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Armed British police officers patrol near 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Sunak lives on the edge: Will he take the UK into icy...

“O Bachchoo there is no destiny No man’s preordained fate Creatures of the best-in-me If we don’t...

15 Dec 2023 9:35 PM IST

Narendra Modi will be accompanied on the 1.8 km roadshow by Union minister and state BJP president G. Kishan Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP Dr K Laxman and senior leaders. The BJP is making elaborate arrangements for the Prime Ministers roadshow.

Shobhaa De | Word of Year: Where there is no fizz, there's no Rizz'

Tis the season for lists. I love it! All lists are, by definition, highly subjective and arbitrary, which makes it more...

15 Dec 2023 9:29 PM IST

Chinese incursions in the South China Sea escalate tensions with Asian neighbors. (AFP File Image)

Debotri Dhar | Chanakya, China & diverse ideals of global friendship

Kautilya (375-283 BCE), the legendary author of the Indian political treatise Arthashastra and chief adviser...

14 Dec 2023 10:39 PM IST

The only claim that the Modi government can make is that national security concern was the reason for making the drastic changes in the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representative Image: DC)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC's Art. 370 ruling has left key...

Even Hindu-majority Jammu is not happy with the new UT status

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Holding Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik responsible for the blunder, Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingh Mishra demanded an apology from the CM.

Dilip Cherian | Odisha babus eye giant projects for economic...

Whispers are gaining momentum

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Sheikh Hasina. (AA File Image)

Monideepa Banerjie | Dummies' to help Hasina in BNP-mukt Jan. 7 polls?

In the 2014 Assembly elections, the Mahasamund constituency in Chhattisgarh had grabbed headlines because the BJP...

12 Dec 2023 11:36 PM IST

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. (Image: S. Surender Reddy)

Sriram Karri | Revanth era in Telangana: Hope reigns amid caution

A few months ago, at an averagely attended training programme of key state and district-level Congress leaders,...

12 Dec 2023 12:41 AM IST

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

Aakar Patel | Has South Asia hobbled itself? Can we turn into Korea,...

Last week, I wrote about South Asia remaining poor compared to many nations in Asia, which have done something different...

12 Dec 2023 12:11 AM IST

Three BJP candidates were elected to the Nizamabad urban, Kamareddy, and Armoor constituencies for the first time. Dhanpal Suryanarayana Gupta was elected as the BJPs MLA from urban after defeating Congress nominee Mohammad Ali Shabbir and knocking off BRS sitting MLA Bigala Ganesh Gupta. (Image By Arrangement)

Sanjaya Baru | The geography of power, in North, South & West India

Many political leaders from southern states have been articulating their concern about the impact of a new delimitation...

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | Will Cameron rush to Tories' rescue? Blyton's Famous 5...

It may be the jolly time of Christmas but we have freezing temperatures all across England. At the same time...

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were not pleased with Chouhans efforts to promote his sons. (PTI File Image)

Anita Katyal | No son-rise' in MP, Chhattisgarh, Raj; knives are out...

As the Bharatiya Janata Party top brass mulled the choice of chief ministers for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and...

10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

I am a believer not just in their kindness, but the purity, clarity and genuine intimacy of strangers: Krishna Shastri Devulapalli. (Image by Arrangement)

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Stranger Encounters of the Intimate Kind

On my morning walk, I sometimes see this young woman, a focused, majestic jogger. There is something pure, even...

10 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST