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Watch: Rahul Gandhi gets taste of his own medicine as Khalistanis heckle down his ‘muhabbat ki dukaan’ at US event
Khalistani supporters interrupted the speech of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at an event in California and raised Khalistan flag and 'Khalistan Zindabad' slogans
Why entertaining the idea of a ‘republic of south India’ is mischievous, dangerous and outright ahistorical
The Westernised liberals may sneeringly look for the glue in cricket, Bollywood and what not, but the fact is it is the common civilisational heritage that makes India one nation
Karnataka Elections 2023: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil and a three-decade incident surface in BJP vs Congress
Few may remember Veerendra Patil today, but his unceremonious dismissal as Karnataka chief minister in 1990 paved the way for BJP’s first inroads into the state in the 1990s, with the state’s influential Lingayat voters
The many crimes of Amritpal Singh, Waris Punjab De leader and Khalistan sympathiser, arrested in Punjab
Amritpal Singh, who was on the run since 18 March, was arrested on Sunday from Rode village in Punjab’s Moga. It was at the birthplace of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale that he took over the radical outfit Waris Punjab De. The 29-year-old radical preacher is a follower of the slain militant
Nephew of Indira Gandhi's assassin held on drug peddling charge in New Zealand
A police investigation led to the arrest of one Baltej Singh, who is the nephew of Satwant Singh. Satwant Singh and fellow bodyguard Beant Singh assassinated Indira Gandhi in October 1984 in the aftermath of Operation Bluestar.
Has Amritpal Singh fled from Punjab to Uttarakhand? Tracing the 7-day-long manhunt for Waris Punjab De chief
Amritpal Singh and his aide Papalpreet Singh have been on the run for the past seven days. They were last located in Haryana's Kurukshetra. Baljit Kaur, the woman arrested by Haryana Police for sheltering them, told interrogators that the duo confided in her that they might move to Uttarakhand next
Ahead of G20 Summit, politics of foreign subversion and ensuring security for Narendra Modi biggest challenges for India
The forms of subversion include intelligence gathering and that is the oldest manifestation of external interference, outlined in some of the ancient manuals of governance
Indira Gandhi removed my father as Union Secretary, he was superseded when Rajiv Gandhi was PM: EAM Jaishankar
Jaishankar was Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018 and earlier served in key ambassadorial positions including in China and the United States. His father K Subrahmanyam, who passed away in 2011, is regarded as one of India's most prominent national security strategists
What is Article 356, which PM says Indira Gandhi misused 50 times?
Commonly known as President’s Rule, Article 356 allows the president to assume any and all functions of the state. First used by Jawaharlal Nehru in Punjab in 1951, it has been imposed on 132 occasions since – overwhelmingly by the Congress
Why Nirmala Sitharaman’s handloom endorsement is 'neces-saree'
On Budget Day this year, the pre-speech ‘Nari Shakti’ photo-op the two ladies provided must have made handloom lovers smile, for the president wore classic Gopalpur tussar silk from Odisha
What happened on 19 January in the past? Here's what you need to know
Check out in detail some major historical events that took place on 19 January in the past
Why Congress should limit its political antics to BJP and not train guns on RSS
This dog-whistling by the Congress against the RSS has never bode well for the latter as matter-of-factly
Right Word | The politics of Covid-19: Congress’ knee-jerk reaction over Rahul’s Yatra will backfire
Rahul Gandhi might have travelled a lot during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, but his actions and political strategy remain absolutely disconnected with the priorities of this country
138th year of Congress: How legacy of the grand old party is immortalized in philately
The grand old Congress may be down and facing an existential crisis of sorts but it has a rich and one of its kind legacy in philately
Bilawal or no Bilawal, Pakistan just can’t be India’s friend: Here’s why
Narendra Modi is just an excuse, so is the issue of Kashmir; it is the very idea of India that Pakistan is wary of
Vijay Diwas: How General Manekshaw's sage advice and Indian Army’s tactical brilliance won the 1971 war with Pakistan
While India defeated Pakistan in just 13 days and helped in the creation of Bangladesh, that swift victory might not have been achieved without the contributions of Indian Army Chief Sam Manekshaw, who among other things bluntly refused then prime minister Indira Gandhi’s push for a monsoon campaign
Contours of civilisational fate: Why new India needs to be confident as well as cautious in dealing with world
The long hand of the inexorable dynamics of historical forces on the fate of a country is usually of greater significance than the actions of mortal politicians, though they might occasionally seek to redirect it
Narendra Modi's invincible Gujarat model: Where vision meets inclusion
The Gujarat model of development which has Narendra Modi's inimitable stamp written all over it has withstood the test of time and is a classic textbook case that shows one man's relentless pursuit of an aspirational India
Indira Gandhi birth anniversary: From Pokhran nuclear test to Emergency; 5 decisions taken by 'Iron Lady of India'
When Pakistan launched a series of air strikes on Indian air bases in retaliation for its support to the secessionist movement in East Pakistan, Gandhi ordered the armed forces to retalitate, marking the start of the third Indo-Pak war
From running PM’s kitchen to ruling India: How Indira Gandhi never ceased to reinvent herself
Some of her biographers like Katherine Frank, SS Gill and Pupul Jayakar noticed that after her return to power in 1980, Indira Gandhi had turned a lot more sensitive towards the Hindu community than towards Muslims or Sikhs