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Rishi Sunak addresses Conservative Party members during a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Opinion
DC Edit | Bleak Christmas in Sunak’s Britain

“Christmas comes only once a year, but when it comes it brings good cheer”, and so the ditty goes. Perhaps...

17 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Govt must not bait judges, move to evolve system first

If the statements of Union law minister Kiren Rijiju in Parliament on the Supreme Court hearing bail petitions and on...

17 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

The Chief Minister unfurled the BRS flag at 12.37 pm as per the muhurtham and assumed his chair in the party office on the first floor, located at Sardar Patel Marg, a prime location in the national capital. (Image: Twitter/@BRSparty)Opinion
DC Edit | Fuse BRS into larger narrative

At a time that the Aam Aadmi Party, with governments in two states and well over the vote share and MLAs needed in a...

16 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, state Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the state Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addresses a press conference after meeting over the state border dispute, at Parliament Library, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | To resolve interstate rows, don’t stoke linguistic fires

Linguistic states have been one of the ideas that have helped India sustain itself this far. Like secularism, it ensured...

16 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

DMK MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin leaves after he was sworn in as Tamil Nadu Minister Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan, in Chennai, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | A new era for DMK

Amidst an avalanche of criticism, DMK’s youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin became a new minister in the Tamil...

15 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

The frightening experience of air travellers in the last week or so, especially those flying out of Delhis Indira Gandhi Airports Terminal 3, would suggest that the airport system of passenger, hand baggage and security check handling leaves far too much to be desired. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
DC Edit | Airport chaos: A mess of India’s own making

To those who suffer the pain may well believe that India takes sadistic pleasure in erecting barriers. Blame it on the...

15 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said PM Modis vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat is \making India one of the strongest and most respected countries in the world\ (Photo: ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | Put curbs on China trade to check border mischief

Referring to the Chinese thrust in Arunachal Pradesh in the early hours of December 9, which is agitating the nation...

14 Dec 2022 12:36 AM IST

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | V-P, Speaker not above criticism

It will be gross abuse of parliamentary privileges if the Speaker claims the immunity judges enjoy against public...

14 Dec 2022 12:31 AM IST

Prince Harry and Meghan (Image: Netflix)Opinion
DC Edit | A self-serving royal exposé

There are only three people who could have been totally happy with the documentary Harry & Meghan on the UK royal...

13 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign at the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis Hindu nationalist party retained its 27-year control of his home state of Gujarat with a commanding election victory, but lost power in northern Himachal Pradesh state and in the city of New Delhi, according to a nearly complete vote count Thursday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Modi shifting focus back on vikas again welcome

The election season is over, for a while. And in a welcome shift of focus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put the...

13 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

Moroccos forward #19 Youssef En-Nesyri (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Cup of hope: 4 amazing teams square off at WC

Notwithstanding the ‘Black Pearl’ Pele’s prophecy that an African team would win the football World...

12 Dec 2022 1:33 AM IST

Congress MLA Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to be the next chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, in Shimla. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Two CMs, divergent challenges

The Congress and the BJP have chosen their legislature party leaders in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, respectively, in...

12 Dec 2022 1:27 AM IST

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