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Dream Budget, silenced critics — the rebirth of Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman previously served as India's first full-time woman defence minister. Amid constant rumours of being shunted out, she presented her third Budget this week.

India concerned over security in Afghanistan, will keep supporting its people, says Rajnath

In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Defence Minister said that the goal should be security & growth for all in the region, but it is far from being achieved.

Top Gun to dhoti swag, Rajnath Singh’s biggest strength is also his weakness

While Rajnath Singh draws his strength from his support base in Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah’s strength lies in his proximity to Modi.

‘Meatrown’ at Howdy Modi, Nagpur’s oranges running out of juice & BSP losing its elephants

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Five things that Nirmala Sitharaman left for Rajnath Singh to address urgently

From decisions involving sentiments of armed forces to ensuring information flow, ThePrint looks at 5 issues Rajnath Singh has to tackle.

Rajnath Singh moves to defence ministry, modernisation & integration big tasks at hand

Home minister in Modi govt’s previous term, Rajnath Singh will now have to look at big ticket defence reforms amid ongoing modernisation process.

Break-in at IAF’s Paris office handling Rafale procurement, cops probe espionage angle

The IAF's office in Paris houses the team that coordinates with Dassault Aviation on manufacture of Rafale jets and the weapons package onboard the aircraft.

Nirmala Sitharaman as defence minister does what PMO wants of her: be the BJP spokeswoman

Nirmala Sitharaman is a valuable ally to men at the top in BJP and PMO who ensure she becomes invisible on critical matters like Balakot strike.

When Manohar Parrikar led a rebellion at IIT Bombay against sabudana pakoras

Goa Chief Minister and former defence minister Manohar Parrikar died Sunday after battling cancer for more than a year.

I met Manohar Parrikar last month & saluted him on behalf of soldiers whose lives he touched

Manohar Parrikar directly interacted with armed forces' veterans and their families to listen to their problems and suggestions.

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Maharashtra’s language war reaches West Bengal. Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is the first victim

While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.

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.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.