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Amit Shah isn’t retiring any sooner but he can’t have RSS pick Nadda’s successor

A BJP president chosen by the RSS would slowly bring Amit Shah’s era to an end, brick by brick.

Even the Right loves Asaduddin Owaisi post-Op Sindoor. Why ‘secular’ camp won’t embrace him yet

Secular parties believe that Owaisi’s support for the Modi government—even over terrorism—will alienate the Muslims from him. He must prove them wrong in Bihar polls.

Hosabale, Dhankhar, Shivraj & Himanta give Modi yet another reason to amend BJP constitution

Socialism and secularism are obviously ideas that BJP leaders are ready to neither gulp down nor spit out. That explains the party’s rather clumsy attempt to come up with its own versions.

What Ram Vilas Paswan did to Lalu in 2005 must haunt Nitish in 2025 as Chirag enters poll fray

What if Chirag Paswan also has the numbers to take the opposition’s tally to the majority mark? After all, Paswan has maintained a ‘brotherly’ relationship with Tejashwi, too.

Operation Sindoor was a win for PM Modi. His colleagues in BJP are undoing it

PM Modi has got his mojo back after Operation Sindoor. The only regret he must have is why he allowed his party colleagues to malign and denigrate our armed forces with impunity. Was politics worth it?

Op Sindoor setting the tone for Bihar polls—yet enemies & frenemies have Nitish Kumar on edge

For the BJP, 2025 offers an opportunity to finally fulfil its dream of having its own CM in Bihar. It would only be grateful if PK could repeat what Chirag Paswan did in 2020.

What if Congress loses Tharoor? Rahul Gandhi is preparing for a re-do of Punjab in Kerala

Shashi Tharoor would, of course, remember how the Gandhis finished Captain Amarinder Singh through a thousand cuts, humiliating him on a daily basis.

Modi vs Indira is a needless debate. Operation Sindoor has defined PM Modi’s legacy

PM Modi has set a template that his successors—no matter from which party—won’t be able to divert from or abandon. It has become an unwritten national security code.

Blow to Yogi, Fadnavis, Gadkari—caste census will change criteria for PM Modi’s successor

Another reason cited by BJP's spin doctors is the Bihar Assembly election. It’s fallacious, too. Such a big decision is not taken in view of just one Assembly election.

How ministers are making holes in PM Modi’s Teflon coating

Amit Shah is virtually running Jammu and Kashmir. But it would be unfair to seek accountability for security lapses from him because he has to ensure the BJP’s victory in every election across the country.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.