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‘Gentle colossus, statesman’: India mourns a cherished Prime Minister who outgrew his party

Front Page Today, the country mourns a cherished prime minister: Atal Bihari Vajpayee. At five past five Thursday, Vajpayee succumbed to the complications of a...

In Jaitley’s I-Day hero lineup, Sardar pushes Nehru out, even Ambedkar missing

Front Page Arun Jaitley's freedom heroes, and those who aren't: In his message to the nation on Independence Day, union minister Arun Jaitley created a...

356 Army men go to court to keep AFSPA

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Media gets a mail from the PM, er, it’s an interview

Front Page It's raining interviews, albeit through email: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never held a press conference during his tenure so far, and as...

At launch of book on equality, Lutyens’ media leads the charge

Front Page The lure of the former Raj jewel-in-the-crown hasn't escaped former Financial Times correspondent in India James Crabtree, who launched his book at the...

Tamil Nadu mourns as Karunanidhi is buried, and kanwariyas go on rampage in Delhi

Front Page For the people and press of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi’s death is personal. In its tribute, Tamil daily Dinamani paints a picture of the man...

Death of a Dravidian stalwart, and the maid breaking the net as a stand-up comic

Dravidian politics lost one of its tallest figures as M. Karunanidhi passed away at 6.10 pm at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai.

Osama’s son ‘marries daughter of 9/11 attacker’, and one less woman CEO

Front page Guess who just got married: Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, 29, has married the daughter of Mohammad Atta, the leader of...

Article 35A in Supreme Court today, and ISI ‘role’ in Khalistan referendum

Front page Crucial hearing in Supreme Court on Article 35A today. The SC is set to consider a petition arguing that a constitutional bench should look...

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.