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Pir Panjal elections: ST status for Pahadis overshadows development issues

Rajouri and Poonch are crucial for the BJP where it relies on Pahadi voters following the Modi government’s decision to grant ST status to the Pahadi community

Poonch: Security officials leave for their designated polling stations ahead of the second phase of J & K Assembly polls, in Mendhar area of Poonch, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI09_24_2024_000037B)(PTI)

Analysis

Published on Sep 25, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByMubashir Naik

Kolkata: With the SC on the ball and demands met, let normality prevail

It appears that the government tried to shield some people responsible for the situation, and a group of people enigmatically christened the North Bengal lobby.

Kolkata: People take part in a protest march over the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor, in Kolkata, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI09_22_2024_000369A)(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Sep 24, 2024 03:59 PM IST

BySuhit K Sen

Tirupati: The world’s richest temple body is a battleground for politicians

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam is the world’s richest temple body, and it has been the battleground for politicians since its inception 92 years ago.

**EDS: SCRENSHOT VIA PTI VIDEOS** Tirupati: A priest performs the purification ritual 'Shanti Homam Panchagavya Prokshana' to undo the alleged desecrations that occurred at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple during YSRCP government, at Tirumala in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI09_23_2024_000107B)(PTI)

Opinion

Published on Sep 24, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByDeepika Amirapu

Explained: Indus Waters Treaty and why India is right to ask for a review

India has access to only 19.48% of the waters of the Indus and its tributaries while Pakistan has access to the waters. New Delhi wants to increase its share.

In this Aug. 13, 2010 file photo, personnel of Border Road Organization and local volunteers work to stop the overflowing water of Indus river which was damaging a highway near Leh. Recently, India had formally notified Pakistan to “review” and “modify” the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) under Article XII (3) of the treaty. (PTI File Photo)

Opinion

Published on Sep 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAnuttama Banerji

People are splurging like never before on their pets

Would you buy your furry companion a cologne?

Lifestyle

Published on Sep 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Sri Lanka: New president’s primary challenge will be to set the economy right

Anura Kumar Dissanayake has ridden on the wave of public anger and is tasked to change the political system to make it more honest and responsive

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)(@anuradisanayake)

Opinion

Published on Sep 24, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByGurjit Singh

Frequent elections ensure participation and vibrancy of India’s democracy

The issues at stake are fundamentally political and affect the core of India’s democratic functioning.

Kashmir, India - September. 21, 2024: An election officer applies indelible ink mark on the finger of Bibi, 87, before casting her vote from home, as the Election Commission of India (ECI) initiated a home voting facility for the elderly in the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Srinagar,on September 21,2024.(Photo By Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)--

Opinion

Published on Sep 23, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByGilles Verniers

How Tirumala's laddu became the temple's sacred offering

While it remains unknown who introduced the laddu in the temple, records show the prevalence of it from as early as 1790 AD

Tirumala Laddu, which received the geographical identification (GI) tag in 2009, has been popular among devotees since the 20th century(X)

Analysis

Published on Sep 23, 2024 08:30 AM IST

ByLaasya Shekhar

Is the era of the mega-deal over?

Nippon’s acquisition of US Steel is not the only mega-merger falling apart

Companies have been tentatively returning to the negotiating table after a dealmaking drought that began when central banks raised interest rates in 2022(Pixabay)

World News

Published on Sep 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Eye on the Middle East | The India-Iran bilateral and a test of patience

Given the prolonged efforts in Chabahar and a positive political relationship, the India-Iran bilateral relationship is unlikely to be at risk

Analysis

Published on Sep 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByBashir Ali Abbas

Why governments need to strengthen policies to promote healthy diets

While choices are important, what is also crucial is strong regulatory frameworks to create healthier food environments at home, school, and digital spaces

health

Published on Sep 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByRhythma Kaul

Grand Strategy | Shift in Europe’s framing of the Ukraine conflict

The growing criticism of the West’s moral plank regarding Ukraine and Gaza appears to have forced a change in the Western narrative

Emergency services workers look to move rubble and find injured after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine early Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Kharkiv Regional Military Administration via AP)(AP)

Opinion

Published on Sep 23, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByHappymon Jacob

India as an emerging chess superpower

This shifting of goalposts is an important moment for India’s chess story

D Gukesh of India competes in the Chess Olympiad. (AP)(HT_PRINT)

Editorials

Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:28 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Quad woos the Indo-Pacific

Wilmington Summit pushes cooperation and collaboration as a way to fight China’s coercion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Joe Biden, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the Quad leaders summit on Saturday. (AP)(HT_PRINT)

Editorials

Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:27 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

In the high voter turnout in J&K polls, a hope for peace

Hopes of peace and progress have taken root amid adversities. We will have to strengthen this hope.

J&K goes to polls in three phases starting September 18. (File)(HT_PRINT)

Opinion

Published on Sep 22, 2024 10:27 PM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

Northeastern View | Is Northeast India in Southeast Asia?

New Delhi should perhaps think about the possibility of reimagining its easternmost frontier beyond the limiting confines of a bounded “South Asia”.

