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This BJP govt is easy to understand. If you read what Modi, Shah, Nadda read when they were young

The key difference between BJP & Congress governments is that ideology guided Congress's policies, never governed them, while BJP's commitment to ideology is almost fundamentalist.

How ThePrint’s reporters and photographers covered Ram temple and Ayodhya—beyond politics

For 22 January, five journalists of ThePrint were in Ayodhya, several days in advance. If this was the first draft of history in the making, we wanted to be sure we wrote it.

Modi, BJP CMs undermined secularism: Urdu press on states declaring public holidays for consecration

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Ram Mandir is the reality. Congress and Western media must not waste time adjusting

Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is not merely a brick and mortar structure; it is the resurrection of Hindu pride that was hurt centuries ago by a marauding horde of plunderers.

‘Why did it take 22 yrs?’ Muslim-majority area questions timing of demolition drive in Mira Road

A religious procession to mark Ram idol consecration at Ayodhya led to communal violence in Mira Road’s Nayanagar Monday. Then bulldozers rolled in. Civic agency denies any link. 

Time to end ‘purani dushmaniyan’, says top imam facing flak for attending ‘pran pratishtha’

Chief imam of All India Imam Organisation, Dr Umer Ahmed Ilyasi says his job is to spread the message of love and harmony, praises Modi for his ‘message of unity’.

‘Ram is not a dispute, Ram is a solution’ — full text of PM Modi’s speech at Ayodhya consecration

The PM, who led rituals at the pran pratishtha of the Ram Lalla idol, also said that 'people will talk about this moment even a thousand years from now'.

Modi asked ‘what next’ at Ayodhya. A new date, grander ritual for an official Hindu state

Ram temple has transformed India in its entirety. From party politics to cultural warfare, India or Bharat is undeniably Hindu today. Pluralism is just a colourful backdrop.

Ram Lalla idol consecrated in Ayodhya temple in grand ceremony, PM Modi leads prayers

The cloth covering the eyes of the 51-inch idol was removed shortly after 12.20 pm during the auspicious 84-second window of the pran pratishtha, making him a 'living deity'.

Ram is home, it’s time to celebrate. Forget the bitterness of the Ayodhya agitation

A mammoth effort was made to create false narratives against this agitation, especially in English-language media.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

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.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.