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Gurdaspur bypoll result is a wake-up call for SAD-BJP, big boost for Congress

Chitleen K Sethi -
Bypoll outcome has proved again that Punjab is not smitten by Modi; AAP receives yet another setback

For the BJP, wide margin of defeat in Gurdaspur is nothing short of humiliation

Vipin Pubby -
The resounding defeat of AAP is an indication that Punjab is back to its conventional two-party system

BJP blames Gurdaspur loss on faulty candidate selection, lack of support

Pragya Kaushika -
BJP insiders say senior leaders abstained from campaigning for Swaran Singh Salaria, who was defeated by Congress’ Sunil Jakhar by 1.9 lakh votes

Few takers for Punjab govt’s ‘best’ solution to stubble burning

Swapna Merlin -
Even farmers in the ‘model district’ of Patiala continue to defy court orders to burn stubble, and are demanding incentives to manage crop residue.

Once apolitical, Ram Rahim made himself indispensable to political parties

Chitleen K Sethi -
Once apolitical, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh became a political force as he began influencing elections to escape criminal cases.

Pakistan’s new census: What has changed in 20 years

Raza Ahmad Rumi -
Pakistan’s new census, held after nearly two decades, and marred by series of attacks on census workers, shows what has changed in its demographic

‘I will purify you’: What the two rape victims testified against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Chitleen K Sethi -
The ordeal that the two rape victims had gone through at Ram Rahim’s dera as evidenced by court records

Clueless in Babaland

Shekhar Gupta -
Gurmeet Ram Rahim is just the most colourful and blingy of north India's Godmen. He is also the first one the law has caught up with.

Understanding Deras and the violence after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction

Ruhi Tewari -
Why are there so many deras in Punjab and how do they work? ThePrint's Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta explains.

Ram Rahim convicted: Haryana’s poor law and order record faces another harsh test

Chitleen K Sethi -
The state’s effectiveness to deal with such a situation is under scrutiny, given Haryana’s reputation as a “soft” government incapable of handling law and order with an iron fist.
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After Mammootty and Mohanlal, who? Fahadh Faasil is the new poster boy of Malayalam cinema

Nidhima Taneja -
Fahadh Faasil won’t play your garden-variety hero. He’s bending the norms, creating his own multiverse and getting pan-Indian acclaim.
US Special Forces and NATO troops in Afghanistan | Representational image | Commons

US interests in Af-Pak now just ‘transactional’. People can fight their own battles

Chinese social media users 'mock' Beijing's response to Pelosi's Taiwan visit

Chinese nationalists ask Beijing how come Pelosi plane to Taiwan wasn’t shot down

Economy

A suspension pylon in Tamil Nadu | Commons

You thought power subsidy is a Delhi-Punjab problem? Check out Tamil Nadu’s power sector mess

Nikhil Rampal -
RBI data shows Indian discoms owe power generation firms over Rs 4.5 lakh crore, almost a third of which is owed by Tamil Nadu, where power subsidy cost is twice that of food subsidy.

Defence

The Flying Dolphin — how a former Indian Navy submariner qualified as a commercial pilot 

Suchet Vir Singh -
Vivek Chaudhary retired from the Indian Navy in 2017 after serving on the  Short-Service Commission. After that, his dreams took flight. 

National Interest

In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse

Shekhar Gupta -
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.

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