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This is worth taking note of because temple towns are legendary not only for the presiding deity and devotees who flock to them but also for the lack...
Navi Mumbai was conceptualised and built as a satellite city to Mumbai in the 1960s-70s but there was little said or done to preserve its natural...
At a time when elections loom in Bihar and the Mumbai municipal corporation and pressing economic issues demand attention, such comments serve as...
This pronouncement, rooted in constitutional and historical truth, should serve as a moment of reckoning for both policymakers and citizens alike.
The ultimate goal is to have him extradited to India, where he must stand trial for the massive financial fraud he committed along with his nephew...
This decision follows the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict in August 2024, which permitted such classification, recognising the stark disparities...
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which the BJP fought on its own, its performance was disappointing, to say the least.
The system, which was launched in 2016, has become critical to millions of Indians, who effortlessly migrated from traditional methods of payment to...
The European Union (EU) also voted in favour of the tax, which will become effective from 2028 after the details are finalised in October this year.
Following up on its April 8 order setting limits on gubernatorial discretion in withholding assent to bills passed by state legislatures, the Supreme...
The NIA was, incidentally, formed as India’s premier anti-terror body a month after the 26/11 attacks, which claimed 166 lives and left hundreds...
A Government Resolution (GR) issued this week legitimises this and, if pursued well, can make the administration more focused on tasks and far more...
A Supreme Court (SC) order on the limits of gubernatorial power passed on April 8 has struck a powerful and much-needed blow in favour of both federal...
An 84-member Central Committee was also named, inducting 30 new faces. Baby is only the second leader from Kerala after EMS Namboodiripad to head the...
Americans are now pushing back against the policies of Donald Trump, who has, in a little over two months since his inauguration as US president,...
Modi’s visit was also the first by a foreign leader to Sri Lanka since Dissanayake unexpectedly led his leftist National People’s Power to victory.
The most important trigger for the institution of the 12-member committee, headed by Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, a senior psychiatrist from the National...
The global economic transformation will unfold as time passes, more rapidly now than back then, but there is no doubt that the economic changes will...
For years, the spectre of malnutrition among children up to six years of age, which is a determinant of their physical and mental growth, was seen to...
Ms Le Pen, who previously made three unsuccessful bids for the Elysee Palace, has vowed to appeal against the verdict, although according to one legal...
This signals institutional support for a government move without even knowing its full implications. The church’s endorsement of the Bill, without...
The outrage with which the BJP has reacted to alleged references to the 2002 Gujarat riots in Mohanlal starrer L2 Empuraan follows a familiar template...
In the nearly 11 years since Modi took over as PM with a sweeping majority and the BJP gained immense ground, becoming the world’s largest political...
Exposure to these levies would be immense for capitals from Ottawa to Tokyo and Brussels to Beijing, since nearly half the number of finished cars in...
The Trump administration should take both a humane and pragmatic view of their silent, passive but harmless and comforting presence instead of taking...
This week, the standing committee on science and technology, environment, forests and climate change said it was shocked, in a report tabled in the...
While meat-eating Hindus adopt a restrictive or vegetarian diet during Navratri, it does not mean that meat cannot be sold at all or that everyone...
New Delhi is too focused on the pursuit of closer engagement with the highly erratic US president Donald Trump, who has threatened reciprocal tariffs...
The successful bid for 'Gram Yatra' also broke the record for an Indian work of art, which was Amrita Sher-Gil’s painting ‘The Story Teller’,...
Mr. Gates pledged support for women-centric initiatives like Ladki Bahin Yojana and Lakhpati Didi Yojana, and committed to training 10,000 women in AI...
In the heat of the moment, one crucial fact was ignored: Aurangzeb’s tomb is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)....
Suspended from the Assembly for 30 days from February 17, he said at the gates to the complex on March 11 that his party would throw out all Muslim...
The last time an inclusive conference of this kind was held was in 2009, which, it is thought, led to a good outcome in terms of electoral results...
With both economy and business class toilets affected, continuing the long-haul, non-stop flight would have been impossible.
The premise of this certification is flawed at multiple levels. Rane claims that Hindus and Sikhs prefer jhatka meat, though there is no conclusive...
The ‘Aurangzeb’ controversy once again brings this to the foreground. Before getting to it, a few general comments would be in order to outline...
Early this month, at a party conclave, she accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of manipulating the...
US president Donald Trump and v-president JD Vance ganged up in an attempt to humiliate and intimidate a guest, Ukrainian president Volodymyr...
Before we look at what the Tamil Nadu and Telangana chief ministers have said recently, let’s take a look at the timeline of the delimitation...
It took 500 police personnel, dog squads, drones and the assistance of nearly 400 villagers, according to official sources, to nab the accused...
They were, in effect, portending the dangers from a potentially tectonic shift away from the lofty ideals of freedom, democracy, equality, respect for...
The Kerala unit of the Grand Old Party was more forthright in its condemnation of Tharoor for praising the LDF government in Kerala, saying the...
Even Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was kept in the dark. In the three years since Moscow invaded Kyiv, Russia has faced tough sanctions...
Following the stampede in Prayagraj, caused by mismanagement and the genuflection to what has come to be known as the ‘VIP culture,’ the stampede...
Before we examine the arguments in general, let us first specify that the question of providing what we may loosely call subsidies is a...
After Donald Trump assumed his second term as US President, he announced a $500 billion private sector-driven investment in AI to secure America’s...
The big question is, however, whether peace will now return to the violence-hit state.
One of the dead tigers was found in a plantation, while the other two were discovered in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary area, where tigers enjoy full...
As some have found, DeepSeek performs well and holds its own against fierce competition, except when you ask the Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
The attack on actor Saif Ali Khan continues to raise more questions than answers, despite the Mumbai police claiming to have solved the case with the...