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The Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, now bereft of the security cover once provided by a ring of shops and homes around it.

Targeting Gyanvapi mosque: Sangh Parivar starts campaign to 'liberate' Kashi Vishwanath temple

A Varanasi court order seeking an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque emboldens Sangh Parivar outfits to start campaigns for ‘liberating’ the Kashi Vish

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A file photograph of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and adjacent Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.

Varanasi court directs ASI to conduct survey of Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi mosque complex

A fast track court in Varanasi has ordered the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a comprehensive survey of the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvap

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Manoj Jha, RJD: ‘Protest will continue until Bill is withdrawn’

Interview with Prof. Manoj Jha, RJD spokesman.

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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with legislators at the conclusion of the Budget session of the Bihar Assembly, in Patna on March 24.

Bihar: Makings of a police raj

The opposition parties in Bihar have come out in protest against the Nitish Kumar government’s decision to create a special armed police force with dr

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Tirath Singh Rawat (left), the newly appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, and Madan Kaushik (second from right), the new State BJP party president, being felicitated at the party office in Dehradun, on March 15.

BJP replaces Uttarakhand Chief Minister

The BJP, which takes pride in its “double engine” government in Uttarakhand, once again replaces its Chief Minister a year before the Assembly electio

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Oppositionn MLAs stage a dharna at the main entrance of the Bihar Assembly on March 23.

Bihar Assembly witnesses tumultuous scenes as the government passes the draconian Bihar Special Armed Police Bill

Bihar politics is in a turmoil over the newly enacted Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021, which was passed in the State Assembly amidst unprecedent

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLAs during a protest meet against the Central government at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on March 17

Union government introduces a Bill in the Lok Sabha curtailing the powers of the elected government in Delhi and arming the Lt Governor with overarching administrative powers

The spectre of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal once again sitting on a dharna on Delhi roads, spending nights in the open, using public toilets,

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Tirath Singh Rawat (centre) being greeted by outgoing Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, in Dehradun on March 10.

With Assembly election just a year away, Tirath Singh Rawat replaces Trivendra Singh Rawat as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

The tiny hill State of Uttarakhand, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has always been in a strong position, continues to be a headache for the pa

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Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s Education Minister, during a visit to a Government Girls’ Sr Sec School in East Delhi recently.

Delhi government to set up its own school education board which will produce ‘fiercely patriotic individuals’

The AAP government in Delhi has stepped into the tricky terrain of educating children in such a way that they develop into staunch patriots as adults.

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Himalayan tragedy in Uttarakhand

The flash flood in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, which left death and ruin in its wake, was a man-made calamity resulting from the government’s decision to al

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar at a rally in Patna on October 28.

Bihar Assembly Election | The BJP and the JD (U) in Bihar: Junior partner as big brother

The BJP has achieved its three strategic goals in Bihar: winning the election, cutting Nitish Kumar down to size, and increasing its own tally.

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Janata Dal (United) supporters during counting, in Patna on November 10.

Bihar Assembly Election | Left parties and AIMIM: Emerging forces in Bihar politics

A striking feature of the election, besides the role reversal between the BJP and the JD(U) and the RJD’s surge, is how the Left parties and the AIMIM

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