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Wednesday, August 5, 2026
TopicMahant Narendra Giri

Topic: Mahant Narendra Giri

Big money, blackmail, tussle for power? CBI to probe what led Mahant Giri to commit ‘suicide’

Mahant Narendra Giri's mobile phone in which he shot a video holding the 3 men responsible for his suicide, and the call detail records, are a crucial link in the probe, investigators say.

‘Maut, mahant aur mystery’ — Hindi news channels had a headline competition this week

The mahant’s ‘murder mystery’ lives on after him but chances are Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US will put it to rest—at least on TV news.

What is Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, body under spotlight after Narendra Giri’s ‘suicide’

Mahant Narendra Giri was elected president of ABAP, apex body of the 13 main Hindu akharas, in 2014, and re-elected in October 2019. He was found dead Monday.

On Camera

Modi govt is giving more teeth to a paper leak law that has so far bitten none

Two years later, we are made to believe that this time the amendments will be the panacea. A law deters only if it is effectively enforced.

Andhra’s salary & pension bills wringing coffers dry, state spends 95% of revenue on employees

In 'white paper', CM says state’s own revenues almost entirely consumed by salaries, while central funds service debt & interests. ‘State has to borrow even to fund basic welfare schemes.’

Nationalism cannot be the preserve of only armed forces: Former CDS slams defence white labelling

White labelling is a term used to describe the practice of supplying foreign-origin systems as indigenous products with little or no value addition.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.