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Jinnah row is an RSS ploy to leave its stamp on India’s oldest Muslim university: Students

Part of a larger game plan to ‘mainstream’ Aligarh Muslim University, say students; former VC Hamid Ansari calls it stupid antics of local politicians.

‘Eating with Dalits’ is only a photo-op and election strategy for the BJP

Party leaders have caused much embarrassment during the Dalit outreach programme ordered by the PM, and now its own Dalit leaders are hitting out.

In Karnataka’s Mangaluru, ‘Hindutva warriors’ want to swap rowdy vigilantism for votes

Self-styled ‘Hindutva warriors’ have recalibrated their strategy since the BJP suffered a crushing blow in the 2013 polls in coastal stronghold following the 2009 pub assault on women.

How an RSS-linked institute is feeding aspiring netas to BJP’s Karnataka war room

Students of the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini have been sent to the BJP’s war room in Karnataka to gain first-hand experience of elections.

Fact Check: Here’s the Red Fort-Dalmia agreement that everyone is talking about

Here's the full text of the agreement signed by the government and the Dalmia Bharat group. Even as opposition and public outcry continue over the...

With SP support, RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary could be opposition candidate for Kairana bypoll

He is viewed as a candidate with great potential for victory, and the SP-BSP combine may back him to ensure a repeat of Gorakhpur & Phulpur losses for the BJP.

CBI’s ‘clean chit’ to Reddy brothers in mining scam blows holes in BJP’s corruption plank

The CBI had, in November, said it could not take forward the probe into the mining scam. But in March, Siddaramaiah announced an SIT to continue the probe.

PM Modi to step in to resolve Shah-Raje tussle over new Rajasthan party chief

Deadlock over the position of Rajasthan BJP president continues since Ashok Parnami resigned on 18 April.

With Ashok Mitra’s passing, India loses one of its fiercest Marxist economists

The former West Bengal finance minister was a fiery politician, an equally zealous academician, and a proud Communist.

Modi seeks Sonia, Rahul’s advice on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary events

PM has called a meeting of CMs of BJP ruled states Wednesday; leaders across party lines have been invited to share their views as well.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.