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Women from the Zo-Kuki community stage a protest demanding separate administration for Tribals of Manipur, in Churachandpur. (Image: PTI)

PATRALEKHA CHATTERJEE | Horrors of Manipur signal a total collapse of...

The happenings in Manipur point to a collapse of governance even if you go solely by official statements

26 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

In order to scale up the ongoing evacuation efforts under Operational Ganga, PM Modi has called for the IAF to join the exercise. (Twitter)

KAMAL DAVAR | What IAF needs to transform into to develop as an...

Pakistan has also enunciated a first-use nuclear option against India, that cannot be taken lightly

26 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

People participate in a peace march organised by the Manipur Students Union in Imphal, Monday, July 24, 2023, (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | What's to gain by avoiding any problem What is there to...

The Prime Minister demoted the issue and signalled to the rest of the BJP and the pliant media not to speak about it.

25 July 2023 12:54 AM IST

A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Mohan Guruswamy | Un-crowding India's capital and decentralising of...

Dispersing offices across the nation will not only decongest Delhi, but will also become economic drivers that will...

25 July 2023 12:02 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets as he addresses at SCO Summit via video conferencing, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Sanjaya Baru | In India's border states, Centre isn't peripheral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement last week blaming state governments for lapses in ensuring the rule of law, was...

24 July 2023 12:24 AM IST

Margot Robbie in the new Barbie movie (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | Staycations in UK are suddenly the rage

But the big story for everyone is Barbie versus Oppenheimer!

24 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

Women raise slogans during a protest after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a few men in violence-hit Manipur. (PTI Photo)

Ranjona Banerji | Old women will save the world

And as long as we have the courage, we can show all women, and maybe even men, the light.

23 July 2023 12:32 AM IST

Opposition parties meet, in Bengaluru. (PTI File Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Why 2024 promises to be an exciting election

The relentless targeting of Opposition leaders has created fear, panic, anger and a solidarity of victimhood among...

23 July 2023 12:25 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI file photo)

Anita Katyal | Mamata wins at musical chairs; is IB being shorn of...

The Trinamul chief was also given a prominent seat at the joint press conference after the meeting.

23 July 2023 12:18 AM IST

Walt Disney died during production of the film The Jungle Book (1967). (AA File Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | As UK goes after the boat people, leaks are found in...

The children who have been trafficked into Britain, perhaps with the connivance of their parents, arrive here without...

22 July 2023 12:41 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, CPI (M) leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja at a joint press conference after the opposition parties meeting, in Bengaluru, Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA' veterans ready to unsettle BJP's masterplan

The assumption that INDIA would waste its time, effort and energy on achieving the impossible, is probably wrong.

22 July 2023 12:11 AM IST

An encouraging feature that the boards are introducing is open-ended questioning. (Image by Freepik)

Devi Kar | Why philosophy is crucial for young minds: It will help...

Perhaps in their old age they will again feel the need to return to the questions they asked as children.

21 July 2023 12:05 AM IST