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Rahul Gandhi can drive Mandal 3, reverse social justice politics that BJP pushed to dead-end

Rahul Gandhi's Kolar speech wasn't a momentary reflex. Congress is looking to recover lost ground and be the favourite party of poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims again.

Char Dham Yatra to be bigger than ever but Joshimath residents still sleep in animal shelters

Residents are worried they’ll be asked to evict these temporary homes when the Char Dham Yatra pilgrims arrive.

Bhagalpur to Prayagraj, why India has a dangerous love-affair with police encounters

Exceptions that might be justified in the small wars of Punjab, Kashmir have become part of the normal fabric of policing. The emergency has become the everyday.

Rs 30 lakh and 9 years later, this Punjab youth still dreams of Canada. He’s not done

Country and courses students choose depend on how much their parents can invest and what options their agents give them. Interest, calibre of the student not a priority.

‘No trust at all’: Bihar teachers, aspirants out on street against Nitish Kumar’s ‘betrayal’

Nitish Kumar scrapped the teacher recruitment system he himself had introduced in 2006. Those who cleared Bihar STET and were waiting for appointment letters will have to sit for BPSC exam now.

An IIT engineer is publishing books others won’t. Garuda wants to ‘decolonise Indian mind’

Not too long ago, Garuda books were not readily available. They now cover airport bookstands and are bought off Amazon.

MoD protecting Army in Nagaland killings gratifying. SIT acted as handmaiden of state govt

The logic behind protecting the accused Armymen may never be known as RTI requests on past decisions have been turned down on grounds of national security. But such lack of transparency fuels doubts of cover-ups.

Training future pandits to ‘save Sanatana Dharma’ — inside Rajasthan’s Ved Vidyalayas, boosted by Gehlot govt

Congress govt in Rajasthan plans to grow network of state-aided Ved Vidyalayas, where boys receive Vedic training. Experts say it’s part of a wider strategy in poll-bound states.

Who drives Rajasthan’s raging gang wars? Young ‘foot soldiers’ in search of guns, gore, glory

Lawrence Bishnoi in jail, Rohit Godara in Europe—but Rajasthan gang wars continue in their name.

Stuffed toys to stark walls: Why child incest victims suffer most due to POCSO gaps

POCSO provides for victim-centric measures like ‘child-friendly’ courts and ‘support persons’, but implementation is uneven. Lags affect incest victims most, experts say.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.