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Senior BJP Leader L K Advani. (PTI File Image)

Aakar Patel | How Advani made the Ram Mandir possible taking the BJP...

The temple inauguration in Ayodhya closes a chapter in our history that many youngsters won’t know about, but the...

14 Jan 2024 10:52 PM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Those agony aunts who are bad news

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Those agony aunts who are bad news

I have this aunt. Before my extended family gets their loincloths in a bunch trying to figure out whose mother I’m...

14 Jan 2024 1:08 AM IST

Demonstrators hold portraits of Huthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi and Palestinian flags during a march in solidarity with the people of Gaza in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 5, 2024 amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group in Gaza. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)

Manish Tewari | How Houthis have taken the Gaza war to the world

The recent attempt by the Houthis — short form for Ansar-Allah — to blockade the Red Sea has triggered a new...

13 Jan 2024 10:53 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar delivers a lecture on Bharats Rise in Geopolitics, in Nagpur, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Bhopinder Singh | Quad shouldn't allow group to get derailed by...

Speaking at the launch of his latest book Why Bharat Matters, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar...

13 Jan 2024 10:50 PM IST

$In this Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 file photo, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu during the COP28, in UAE. The Maldivian government on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024 distanced itself from a ministers derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media and said these opinions are \personal and do not represent the views of the Government\. (PTI Photo)$ Opinion

Shobhaa De | Golmal in the Maldives & a new-style star shaadi

For the first column of 2024, why not begin with a New Year resolution? I have resolved to learn how to snorkel. So have...

13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

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

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

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

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

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

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