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CDs, video cassettes, books among mountain of evidence in front of SC in Ayodhya case

A total of 553 documentary exhibits have been submitted to the court, running into 8,000 pages. The SC registry accepts video evidence in CD format.

Lack of jobs, development and graft to be key factors in Tripura assembly polls

Despite CM Manik Sarkar’s clean image, voters see BJP as a possible alternative to the ruling CPI(M), claim state govt is turning a blind eye...

Modi returning as PM in 2019 isn’t certain. India should be prepared for these scenarios

It's not a foregone conclusion who the next Prime Minister will be given there are plenty of voters who could ensure it isn't Narendra Modi.

Prudent is India’s biggest political funding trust and it’s backed by Bharti Enterprises

Prudent, earlier known as Satya, drew in Rs 283.73 crore in corporate donations in 2016-17, and contributed over Rs 252 crore of it to the BJP alone.

The shaming of top media houses by Gulf News embarrasses India

Multiple media houses aired a video claiming that the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi said 'Jai Siya Ram' at a function in Abu Dhabi. 

Haryana govt to withdraw cases against Jat agitators of 2016 to clear way for Amit Shah rally

Violence during 2016 stir claimed 31 lives; now influential Jat body has called off plan to disrupt Amit Shah rally on 15 Feb after govt agrees to its demands.

Marginalised and ‘victims’ of the war on terror, Pashtuns finally give vent to their anger

Tribal people took out a ‘Pashtun Long March’ from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Islamabad to protest against the killing of a Pashtun shopkeeper in Karachi.

The mystery of the website which published the ‘scoop’ on BJP’s Ram Madhav

The website has since been taken down, but the identity of its creators may not be very easy to find.

Who tried to defame Ram Madhav? Here is BJP’s own shortlist

BJP suspects that either Nagaland CM Zeliang or Arunachal Congress leader Nabam Tuki is behind the fake video featuring Ram Madhav; the duo denies this charge.

Prannoy Roy writes to PM, says Swamy’s campaign against NDTV ‘damaging India’s reputation’

NDTV founder says BJP MP Swamy’s attacks have continued over the last 7-8 years despite him knowing well that his accusations are false.

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Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

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.