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Holi, Friday prayers conclude peacefully in Sambhal as tarpaulin, time slots avert repeat of 2022

Udit Hinduja - March 14, 2025

At least 10 mosques were covered by large tarpaulin sheets to avoid Holi colours. Communal clashes had broken out in November after survey of Jama Masjid was conducted by ASI.

In last full budget before polls, DMK gives pride of place to big-ticket infra, school education

Prabhakar Tamilarasu - March 14, 2025

Train hijack by Baloch insurgents in Pakistan holds critical lesson—railways can drive geopolitics

Praveen Swami - March 14, 2025

Strategic affairs are in full Holi mode—tariff war, land grabs, and leaders lost in chaos

Swasti Rao - March 14, 2025

British-era tanks & jumbled pipelines—this heritage walk explores Mumbai’s ties to water

Pooja Bhatia - March 14, 2025

Is Malhar the answer to Halal? Food standards shouldn’t be a Hindu-Muslim issue

Seshadri Chari - March 14, 2025

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Strategic affairs are in full Holi mode—tariff war, land grabs, and leaders lost in chaos

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As we enter this Holi season of international relations, let's remember that strategy can always use a little colour. But, of course, this battlefield is not for the faint-hearted.

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Tapasi Mondal’s ‘aya ram gaya ram’ is routine in Bengal. Now the communal genie is out

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Russia-Ukraine war shows why Indian Army must integrate drones into its combined arms

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Holi wasn’t always about Holika burning. Medieval India called it festival of Kama

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British-era tanks & jumbled pipelines—this heritage walk explores Mumbai’s ties to water

Pooja Bhatia - March 14, 2025

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UAPA ban on 2 moderate J&K outfits faces backlash, seen as ‘contradiction’ to govt’s normalisation claim

Zenaira Bakhsh - March 13, 2025

Home Minister Amit Shah announced the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen and Awami Action Committee in a post on X Tuesday, citing disruption of law & order by the outfits.

‘Tarpaulin hijab’ to urging Muslims to stay indoors, what’s behind BJP’s Holi narrative

Shanker Arnimesh - March 13, 2025

CM Lalduhoma’s ‘foreigners enter Myanmar via Mizoram’ claim a ruse to justify entry curbs—Zoramthanga

Sourav Roy Barman - March 13, 2025

Amid TN-Centre row, a reality check: Most states, even non-BJP, offer Hindi or Sanskrit as 3rd language

Fareeha Iftikhar - March 13, 2025

7 of 10 Haryana municipal corporations go for women mayors as BJP routs Congress

Sushil Manav - March 12, 2025

Put on hold before 2024 state polls, Fadnavis pushes ambitious Shaktipeeth Expressway

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Those ‘feeding off’ India have Bharatiya DNA, should stop Aurangzeb worship—Yogi at RSS event

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Train hijack by Baloch insurgents in Pakistan holds critical lesson—railways can drive geopolitics

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China, Russia stand by Iran after US demands nuclear talks with Tehran

Ryan Woo - March 14, 2025

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Donut is the new popcorn with Bombay HC to decide whether it should be taxed at 5% or 18% GST

Khadija Khan - March 13, 2025

India

Holi, Friday prayers conclude peacefully in Sambhal as tarpaulin, time slots avert repeat of 2022

Udit Hinduja - March 14, 2025

At least 10 mosques were covered by large tarpaulin sheets to avoid Holi colours. Communal clashes had broken out in November after survey of Jama Masjid was conducted by ASI.

In last full budget before polls, DMK gives pride of place to big-ticket infra, school education

Prabhakar Tamilarasu - March 14, 2025

Remember pandemic, ASHA workers ask as protest for pay hike hits Day 32 amid Kerala-Centre blame game

Aneesa PA - March 14, 2025

UAPA ban on 2 moderate J&K outfits faces backlash, seen as ‘contradiction’ to govt’s normalisation claim

Zenaira Bakhsh - March 13, 2025

After ‘love, land & thook jihad’, ‘illegal’ madrasas are Dhami govt’s latest target in Uttarakhand

Neelam Pandey - March 13, 2025

MP’s Rs 4.21 lakh crore budget focuses on 3 key areas—women, religion & industrial growth

Iram Siddique - March 13, 2025

Rs 20,875 cr from FY25 budget unspent, House panel flags slow pace of urban development projects

Risha Chitlangia - March 13, 2025

Thinking Medieval

Holi wasn’t always about Holika burning. Medieval India called it festival of Kama

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti - March 13, 2025

Economy

Revenue streams stagnating, Siddaramaiah guarantees & dearth of central funds push up Karnataka debt

Sharan Poovanna - March 11, 2025

No farm loan waiver or Ladki Bahin stipend hike, Maharashtra budget’s focus on industry & infrastructure

Purva Chitnis - March 10, 2025

How a regulated common currency could help West Africa reach net-zero emissions

Goodness Esom - March 9, 2025

Women’s employment in India up, yet 89 mn urban women remain out of work

Zenaira Bakhsh - March 8, 2025

Siddaramaiah budget speech gives a fillip to Kannada. Exclusive OTT to be launched in Karnataka soon

Sharan Poovanna - March 7, 2025

Governance

Remember pandemic, ASHA workers ask as protest for pay hike hits Day 32 amid Kerala-Centre blame game

Aneesa PA - March 14, 2025

MP’s Rs 4.21 lakh crore budget focuses on 3 key areas—women, religion & industrial growth

Iram Siddique - March 13, 2025

Rs 20,875 cr from FY25 budget unspent, House panel flags slow pace of urban development projects

Risha Chitlangia - March 13, 2025

Is Haryana facing ‘pauperisation’? BPL ration cards surge 5x, AAY beneficiaries up 20%

Sushil Manav - March 13, 2025

Go To Pakistan

‘Embarrassing circus’—Pakistan diverted $3 million grant for flood victims to Syria, Turkey

Debdutta Chakraborty - March 13, 2025

Science

After months of struggles, ISRO’s 2 SpaDeX spacecraft break free, successfully complete undocking

The SpaDeX mission, which took flight on 30 December last year, was originally supposed to have displayed the docking and undocking of the 2 spacecraft in 1st week of January.

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