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President candidate Draupadi Murmu sweeps at the sweeps at the Purnandeswar Shiv temple in Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha (PTI Photo)Nation
Murmu to file papers Friday; gets Naveen, Nitish support

Modi likely first proposer; other leaders to accompany her

23 Jun 2022 7:31 AM IST

Yashwant Sinha. (PTI)Nation
Opposition finalises Sinha’s name

The Opposition leaders, who gathered for the meeting convened by NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, unanimously agreed on Mr...

22 Jun 2022 12:40 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Opinion
DC Edit | The spirit of Modi-'s reforms laudable; but need tweaks

Modi has aimed for the sky in the scale of ambition, ignoring all potential political fallout

21 Jun 2022 11:00 PM IST

(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of...

Agnipath announcement has all the elements of a surprise move without any serious thinking and planning behind it

21 Jun 2022 10:30 PM IST

Draupadi Murmu. (Wikimedia Commons)Nation
Draupadi Murmu, tribal leader from Odisha, is BJP-led NDA candidate...

Speculation is rife that Murmu could file her nomination before the Prime Minister leaves for Germany to attend the G-7...

21 Jun 2022 9:41 PM IST

An Army jawan on Thursday reportedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at the Kralapora Army camp in frontier Kupwara district. Representational image/PTINation
Army issues recruitment notice, PM to meet chiefs

The PM is likely to discuss the Agnipath scheme in detail with the service chiefs

21 Jun 2022 1:05 AM IST

Anticipating rail blockades in 16 states, the Railways has issued directives for maintaining law and order in trains and station premises, cautioning zonal railways against pro-left wing extremists participating in Tuesdays Bharat Bandh. (Representational Image: DC)Nation
600 trains affected by Bharat Bandh

Normal life remained largely undisrupted across the country as offices, schools and other educational institutions...

21 Jun 2022 1:02 AM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves after casting his vote in the second stage of French parliamentary elections at a polling station in Le Touquet, northern France on June 19, 2022. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Macron hobbled; gains by Left, Right to hurt France

The swing away from France’s settled system might give a counter thrust in the form of the importance of Parliament

20 Jun 2022 11:45 PM IST

A file photo of Indian army soldiers patrollingl near the Line of Control (LOC), in Akhnoor, about 65kms from Jammu. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Agnipath: Bringing the ‘gig’ economy to...

The Union government is experimenting with applying these -'start-up-' human resources management principles to the...

20 Jun 2022 11:35 PM IST

Youngsters stage a protest against the newly announced Agnipath scheme, at Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, in Jalandhar, on Saturday. (PTI Photo)Opinion
Aakar Patel | Anger on streets over Agnipath reflects how New India...

There are no jobs in New India and the anger over the changes in the Army recruitment system is emblematic of a much...

20 Jun 2022 11:30 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indian chess grandmasters Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy and Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur during the launch of torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad, at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Welcoming spirit of chess to India

Chess was India’s gift to the world, but it might be one of the many ancient truths lost on us

20 Jun 2022 11:30 PM IST

Youngsters sit on railway tracks to protest against the Agnipath scheme, in Buxar, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Centre, Tuesday announced the short-term recruitment plan to enlist young citizens into the armed forces. (PTI)Nation
No jobs for arsonists, declare armed forces

Aspirants planning to join defence forces will have to give a certificate that they were not a part of the protest or...

20 Jun 2022 1:26 AM IST

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