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Filtered authority: Why Congress high command is wary of handing DK Shivakumar unfettered control

Filtered authority: Why Congress high command is wary of handing DK Shivakumar unfettered control

The elevation of DK Shivakumar as chief minister of Karnataka on 3 June, 2026, was meant to mark a decisive leadership transition. After weeks of...

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Opinion | Why China's Latest 'Chip' Breakthrough Is Shaking The World

31.07.2026 40

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Opinion | Why Britain Is Finding It So Hard To Deport A Pakistani 'Grooming Gang' Leader

16.07.2026 30

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Opinion | Thanks To Trump, Saving The US-Iran Islamabad Deal Is Now Harder Than Ever

09.07.2026 30

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Beyond Survival: Ajit Pawar’s NCP Looks to the Future Under Sunetra Pawar

Maharashtra politics has long revolved around towering personalities. From Y.B. Chavan and Bal Thackeray to Sharad Pawar, the state’s political...

29.06.2026 20

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Opinion | Britain Seems To Have A New National Hobby: Firing Its Prime Ministers

25.06.2026 30

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Opinion | An Indian-Origin Sikh, A Dead Teenager: The Murder That Has Set Britain On Fire

12.06.2026 40

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Opinion | Why Trump's Attention Is Quickly Becoming Pak's Biggest Headache

10.06.2026 40

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Opinion | Elon Musk Might Just Have Lost The Most Important Case Of His Career

20.05.2026 40

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Opinion | Why One Of World's Wealthiest Countries Is Being Offered A 'Bailout' By Trump

28.04.2026 50

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Analysis | Can Donald Trump Face An 'Arrest Warrant' - Like Netanyahu And Putin?

17.04.2026 80

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Opinion | Over 1 Lakh US Troops Are Stationed In Europe. What Happens If They Leave?

11.04.2026 40

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Opinion | 'Holy' Orders? Why US Fighters Are Now Being Told Iran Is 'God's War'

07.04.2026 50

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Is The Dreaded 'Dahiya Doctrine' Guiding Israeli Actions In Iran, Gaza, Lebanon?

26.03.2026 40

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Opinion | Mojtaba's First Message Makes It Clear: Iran Won't Give An Easy 'Exit' To Trump

13.03.2026 60

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Opinion | Air Bases To Ships, This Is How Iran May Really Respond If Trump Strikes

16.01.2026 50

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Opinion | The $700-Billion-Big China Problem Behind Trump's Venezuela Blitz

09.01.2026 50

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Opinion | US, UK Are Losing Their Professionals To A City They Once Mocked

08.01.2026 40

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Opinion | After Bondi Beach Attack, Some Hard Questions For The Muslim World

18.12.2025 40

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Opinion | Why Big Tech Has Committed Almost $80 Billion To India In Two Months

16.12.2025 40

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Opinion | Why India, Which Sends Rice To 170 Nations, Must Ignore Trump's Basmati Blues

10.12.2025 50

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Opinion | The Anti-Putin 'Op-ed': Why Europe Must Stop Lecturing India Like It's 1905

04.12.2025 30

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Opinion | 'PhD' Handlers To Faridabad 'Doctors', How 'White-Collar' Terrorism Isn't New

11.11.2025 60

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Opinion | "Just Delhi By The Sea": How Goa Drove Its Tourists Away

30.10.2025 30

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Opinion | A Prince, A Teen, Queen's Hush Money: The Sex Scandal Rocking UK's Royal Family

23.10.2025 30

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Opinion | Visits Aside, Will UK Ever Apologise To India?

14.10.2025 40

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Opinion | Can India Rescue Its Exiled Coders - Like China And Taiwan?

29.09.2025 40

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Opinion | Why An Anti-Immigrant Rally In London Should Worry Indians

22.09.2025 50

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Opinion | Degrees For Dollars? Inside The Foreign University Gold Rush In India

12.09.2025 40

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Opinion | The Story Of How Sikhs Came To Own A Pro Football Club In UK

08.09.2025 40

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Opinion | 'Alien', 'Pajeet', 'Browns Off Cliffs': How Indians Became The Most Hated Diaspora

21.08.2025 40

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Opinion | US-Israel Are Standing Alone. Their Friends Want To 'Recognise' Palestine

13.08.2025 40

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Opinion | Hypocrisy, In Numbers: A List Of All That EU And US Still Buy From Russia

11.08.2025 40

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Opinion | Kneel, Deal, Or Bleed: The Trump-enomics Wrecking The World

05.08.2025 40

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Opinion | Trump Tariffs: Diplomacy Is Dead. Long Live Social Media Theatrics

31.07.2025 50

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Opinion | All The Ways Epstein Continues To Haunt Donald Trump

30.07.2025 40

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Opinion | UK-India Trade Pact: The Empire, Finally, Shakes An Equal Hand

23.07.2025 40

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Opinion | Snapback To Reality: On Iran's 45-Year Slog To Nowhere

18.07.2025 50

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Opinion | The Great Indian IT Crash: Why You, An Engineer, Still Can't Find A Job

14.07.2025 40

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Opinion | Can Musk And His America Party Rely On 'Vibes'?

09.07.2025 40

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Opinion | China Discovers It Can't Be A Superpower With 'Commitment Issues'

08.07.2025 50

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Opinion | Gaza's Final Act: A Handful Of Dust, A Skyful Of Death

04.07.2025 50

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Opinion | Why America Is Like A Teenager Who Refuses To Grow Up

26.06.2025 40

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Opinion | How Did The Muslim World Go So Wrong?

20.06.2025 70

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Opinion | Netanyahu - And Trump - Are A Bit Deluded About Iran. Here's Why

19.06.2025 60

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Opinion | Is Airbus Safer Than Boeing? No, And That's Not The Point

16.06.2025 70

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Opinion | Is America Still Worth It?

11.06.2025 40

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Opinion | IMAX-Like Churches, TikTok Gurus, Putin: Inside America's Murky 'Faith' Bazaars

30.05.2025 70

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Opinion | No, Sirs. South Africa Is Not 'Killing' Its Whites

26.05.2025 40

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Blog | Gaza: What To Think About When You're Too Tired To Think About War

22.05.2025 40

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