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Modi was set to lose 2024 like Vajpayee in 2004. Here’s what changed

If just 1 out of the 66 people watching the sarkari propaganda had changed their mind, the Supreme Leader would have been the Leader of Opposition today.

Agra is No. 3 Smart City. Funds spent on potholes, parks, paintings, traffic jams, zardozi

Modi govt envisioned Smart Cities as grand urban digital utopias, but 10 yrs on, they are mostly doing what UPA-era Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission left unfinished.

The sociology of 2024 Lok Sabha elections in 10 charts

The BJP has faced a political defeat in this election, but its social coalition is largely intact. The political task of uniting the bottom half of the social pyramid — poor, villagers, Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and minorities — is still a long way off.

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.

On Camera

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.