January 03, 2026 1:37 pm
At the close of 2025, the ‘karyakartas’ of the Hindu Raksha Dal — an outfit that is not banned, but whose members face several criminal charges — were the stars of a viral video. In Ghaziabad, they were distributing swords, calling for violence against minorities and creating a climate of fear
January 01, 2026 4:32 am
While the West Bengal CM inaugurated a Jagannath temple in April, she laid the foundation of a Durga temple and cultural complex in Kolkata this week, and will unveil a Mahakal temple project in north Bengal in the second week of January.
December 28, 2025 10:15 pm
As Shashi Tharoor wrote in this newspaper last week, parliamentary democracy is today in danger of total collapse, and this is something that we all need to be worried about. But it will almost certainly be revived some day in the not-too-distant future. What will be much harder to revive is pluralism.
December 08, 2025 8:09 am
As Parliament gets ready to discuss Vande Mataram for 10 hours on Monday, with PM Narendra Modi set to initiate the debate on the government’s behalf, the song written by Bakim Chandra Chattopadhyay continues to remain a political flashpoint.
October 05, 2025 8:45 pm
At last month's Global Ayyappa Sangamam, a CPM minister read out a message from Yogi Adityanath even as the state BJP and and Sangh Parivar opposed the event, questioning the government’s political motive.
September 17, 2025 11:32 am
“Rajni Kothari once talked about a Congress system. There is now a BJP system,” says Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, adding that Modi has achieved this by not compromising on either governance or organisation
July 10, 2025 11:06 am
The movie, starring Vijay Raaz, has sparked concern that it may cause law-and-order problems as it features a controversial statement by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. It is set to release on Friday.
April 20, 2025 12:14 pm
Under the gleaming new airports and the fancy new highways what is being crushed is the spiritual soul of India and it is being crushed by people who believe they are nationalists and patriots.
January 30, 2025 4:49 pm
It punctures the belief that Savarkar, the “new icon” of the Hindu Right, was a towering leader of India’s freedom movement, and warns of the consequences of the hatred he espoused.
January 07, 2025 9:53 pm
The BJP’s principal claim was that it had done more than any other major party to restore the justly great status of Ambedkar in the national public realm. But, to Ambedkar, Hindu unity was exactly the opposite of what his project sought
June 22, 2020 6:08 pm
Yogi Adityanath, the man in a saffron robe, has emerged as one of the star campaigners for the BJP in the last few elections. But his speeches in this election making a strong Hindutva pitch failed to get any results.



