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Back in India, Rahul Gandhi visits Sheila Dikshit’s residence to pays his respects

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was away during Sheila Dikshit's funeral, met her son and former MP Sandeep Dikshit Friday.

Tiranga TV, 2G or EVMs: Kapil Sibal reserves his best performances for the worst causes

Kapil Sibal, called Kapilous Sibalious in his college days for his love for Shakespeare, is what many young lawyers-turned-politicians hope to be.

Congress thinks it only needs to rejuvenate from the grassroots, it couldn’t be more wrong

Parties fail and die because of splits and because they lose their raison d'être. Not just because of organisational atrophy.

When a Singaporean critic of Marxist socialism took Indira Gandhi to court

The day after Indira Gandhi nationalised banks, R.C. Cooper air dashed to New Delhi to challenge the ordinance.

Mentor Rahul Gandhi not around, Navjot Sidhu limps out of Punjab’s power circles for now

Navjot Sidhu, who resigned from Punjab cabinet after a feud with CM Amarinder Singh, has vacated his official bungalow and gone back to Amritsar.

Lack of opposition in Parliament doesn’t mean there won’t be any opposition to Modi govt

Premature to declare the Congress dead just because it has 52 MPs in Lok Sabha.

Party lines blur as Shah, Kejriwal, Gandhis attend ex-Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s funeral

The pouring rain did little to dampen the massive crowd that turned up to see the last rites of Dikshit, the popular three-term chief minister.

In Photos: Sheila Dikshit’s last journey through Delhi as family, politicians attend last rites

Colleagues, Congress workers and admirers braved heavy rains to bid Sheila Dikshit a final farewell during her last rites on 21 July.

UP CM Adityanath meets families of Sonbhadra victims, hints at SP & Congress involvement

CM Yogi Adityanath, announced an enhanced compensation of Rs 18.5 lakh to the families of those killed, and said a report on an inquiry into the wrongdoings has been sought within 10 days.

Sheila Dikshit always loved a challenge — even when Delhi’s young voters replaced her with AAP

The Punjabi daughter-in-law of UP Congress stalwart cut her political teeth as junior minister in Rajiv Gandhi’s PMO, and despite her many detractors in her party, never looked back.

On Camera

AI is doing the brave work humans are still squeamish about—using they/them pronouns

The hullaballoo over LinkedIn bot’s pronoun use comes on a day when CJI DY Chandrachud used the phrase ‘pregnant person’ in his judgment. It is a thing now. Get with the programme.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

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.