The Sepoy's Paradox: Indispensable conquest, eternal distrust and catastrophe of Empire (From the Archives)

Santosh Kumar Verma | November 16, 2025 9:33 PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) For nearly two centuries, the vast territory that the British East India Company (EIC) seized and subjugated was held not by regiments of English oak but by the relentless discipline and sheer numbers of Indian steel. The armies of the Raj were fundamentally native armies, manned by hundreds of thousands of Sepoys, whose fidelity, skill, and willingness to fight their own countrymen laid the foundation for an empire that stretched from Cape Comorin to the frontiers of Tartary.

NIA arrests Kashmiri owner of car used in Delhi blast

IANS | November 16, 2025 7:23 PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmiri resident who had conspired with the suicide bomber to carry out the terror attack on November 10, said an official on Sunday.

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta campaigns for BJP candidates in MCD bypoll

IANS | November 16, 2025 6:50 PM

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Reiterating the resolve to develop Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Sunday, spearheaded the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign for the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-elections, addressing several meetings, including those in Najafgarh and Shalimar Bagh.