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Tirupati god was originally offered pongal. North Indian pilgrims brought laddus

Tirumala was once a minor shrine with only local devotees. It grew as an investment destination for Vijayanagara elites in the 16th century.

Rajasthan’s 17 new districts are running from mandis, hostels, schools. A logistical mess

A year after Rajasthan’s 17 new districts were carved out, they’ve become a political battleground between BJP and Congress. But action on a review panel’s report still pending.

Chandrababu Naidu’s Tirupati charade won’t work. Andhra Pradesh is not Gujarat

Luckily for the YSR Congress Party—and for the Opposition in Andhra Pradesh—Jagan Mohan Reddy, although a dynast, is no Rahul Gandhi.

Where does Aravalli end? Lack of clarity leads to rampant mining; furious Haryana villagers

Haryana's Rajawas village’s vehement opposition to mining near the Aravalli range comes from bitter experiences. They have faced the repercussions of living near a stone mine.

South India’s GDP growth didn’t come out of the blue. Central govt had a big hand

A recent EAC-PM working paper showed southern states performed very well in terms of contribution to the nation’s GDP. A history of concessions and policy support from New Delhi played a part.

Bengal’s shape-shifters are banking on Bohurupi. ‘Give us a stage, we’ll enthrall a city’

Kolkata: Nanichora Das Baul becomes someone new every day—Shiva or Parvati, Durga or the demon king, even a skeleton sometimes. As one of Bengal’s few remaining bohurupis—quick-change artists who...

Chemistry of curd to physics of paratha, GST rates on food are a multi-disciplinary tangle

Issue of GST on food items is in news again after hotel owner’s viral interaction with Finance Minister Sitharaman last week. But complexities highlighted go back further in time.

India’s youngest spiritual baba wants no friends, smartphones. What about homework, people ask

Ten-year-old Abhinav Arora’s teachers ask him to sing bhajans for them during free periods. Every child in his class wants to sit with him—they have to use a roster.

Jaswant Singh kept bullets from IC814 in his office. With a sign that read ‘Lest we forget’

Every day of the hijacking, my father was woken up at midnight by a call from wife of a crew member. He’d sit on the bed, listening to her crying every night.

20 UP villages lost their beloved Sakarni River decades ago. They just got it back this July

A local environmentalist and Pratapgarh officials used MGNREGA funds to mobilise 30,000 residents to revitalise the 28-km Sakarni River in Uttar Pradesh.

On Camera

India’s fiscal future depends on credibility, not just growth rate

As the era of easy money ends, the gap between the ability to borrow and the credibility to do so will define fiscal resilience. India still has the chance to strengthen both.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.