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Vedic scholar to BJP veteran workers — who are PM Modi’s poll proposers in Varanasi

Twelve chief ministers and several NDA allies were present when Modi filed his nomination papers Tuesday.

How drama unfolded as Varanasi cops stopped Shankaracharya from carrying out parikrama of Gyanvapi

Pontiff’s office submitted letter requesting permission to carry out parikrama around Gyanvapi complex, maintaining that police & local admin can’t determine nature of place of worship.

ASI team enters Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi to carry out scientific survey

Varanasi (PTI): A 30-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) entered the Gyanvapi complex on Monday morning to carry out a scientific...

Varanasi’s mini-Tamil Nadus live in mutts, family shivalayas and stories of saints

Centuries-old cultural connection between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu has resurfaced in public conversations since PM Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam at BHU recently.

Our take on Kashi-Mathura dispute, Kashmir, Moose Wala and UPSC results — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Gyanvapi row and Places of Worship Act were born together. Now each wants to end the other

The outcome in the Gyanvapi dispute will decide the future of not just religious structures, but also the foundational structures of religious freedom that India was built on.

Modi’s Kashi project is living up to a continuing ancient tradition of rebuilding temples

We have enough legends, stories and texts to justify and praise the Kashi project. I only hope that the effort to reduce dirt and debris is taken up at other sites as well.

Did Modi give Hindus closure? A PIL against the Places of Worship Act will decide the answer

The SC has asked the Modi govt to submit its response to a PIL challenging the Places of Worship Act. That answer can change the landscape of India.

RSS to go by what ‘samaaj’ thinks on Kashi & Mathura mosques, after seers’ call to remove them

A Hindu saints and seers’ body passed a resolution to ‘liberate’ Kashi and Mathura by removing the mosques, and sought RSS & VHP’s support.

Opposing Ram in 1990s was easy. Yadavs’ secularism will be tested with Krishna in 2020

BJP's Krishna janmabhoomi movement in Mathura will be an agni-pariksha for cow-belt leaders such as Tejashwi Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.