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Leh protests: Centre reaches out, releases some detainees, but time running out for Oct 6 Ladakh talks

BJP set to pick new Gujarat chief, C R Patil’s ‘killer instinct’ tenure ends

‘Leader vanished, no remorse’: Madras High Court tears into Vijay’s TVK

It also came down strongly on the functionaries of Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) over the incident.

Karur Stampede Update: Calling the deaths a ‘huge man-made disaster’, the judge said, ‘The party leaders have abandoned the scene of occurrence. The court highly condemns such an act of the political party, especially when children and women have died’

Bihar elections: Why Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh is back in leading role for BJP

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J&K BJP leader questions UP ‘I Love Mohammad’ arrests, says party in power has ‘role towards minorities’

In Depth

Shaju Philip

Curious case of Sabarimala's 'missing gold': Kerala CPM in fresh trouble as HC orders probe Subscriber Only

Liz Mathew

Bihar elections: BJP sees changes as counter to anti-incumbency, but has few easy choices

Vikas Pathak

RSS at 100: Patel vs Nehru, and many twists in between, in Sangh's ties with Congress Subscriber Only

Vikas Pathak

RSS at 100: How Sangh found itself on the fringes of academia, and continues to struggle against it

Deeptiman Tiwary

5 key takeaways from Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speech

north

Poster of Rahul as Lord Ram, slaying ‘vote chor’ Ravana, sparks war of words in Lucknow

SIR saw voter numbers fall in every Bihar district, biggest declines in areas on the border

east

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pens over 10 songs to celebrate Durga Puja

‘Preparing for 2nd freedom struggle’: Congress gears up for first Working Committee meeting in Bihar since 1940

west

What is the Maharashtra seat that Rahul Gandhi spoke about: Old Congress stronghold now in BJP handsSubscriber Only

Decode Politics: Why Maharashtra govt grant to a BJP MLA’s spinning mill has left loose threadsSubscriber Only

south

Before the stampede: Vijay’s run-ins with DMK and police, a court intervention, and an overloaded tree branch

BJP efforts stalled, Dhinakaran rules out return to NDA with EPS as CM candidate

Columns

Neerja Chowdhury

Lessons from Ladakh: Why Govt must talk, talk, and talk some moreSubscriber Only

Last week’s protests by young people in Leh that suddenly turned violent, leaving four people dead, are likely to have a ripple effect beyond Ladakh.

Liz Mathew

Has BJP squandered its gains in Ladakh, a fort that it once breached?Subscriber Only

Yogendra Yadav

Partha Chatterjee’s new book will change the way we study Indian politics

In these uncertain times, Partha Chatterjee’s new book is an opportunity to reckon with our past with an eye to the future

In the news

Wholesale attack on India’s democratic system, says Rahul in Colombia; ‘insulting India on foreign soil’: BJP

Karnataka caste survey gathers momentum amid BJP heat, Cong unease, ‘new caste’ row

‘Cannot be disregarded’: Manish Tewari on Chidambaram’s 26/11 remarks amid BJP attack

To close gap on BJP, Congress launches restructuring drive in Rajasthan

Former BJP minister Anil Joshi joins Congress

Why Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami address will set the tone for RSS centenary

Newsmakers

Newsmaker | Suresh Gopi caught on the wrong foot again: The actor as an unlikely politician

Congress-turned-BJP star MLA, Aditi Singh back in UP fireworks, this time burns BJP

Now also in Mumbai Raj Bhavan, meet the longest serving Governor under Modi govt – Acharya Devvrat Subscriber Only

Activist for peace with Pak to ‘staunch BJP nationalist’: The arc of J&K Waqf Board chief Subscriber Only

Interviews

We used to curse Article 370 … But it protected us … now Ladakh opened up for entire India: Leh apex body co-chairman

Chandra Shekhar Aazad: ‘If anyone faces consequences of UP order banning caste rallies, it will be BJP allies’

‘Rajasthan govt itself said zero love jihad, 13 conversion cases in 5 yrs… Then why this Bill?’: State LoP Subscriber Only

Photo of the day

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and LoP in the Bihar Assembly and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav during the launch of 'Ati Pichda Nyay Sankalp', in Patna. (PTI)

Congress legislators stage a protest at the Speaker's podium over women's safety during the Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly, on Wednesday. (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during an interaction with businessmen regarding 'GST Bachat Utsav', after the implementation of the next-gen GST reforms, in Lucknow. (PTI)

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