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Explained: A 19th-century Adivasi uprising in Jharkhand, and its contested commemoration

February 06, 2026 2:59 pm

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, on February 2, marked the memory of Adivasi fighters who took on the British in an 1837 battle. But activists and researchers say the event's date is inaccurate, and must be rooted in historical record

Expert Explains: How the voyage of INSV Kaundinya points to a deepening of Indo-Oman maritime relations and strategic partnership

January 26, 2026 1:18 pm

As India and Oman mark seventy years of diplomatic relations, Kaundinya’s arrival in Muscat symbolises a partnership that long predates the modern nation-state, with the Indian Ocean serving as a corridor of commerce, culture and ideas.

As Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura celebrate statehood day, a look back at the birth of the Northeast

January 21, 2026 6:46 pm

The three states were granted statehood on this day in 1972, weeks after the passage of two laws, the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act and the North-Eastern Council Act. We recall

As protests erupt in Delhi’s Turkman Gate, memories of a dark Emergency-era episode resurface

January 07, 2026 7:53 pm

Much of what is known about the events at Turkman Gate during the Emergency comes from memoirs, inquiry records, journalistic investigations and later oral histories. We recall

Story of 2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal & Battle of Basantar, picturised in the movie ‘Ikkis’

January 02, 2026 4:09 pm

2nd Lt Arun Khetarpal story: Khetarpal played a pivotal role in the Battle of Basantar, one of the Indian Army’s decisive operations on the Western Front in the 1971 War. A new film about his life stars Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra.