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October 12, 2025 04:00 IST
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Sun, Oct 12, 2025
With Sankarshan Thakur’s passing, a quiet elegance in journalism fadesSubscriber Only
September 08, 2025 16:27 IST
In his words and presence, stories lived gently. Be it Kashmir or Bihar, in the turmoil and politics that he captured so well to tell an India story, his reportage stood out. For the richness of details, the portrayal of characters, the ominous warnings of what could follow
Thu, Sep 11, 2025
History Headline: When Ayodhya stirred, now and thenSubscriber Only
June 16, 2024 08:02 IST
In its Palampur resolution adopted at the June 9-11 meeting in 1989, the BJP, which had turned nine just two months ago and had only two MPs in Lok Sabha, declared that Ayodhya was an article of faith, key to its electoral politics.
Sun, Jun 16, 2024
Ayodhya puts troubled past behind, looks to present — for its futureSubscriber Only
January 23, 2024 04:12 IST
It was the Ayodhya dispute, especially the chain of events in the last century, that returned the spotlight to Faizabad.
Tue, Jan 23, 2024
Explained: Amid the Israel-Palestine conflict, Gaza’s 100-year history of warSubscriber Only
October 10, 2023 07:07 IST
A century ago during the Great War, Indian lancers distinguished themselves in the sliver of land hugging the Mediterranean. Gaza has seen many wars since then, but none as dramatic and lethal as the one that is now raging. Deep uncertainties lie on the road ahead.
Thu, Oct 12, 2023
Project Varanasi: Eternal, with layers of history, maze of politicsSubscriber Only
December 19, 2021 03:30 IST
🔴 To reporters on what had become the ‘Ayodhya beat’, Kashi and Mathura were ports of call, the disputes there linked to a movement gathering steam, changing politics, and the country.
Mon, Dec 20, 2021
Response to Taliban: Russia, China, Pak in new regional structure, India calibrates standSubscriber Only
August 31, 2021 04:10 IST
On August 11, four days before the fall of Kabul, the Extended Troika on Afghanistan, comprising Russia, China, Pakistan and the US, met in Qatar’s capital Doha.
Tue, Aug 31, 2021
Explained: Anthem to unite falls silentSubscriber Only
August 18, 2021 01:31 IST
In Afghanistan, where ethnic faultlines run deep and come in the way of nation-building, the Taliban takeover raises questions, especially on the future of the not-so-dominant groups.
Tue, Aug 24, 2021
Explained: Exiting Bagram & a long warSubscriber Only
July 05, 2021 04:15 IST
Last week, the US and allies exited Bagram airbase, the centrepiece of their presence in Afghanistan. Tracing the history that underlines its significance for Afghanistan, the former USSR and the US over the years.
Sun, Aug 15, 2021
The March of Myanmar’s GeneralsSubscriber Only
March 21, 2021 03:34 IST
In the final days of World War II, as the Allied forces closed in, the Burma National Army switched sides that day and turned against the Imperial Japanese Army to lead the underground Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League.
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
Thirty-two winters ago, the hookah, the hukumatSubscriber Only
December 06, 2020 03:30 IST
For a week beginning October 25, 1988, nearly 500,000 farmers took over the heart of the Capital, occupying Boat Club and its lawns, within earshot of North and South Blocks, and Parliament where the winter session was to start days later.
Sun, Dec 06, 2020
Arun Shourie interview: ‘Judgments judges deliver, their conduct, determine public esteem, not a tweet’Subscriber Only
August 21, 2020 02:26 IST
Arun Shourie told The Indian Express that if the Court is offended by a comment, it must, by law, give the person the opportunity to prove his assertion, since truth is a defence.
Sat, Aug 22, 2020
‘For us, it’s a closed chapter after SC ruling, let us move on’Subscriber Only
August 06, 2020 04:19 IST
An academician, who did not wish to be named in this report, said, “Muslims have accepted the defeat in the courtroom. In any case, this has gone too long, and has done no good to both the country and the community. We just wish the new generation doesn’t have to go through what we did.”
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Destination Janmasthan: From Shah Bano and Shilanyas to bhoomi pujan via a mobile typewriter and VajpayeeSubscriber Only
August 06, 2020 04:00 IST
For the Parivar, August 5 is the realisation of a dream, the end of a journey and the start of another. Article 370 and the Ram temple were two ideological issues that the BJP, in the NDA’s earlier avatar under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had been forced to place on the backburner due to coalition compulsions.
Thu, Aug 06, 2020
Ayodhya breaks ground todaySubscriber Only
August 05, 2020 05:32 IST
Frozen in time ever since the dispute over the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid found its way to the courtroom and the temple movement gathered steam, Ayodhya is weary of its past and present.
Wed, Aug 05, 2020
Ayodhya is a town in waiting, along with Iqbal Ansari and Gayatri DeviSubscriber Only
August 04, 2020 04:30 IST
Hoardings of every size jostle for space to welcome the Prime Minister to the bhoomi pujan for the temple of Ram at his janmabhoomi, once the disputed site and now settled with the imprimatur of a unanimous Supreme Court ruling nine months ago.
Tue, Aug 04, 2020
Gehlot’s choice of word ‘nikamma’ for Pilot would have made two former PMs sit upSubscriber Only
July 26, 2020 03:30 IST
Nikamma was the word rivals had picked, 11 years apart, to target H D Deve Gowda and Manmohan Singh during attempts to unseat them from power.
Sun, Jul 26, 2020
History Headline: Aksai Chin, from Nehru to ShahSubscriber Only
August 18, 2019 00:44 IST
Sixty years ago, from the very spot Amit Shah reiterated the Indian position on Aksai Chin, prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had informed the nation, belatedly, about what the Chinese had been up to in Aksai Chin, “where not even a blade of grass grows”.
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
History Headline: When Mizoram nearly broke awaySubscriber Only
December 09, 2018 00:08 IST
In the din and many debates over the results, not many will devote much time to the fifth verdict — from Mizoram.
Sun, Dec 09, 2018
History Headline: The familiar drumroll of AyodhyaSubscriber Only
November 11, 2018 00:35 IST
These lines could well have been from 26 years ago when Mahant Avaidyanath, Adityanath’s mentor, the head of the Gorakhnath Math and one of the leading lights of the Sangh Parivar’s temple movement, had hit out at the “delay”.
Mon, Nov 12, 2018
Returning to Ayodhya 25 years later: For sons of men killed fleeing, this dispute is not quite overSubscriber Only
December 06, 2017 04:57 IST
Subhash Pandey and Mohammed Shahid live in different parts of Ayodhya but share a common story — of life at a standstill from the time they lost their fathers.
Wed, Dec 06, 2017
Final Ayodhya hearing starts today, litigants have a common plea: decide, once and for allSubscriber Only
December 05, 2017 04:54 IST
In September 2010, the Allahabad High Court ruled that Nirmohi Akhara, Sunni Central Wakf Board, UP and Ramlalla Virajman were joint holders of the disputed property, and awarded each a third of the land at the site.
Tue, Dec 05, 2017
Returning to Ayodhya: ‘Yogi here, Modi there, Gods played a role..temple if not now, then never’Subscriber Only
December 04, 2017 05:20 IST
Revisiting Ayodhya: An iron fencing painted yellow runs around the entire acquired area with a three-tier security arrangement in place. The disputed site is in the red zone, guarded by CRPF personnel including women.
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
In crumbling Ayodhya, civic poll is the buzz for future and December 6 is now historySubscriber Only
December 03, 2017 03:30 IST
In December 1992, reporter Rakesh Sinha and photographer Praveen Jain chronicled the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Their reports and photographs led the Liberhan Commission to call them as key eyewitnesses. 25 years later, they return to Ayodhya to track the new battle lines in an enduring conflict.
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
In Ankara, back at the crossroadsSubscriber Only
November 27, 2017 00:30 IST
Under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is witnessing a joining together of nationalism and political Islam. And reaching out to erstwhile adversaries, Russia and Iran.
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