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Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other leaders during celebrations after AAP crossed the majority mark in the MCD polls, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Amid BJP triumph, can AAP be a force in 2024?

The verdict of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh along with that for the Municipal Corporation of...

15 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

SOPs have been designed to ensure safety and security of students, particularly girls, while teachers and staff members in each school are being sensitised on the POCSO Act, 2012.(Representational Image)

Devi Kar | Schools need to teach the basics, not just prepare kids for...

The other night, a student who had passed out of my school this year was killed in a nasty road accident. Her college...

15 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

The Women Police Station (WPS) will get a colourful indoor play area with toys and rocking chairs for children, apart from counselling rooms and breastfeeding chamber for women with infants. DCP Madhapur K. Shilpavalli said that the reworking of the WPS was a brainchild of Cyberabad police commissioner Stephen Raveendra. (Representational AP image)

Dilip Cherian | Customs staff in Mumbai irked by IRS officersâ€™...

A rift has appeared and seems to be widening between Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers and those in customs and GST...

14 Dec 2022 12:40 AM IST

The faceoff, which was reported near Yangtse in the Tawang sector, had lasted for few hours before both sides disengaged. Representational Image. (Twitter)

KC Singh | To keep peace at LAC, be ready to confront China

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing in the world was certain, except for death and taxes. The assertive...

14 Dec 2022 12:18 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Demystifying the G-20 presidency: What it means for...

If one cannot actually be a leader, one can always pretend one is a leader. It is like wearing combat fatigues and...

13 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the swearing in ceremony of the later in Gandhinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing...

It was an outstanding and unprecedented triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the results of the state Assembly...

13 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

Diana and Meghan did the democratic world a favour in boldly exposing the underbelly of the royal family, which by itself is an anachronism in the modern age. (SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Furore erupts as Harry & Meghan reveal the â€˜truthâ€™...

Well, it’s that couple again! In India we are used to doleful saas-bahu serials so this is nothing new. We all...

12 Dec 2022 1:22 AM IST

The economy had contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 on account of impact of COVID pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | The world economy and us: Are we decoupled?

Referring to persistent uncertainty on the economic front, following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war and other...

12 Dec 2022 1:18 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How Mallikarjun Babuâ€™s secret weapon backfired

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | How Mallikarjun Babuâ€™s secret weapon...

To impress girls in the ’80s, you absolutely needed two things: a music system and wheels. Mallikarjun Babu, that...

11 Dec 2022 1:25 AM IST

Indias Congress party newly appointed president Mallikarjun Kharge gestures after addressing a press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Anita Katyal | Kharge ups the ante on Sonia cabal; Kanhaiya may head...

Though it is well-known that veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge was handpicked by Sonia Gandhi to take on the Congress...

11 Dec 2022 1:10 AM IST

The judge was speaking at a seminar, Arbitration in infrastructure and construction sector. organised by the International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ICDAR) regional centre in Hyderabad and the Con-federation of Industries (CII) Telangana.

Pavan K. Varma | In collegium debate, speed, transparency key concerns

Is a fresh attempt being made to curb judicial autonomy, or does the judicial process actually need reform?...

11 Dec 2022 12:56 AM IST

The next lines of the verse whose first lines words are Christmas is coming are Please put a penny in the old mans hat? If you havent got a penny, a hapenny will do (Representational Image)

Farrukh Dhondy | Will a wave of strikes in UK take the joy out of...

“O Bachchoo, can sin be disguised as virtue, Or virtue wear the purdah of sin? How do you tell if the lie is not...

10 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST