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A public inquiry into the scandal opened in February 2022 but has yet to examine who at the top of the Post Office knew what and when. On January 10, 2024, the former boss of the Post Office Paula Vennells said she would return a royal honour received from Queen Elizabeth II, as public anger mounts. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Victims of British Post Office scandal may get...

“Don’t long for the company of the moon In less than twelve hours, she’s gone and soon The day will...

13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Annapoorani fallout: cultural sensitivity tested in streaming. (Image: Twitter)

DC Edit | Netflix's Annapoorani faux pas

Less than six weeks after it was released on Netflix, the movie Annapoorani, featuring actress Nayanthara as its...

13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI File Image)

DC Edit | What is Congress' narrative? No' to Mandir invite fine

The decision of the Congress to “respectfully” decline the invitation extended by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi...

12 Jan 2024 10:43 PM IST

Under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana, 44 lakh farmers were given a loan waiver of Rs 18,762 crore. But 6.56 lakh farmers were deprived of loan waiver due to software glitches. They all will now be given loan waiver, said Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde. (File Image: ANI Twitter)

DC Edit | Sena vs Sena: Speaker's ruling open to challenge

The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Nawrekar found a simple but partisan solution to the complicated Shiv Sena...

12 Jan 2024 12:06 AM IST

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other delegates at a seminar on semiconductor & electronics during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Gujarat fosters healthy competition

When the most politically powerful state in India, Gujarat, which is founded on a strong macroeconomic story, lays down...

12 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

BJP President Amit shah at the inauguration of Selfie booth at khan market in new Delhi. (Image: Bunny Smith)

Patralekha Chatterjee | How selfie booths' are changing India politics

India could well be the only country where the “selfie” is the medium and the message and where railway...

12 Jan 2024 12:03 AM IST

The Congress must feel that it is better placed now after a democratic CWC exercise, the holding of a rally to stress its pubic support in a state that used to be a bellwether of national politics and its understanding of the role it is to play in INDIA bloc and, for that matter, in India. (Image:R. Pavan)

DC Edit | Cong need give and take' for its alliance to succeed

Whether the party learnt its lessons from the Assembly elections will be reflected in the way it will be negotiating...

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Smoke billows during the Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Why US, Saudis aren't in a hurry to halt war in...

If the major powers failed the Palestinians, their own race brothers were not very helpful either

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Though police did not confirm how she was murdered the scene of crime suggested that he might have poisoned her as there was froth at her nose and mouth.

DC Edit | CEO turns into son's killer

There is situational irony in how even an understanding of IT and AI did not point to her a devious path to try and hide...

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

The railway ministry has dispelled speculation by devising a unique arrangement to formalise the role of the newly appointed director-general (DG) of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) in Vadodara. (Image: DC)

Dilip Cherian | Decoding the Railway Board reshuffle

Roopa Srinivasan is set to serve as the DG, NAIR, from the Railway Board in Delhi

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Air Indias pilots union and several other airlines had earlier written to the DGCA to stop BA tests as they increased the risk of infection. (Representational image: PTI)

DC Edit | More rest for pilots welcome

Pilots need more rest and the aviation regulator redefining working hours and rest time for them is to be welcomed....

9 Jan 2024 11:25 PM IST

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019, file photo, Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 riots in the state, in New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, quashed the Gujarat governments decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case and directed the convicts to surrender before jail authorities within two weeks. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

DC Edit | Justice for Bilkis Bano at last, some hope for India

The Supreme Court’s judgment quashing the order of the Gujarat government granting remission to 11...

9 Jan 2024 11:21 PM IST