The Asian Age

The Asian Age is an Indian daily newspaper published in English, with editions available in Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. It also offers an "international edition" that is printed in London. The newspaper was first introduced in February 1994. This publication is part of the same company that also publishes the Deccan Chronicle.

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Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

1 week ago | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Only the irrationally optimistic would have expected the Congress, suffering from its chronic misdirection, to do better in dealing with the Narendra Modi regime’s unusual manoeuvre of putting together seven multi-party delegations, some headed by former Congress ministers like Shashi Tharoor and Salman Khurshid. The delegations, currently touring different parts of the world, present a united India picture in the face of a national security crisis.
Pakistan Violated Understanding On Stopping Military Actions: India

3 weeks ago | asianage.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami

New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, later affirmed by India, Pakistan restarted shelling and firing drones over Kashmir and Bhuj and other areas, leading a furious New Delhi to state that there had “repeated violations and a breach of the understanding” reached with Islamabad. “This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today.
27 Airports Shut, Flights Canceled

1 month ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

NEW DELHI: Total 27 airports in north, central and western India have been temporarily closed for operations and more than 250 flights have been canceled in these sectors in the wake of tense situation after Indian forces hit nine Pakistani terror locations under Operation Sindoor.
Nawaz Sharif Urges Diplomacy As Indo-Pak Border Tensions Rise

1 month ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised his brother and current Premier, Shehbaz Sharif, to exhaust all diplomatic avenues before contemplating any military response to the escalating tensions along the India–Pakistan border. According to a report in the Pakistan-based Express Tribune, the two leaders met at their family residence in Jati Umrah, near Lahore, where Shehbaz briefed Nawaz — also chief of the ruling PML-N — on the National Security Committee’s recent decisions.
NIA Raids At 18 Places For Drugs, Arms Supplied By Khalistani Operatives

1 month ago | asianage.com | Amresh Srivastava

Investigators seized multiple electronic devices and other incriminating materials, which are now being examined to uncover the full conspiracy behind the cross-border racket and the radicalization of individuals in Punjab, J&K and beyond.
CEC orders regular update of voters’ list

2 months ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

New Delhi:While the Election Commission (EC) has begun working to remove the duplicate EPIC with the help of UIDAI, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday also ordered a regular updation of the voter list across the country in close coordination with the birth and death registration authorities. This will help clean up the voter database, which has many dead voters who remain on the list.
EC Limits Polling Booths to 1,200 Voters

2 months ago | asianage.com | Vineeta Pandey

New Delhi:In a bid to encourage voters and reduce their inconvenience, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has tasked the Election Commission (EC) and its subordinate offices to ensure that in the future elections, no polling station has more than 1,200 electors, so that the voting can be completed well within time and without long queues. Bihar, where Assembly polls are due in October-November, will be the first state that will see 1,200 voters in one polling station.
Shikha Mukerjee | Row over delimitation: Will it alter the federal balance?

Mar 4, 2025 | asianage.com | SHIKHA MUKERJEE

Into the perpetually agitated political ecosphere of Indian politics, an increase in volatility by the anticipated effect of a fresh delimitation of constituencies in states like Opposition-ruled Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana, apprehensive of a reduction of the number of parliamentary seats relative to the percentage of seats these states have now, seems to have been deliberately seeded to initiate a new controversy.
Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Trump’s DOGE and hidden costs of ‘reciprocal tariffs’

Feb 27, 2025 | asianage.com | Sanjeev Ahluwalia

The Chinese economy has levelled off at a share of about 17 per cent of global GDP versus 26 per cent for the US in current dollars, though both still grow at more than the average global GDP
Aakar Patel | Differences among India’s states acute: For real answers, hold early Census

Feb 24, 2025 | asianage.com | Aakar Patel

The Union government says the “Indian Census is the largest single source of various statistical information on various characteristics of the people of India. With a history of more than 130 years, this reliable, time-tested exercise is bringing in a real insight into the data every 10 years, beginning in the year 1872 when the first census was conducted non-synchronously in different parts of India”.