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Dilip Saikia’s appointment as general secy shows BJP now wants to reward ‘its own’ in Assam

MP Dilip Saikia is one of few BJP leaders from Assam who has been a part of RSS, ABVP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He was appointed party general secretary Saturday.

Somdal is a quiet, unassuming village in Manipur. Until you hear its history

The village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has contributed several leaders to the Naga movement and is the home of the current NSCN(I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah.

Hasrat Jaipuri, the former bus conductor who wrote some of Raj Kapoor’s best songs

Along with fellow lyricist Shailendra, Jaipuri was part of Raj Kapoor's dream team for more than two decades and wrote songs that are loved to this day.

Sumedh Saini — KPS Gill protege & former Punjab top cop who’s being hunted by force he headed

A 1982-batch IPS officer, Saini had been on the run for 15 days in a 29-year-old case of abduction and murder of a Sikh youth during the militancy years in Punjab.

Legendary statistician CR Rao, credited with restructuring field of statistics, turns 100

Indian-American statistician CR Rao is known for making seminal contributions to statistics such as development of Cramér-Rao Lower Bound, Rao-Blackwellization, & Lagrange multiplier test.

Charu Sinha, 1st woman IPS officer to serve as CRPF IG Srinagar, breaks barriers for men too

A 1996-batch IPS officer, Charu Sinha was deputed with CRPF in 2018. Her career has seen her tackle Naxalism, factional feuds & what appeared to be a mental health crisis in CRPF.

MLA Pranav Singh Champion — lover of guns, expensive liquor & perfume who’s back in BJP

Uttarakhand MLA Pranav Singh Champion was suspended by BJP last year because of multiple instances of ‘indiscipline’, including dancing with guns.

‘Singham’ Annamalai — the IPS officer, engineer & MBA who studied Islam to fight terror

Annamalai Kuppuswamy, a 2011-batch IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre, joined BJP in Delhi Tuesday. He says he's a big fan of the PM and BJP is the only party that inspires him.

Sabrina Singh, Kamala Harris’s press secretary who has worked on 2 US presidential campaigns

Sabrina Singh is the first person of Indian origin to be appointed as press secretary to US vice-presidential nominee of a major political party.

Protima Bedi — the model, dancer and ‘sanyasin’ who lived by her own rules

In her short life, Protima Bedi had a successful career, first as a model and then Odissi dancer. She refused to be put in a box, and made a name as a bold, feminist icon.

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.