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Why Karnataka Forest Dept & Centre are locked in battle over land ‘given’ to watchmaker HMT

Sharan Poovanna - August 23, 2024

Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Steel HD Kumaraswamy wants to revive HMT, while Eshwar Khandre, state Minister of Forests, wants to reclaim land & use it to create green spaces.

HMT watch was all about sturdy functionality, and then India changed

Mahua Venkatesh - October 28, 2018

HMT’s catchy advertising campaign centred on the ‘unity in diversity’ theme.

The HMT advantage

Shekhar Gupta - February 15, 2003

While so many state governments rush to add chapters on her heroic life and the Shiv Sena threatens to rename Valentine’s day after Kalpana...

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Bloomberg Opinion - November 11, 2025

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

November 11, 2025

BJP’s uniformity push is harmful. Ladakh shows federalism is the core of our democracy

November 11, 2025

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna - November 11, 2025

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan - November 5, 2025

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta - November 8, 2025

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.

Topic: HMT

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YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

BJP’s uniformity push is harmful. Ladakh shows federalism is the core of our democracy

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

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