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With Secret Crush, is Facebook desperately trying to be relevant in age of Tinder & Hinge?

Facebook is now rolling out its dating services in 19 countries with an added feature: Secret Crush.

AAP vows quota for Delhi residents: Justified or turning Delhi into a parochial city?

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has vowed to reserve 85 per cent seats in government colleges and jobs for ‘Delhi residents’.

Can Modi govt gloat over Masood Azhar when it has failed to tackle Maoist terror in India?

At least 16 people, including 15 security personnel, were killed in a Maoist attack in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district Wednesday.

CJI Gogoi sexual harassment case: What can SC do to regain credibility after latest crisis?

The former SC staffer who accused CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexually harassing her refused to participate in the proceedings, citing lack of trust.

EC delaying action on high-profile Modi-Shah justified or is it buying BJP campaign time?

The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing on Congress’ plea of model code violation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.

Modi ‘in touch’ with 40 TMC MLAs in Bengal: Election boast or open threat of horse-trading?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a rally in West Bengal’s Sreerampur, said that “forty TMC MLAs are in touch” with him.

Is it right to shame NOTA voters and those who won’t vote?

NOTA or none of the above is the option given to voters to reject the candidates in her/his constituency.

Modi’s show of strength with allies: Is BJP ready to be more accommodative if voted back?

Narendra Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi Friday after a grand roadshow and in the presence of NDA allies

AAP manifesto’s statehood-linked promises: Exercise in deception or honest politics?

The Aam Aadmi Party Thursday released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, reiterating full statehood for Delhi as a major promise.

3 months of Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi in active politics: Has she lived up to the hype?

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was appointed Congress’ general secretary of Uttar Pradesh (East) on 23 January 2019.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.