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Gujarat bride Kshama Bindu is ready to marry herself but priest, parivar, politician angry

BJP leader Sunita Shukla said this goes against Hinduism and that such acts will reduce the population of Hindus.

From tomatoes to wheat, Indian crop forecasting is in the grip of a Raja Todar Mal problem

India’s U-turn on wheat exports is a result of incorrect estimates derived from an archaic crop forecasting system devised 4 centuries ago by emperor Akbar’s finance minister.

Go beyond Nupur Sharmas, Jindals—BJP needs to course-correct before 2024 Lok Sabha polls

From Odisha to Karnataka, BJP has been struggling to maintain its supremacy after 2019. And allies are becoming increasingly wary of its expansionist designs.

BJP walked 2 tightropes – correct history, bond with Islamic nations. It has fallen off both

Any change in the BJP will now be strategic, not fundamental. The party has come too far for that.

Dead cows dumped near Lucknow raise questions about Yogi govt’s cattle protection push

Poor infrastructure, insufficient funds at state-run gaushala & problem of strays compounding Farrukhabad’s cattle woes, where a plot of land has become a dumping yard for cow carcasses.  

On Gyanvapi, Modi’s views in sync with Mohan Bhagwat’s. Read their reluctance

For now, the Modi government and the BJP are likely to be circumspect over Gyanvapi as the legal battle will take few more years to reach its conclusion.

I saw in Rahul Gandhi’s Cambridge talk a 1915 Congress moment: Shruti Kapila

Easy to mock Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge, but he's right in remaking congress as party of protest not power.

No breaking bangles, wiping sindoor in Kolhapur villages. Cash rewards too for ending taboo

Two tiny villages in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district have taken a giant leap in engineering social change by banning widowhood practices. Plans are now afoot for widow remarriage.

Rape not ‘ravishment’ — why courts should stop use of this archaic & patriarchal word

Judges across India often use 'ravished' or 'ravishment' as synonym for rape in judgments, despite its 'romantic connotations'. Word also used by a judge while discussing marital rape last month.

Shot, stabbed, mauled, killed — it’s all in a day’s work for MP’s unarmed forest staff

Madhya Pradesh forest dept says arming forest guards will allow them to defend themselves against poachers. But granting the power to bear and use arms isn't as simple.

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India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.