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Amit Shah, Union Home Minister (right), with Mohan Bhagwat, RSS sarsanghchalak, in New Delhi, a file picture. The Sangh Parivar has steadfastly maintained that the country that came into existence on August 15, 1947, does not fit in with its idea of a nation.

Manu for modern times

Attempts at criminal law reforms are part of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term and sustained agenda of bringing about a paradigm shift in the popular pers

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Migrant workers returning to Delhi from Uttar Pradesh, at the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in New Delhi on August 27.

Uttar Pradesh: Resilient farmers

In August, Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest spurt in cases and the government seems clueless about how to handle it, but the people, especially farm

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi. A file picture. )

After marathon CWC meeting, it is back to status quo on leadership issue in Congress

A day after the seven-hour-long Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting via videoconferencing discussed at length the open letter by 23 senior leader

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A BJP worker wearing a ‘Modi mask’ celebrating the bhumi pujan of the Ram temple, in New Delhi on August 5.

BJP falling back on faith

The Sangh Parivar shows buoyant optimism about the political impact of the Ram temple bhumi pujan at a time when the number of COVID cases is rising e

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Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel (left) meets Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in Ayodhya on July 31. The Mahant, who presided over the ground-breaking ceremonies for the Ram temple attended by the Prime Minister on August 5, has caught COVID infection.

Uttar Pradesh: Casual approach

Uttar Pradesh becomes the first State to hold an Assembly session following the outbreak of COVID-19, but complaints grow about the government’s casua

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A doctor demonstrating non-invasive ventilation using a helmet interface meant for patients with severe COVID-19, at Christian Medical College, Vellore.

COVID ventilators: Who cares?

Ventilators funded with government money do not seem to meet the required standards, and the way they were procured point to flagrant violations of ru

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing a religious ritual during the bhumipujan ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5.

Wreckers return as builders in Ayodhya

The bhumi pujan for the Ram temple at Ayodhya on August 5 is one of the high points of the Sangh Parivar’s agenda to dismantle the pluralistic foundat

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, during a visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi site to inspect the work relating to temple construction, in Ayodhya on June 28.

Ram temple, the last resort

The Hindutva combine once again takes recourse to the Ayodhya issue by conducting a ground-breaking ceremony for the Ram mandir construction to divert

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Outside a ration shop waiting to collect free foodgrains during the nationwide lockdown, in Prayagraj on April 15.

Uttar Pradesh: Plunging to new depths

The people of Uttar Pradesh, especially the poor and marginalised, are facing a grim future as the deteriorating law and order situation compounds the

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicating a 750MW solar project in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, to the nation, via videoconferencing from New Delhi, on July 10.

Desperation and diversion: BJP's political strategies as COVID infections continue to soar

The BJP’s political strategy as COVID cases continue to rise is to divert attention from the pressing concerns of the people on the public health and

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Workers clean the stones at Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Karyashala in Ayodhya on July 2.

A Buddhist organisation lays claim to Ayodhya, says Buddhist sensibilities should not be hurt while constructing a Ram temple

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in Uttar Pradesh and at the Centre are finalising plans to begin construction of a “grand” Ram Ma

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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at a meeting to take stock of the COVID situation, in Surat on July 4.

A scam in the making?

Two government institutions are collaborating with a private pharmaceutical company to come up with drugs for COVID treatment. The company’s connectio

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