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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, DMK leader Tiruchi Siva, CPI General Secretary D. Raja and others during a protest of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) at Jantar Mantar. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

DC Edit | Differences persist but INDIA must move on towards unity

The strengths and weaknesses of the INDIA bloc make themselves visible each passing day when the Opposition grouping...

15 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Annapoorani fallout: cultural sensitivity tested in streaming. (Image: Twitter)

DC Edit | Netflix's Annapoorani faux pas

Less than six weeks after it was released on Netflix, the movie Annapoorani, featuring actress Nayanthara as its...

13 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI File Image)

DC Edit | What is Congress' narrative? No' to Mandir invite fine

The decision of the Congress to “respectfully” decline the invitation extended by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi...

12 Jan 2024 10:43 PM IST

Under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Shetkari Sanman Yojana, 44 lakh farmers were given a loan waiver of Rs 18,762 crore. But 6.56 lakh farmers were deprived of loan waiver due to software glitches. They all will now be given loan waiver, said Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde. (File Image: ANI Twitter)

DC Edit | Sena vs Sena: Speaker's ruling open to challenge

The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Nawrekar found a simple but partisan solution to the complicated Shiv Sena...

12 Jan 2024 12:06 AM IST

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other delegates at a seminar on semiconductor & electronics during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024, in Gandhinagar, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Gujarat fosters healthy competition

When the most politically powerful state in India, Gujarat, which is founded on a strong macroeconomic story, lays down...

12 Jan 2024 12:05 AM IST

The Congress must feel that it is better placed now after a democratic CWC exercise, the holding of a rally to stress its pubic support in a state that used to be a bellwether of national politics and its understanding of the role it is to play in INDIA bloc and, for that matter, in India. (Image:R. Pavan)

DC Edit | Cong need give and take' for its alliance to succeed

Whether the party learnt its lessons from the Assembly elections will be reflected in the way it will be negotiating...

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Though police did not confirm how she was murdered the scene of crime suggested that he might have poisoned her as there was froth at her nose and mouth.

DC Edit | CEO turns into son's killer

There is situational irony in how even an understanding of IT and AI did not point to her a devious path to try and hide...

11 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST

Air Indias pilots union and several other airlines had earlier written to the DGCA to stop BA tests as they increased the risk of infection. (Representational image: PTI)

DC Edit | More rest for pilots welcome

Pilots need more rest and the aviation regulator redefining working hours and rest time for them is to be welcomed....

9 Jan 2024 11:25 PM IST

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019, file photo, Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 riots in the state, in New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, quashed the Gujarat governments decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case and directed the convicts to surrender before jail authorities within two weeks. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

DC Edit | Justice for Bilkis Bano at last, some hope for India

The Supreme Court’s judgment quashing the order of the Gujarat government granting remission to 11...

9 Jan 2024 11:21 PM IST

In the wake of derogatory comments made by Maldivian ministers against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a substantial number of Indian tourists have opted to cancel their vacation plans to the Maldives. (Image: Twitter)

DC Edit | Maldives: India Shows Soft Power

Every country has a choice of its values, of what it wants to be and how it wants to be perceived but no nation, which...

9 Jan 2024 12:07 AM IST

Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures 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)

DC Edit | Hasina faces challenges; but win is good for India

Democracy, whose basic premise is free and fair polls, may have got off on the wrong foot in the significant election...

8 Jan 2024 11:15 PM IST

With its Aditya-L1, India may have proved the breadth and versatility of its space programme that has led to Isro being marked as a space collaborator for programmes with far bigger budgets like those of Nasa and others. (Image: PTI)

DC Edit | Aditya at L1, a notable scientific achievement

Aditya-L1 will be a milestone even more than a landmark achievement as Indian space exploration raises its sights

8 Jan 2024 12:00 AM IST