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Modi promised India model villages. It is now a blot for us, say Adarsh gram voters

Former rural development minister Upendra Kushwaha says the biggest challenge is the lack of support from the state govts, the district administration not taking interest.

The Republic is dead and no point blaming BJP-RSS. We need a new political language

India has a new constitution now that institutes the will of the majority community to draw a line of fire that no organ of the government can cross.

‘Hindustan is finally for Hindus.’ Ayodhya Express reaches Ram temple

Ayodhya and Ram Mandir are part pilgrimage, part tourism, and part endurance sport for thousands of Hindu devotees. They are celebrating a shared sense of victory and vindication—and posting it online.

Macron’s Republic Day visit sends crucial message. Biden isn’t India’s only powerful friend

The Narendra Modi government has learned the lesson that if you have the economic capacity and the military prowess, you can shake off any amount of international criticism.

After Ayodhya, Indian secularism must stay vigilant, not give in to religious obscurantism

Hindu nationalists have done to Hinduism what Khalistanis and Sinhala supremacists did to Sikhism and Buddhism.

A Thai-Buddhist ‘Ayodhya’ was one of Asia’s greatest kingdoms. Then came a reckoning

Over 400 years, Ayutthaya emerged through war, flourished through commerce, and collapsed in sociopolitical crisis.

The forgotten story of how jihad plans failed in Ayodhya

Abdul Karim ‘Tunda’ hoped to unleash fire and blood across India, but lacked both the means and the men to do it.

Royal, rich, Rajputi—Indian single malt whisky now global cool. A new culture being distilled

Radico Khaitan’s Rampur, Piccadily’s Indri, and Paul John are new breed of single malt whiskies—internationally acclaimed and India-made, exuding foreigner-friendly notions of the ‘Indian summer’.

Gujarati Muslims struggle to buy Hindu property. Disturbed Areas law weaponises real estate

The Disturbed Areas Act in Gujarat mandates that property deals must be approved by the district collector in areas marked as ‘disturbed’. It’s a tool to segregate Hindus and Muslims.

PM Modi should avoid temptation of turning Interim Budgets into vote-getting tools

If Modi is confident about winning a third term, he must also use this opportunity to decisively bifurcate economic & fiscal policy from short-term aims of winning elections.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.