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Bengaluru is fast losing ‘safe for women’ tag—live-in murders, anxious parents, growing fear

Bengaluru was ranked as the best Indian city to live in by a global survey in 2011. Now, its reputation has been taking a hit in the last three years.

Kashmiri Sikhs ask how to stop losing daughters to Islam— ‘It’s a threat to demography’

Nobody is using the politically loaded term ‘love jihad’ yet, but the anxieties that a handful of conversions has unleashed has ripped through the fragile peace they have established in the Kashmir conflict for decades.

India no longer married to anyone. Its foreign policy is joining hands with friends’ enemies

India has aligned economically with the US, and militarily with Russia. But politically, it is walking the tightrope.

Trapped in yrs-long probation battle, Vikash Yadav wrote to RAW chief about ‘humiliation, mental agony’

Cabinet Secretariat delayed Yadav's confirmation after he transferred from CRPF in 2013. In 2023, he was suspended in light of US's 'Pannun plot' allegations & later arrested in local case.

India-China LAC issue needs new imagination. It’s too tangled in nationalism now

The real issue is where India’s frontier with China lies, not a few kilometres of ancient trading routes. A solution to this needs deep reflection on claims of territorial sovereignty.

City Montessori School is Lucknow’s biggest brand now; not Loreto, La Martiniere

With 60,000 students across 21 campuses and a Guinness world record, the 65-year-old CMS rivals legacy schools like La Martiniere and Loreto.

Mughal historian Swapna Liddle is Lutyens’ Delhi’s new toast. She isn’t caught in history wars

From book launches and exhibitions to conferences, Swapna Liddle’s name is on every significant invite.

Goa has a Ravana of its own—but playful

The myth of Narakasura is central to both Goan and Assamese traditions, but takes on a distinct character in each region.

Bihar wants to be the next tourism hotspot. Drone influencers are rushing to Rohtas

Bihar has long been trying to shed its badlands image and tourism is its latest pitch. In the absence of big industries, the state has chosen an easier way of building up revenue.

RSS has remained relevant for 100 yrs despite challenges. World now embraces its ideologies

Being a nascent organisation and its membership composed primarily of middle-class Hindus, RSS never had the financial wherewithal to combat the narrative set against them.

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.