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Jaiswals, Oswals, Shahs—Gujarat’s trading families once wielded more power than medieval courts

Experts say some Oswal, Jaiswal, and Agrawal merchants still claim Kshatriya origin.

Why does the ghost of Khalistan still haunt Punjab? Story of this father & son has answers

The real danger in Punjab lies in dysfunctional politics, competitive communalism and a dysfunctional economy—all of which conspire to generate a crisis.

Indian govt gave stranded Afghan cadets a lifeline last year. Now they fear being ‘handed to Taliban’

48 Afghan cadets in India claim their visas were either cancelled or requests for visa extensions rejected. Ministry of External Affairs sources say 'nobody will be forced to go back'.

A wave of statue nationalism is sweeping Rajasthan. Dead soldiers are everywhere

450 statues have been unveiled, most of them located in Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu. The former two are known as Sainiko ka Zila.

Yogi striking at the heart of gangster Atiq Ahmed’s reign — one property at a time

Gangster-turned politician Atiq Ahmed is watching the Adityanath govt seize his legal and illegal benami properties across UP and hand them back to citizens.

Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi are not OBCs. BJP calling them so is an insult to the community

BJP and RSS did nothing for OBCs but they want to show it's Rahul Gandhi who hates the community.

‘Fancy cars, guns, clout’ — in Amritpal’s militia, ‘brainwashed’ youth & addicts in awe of his ‘rebel’ image

Residents of Jallupur Khera village said Amritpal's influence extended only to the youth, and elderly members of the village had long since distanced themselves from his talks of Khalistan.

Delhi has given up fixing monkey problem. Courts, committees, tenders—nothing’s working

Agencies don't take up tenders to sterilise the monkeys due to animal rights activists. Even monkey catchers stay away because activists take their photos and file complaints of cruelty.

Formed in 2021, 7 new defence PSUs to see steep decline in orders, finds Parliament panel

DPSUs were formed after restructuring of Ordnance Factory Board. While most recorded profits in first six months, exports have also been declining, says govt.

‘A change is coming’—Xi’s parting message to Putin means anything but peace in Ukraine

A post on “182vs13” has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Weibo. It celebrates how Beijing has more diplomatic ties than Taiwan.

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

‘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.