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    Battle for Bastar Part 5: Koraput police armoury raid and its aftermath

    Vivek Deshpande, Jaideep Hardikar
    27 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST

    In the concluding part of a 5-part series, two surrendered Maoists relive the daring raid that set the stage for a protracted rebellion against the Indian state

    Maoists in Bastar
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    Maoists in Bastar
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    Battle for Bastar Part 4: What next for the Maoists?

    26 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The other side of the Emergency as witnessed by a news reporter
    The Federal Special

    The other side of the Emergency as witnessed by a news reporter

    25 Jun 2025 12:07 PM IST
    Maoist movement Bastar
    The Federal Special

    Battle for Bastar Part 3: Blitzkrieg in the ‘forbidden hills’

    25 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Israel-Iran war

    When India got caught in the Israel-Iran crossfire

    25 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    End of Maoists in Bastar

    Battle for Bastar Part 2: How tide was turned with multi-pronged strategy

    24 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Battle for Bastar Part 1: How Maoist citadel was breached

    Battle for Bastar Part 1: How Maoist citadel was breached

    23 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why AI struggles with Tamil more than English?

    Why fitting Tamil into AI and Large Language Models is a big challenge

    21 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    GDP

    How not to revise GDP base year to bring back credibility of data

    16 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Pawan Kalyan, Chandrababu Naidu and Narendra Modi in a file photo

    Modi 3.0 sees mixed bag with southern NDA allies; next year is critical

    10 Jun 2025 5:11 PM IST
    Modi 3.0 regains swagger with clever handling of northern NDA allies

    Modi 3.0 regains swagger with clever handling of northern NDA allies

    10 Jun 2025 2:49 PM IST
    PM Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump

    As year 1 of Modi 3.0 wraps up, neighbourhood remains India's biggest concern

    10 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    A year later, the resurgence of Narendra Modi

    How Modi, Trump-like, told a divisive story to get his mojo back

    9 Jun 2025 3:02 PM IST
    Under Modi Raj, economy has suffered structural retrogression, lost dynamism

    Under Modi Raj, economy has suffered structural retrogression, lost dynamism

    9 Jun 2025 7:52 AM IST
    As Modi 3.0 turns one, growing discord, flailing unity erode INDIA bloc

    As Modi 3.0 turns one, growing discord, flailing unity erode INDIA bloc

    Puneet Nicholas Yadav
    9 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST

    Inability of Congress to halt BJP’s march in bipolar contests, its decision to prioritise its own revival over alliance unity in Delhi have deepened...

    Why manufacturing India continues to fail even with unprecedented incentives

    Why manufacturing continues to fail even with unprecedented incentives

    8 Jun 2025 5:59 PM IST
    Year 1 of Modi 3.0: PM calls the shots as powerful allies remain non-assertive

    Year 1 of Modi 3.0: PM calls the shots as powerful allies remain non-assertive

    8 Jun 2025 10:03 AM IST
    social media and sexual exploitation

    How social media is giving wings to upward mobility dreams, spurring sexual abuse

    8 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    investment inflow outflow

    Why India is facing an investment winter despite booming GDP

    30 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    When environment ministry forgets its mandate and SC has to step in

    When environment ministry forgets its mandate and SC has to step in

    21 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Jammu shop

    Tales from border towns: Where peace arrives in brief spasms

    20 May 2025 6:20 AM IST
    IMF

    Why India objected to IMF loan for Pak, and why the objections made no difference

    14 May 2025 7:21 PM IST
    India ration queue

    Why claims of India reducing poverty are just a clever selection of data

    12 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    US bond market crash

    Why crash of US bond markets threatens to undermine dollar’s hegemony

    6 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
    factory workers

    With conflicting official numbers, confusion clouds India's jobs scene

    23 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why tiger Rajmata is getting a memorial in Rajasthan

    Why tiger Rajmata is getting a memorial in Rajasthan

    19 April 2025 9:30 AM IST
    Trump and Xi

    Why economists expect Trump’s tariffs to punish Americans more than Chinese

    14 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Modi Trump Xi, India China US

    Why India can only grin and bear Trump’s tantrums while China roars back

    11 April 2025 5:07 PM IST
    delhi smart city traffic jam

    NDA's Smart Cities Mission and UPA's JNNURM: Same flaws, similar outcome

    8 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Trump’s tariff tsunami threatens to drown Bangladesh garments industry

    Trump’s tariff tsunami threatens to drown Bangladesh garments industry

    5 April 2025 3:26 PM IST
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