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Saturday, December 13, 2025
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Topic: Politics

SubscriberWrites: Taxes and votes? Nation demanding too much from techies in Bengaluru’s IT corridor

Bangalore techies who logged on to Twitter last week to rail against the awful traffic & crumbling infrastructure in the city were met with some backlash, writes Chaitra Sagar.

AAP govt seeks Centre’s approval to appoint PK Gupta as new chief secretary of Delhi

New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal-led government on Thursday sent the name of PK Gupta to the Center to appoint him as the new Chief...

SubscriberWrites: Religion is a political party by another name

Politics is the realistic codification of ‘the art of the possible’ seeking for its own people the maximum possible, writes Atul Chandra.

New book seeks to look at Babasaheb Ambedkar’s life as a philosopher and activist

Published by Harper Collins, ‘Becoming Babasaheb: The Life and Times of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Volume I)' by Aakash Singh Rathore, will be released on 13th April in ThePrint’s SoftCover.

Shiv Sena factions clamour for party legacy on founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s 97th birthday

Son Uddhav, unseated in an inter-party rebellion last year, called rival and Chief Minister Eknath Sindhe’s faction a “fake”.

‘Impossible for BJP to replicate 2019 Lok Sabha win’: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor added that it is "conceivable" that the ruling party can lose "50 seats" in the Lok Sabha in 2024.

Farooq Abdullah steps down as National Conference president

The party’s general secretary has been tasked to conduct the election for Abdullah’s successor by 5 December. Until then, the party will be chaired by Abdullah.

Viral clip of man distributing alcohol not from poll-bound Gujarat

This is not the first time the video has surfaced on social media with a false claim. Earlier in July, the same clip was shared by many users claiming that it was from Telangana.

The ‘shame weapon’ Pakistani politicians use is lethal, can give birth to a religious tyrant

Tempting as it is to see the leaked videos as just another element in the no-holds-barred power struggle, the sexual scandals have special significance.

‘The People of India’ — new book traces grassroots political actors, how they shape New India

Published by Penguin India, the anthology of essays curated by social scientists Ravinder Kaur and Nayanika Mathur, will be released on 15 November on ThePrint's Softcover.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

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).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.