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Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in a meeting with other opposition leaders at his chamber in Parliament House during the Winter session, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Congress must heed allies’ concerns

The shock reversal the Congress received at the hustings has brought some sense of realisation back to the party leadership

08 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Telangana state Congress President Revanth Reddy takes oath as Telangana Chief Minister, in Hyderabad, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Change comes to Telangana, hopes, expectations rise too

The Revanth Reddy govt now needs to urgently assure the urban population of its passion & commitment towards urban development

08 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

AA Edit | Curtains for Sasikala in AIADMK

Things are unlikely to change for the wannabe politician Sasikala

07 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

After the assembly poll results, posts about the north-south divide spark controversy. (ANI Image)

AA Edit | Talk of a North-South divide is best avoided

By sharing content in an apparent bid to denounce regionalism disguising partisan agenda, Modi has declared that he is willing to play ball

07 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) chief and CM candidate Lalduhoma with party workers after party's victory in the Mizoram Assembly elections. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | New Player in Northeast

The message is clear — there are no safe havens in politics

06 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

People wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rainfall owing to Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Flood-prone metropolises need infra upgrade, care

A responsive government displayed an empathetic concern for citizens as bureaucrats, cops, army officials, the NDRF worked round the clock

06 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Congress has many lessons to learn about polls, alliance

The BJP and its strategists have mastered the art of winning elections through micro-planning.

05 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

India’s economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in the July-September quarter as against the RBI’s projected growth rate of 6.5 per cent. (Image:Twitter)

AA Edit | Jobs to Follow India’s Growth

India’s economy sprang a pleasant surprise last week by registering better than expected growth of 7.6 per cent in July-September quarter

05 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

BRS leader K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Congress leaders Bhupesh Baghel and Ashok Gehlot, who are set to lose their positions as chief ministers of Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan respectively after the results of 2023 elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Saffron sweep in North, a big shift in Telangana

The Congress was hoping to retain Chhattisgarh, and defeat the BJP in MP, according to most opinion and exit polls, but could not.

04 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a high-level event on Green Credits Programme during the COP28, in UAE, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | India can still be part of climate deal

There are reasons why India abstained from joining a formal promise to step up efforts to tap green energy sources more.

04 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

In exit polls seen so far in the elections to five states, depending on which data point you choose, the Congress is winning or can form a government in four states. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Needless drama over exit polls

Information is not seen as a threat to the integrity of the poll, or an undue influence.

02 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Photo by Gabriel DUVAL / AFP)

AA Edit | Love him or hate him, Kissinger shaped history

Kissinger’s policies were thought of as instrumental in the genocide carried out in erstwhile East Pakistan

02 Dec 2023 12:03 AM

AA Edit | After US files ‘plot’ charges, India needs to come clean

India must convince the US that it is a trustworthy ally

01 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Supreme Court. (PTI Representational Image)

AA Edit | Guidelines for governors vital

The Supreme Court has recently put paid to the attempts by some governors to denigrate the spirit of the Constitution by holding back bills

01 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

AA Edit | HC’s telling call on ED powers

The orders of the constitutional courts will resonate in the higher echelons of the agency concerned

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

NDRF personnel on standby at the entrance of the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel during the ongoing rescue operation of the 41 workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel, in Uttarkashi district. (Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Miracle in Himalayas, but don’t forget eco-lessons

The rat-hole miners are experts at a mining task that is banned now

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

he Indian wedding, from the humblest to the most extravagant, is still a pillar of consumption that drives a healthy part of the services economy. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Weddings can boost economy

India has progressed away from old socialist era thinking of not displaying any ostentation that could reach the poor & the less well off

29 Nov 2023 12:13 AM

The major plank for BRS in seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term for any South Indian party or chief minister is the leadership of KCR. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | BRS vs Cong: Telangana heads for a 2-horse race

The Congress hopes that anti-incumbency based on failure to deliver on promises like jobs and 2BHK homes

28 Nov 2023 11:57 PM

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. (PTI Image)

AA Edit | Manipur problem should be tackled in its entirety

Attempts to cover up the serious shortcomings of the state government could undermine peace in the long run

27 Nov 2023 11:35 PM

Rescuers near the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway, in Uttarkashi district, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Get tunnel workers out safely

Such development work must be undertaken after due consideration to the most scientific methods and safety norms.

27 Nov 2023 11:28 PM

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