monument to her life Or just to her death? -- A bitter ...

21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | Can India beat US in tariff game?

US President-elect Donald Trump’s warning to India about reciprocal taxes against Indian exports if New Delhi does not...

21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in...

Some weeks ago, former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, undergoing religious penance at the holy ...

20 Dec 2024 7:45 PM IST

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Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be...

In this season of celebrations, can anyone be denied their right to celebrate? That is exactly what happened to...

20 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | 2024: Watershed year for Indian diplomacy

The mandarins of the external affairs ministry can pat themselves on the back for a successful year of dialogue and ...

20 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | Probe ferry mishap thoroughly

The horrific accident of a passenger ferry and a naval speed boat near Mumbai has shocked the nation. Neel Kamal, the...

20 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | Ashwin retires with a spin

In a career with many an absence thrust upon him by selection foibles from white ball games, he was a team man to the...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Many dangers in Mideast ahead; Syria up for...

What West Asia needs is not ecstatic triumphalism but peace and reconciliation that will allow all factions in Syria,...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

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Dilip Cherian | Why are states dodging mandate of apex court on police...

Several states continue defying 2006 DGP appointment guidelines, frustrating the Supreme Court's efforts to ensure...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

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DC Edit | Constitution debate led to only partisan diatribe

So polarised is the India polity now that the clear divide between those who rule and those who oppose them has been...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

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Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitions

Reversing the inexorable advance towards centralisation of executive power, programmes and election schedules...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST