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Why Amit Shah, more than PM Modi, needs to worry about RSS chief Bhagwat’s message

If Bhagwat’s Dussehra speech was about praising the Modi-led government and slamming ‘foreign powers’, cultural Marxists and wokes, his Monday’s address was an attempt to hold up a mirror to Modi-Shah.

Bahraich to Buckingham Palace—Arti’s bumpy e-rickshaw journey that men tried to stop

Bahraich district’s first pink e-auto rickshaw driver just won the Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment Award. Everyone wants the 19-year-old local celebrity to drive around for their videos and Reels.

Case files in sink, no AC or water supply — Delhi’s consumer forums crumble with massive pendency

New Delhi: The aroma of Mughlai food from the restaurants below the district consumer dispute redressal commission premises in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh often makes...

Delhi sisters aged 5 & 8 mowed down by minor driver. 4 yrs on, case closed, family surrenders to fate

For the Sarsar family, time stopped when they lost Bhumi and Gunjan. Their mother Shweta says that had the minor & his family apologised, she may have forgiven them, but they never did.

Modi is going to spend next few months showing he is a man of action, and in control

If Modi wants to run a Vajpayee-style NDA alliance, he is fine. If he wants to go back to the so-called Modi Revolution, then the alliance is in more trouble than the current calm might suggest.

Brahmins in sultans’ courts, snake-worshipping Muslims— The real story of medieval Kashmir

The standard narrative paints a picture of constant, merciless 'Islamic' persecution, based on a selective reading of a handful of medieval loudmouths. The reality is much more complex.

7 myths about Congress have been busted by the 2024 election results

There is a long way to go for the Congress in this unlimited overs Test match of politics. But 99 not out is not a bad score on a bad pitch in the face of body-line bowlers, compromised umpires, and hostile commentators.

Reasi carnage is a message from ISI—it can step up the pain for India in Kashmir

After the 1998 Reasi carnage, three crises—Kargil, the stand-off of 2001-2002, and Balakot—brought two nuclear powers to the edge of war. Last week’s killings, though, show both countries remain mired in a dangerous deadlock.

‘Indians willing to bargain lives for cheap treks’—trekking companies have no govt oversight

Droves of Indians are turning to the mountains to escape city life. It’s resulted in a boom in fly-by-night operations that function outside existing regulations.

Two different BJPs competed in 2024. The challenger gained, the establishment lost

The anti-establishment vote for the BJP in some states has partially masked the overall mandate against the national political establishment represented by the BJP.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.