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Shades of grey in Modi-Shah politics—from Chandigarh to Chennai and Mumbai to Puri

BJP has suddenly gone slow with its expansion plans in South India and states such as Punjab and Odisha. It's focused more on preparing contingency plans for 2024.

‘Muslim kids at RSS shakhas, Hindus played at mosque’—Gyanvapi now a saga of who prayed where

Gyanvapi domes make BJP member Harihar Pandey seethe with anger. He is 77 now, but is building a sena to take up cudgels on his behalf.

India can win a two-front war by learning from Israeli and Korean forces, Gen Naravane writes

The disadvantages of fighting a two-front war can be mitigated at strategic and operational levels. India has the advantage of strategic depth and stands above China and Pakistan.

Mumbai zoo made a colony of penguins. Birds ready for exchange, but Hyderabad making them wait

The penguins live in a special temperature-controlled exhibit. Their enclosure consists of a sand and rocky area, a water pool, and resting and nesting areas.

Bangladesh gangrape survivor fears 2024 polls. The 2001 election violence changed her life

Bangladesh exploded with violence in July. The BNP has taken to the streets to win polls. It is reminiscent of the post-poll violence when it won in 2001.

Gehlot gives gas, power, pension under Mehngai Rahat. Now people wait for cellphones

The chief minister has been hitting back at the BJP, which accuses his government’s ‘revdi culture’, insisting that they are not freebies but financial management.

No one knows what really caused Jadavpur University student’s suicide. Yet it’s an open secret

Whispers in Jadavpur University have grown to a crescendo—not just in classrooms but across West Bengal. The Commission for Protection of Child Rights has called the student's death an 'unpardonable crime'.

Army mustn’t become a glorified police force. It’s time to reset its mission in Manipur

The military hierarchy must straighten its spine and give clear advice to the government to reset its mission in Manipur.

You know about 1857. But not enough on the military labour market and caste in EIC army

India’s ‘First War of Independence’ was not fought for the reasons we think—landed interests were as important as anti-British sentiment.

Depsang crisis needs a political solution. And Modi-Xi’s G20 meet could break the deadlock

The lowering of aggressive polemic in both Beijing and New Delhi shows politicians in both countries realise that the crisis of the Gates of Hell serves no strategic purpose for either.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.