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Anita Katyal | BJP Has Nitish On Tight Leash; In UP, It’s SIR Over Surname

Anita Katyal | BJP Has Nitish On Tight Leash; In UP, It’s SIR Over...

The BJP may have been forced to concede the chief minister’s post to Nitish Kumar but, JD(U) insiders maintain, their...

22 Nov 2025 11:04 PM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your Diversity

Shreya Sen-Handley | No Time Like Now To Relish Your Diversity

Celebrating Diwali late this year because of school exams, we joyfully carried home sheesh kebabs, samosas, jalebis,...

22 Nov 2025 10:56 PM IST

DC Edit | US-India Defence Ties Endure

DC Edit | US-India Defence Ties Endure

Soon after Mr Trump took charge of the Oval Office for the second time, India and the US issued a joint statement in...

22 Nov 2025 12:57 AM IST

DC Edit | Will Nitish’s Tenth Term Start New Era for Bihar?

DC Edit | Will Nitish’s Tenth Term Start New Era for Bihar?

More than a mere political survivor, Nitish is a phenomenal reader of social arithmetic and engineering with wide appeal...

22 Nov 2025 12:48 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration, Asylum-Seekers

Farrukh Dhondy | UK Is Trying New Ways to Halt Rise in Immigration,...

This has become an age of mass migrations of populations fleeing war-torn countries or cruel regimes – Afghanistan,...

21 Nov 2025 10:14 PM IST

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

Shobhaa De | ‘Parasocials’ Rock… Let’s Ask Rahul, Rajni, Shashi

During the five decades of Rajni domination, an avalanche of “parasocial” relationships were spawned across generations...

21 Nov 2025 10:05 PM IST

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71 Survive?

Monideepa Banerjie | After Hasina Verdict, Will The Spirit Of ’71...

Bangladesh wants its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to be extradited to her country, now she has been sentenced to...

20 Nov 2025 11:07 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Dilip Cherian | From IRS To MLA In Record Time: The Sujit Kumar Story

Fresh off a decisive Bihar victory, the Modi government has signalled a sharp bureaucratic reset, one that goes far...

20 Nov 2025 10:50 PM IST

DC Edit | Governors and Bills: More Clarity By SC Was Needed

DC Edit | Governors and Bills: More Clarity By SC Was Needed

It is welcome that the court has brought some finality to the matter of whether a governor can or cannot sit on a bill...

20 Nov 2025 10:32 PM IST

DC Edit | Maoist Insurgency On Deathbed

DC Edit | Maoist Insurgency On Deathbed

Born in Purvati village in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, Hidma began as a Bastar Dalam member before rising through...

20 Nov 2025 9:18 PM IST

DC Edit | Need for Fair Policy After SC Nod to Green Violators

DC Edit | Need for Fair Policy After SC Nod to Green Violators

he recall could enable the government to grant environmental clearances to violators of the green laws who had already...

19 Nov 2025 9:22 PM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

The high cost of wages has also slowed down the intake into the government and most departments are hugely understaffed

19 Nov 2025 9:10 PM IST