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Senior Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala (C), KC Venugopal, Avinash Pandey, Ajay Maken and other leaders with newly elected Rajasthan Congress President Govind Singh Dotasara (2L) during a press conference after a MLAs meeting at a hotel, in Jaipur. PTI Photo

DC Edit | Rajasthan crisis: Keep out CBI, police; settle politically

Given the circumstances of the ongoing tussle in Rajasthan, it will be extremely inadvisable to inject the CBI

20 July 2020 5:14 PM IST

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (AFP)

DC Edit | Trump visa U-turn relief for students

Facing lawsuits from reputed universities like Harvard and MIT, Trump did a rare and swift walkback on an extremely...

16 July 2020 6:20 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

DC Edit | Under-reporting robs dignity of Covid dead

When it was about under-testing, the government tried to muddy the waters and befuddle the issue with technicalities on...

16 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

There are practical aspects of conducting the exam to consider as well, the reason why an eminent institution like IIT Bombay has cancelled it

DC Edit | UGC should put health of the students before marks

Though the UGC has advised conducting online exam or mixed mode tests, there are massive infrastructural frailties

15 July 2020 7:39 PM IST

The court has also ordered the audit of the temple accounts for the last 25 years, in an attempt to bring transparency in the running of the great temple

DC Edit | Power shift in trust of Padmanabha Swamy temple, but it-'s...

While the ex-royals will continue to be the trustees, the temple would now be run by a five-member administrative...

15 July 2020 6:27 PM IST

In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Jaipu

DC Edit | Rajasthan-'s political crisis: Sachin Pilot-'s revolt...

Pilot had played a major role in ensuring the partyâ€™s victory in the 2018 polls, defeating the BJP led by Vasundhara...

14 July 2020 6:11 PM IST

When a prisoner is traumatised, the constitution suffers a shock. File Photo

DC Edit | Save Varavara Rao, a prisoner in trauma

There are many illustrious jurists who have cast such a duty on their successors to be guardian angels of prisoner...

14 July 2020 5:20 PM IST

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP)

DC Edit | Monumental bigotry

Hagia Sophia is the fourth Byzantine church museum in Turkey to be thrown open for prayers again

13 July 2020 7:43 PM IST

Indian healthworker combating COVID-19 (AFP Photo)

DC Edit | Step at a time will win Covid fight

Resource-strapped state governments have responded to the renewed crisis by locking back down particular districts and...

13 July 2020 7:31 PM IST

Posters of senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the newly built KPCC office during oath taking ceremony Pratigna Dina of KPCC President, in Bengaluru. PTI Photo

DC Edit | Probe welcome, not politics

It is interesting to note that those at the helm of the NDA dispensation smelled foul only when the Opposition asked...

11 July 2020 7:55 PM IST

Police officers cordon the site where top criminal Vikas Dubey was killed near Kanpur. AP Photo

DC Edit | Vikas Dubey is dead, long live UPâ€™s neta-thug net

The extra-judicial execution cannot be justified on the grounds that Dubeyâ€™s men killed eight policemen

11 July 2020 7:37 PM IST

West Indies captain Jasion Holder, second left, and teammates take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the start of the first day of the 1st cricket Test match between England and West Indies. AFP Photo

DC Edit | In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, cricket...

It might be impossible to separate sport from politics or play sport without a cause reflecting an athleteâ€™s social...

10 July 2020 6:22 PM IST