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Under this reshuffle, the 1989-batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre Safi Ahsan Rizvi and five other officers have been promoted as Special Directors in the IB from the post of Additional Directors.(Representational Image/File)

Dilip Cherian | Central posting of Gujarat IPS officers sets off huge...

13 IPS officers from various states were initially shortlisted for Central deputation

3 Nov 2023 12:17 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Right) with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina. (PTI)

AA Edit | India's Bangla links get deeper

The year of chairmanship may have vaulted India into leadership position of a higher plane

3 Nov 2023 12:12 AM IST

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Indranil Banerjie | World's outrage over Gaza war is selective

Tel Aviv has only itself to blame for the October 7 carnage, which is the result of a failure to accept the two-state...

3 Nov 2023 12:11 AM IST

Israeli army tanks move towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. AP/PT

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | In hate wars' of today, no one can be a winner

The two major conflicts raging today have the distinct flavour of hate war .

2 Nov 2023 12:03 AM IST

Mahua Moitra seen holding her Louis Vuitton bag. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | India must secure phone privacy for all citizens

The prominent personalities in politics who came out after receiving this Apple alert on their phones are predominantly...

1 Nov 2023 11:57 PM IST

Shiv Sena legislator Eknath Shinde (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

AA Edit | Maratha quota poser for Shinde

The demand for a Maratha quota started in the 1980s coinciding with the Mandal Commission debate.

1 Nov 2023 11:53 PM IST

Pakistans former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. (AFP)

Kamal Davar | Can Nawaz Sharif improve ties with India if he's back at...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may have rekindled some hope for normalcy to return to Pakistan

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Enforcement Directorate. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Targeting a CM: Uphold the law

The current investigation by CBI and ED into the Delhi excise liquor scam has been ongoing for a while

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

TMC MP Mahua Moitra speaks with the media, in Kolkata, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Ethics, politics and the art of lobbying, wooing...

The tale is not the alleged cash that Mahua Moitra received; the tale is of two legislators

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off e-buses during Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) celebrations, in Kevadia, on Tuesday. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | The lessons India can learn from Sardar Patel & Indira

Sardar Patel's list of achievements is too long even by the extraordinary standards of his seniors and peers

1 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

Aakar Patel | It's time to rethink India's role in the world; if it's...

All South Asian nations except India voted to end the violence in Gaza.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST

Qatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued an emiri decree renewing the membership of some Shura Council members and appointing 28 new members to include women for the first time in the history of the... council, said a statement. (Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | Fissures in the Gulf region test for India's diplomacy

Qatar is not a small Gulf nation that can be cajoled or browbeaten.

31 Oct 2023 12:05 AM IST