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Mumbai to Ayodhya, Shiv Sena re-connects with its hardline Hindutva past via Delhi

Shiv Sena wants to show it has never wavered on Hindutva, while, it says, ally BJP has. This is the message Sena wants to take to the people.

This doctor has single-handedly changed Punjab’s approach to its drug problem

Dr Sandeep Bhola has got the state to treat drug addicts as patients and not criminals, and inspired a state-wide drive for de-addiction centres.

Raj Thackeray 2.0 is talking in Hindi to north Indians, courting Sharad Pawar

Almost decimated in the 2014 Maharashtra assembly election, Raj Thackeray is hoping to spring back in next year’s polls.

Yogi is wrong. There’s not a shred of evidence to prove Hyderabad was called Bhagyanagar

The claim hinges on an apocryphal tale that a Muslim prince named the city after a Hindu dancer he was in love with, but historians say it is filled with holes. 

Two women IAS officers in Punjab are spreading warmth among poor children

Raji P. Srivastava and Kavita Singh started a programme to contribute old blankets, clothes and books, and have been able to help over 500 children so far.

How India’s most farmer-friendly state failed to allow direct farmer-to-consumer sales

Maharashtra government wanted to exempt all agricultural products from mandatory sales at regulated markets, but the attempt failed. 

As Chandrababu Naidu cosies up to Rahul Gandhi, NTR’s wife cries betrayal

Lakshmi Parvathi, wife of TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao and bitter Naidu critic, says what hurts the most is Andhra CM's alliance with the Gandhi family.

This Haryana information commissioner is striking terror in the hearts of govt officers

Arun Sangwan has fined scores of public information officers for not providing information, also ordering disciplinary action against half-a-dozen of them.

Devendra Fadnavis has a problem — how to appease Marathas & not anger OBCs

The Maratha community has long demanded reservation in jobs & education, but OBCs are wary. Together, they account for 84% of Maharashtra’s population.

Prof Kodandaram: Telangana’s Kejriwal who could tilt the scales away from KCR

KCR and prof. Kodandaram were instrumental in Telangana achieving statehood but are now on opposite sides, with the prof. tying up with Congress, TDP & CPI.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.