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Anand Mohan’s release shows criminals still call the shots in Bihar, just as centuries ago

Anand Mohan's release engineered by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to aid his RJD allies illustrates the influence of gangsterism in Bihar politics.

It’s time for Army to close 2021 Nagaland encounter case. External threats are looming large

The Army must bring closure to the case by taking disciplinary action in a time-bound and transparent manner, while the govt must try to remove AFSPA altogether.

How medieval Kashmir became centre of the world — Vaishnavism, Puranas, and war

The Pancharatrins and the Karkotas of Kashmir seized the subcontinent’s centre stage, religion supporting the State, State supporting religion.

LAC talks with China prove diplomacy without strength is fruitless

It would have been an embarrassment had the Ladakh talks turned hostile just when Rajnath Singh and Gen Li Shangfu are meeting at the SCO on 28 April.

It’s hard to be optimistic about Congress. Easier to praise leaders like Tejashwi Yadav

Narendra Modi wins largely because the Congress does not know how to stop him

India invoking Buddha to counter China. Why Modi should meet Dalai Lama and get Karmapa back

Since New Delhi cannot militarily reverse the border situation, it is now demonstrating Buddhism as a native religion to India, even though there are more followers in China.

Sarpanch at 20, youngest CM – Parkash Singh Badal was a man of firsts. His death marks end of an era

Despite being one of the tallest national leaders, Parkash Singh Badal never forgot his roots.

Seattle, California caste ban votes same as BJP’s Project Pasmanda. For US ‘model minority’

'We’ve hit a nerve and exposed a form of discrimination many never even knew existed,' said Aisha Wahab, Democratic Party leader, who proposed the legislation.

BJP wings divided over Twitter blue tick cost. They can’t decide who will pay for it

VP Singh's statue in Chennai is good news to BJP—DMK is losing Dravidian card.

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Jitni abaadi utna haq’ call isn’t about elections or Mandal. Goal is reform

None of the 140 unicorns in India have a Dalit, Tribal or OBC founder. On the flip side, 100 per cent manual scavengers belong to these communities.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.