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Pakistan election may finally go to Nawaz Sharif. But Imran Khan supporters have killed his joy

Despite PTI-backed independent candidates winning the most number of seats, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif seems destined to retake power in Pakistan, albeit in a more restrained fashion than what was predicted before the elections.

Judge Vishvesha’s last Gyanvapi order sets his legacy. It’s like Ayodhya all over again

Varanasi district judge Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha issued the last order of his career at 3 pm Wednesday. Within about 12 hours, Hindu prayers were performed inside Gyanvapi mosque cellar.

Ram temple has erased the violence of 1992 from public memory. Mira Road is a reminder

After the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, the memories of the 1992-93 violence may seem like a distant past for some. But they are being replaced by new episodes of conflict.

Delhi Airport’s ‘difficult period’—CAT-III runways failed the winter test

Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that even with a functioning runway & sufficiently trained pilots, most aircraft in India 'aren't designed for Zero Visibility operations'.

Maldives’ Muizzu has joined camp China. Space for diplomacy with India has shrunk

Mohamed Muizzu chose China for his first official foreign visit. He praised BRI and called for Beijing to reclaim its number one spot as the country sending most tourists to Maldives.

Kejriwal’s defiance of ED is creating a new political spectacle in the Delhi-Centre war

The reality is that if the ED has evidence, it can arrest an individual without repeated summons, as in AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s case.

BJP rolls out the Ayodhya welcome mat. Opposition walks into the boycott trap

It may have been easier for CPI(M) to decline to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony on 22 January, for Congress, the invitation is a tightrope walk.

Treasury-Oppn was never a love zone. MPs suspension just made Parliament a hostile House

From cries about ‘murder of democracy’ to bemoaning ‘opposition-mukt Parliament’ to charges of disruption and unruly behaviour, the week of 146 MPs' suspension put ‘democracy slide’ back in public debate.

After SC’s final word, Article 370 is no longer a battleground. But J&K election is

The Supreme Court has pronounced its verdict on the legality of Modi govt's action to abrogate Article 370, putting an end to a conflict that engulfed J&K for the past four years.

Chennai learned from 2015 floods but encroachments exposed it to cyclone fury

Despite better management and fewer casualties during the 2023 floods, the DMK government was not able to handle the aftermath of the floods as efficiently.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.