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In the aftermath of the assembly election results in four states, Nitish Kumars JD(U) has pointed fingers at the Congress, alleging neglect of the INDIA alliance partners during the election campaign.(Image: DC)

Sunil Gatade | Nitish Kumar is a non-starter' as INDIA alliance...

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar may well get some position in the INDIA alliance later this month, but he looks...

9 Jan 2024 11:18 PM IST

Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laughs while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

K.C. Singh | Hasina's victory: Time for caution, not complacency

The January 7 elections for the Jatiya Sangsad, Bangladesh’s Parliament, has produced a huge win for Prime...

9 Jan 2024 11:14 PM IST

In the wake of derogatory comments made by Maldivian ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a substantial number of Indian tourists have opted to cancel their vacation plans to the Maldives. (Image: Twitter)

DC Edit | Maldives: India Shows Soft Power

Every country has a choice of its values, of what it wants to be and how it wants to be perceived but no nation, which...

9 Jan 2024 12:07 AM IST

NHAI plans to develop 57 stretches as model national highways. (PTI Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Punitive Laws Alone Can't De-Risk India's Highways

Christmas Day, December 25, is also Good Governance Day in India, as it has been since 2014, to coincide with the birth...

9 Jan 2024 12:01 AM IST

Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

DC Edit | Hasina faces challenges; but win is good for India

Democracy, whose basic premise is free and fair polls, may have got off on the wrong foot in the significant election...

8 Jan 2024 11:15 PM IST

The Tablighi meeting was held before India issued guidelines on public gatherings. (PTI File Image)

Aakar Patel | Scapegoating of Tablighi Jamaat in 2020: Lessons for...

It’s sometimes necessary to remind ourselves of the past in order to understand the present. Four years ago, in...

8 Jan 2024 11:10 PM IST

The fact is that despite the 1962 war, and the consequences of the Cold War, the leaderships of both China and India have sought to maintain stability in their relationship. (Image: Twitter)

Sanjaya Baru | India & China: Of power, performance & posturing

Neither succeeded in full measure, but very quickly came to terms with the ground realitiesâ€

8 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

With its Aditya-L1, India may have proved the breadth and versatility of its space programme that has led to Isro being marked as a space collaborator for programmes with far bigger budgets like those of Nasa and others. (Image: PTI)

DC Edit | Aditya at L1, a notable scientific achievement

Aditya-L1 will be a milestone even more than a landmark achievement as Indian space exploration raises its sights

8 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the decisions of the GST Council are only recommendatory in nature and not binding on the Centre and the states. (Photo:PTI)

DC Edit | Balaji: SC upholds CM's primacy

The Supreme Court had to remind governors that they hold no veto power over the right of the state legislatures in...

8 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

A Christmas surprise transforms Grumpy neighbors into pet enthusiasts. (Image by arrangement)

Shashi Warrier | The Christmas Conversion

It seems that there are cat people and there are dog people, and ne’er the twain shall get along, like...

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Temple under construction, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the temple, in Ayodhya. (PTI Photo)

Anita Katyal | Why BJP wants Kerala to rejoice; Pawar homes in on heir...

With two weeks to go for the grand consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata...

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Offerings brought by devotees during a Sandesh Yatra from Nepals Janakpur, ahead of the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple, in Ayodhya, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Drama after trauma: Much politics in the name of Ram

These days the entire country is absorbed with the forthcoming inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22....

7 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST