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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

STRIKING-A BALANCE • Indian voters grant Modi a historic third term, but without a majority and with the object lesson to rule by consensus

HARD BARGAIN FOR CENTRAL GRANTS • N. Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar leverage the BJP’s dependence on them to seek Special Category Status for their respective states. This is what it will entail

A MUCH-NEEDED REALITY CHECK • Too much central control, voter and cadre apathy, arbitrary candidate selection, all conspired to give the party a humbling lesson at the hustings. The high command can ignore it at their own peril

VIT FOUNDER & CHANCELLOR DR. G. VISWANATHAN RECEIVED THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HONORARY DOCTORATE

NO FULL STOPS IN INDIA • Bit by bit, the Opposition alliance has managed to slow down the BJP juggernaut, if not bring it to a halt. Now it plans to capitalise on those gains to attain its aim of edging Modi out entirely

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AKHILESH PUTS YOGI ON THE MAT • The Congress-SP alliance in Uttar Pradesh has done the unimaginable—turned the tide against the BJP by halving its Lok Sabha tally and endangering its prospects in the next state election

MVA WINS THE SEMI-FINAL • With the Opposition MVA stealing a march on the ruling Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha stakes, Maharashtra is all set for a take-no-prisoners contest in the assembly election a few months from now

DIDI AND BHATIJA SHOW SANGH PARIVAR THEIR PLACE • Abhishek’s astute strategy, Mamata’s charisma and welfare schemes have cut short the BJP’s ambitions for Bengal and put TMC in pole position for 2026

NITISH THE KINGMAKER • Far from being written off, the canny JD(U) patriarch holds his ground in Bihar and wrests a key role for himself in determining the shape of national and state politics

SHIFTING SANDS IN THE DESERT • Rajasthan serves the BJP a shock for ignoring issues that really matter to people and sidelining some of its tallest leaders. The party’s state unit faces turmoil in the near future

A NEW KING FOR KALINGA • As the BJP prepares to assume Odisha’s reins, ending Naveen Patnaik’s 24-year reign, it needs to demonstrate how it plans to improve governance and accelerate development

NOW COMES THE HARD PART • Back in the NDA fold, TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu sweeps both the parliamentary and assembly elections. But with the state treasury running on empty, he will need the Centre to bail him out

THE LAST OF KCR? • Months after losing power in the state, KCR’s national ambitions also seem to have been thwarted. The BRS chief and his party now face an ‘existential crisis’

DR ANEEL KASHI MURARKA & THE ART OF GIVING GENEROUSLY • The Managing Director of Mirachem lndustriies and the Founder of the social enterprise Ample Missiion, Dr Aneel Kashi Murarka defines himself as a common man and a dedicated social worker. He aims to create systems and structures that will make a meaningful impact on society.

REVENGE OF THE TRIBALS • The NDA may have lost all goodwill among the state’s 26 per cent tribals due to ED action against ex-CM Hemant...