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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut leaves after being produced at a court, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Raut was on Wednesday granted bail in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra Chawl. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Raut case exposes gross abuse of powers by ED

The order of the special judge for cases charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) granting bail to...

12 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media while departing a polling station after voting in the US midterm elections at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Midterms: Democracy gets a boost; setback to Trump

It was a good day for democracy as the US election process came through a stern test in the midterm polls. The result...

11 Nov 2022 12:05 AM IST

Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan during the press conference at Raj bhavan on Wednesday. (K. Durga Rao/DC)Opinion
DC Edit | Clear the air on gov phone tap

At a time when several chief ministers are complaining about interference and the overstepping of authority by...

11 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

As we look at the skies, filled with stars and such large objects, we also wonder about ourselves as a race. (Representational Image/DC)DCOpinion
DC Edit | A tale of two eclipses

Within the last month, the human race witnessed two annual comic plays — the eclipses, solar and lunar — and...

10 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Can India do more to help end Ukraine war?

India and Russia are on a good wicket. While that is historically true and dates to a time when the West had imposed...

10 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AFP/File)Opinion
DC Edit | Bibi return powered by Ben-Gvir

Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu has bobbed up again. He rises like a cork which comes up regardless of the forces...

9 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Supreme Court (Photo: ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | Use data to frame quotas, update them periodically

Democracies start off setting for themselves lofty goals which they hope to achieve at some point in time. The...

9 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

A girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Will the polluter pay?

The decision of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27),...

8 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

The UCC cannot, by its very definition, be a state subject. We cant have different uniform civil codes; we cant end communal and cultural heterogeneity in favour of state-level UCCs. (Representational image: image courtesy m.dailyhunt.in)Opinion
DC Edit | Bring in UCC nationally, stop the poll posturing

India, as a liberal democracy, and a secular republic, as a major player on the world stage, as “Vishwa...

8 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Mr Nitish Kumar said the prohibition law was implemented in Bihar on the demand of women. (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | TRS gains in T’gana, but bypolls retain status quo

The most keenly watched election was Munugode which the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi wrested from the Congress

6 Nov 2022 10:32 PM IST

Indias Virat Kohli celebrates after their win during the ICC mens Twenty20 World Cup 2022 cricket match between India and Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on October 23, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | T20: India, Pak vs England, NZ

The T20 game is no respecter of rankings and reputations

6 Nov 2022 10:21 PM IST

Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a protest near the container truck a day after the assassination attempt on Khan, at the cordoned-off site of a gun attack in Wazirabad on November 4, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Imran: Was there a conspiracy?

An assassination attempt on a cricket hero-turned-politician is the equivalent of lighting a match near the tinderbox...

5 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

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