EDITORIAL

The President is believed to have expressed his displeasure to the Prime Minister. He told Mrs Gandhi that the governor's invitation to Bhajan Lal to form the government was not proper and constitutional.

Conducted in November 2021 among students of more than one lakh schools in 720 districts, the NAS shows a sharp dip in the performance of students in almost all subjects during the pandemic years.

The revelations about the boozy parties at 10, Downing Street would have led to the instant fall of any leader of government — but not, apparently, Teflon Johnson.

In a country riddled with inequality, where the VIP enjoys privileges and exemptions, from the toll booth to the airport, the babu continues to be out of touch with the temper of the times.

Punjab's new chief minister must not merely congratulate himself on taking a bold step against one of his own, he must also ask how someone who is seen as tainted so soon after taking charge was given a crucial portfolio, any portfolio, in the first place.

Unlike in wheat, where government estimates of the size of this year's crop seem highly optimistic, there's no debate over sugar output. And its prices have hardly risen; nor do they look like going up.

There is a particular irony in the burning of books, the censorship of thought and the fear of slogans. Ideas, as the anarchist V remarked (in V for Vendetta), are bulletproof. Yet, they are not invincible.

Chinese social media users have recently trolled the Italian luxury label Gucci, which created a non-waterproof umbrella in collaboration with Adidas.

The PFI, formed in 2007, has a dismal record of fostering polarisation and promoting violence. The outfit first caught national attention in July 2010, when eight of its activists chopped off the hands of a college professor, T J Joseph, for allegedly insulting the Prophet.

Undoubtedly, what has given the Quad a sharper edge in its objective of ensuring a “rules based order” and an “open and free” region — not so coded references to Beijing — is the launch of the US Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

In a two hour drama on May 23, Bhajan Lal was sworn in as the Chief Minister by the Haryana Governor, B D Tapase, for being the leader of the “largest single party” in the assembly.

The correct approach to tackling inflation, whether in wheat, cotton or yarn, is by allowing duty-free imports without putting fetters on exports.

The apex court has transferred the Hyderabad encounter case to the Telangana High Court. It's incumbent on all parties to ensure that due processes are followed rigorously.

The harmonium is Indian. How can one forget the day when it sat next to melody queen Lata Mangeshkar as she sang “Aye mere watan ke logon”, while a nation and its then prime minister wept?

This attempt by the court, ostensibly to “heal” and to balance competing claims in the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque dispute, raises questions.

This is the second time in the recent past that the Centre has cut fuel taxes. In November last year, the Centre had lowered the excise duty on petrol by Rs 5 and by Rs 10 on diesel.

H N Bahuguna, chairman of the Democratic Socialist Party romped home in the elections to Garhwal Lok Sabha seat defeating his Congress (I)-rival Chandra Mohan Singh, minister of state for hill development, in one of the prestigious by-elections.

When Ranaut pitched into the recent debate on the north-south contest in the country's tinseldom with a dig at Hindi cinema's star kids, it seemed par for the course.

The proposal to introduce an urban employment guarantee scheme comes in the backdrop of the pandemic exposing the precarious position of workers, especially those employed in the informal sector in urban areas.

Two politicians, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi and Praful Patel, have ruled Indian football for the last 34 years and neither can claim to have taken the sport forward.

The Congress (I) which wrested power in Kerala along with its allies appeared to be in for a jolt at the hands of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Himachal Pradesh, while trailing behind the CP(M)-led Left Front in Bengal.

Kangana Ranaut's remark against Bollywood's nepotism is well-taken. But the boiled egg doesn't deserve her chagrin

The verdict reaffirms a cardinal principle of the country's polity: “The Governor occupies the position of the head of the executive in the State but it is virtually the Council of Ministers in each State that carries on the executive Government.”

Unlike regular working folk, who struggle with job precarity and no pensions, an All-India Service officer is rarely told that he does not deserve institutional recognition and backing, that he is just one among the millions with a voice on the internet.

An enthusiastic turnout of voters marked the mini-general election on May 19 with four states and 22 Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies reporting moderate to heavy polling. Barring stray incidents of violence in West Bengal and Haryana, the polls passed off peacefully.