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Maha civic polls: 65 candidates win unopposed; BJP leads with 43

A total of 65 candidates from ten municipal corporations in Maharashtra were declared elected unopposed ahead of elections held on January 15, the State Election Commission said on Friday. IMAGE:......

Why RSS Must Choose Bharatiyata Over Hindutva

The future of India will be shaped and decided by the choices the RSS makes now, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat speaks during......

RSS@100: The Challenges Ahead

'The RSS, that advocated military strength, remained in the ideological doghouse for over half a century. Many of the RSS' responses even today carry the burden of this past,' points out Colonel......

'India sees chaos': Sheikh Hasina slams Yunus over violence

'The secular character of Bangladeshi politics was one of our greatest strengths, and we cannot allow it to be sacrificed at the whim of a few idiotic extremists' 'The strain you are witnessing is......

'Hinduism Is A Large-Hearted Religion'

'If at all human beings require a religion, the future religion will be Hinduism.' IMAGE: The Bateshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh. All photographs: Kind courtesy KK Muhammed/Facebook "If India......

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits give interest, and real estate earns rent.''Gold, silver, and even Bitcoin produce no income, they merely store......

Will GST 2.0 Fix Deeper Weaknesses?

GST 2.0 may cushion consumers against US tariffs, but like the 2019 corporate tax cut, it risks being another tactical fix rather than a structural growth strategy, expects Debashis Basu.......

'Auto industry has resilience to tackle rare earth issue'

'The government is actively engaging with EU to ensure that concerns of Indian companies and hard-to-abate sectors are adequately addressed under CBAM.' A worker waters the site of a rare earth......

'Our goal is to make India 50% of overall biz'

'India is a very strategic geography. The business is growing over 37-38 per cent year-on-year.' Kindly note the image has been published only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind......

Events that shaped Indian businesses in 2024

Unprecedented bribery charges, farewells, separation, failed union, monumental mergers and record-breaking IPOs, along with a healthy dose of online happenings in the form of spat and lessons in......

The Top 10 Films Of 2025

The year had a variety of films to choose from. Not all of them were successful at the box office, but had merit. In fact, a few films that did the mandatory Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) and more,......

The Salil Chowdhury You Never Knew

'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary......

Haq Review: An Important Watch

Made at a time when an insidious agenda can be read into it, Haq is an important film that deals with a contentious subject with maturity, observes Deepa Gahlot. The bitter legal battle that came......

Haq Trailer Shows Hope Of A Good Film

The hope is that the film raises significant issues about the rights of women, and does not become a diatribe against a minority community that has happened with some recent films, points out Deepa......

The Great Indian Family Review: Vicky Bats For Secularism

The Great Indian Family, observes Sukanya Verma, is a cheerful fable that points out the absurdity of discrimination as a tool employed by power hungry opportunists. The Great Indian Family echoes......