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Data shows Modi-led BJP can’t bend too much to please upper caste vote base

BJP’s famed booth management will be hit if upper caste anger isn’t addressed

Kuki Black Day is a grim reminder of a horrible massacre in the northeast

Kuki people can’t be expected to simply forget the massacres carried out against them by Naga militants.

Network & glamourous parties: How easily this tycoon seduced Indian bankers & politicians

Lending to Vijay Mallya was the bankers’ season ticket to corridors of power and glamour.

India is having its own mini-Lehman moment on 10th anniversary of global financial crisis

IL&FS Group is woefully short of liquidity, with about $500 million in repayments coming due & only about $27 million available.

Asia’s first green village in Nagaland deserves a better story than the one in BBC

The contents of the BBC article on the Khonoma people of Nagaland does little justice to its subject.

Laila Majnu is the first Bollywood film that did not stereotype my Kashmiri accent

At a time when some national news channels demonise Kashmiris almost every day, Laila Majnu humanises us.

Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar have cracked the marriage code

Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar are Bollywood’s Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in the way they leverage their political branding.

Many Pakistanis with Ivy League PhDs support discrimination against Ahmadis

Pakistan’s deep-rooted religious-nationalist prejudices will not disappear unless they are methodically confronted and opposed.

The Indian soldier feels let down by Army brass, Supreme Court and politicians

The AFSPA, which was meant to provide protection to soldiers, is now insufficient.

Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, dubbed as the ‘only man’ in Pakistan’s PML-N, dies in London

After months of separation, Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam will be allowed parole by the authorities to visit Kulsoom’s burial ceremony in Pakistan.

On Camera

What Modi got wrong. Indians don’t want hundreds of new MPs

If the government wants to spend taxpayers’ money to make India a better place, then spend it on building more courts, improving the collapsing bureaucracy. But, of course, politicians will only think of themselves.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.