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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: BJP-RSS

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of ‘wholesale capture’ of India’s institutional framework

In a conversation with Harvard University professor Nicholas Burns, Gandhi said that the institutions that are supposed to support a fair political fight do not do so anymore.

UDF had a chance in Kerala. Then Congress played a dangerous communal game

United Democratic Front may think losing the Kerala election will be the beginning of its end. But Congress' campaign may have already laid the path.

RSS’ new team has a message for the BJP

The revamped RSS team indicates an attempt for smoother coordination with the Sangh and the govt, but there’s a larger message in Saturday’s exercise.

Out of favour in the BJP, Ram Madhav makes a comeback in RSS

Madhav has been appointed to the central executive council, and was among the organisational changes that the RSS effected Saturday.

Role played by the crucial Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha of RSS, which meets this week

ABPS will hold its annual meet in Bengaluru on 19-20 March. These meetings have always generated buzz, especially since the BJP, an ideological mentee of the RSS, came to power in 2014.

As Colombo turns to China, RSS helps Jaishankar tamp down furore on Amit Shah’s ‘remarks’

From human rights vote in Geneva to Maldives defence pact, India seeks options to chastise Sri Lanka.

How BJP became TMC’s challenger in Bengal, wooing elite and working-class Hindus

While the Bengali bhadralok's support to the Left came riding on an anti-Congress mindset, their honeymoon with CM Mamata Banerjee's TMC was also brief.

Pracharaks and informal groups — How BJP and its ideological mentor, RSS, coordinate

Contrary to popular belief, RSS didn’t discuss Bengal polls or other political issues at its Ahmedabad meeting held earlier this month, say RSS functionaries.

Why the farmers’ protest is led by Sikhs of Punjab

The Khalistan movement in the 1980s may have limited support for Punjab’s Sikhs in the battle with the Indira Gandhi govt. But in Modi govt's farm laws, they have a worthy cause.

‘They stood on shrine with shoes’ — ABVP members storm UP college, ‘desecrate’ Jain deity idol

The incident took place Tuesday at Digambar Jain College, Baraut. Three ABVP members have been booked for the incident. ABVP has apologised.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.