Once a nameless stop on the Madurai bus route, Keezhadi is now at the forefront of
Dravidian politics

Art and Culture

‘Before the Ganga, there was the Vaigai’

India’s other big moment: When the Vishwaguru chaired the UNSC summit in 2024

Opinion

The BJP’s (non-existent) path to the UN Security Council

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar

Nation

Not targeting anyone: Shivakumar on prior permission for use of govt property rule

A giant banner at the funeral of Zubeen Garg on the outskirts of Guwahati

Entertainment

Zubeen Garg death: Assam still mourns a month later, as probe continues

Transgender persons campaign for their rights in India

Nation

Gender-affirming care needs no ‘permission’ from employers: Supreme Court

Remarks came amid heightened campaigning for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

POLITICS

In Bihar, Giriraj Singh labels Muslims ‘namak haraam’

Prof. Ratan Lal teaches at DU’s Hindu College—and speaks from personal experience of caste discrimination

Interviews

‘Not 4 MPs, show me 4 lakh jobs’

An idol of Goddess Kali being taken to a place of worship in Kolkata.

Nation

Patriotic sparks light up Kolkata’s fireworks bazaars ahead of Diwali

Why does the ECI need to keep reinventing its rules for validating voter rolls?

Opinion

How its 2003 guidelines nail the Election Commission’s lies

Jashn-e Chiraghn: Diwali in the Mughal era

Art and Culture

‘Har ik makaan mein jalā phir diyā Dīvālī kā’: Diwali illuminated in Urdu verse

Rainfall in Idukki over the past 24 hours (in cm).

Nation

Kerala drenched: Rivers rise, hills shiver as orange alert looms

Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal

POLITICS

Congress unveils 2nd Bihar roster, adds 5 fresh faces to electoral symphony

Sabir Ali

POLITICS

Bihar polls: JD(U) fields ex-MP Sabir Ali whom it fired for praising PM Modi in 2014