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BJP wooing Kerala cardinals. But Christians say they never take voting cues from church

The Christians are such a loyal voter base that 58 per cent of the community voted for the UDF during the assembly elections in 2021, and 51 per cent in 2016.

Sikhs trained in kung fu — British India’s secret weapon to deal with Shanghai’s gangsters

Hong Kong’s Sikh police 'acquired a reputation amongst the British officers for their loyalty and martial prowess in service to the Empire'. This led to Shanghai seeking them out.

When there’s a predator in the family — why punishing child incest under POCSO is a whole other battle

POCSO cases where the accused is a family member are notoriously tricky to handle. Experts propose ‘alternative mechanism’ to ensure better reporting and recompense.

Ram Navami violence in Ramzan month shows future is stark. It’s ‘karo ya maro’ for India now

If the larger responsibility rests with Hindus, Muslims too cannot be absolved. It is indeed time for Muslims to look for reform in some customs.

‘Want to visit Vegas, try litti chokha’ — man held at age 12 tries to turn life around after 25 yrs on death row

Niranaram Chetanram Chaudhary was released last month after an SC order affirmed that he was a juvenile in September 1994, when he was arrested for the murders of seven people in Pune.

Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila now a crowded mall. Tibetan colony’s old world intimacy gone

AMA Cafe is symbolic of Majnu ka Tila's commercialisation. It is expanding beyond students and foreign tourists.

Astro labs are the new wave in UP village schools. Delhi man revolutionising physics

Aryan Mishra’s astronomy labs are run in perpetuity by teachers and students. Villages with even a single lab have seen increased overall enrolment in schools.

Christian start-up CEO is blockbuster Hindu mythological novelist. Mahabharata is his muse

Readers say Kevin Missal’s strength lies in his careful character selection and treatment.

NCERT textbooks can’t create a secular student. If they did, BJP wouldn’t be in power

Once we give up this myth of school textbooks as the fountain of truth and the child as an empty vessel, we can take a more sober view of what textbooks can and cannot do.

NCR’s biggest race — Noida Metro ahead of Gurugram by a decade

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced in this year's Budget that the Metro expansion construction will begin in 2023-2024. Old Gurgaon residents have heard such assurances far too many times.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.