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No comment on Nepal, take nod from Nadda—BJP’s gag order to its leaders after Bihar Dy CM’s comment

Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary had blamed Congress for current situation in neighbouring country, saying there would have been peace & happiness had Nepal been part of India.

Lingayat-Veerashaiva rift resurfaces in Karnataka, this time over a caste census strategy

Bengaluru: A decision by the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha (AIVM) to list itself under “others” in the upcoming caste census has revived the clamour...

‘Chop off heads’—BJP’s CT Ravi makes provocative speech at communally tense Maddur

BJP MLC made the inflammatory speech at a rally held in response to the stone-pelting incident which took place on Sunday night in Maddur town.

Bhagwat’s tenure will be considered most transformative period in RSS’s 100-yr journey, says PM Modi

RSS chief has always focused on integrating more youngsters with the Sangh Parivar, PM adds in his praise of Bhagwat on his 75th birthday.

4th meeting in 2 months: Uddhav, Raj Thackeray dive into alliance talks ahead of BMC polls

Thackeray cousins met at Raj’s residence, weeks after joint rally to declare victory after ruling Mahayuti withdrew GRs which introduced 3-language policy in state-run primary schools.

D Raja rues INDIA bloc trust deficit at CPI conference. ‘Else poll results would’ve been different’

CPI’s Kerala conference, Raja pushes for Left revival, INDIA bloc unity. Says RSS-BJP are turning India into a theocratic, religion-based nation, and that voter fraud can happen in any state.

Illegal interfaith marriages can be annulled, burden of proof on accused—Rajasthan’s anti-conversion Bill

Bill passed Tuesday also proposes life term & demolition of properties to check forced, fraudulent religious conversions. It exempts 'ghar wapsi' from ambit of these provisions.

Kerala nuns’ arrest episode: BJP steps up Christian outreach to counter ‘misunderstandings’ in state

Party was in a tight spot after 2 Kerala nuns were arrested last month for alleged conversion, human trafficking in Chhattisgarh. The nuns were later released after they got bail.

NDA pick CP Radhakrishnan to be India’s next Vice-President, cross-voting derails Oppn show of unity

New Delhi: Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan was elected the 15th Vice-President of India Tuesday, defeating Opposition candidate Justice (retired) B. Sudershan Reddy by a...

Back-to-back RTI revelations expose ‘police brutality’, Kerala Congress sharpens attack on LDF govt

While CCTV visuals were secured through RTI by Congress in the first case, a hotel owner took the same route in the second case that involved his two employees.

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.