FILE PHOTO: A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) delivery truck drives along India's Tezpur-Tawang highway which runs to the Chinese border, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh May 29, 2012./File Photo(REUTERS)

Analysis

Published on Sep 22, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByAngshuman Choudhury

The downfall of a Philippine mayor may be linked to Chinese gangs

The story of Alice Guo provides hints about how transnational criminals operate

Alice Leal Guo, former mayor of Bamban in Philippines' Tarlac province, attends a hearing at the Senate in Manila over accusations of human trafficking and links to Chinese organised crime, on September 9, 2024. Alice Leal Guo was initially arrested in Indonesia on September 3, having been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling centre where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)(AFP)

World News

Published on Sep 22, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The Economist

Where the Indian legal system stands on solitary confinement in prison

The Indian judiciary has taken a nuanced approach to the issue of solitary confinement, recognising both its potential harms and potential utility.

As per Section 31 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, solitary confinement shall only be imposed as a disciplinary measure of last resort, for a maximum of 14 days, and if recommended by a medical officer. (Getty Images/Vetta)

Analysis

Published on Sep 22, 2024 08:00 AM IST

BySanya Singh

Just Like That | Power and loyalty: The wheel of history

When leaders fall, the dip in the loyalty quotient precipitates the betrayal immediately, and the adulation for the new rising star is instantaneous.

Powerful leader fall for self-serving and transient genuflection(HT Photo)

Opinion

Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:15 AM IST

ByPavan K Varma

Tech Tonic | Shouldn’t tech regulation be a proportionate, two-way street?

Regulatory pressure is what finally got RCS messaging support on iPhones they may do well to get the actual watchmakers and their OS developers to fall in line.

We are all familiar with Apple’s game of keeping the Apple Watch within the iPhone fold. That should change, and we can only hope some regulatory push helps open that door (Vishal Mathur | HT Photo)

Technology

Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:15 AM IST

ByVishal Mathur

DAG exhibition maps the advent and impact of photography in colonial India

An exhibition of photos taken during the 1850s and 1860s explores an era when new technology was deployed in a terrain being surveyed for the first time

Book Box | Why I hug trees

Walk through forests and books to discover the healing power of trees

Books

Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:00 AM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Kolkata rape and murder: Citizens attack, abuse policemen in disturbing trend

Protesting junior doctors demanded the removal of police commissioner Vineet Goyal, accusing him of shielding the culprits.

Police officers from various police stations across Kolkata told HT that policemen working on the streets either alone or with a handful of colleagues seem to have become targets of the public outrage (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) (PTI)

Analysis

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 07:24 PM IST

ByTanmay Chatterjee

Keeping up with UP | Migrants in focus for Mumbai poll battle

The city accounts for 35 assembly seats though at stake are a total of 65 seats of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Migrants comprise 43.02% of Mumbai’s 23.5 million heaving urban mass, according to the 2011 Census. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Opinion

Published on Sep 21, 2024 06:58 PM IST

BySunita Aron

Can I have a katha or kahani, please, says Poonam Saxena

Malayalam, Bengali, English... stories from a range of languages are on our screens. What will it take for producers to tap into the trove of Hindi treasures?

A still from the outstanding new Malayalam series Manorathangal, based on the writings of MT Vasudevan Nair.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 02:00 PM IST

ByPoonam Saxena

Folk, spoken word, jazz: Give the old mix a shuffle, says Sanjoy Narayan

Don’t just let the algorithms choose for you. Check out seven intriguing voices that deserve a spot in your headphones. In this week’s Download Central.

Cover art for the album Veena by American rapper Heems (birth name: Himanshu Kumar Suri).

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:29 PM IST

BySanjoy Narayan

Track changes in Bastar: Check out medleys by tribal artists, Mumbai band Daira

A new album – Jadoo Bastar – features intriguing collaborations. It was recorded in that district too, in fairly unusual circumstances.

(Clockwise from top left) Lakheshwar Khudaram, Vineeta Pandey, Rahul Raikwar on the flute, and Soma playing the todi.

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:27 PM IST

ByBhanuj Kappal

VAR of the worlds: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on the Video Assistant Referee

This kind of technology cannot be kept out of sport; it may even help. So long as we don’t become slaves to the tyranny of machine accuracy.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Pedro Porro takes a tumble after his shin meets the boot of Arsenal defender Jurrien Timber (at left). (AFP)

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:26 PM IST

ByRudraneil Sengupta

Playing it by hear: How does one preserve an accent?

It takes a lot of footwork, and audio footage. See how a new archive is mapping spoken tongues, and aiming to hear from all of India by the time it’s done.

(Image:Shutterstock; HT imaging: Monica Gupta)

Art and Culture

Updated on Sep 21, 2024 01:23 PM IST

ByArshia

J&K polls: A shaky Opposition could offset BJP’s tricky set of challenges

The opposition is struggling to capitalise on anti-incumbency due to internal divisions and the absence of a cohesive electoral strategy.

Anantnag: Voters show their voting slips as they wait to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, in Anantnag district of J&K, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI09_18_2024_000229A)(PTI)

Analysis

Published on Sep 21, 2024 08:15 AM IST

ByMubashir Naik

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