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Inside the mind-boggling operation to count Rs 351 crores seized in eastern India, exposing a deep-rooted political and distillery nexus in the largest income tax raid in history. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Explain staggering cash stash

"Exploring the Rs 351 crore cash stash: Uncovering a political and distillery nexus in the largest income tax raid ever.

12 Dec 2023 11:40 PM

AA Edit | Dalit assertion: Maya’s legacy

Mayawati, the iconic leader who transformed Dalit aspirations, hands over BSP leadership to nephew Akash Anand.

12 Dec 2023 12:36 AM

The Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the abrogation of Article 370. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | SC Upholds Loss of Special Status for Jammu & Kashmir

The Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the abrogation of Article 370, a temporary provision in the Constitution of India

12 Dec 2023 12:12 AM

AA Edit | SC tells HCs: Don't sermonise

Desist is the order coming from the highest court now.

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

TMC leader Mahua Moitra with other opposition leaders after being expelled by the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Moitra after holding her guilty of sharing her credentials with others and accepting gifts from a businessman to extend favours. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

AA Edit | Mahua Moitra's expulsion from LS is hard to justify

It remains a mystery how the ethics committee of the Lok Sabha has come to such a conclusion.

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis. It marks a grim new chapter in the war that the Gaza Health Ministry says has already killed over 17,000 Palestinians and the U.N. estimates has displaced 1.9 million people. AP/PTI

AA Edit | World must persuade Israel to stop Gaza war

No strategic and military tactic is off the table, including the planned use of giant pumps to fill the tunnels under Gaza City with water.

09 Dec 2023 12:30 AM

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das arrives to address a press conference on monetary policy statement, at the RBI headquarters, in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

AA Edit | Markets show stability, resilience

Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), fell to 4.9 per cent in October.

09 Dec 2023 12:26 AM

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

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