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OPS in DMK adds spice to TN contest

In the presence of DMK chief and CM of the state, MK Stalin, OPS said that he was returning to the thai kazhagam (mother outfit), the DMK. (DMK)

Published on Mar 02, 2026 09:01 pm IST

What the SIR exercise meant

State capacity and institutional trust are key in shaping narratives about the state of democracy in India. When they are found lacking, alarmists always sound more credible than they are. (PTI)

Published on Mar 02, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Keeping up with UP: Let women decide how many children they want

Government policy shifted from aggressive sterilisation in the 1970s to a two-child campaign. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 03:17 pm IST

War in Iran could cause the biggest oil shock in years

An oil tanker is pictured offshore in Dubai on 1 March 2026, as an escalating Iran war threatens production of crude oil in the Middle East.(AFP)

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 02:47 pm IST

Dhiraj Rabha: “My life is not just a personal memory but a political condition”

Artist Dhiraj Rabha with his work, The Quiet Weight of Shadows at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2026, at Coir Godown, Aspinwall House, Fort Kochi. (Courtesy Kochi Biennale Foundation)

Published on Mar 02, 2026 01:39 pm IST

Khamenei’s Unforced Errors Proved Fatal

February 28, 2026 - a day that will go down in history as a day that Iran figuratively lost the battle against the combine of the Trump and Netanyahu administration, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and over 40 key members of Iran’s leadership.(AP)

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 01:22 pm IST

By Striking Its Neighbors, Iran Has Deepened the Gulf’s Resolve to Fight Back

A plume of smoke rises from the Zayed Port following a reported Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi on March 1, 2026. Iran's retaliatory missile and drone campaign in the Gulf has killed three people and wounded 58 in the United Arab Emirates since it began, Emirati authorities said on March 1, the day after the US and Israel launched a nationwaide attack on Iran killing its supreme leader. (Photo by Ryan Lim / AFP)(AFP)

Published on Mar 02, 2026 01:19 pm IST

Trump Spent Years Denouncing Intervention. Now, He’s Toppling Foreign Leaders.

US President Donald Trump.

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 01:19 pm IST

How textile tickets transitioned from commerce to collectible art

From pretty to humorous and even bizarre, the textile tickets of the mid-19th to 20th centuries, also known as tika or chaap, make for interesting and intriguing art.

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 08:01 am IST

Spectre of a regional war

Khamenei was the face of the hardline clergy that has wielded power with impunity, but the reality is that there are multiple power centres within the clerical setup, the IRGC, the military and the political establishments. (AFP)

Published on Mar 02, 2026 12:04 am IST

Book Box: My AI Fiction Reading List

AI Fiction Reading List

Updated on Mar 02, 2026 03:39 am IST

Things to watch as Trump’s Iran campaign enters pivotal stretch

President Trump and Israel on Saturday launched a massive military campaign against Iran that could continue indefinitely

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 06:44 pm IST

DOJ examined men in Epstein’s orbit accused of sex crimes. None was charged.

Jeffrey Epstein's conversations with one Cecilia Steen can be accessed on Jmail, an email archive. (X/@MarioNawfal)

Published on Mar 01, 2026 06:19 pm IST

U.S. races to accomplish Iran mission before munitions run out

Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran on Saturday.

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 06:19 pm IST

America’s Gulf allies face a moment of great peril

SMOKE BILLOWING over the skyline after a drone attack. Civilians running in panic as air-defence interceptors boom overhead

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 06:20 pm IST

Ali Khamenei grabbed power and held it, at bloody cost

LIVE: Mixed Emotions Across Iran After Supreme Leader Khamenei Dies | Israel-Iran War | US-Iran War

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 06:11 pm IST

Just Like That: India’s colonial hangover in choosing dog breeds

Why India must rethink its bias for foreign dog breeds and open its homes to resilient, native Indie dogs (Representative photo)

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 09:03 am IST

Democracy delivered door-to-door in Mumbai

Democracy delivered door-to-door in Mumbai

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 08:01 am IST

Breaking new boundaries: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on J&K's Ranji win

Auqib Nabi, the 29-year-old fast-bowler who spearheaded J&K’s Ranji campaign, comes from Baramulla, where he learnt to play cricket on cleared patches of farmland. (PTI)

Art and Culture

Updated on Mar 01, 2026 05:29 pm IST

In her own write: A Women’s Day Wknd tribute to Amrita Pritam

Pritam was only 28 when she wrote her most famous poem, Aaj aakhan Waris Shah nu. (HT Archives)

Art and Culture

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 03:55 pm IST

The Genius of Trees: Read an excerpt from the book by Harriet Rix

Art and Culture

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 02:55 pm IST

Lovely, dark and deep: The lessons ancient trees can teach us

Pedunculate oaks are over 1,000 years old and have deep root systems that keep them wind-firm. (Blaze Cyan / In the Circle of Ancient Trees)

Art and Culture

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 02:54 pm IST

The woods are lovely... and we now know more about why

A sketch of the Qilian juniper growing in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. The ancient tree, over 2,000 years old, is a symbol of undying love and resilience in local folk tales and songs. (Blaze Cyan / In the Circle of Ancient Trees)

Art and Culture

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 02:52 pm IST

When Paul McCartney almost quit music

Paul McCartney emerged from the wreckage of the Fab Four in 1970, eager to ferret out a fresh sound

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 11:00 am IST

What is a city when its wealthiest leave?

What is a city when its wealthiest leave?

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:56 am IST

The unlikely coalition of Iranian students mobilizing to confront the regime

Students protested this past week at an antigovernment rally at Alzahra University in Tehran.

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:50 am IST

The unequal struggle between movies and the mullahs

Les Films Pelleas

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:50 am IST

What does “open war” between Pakistan and Afghanistan amount to?

Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict intensifies after airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar amid TTP violence(Getty)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:48 am IST

What a Warner Bros-Paramount colossus would look like

Warner Bros Discovery-Paramount merger to form 210m-subscriber media giant after Netflix bows out

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 10:37 am IST

Ravi Shankar’s ‘last disciple’ faces sharp rebuttal

NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 19: Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar duding a press conference at Lady Irwin college on on March 19, 1999 in New Delhi, India. Sitar maestro and Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away at age of 92 in San Diego on December 11, 2012. (Photo by Pradeep Bhatia/Hindustan Times ) (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 12:51 pm IST

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