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Comrades are getting it wrong. CPI(M)’s problem is its China-Russia obsession, not atheism

Has the Left learnt any lessons from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? Absolutely not, going by the CPI(M)’s political resolution discussed at its 24th Congress at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

A weakened India is trying to make friends with China again. It has already failed twice

Being burnt once apparently wasn’t enough for India’s foreign policy decision-makers because they were back trying to reset relations with China.

Sriharikota, we have a situation. Limited budget, manpower are stifling India’s space ambitions

Delayed funding cycles, ageing launch tech, unattractive salaries & an exodus of bright minds threaten to derail India’s space dreams before liftoff truly begins.

Inside Lodhas brothers’ Rs 5,000 cr name war. ‘Everything is in those 5 letters’

The Lodha family built a Rs 1.36 lakh crore empire. Now the two sons are in a tussle over the use of the name, with a trademark suit and forgery allegations in the mix.

Indian weddings get a new destination in tier-2 cities—Rishikesh, Khajuraho, Corbett

There’s now a budget-friendly answer to dreamy destination weddings in Goa or Udaipur, offering riverside mandaps, mountain vows, forest pheras.

Legal pedigree not just entrenched in SC. 1 in 3 HC judges related to judges, ex-judges or lawyers

Of 687 high court judges, at least 102 related to former or sitting judges, 117 were either 2nd- or 3rd-generation lawyers before elevation or related to members of legal fraternity.

Tamil Nadu is changing. Is anti-Hindi sentiment still the same?

Tamil Nadu politicians don’t oppose organic adoption of Hindi. There aren’t any mass street protests but the resistance has mostly shifted to viral memes, social media posts, stand-up comedy and Reels.

Lineage runs deep in India’s Supreme Court. 60% judges are from lawyer or judge families

Of the 33 judges currently on the Supreme Court, at least 10 are closely related to former judges, while an equal number had fathers who were lawyers, an investigation by ThePrint has found.

Punjab police is protecting its officers. Army left Colonel Bath to fight his battle on his own

Ever-increasing cases of police high-handedness against soldiers are impacting the morale of the Armed Forces. It is only a matter of time before the situation spirals out of control.

Indian taxpayers are paying for a clownish police investigation into Kunal Kamra

The Constitution was not written to prevent uncles and aunties from being shocked or offended.

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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.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘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.