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Topic: Rajasthan

A year before returning to service, CRPF commandant Cheetah said he’d love to return to Kashmir

The commandant who took nine bullets in an encounter, known as Cheetah, says 70 per cent of Kashmiris are pro-India and that it is possible to win the hearts of Kashmiris.

After successes in Rajasthan & Gujarat, Ashok Gehlot may be Rahul Gandhi’s Chanakya

In recent months, there is a perceptible change in Ashok Gehlot’s public positioning. He appears to be preparing for a larger national role too.

Rajasthan’s budget this week had the seed of a new milk revolution, but everybody missed it

The two state budget this week stand out in contrast to any other in India, for uniqueness and long-term physical and intellectual impact in Rajasthan.

BJP trying to prevent two Maharashtra Lok Sabha bypolls from going the Rajasthan way

The party faces a tough fight from the Congress-NCP in Bhandara-Gondia in Vidarbha, but is expected to have a smoother path to victory in Palghar.

As unhappiness with Modi govt rises, opponents see 2019 opening up

The BJP’s defeat in bypolls, its dissenting allies and slow economic growth have given opposition parties an opening they are keen to capitalise on in 2018.

The horrific Ankit Saxena murder is thanks to India’s unending faith in arranged marriages

The Rajasthan murder video, Hadiya, Rahul Gandhi’s religion have unleashed our collective anxieties about mixed-faith marriages.

Rajput anger over ‘Padmaavat’, Dalit & Muslim wrath cost BJP dear in Rajasthan

The bypoll results show that the BJP is facing huge anti-incumbency in the state while the Congress is on the road to recovery.

Farm to vote: Modi govt unveils its biggest social welfare budget yet

Modi wants to address rural discontent and be better prepared for polls than Vajpayee was. That could mean populism too.

The arrogance of Vasundhara Raje

Much like PM Modi, Raje rules by fear. But the concentration of power in her hands is among many factors behind the BJP's defeat in the Rajasthan bypolls.

Padmavati has been a part of Indian theatre & cinema for 111 years, and nobody protested 

Since 1906, the Rani Padmini-Alauddin Khalji story has been told and retold multiple times in various forms, without people going up in arms.

On Camera

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.