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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: RWAs

Delhi’s war on dogs has turned RWAs into a battleground. ‘They’re fighting, not debating’

Caught between the dog lovers and haters are some residents who are trying to find a balanced solution without taking sides, but even they remain divided on the issue.

Tulsi to tomatoes — Delhi balconies are the site of a growing green revolution

Delhi, constrained for space, water, clean air and soil, now wants to be a city of a thousand mini gardens. And urban gardeners are growing plants, fruits, and vegetables.

Noida reacts to Pune child’s death. RWAs remove balcony flowerpots

While many residents across Noida societies welcomed the decision to not place flowerpots on balcony parapets, some expressed concern about where they will now keep their plants.

RSS members are mobilising NCR residents—calls for Hindus to ‘wake up’, candlelight marches

RSS member Parmeshwar Dubey has been bombarding his society groups with videos of the victims of PM Modi’s tweets and speeches. He wants India to launch a surgical strike.

5-yr-old’s drowning—Gurugram society pool had no fence, jacket; lifeguards were on phone

The BPTP Park Serene condominium in Gurugram's Sector 37D resonates with the slogan, 'Kabul Chawla kaatil hai, BPTP haaye haaye.' The drowning of a five-year-old in society's pool has put RWA at war with the maintenance agency.

RWAs are waging a war against Muslims—within societies, on WhatsApp groups

The larger national mood and conversations about hijab and namaz are percolating to the lowest citizen groups, the RWAs. Muslim residents are self-censoring and keeping a low profile and visibility to avoid trouble.

Ayodhya joy sweeps NCR RWAs. LED screens, Ram recitals, temple replicas, havans

RWAs and housing societies have become the driving force of the Ram temple outreach programmes of the VHP and RSS across Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram.

Kejriwal sits down with traders, ministers do roadshows — what AAP did on last day of MCD campaign

Delhi chief minister promised to end ‘licence raj’ while Manish Sisodia & Gopal Rai again targeted BJP by highlighting garbage mountains.

The ‘dictatorial republic’ of RWAs — the other big problem Covid created for India

RWAs, or colony- and area-wise management bodies elected by local residents, have become a mainstay of Indian metropolises. But their 'diktats' often evoke controversy. 

Pseudo parents or modern Khaps, Indian RWAs are here to police young, single people

Imagine if Arnab Goswami & Navika Kumar were part of your RWA — snooping into your lifestyle and judging your partners and friends. End of freedom and privacy.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.