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Russia Unpacks A Matryoshka Doll For Pak

Russia’s decision to hold military exercises with Pakistan in disputed PoK marks a shift in regional balance . Now, India can’t take oldest ally for granted.

What The Market Thinks About Baba Ramdev's New Product- Jeans

Next in line in Baba Ramdev’s swadeshi substitutes is a ‘modest’ pair of jeans.

How They Make The Ledger Lie

Hole-in-the-wall accountants, Tier-2 CA firms and the Big Four—all share a professional DNA of trickery. From there, it’s a tiny step to fraud. In the case of foreign firms, their very presence in India hinges on that.  

How's Kashmir?

With an elaborate spread of several well-crafted measures on the table, the Modi government is rustling up a plan for Kashmir...

Bank Roll & Tumble Plan

Governor stirs a hornet’s nest over J&K Bank, leading to protests and then a step back.

Reclaiming The Neighbourhood

On Modi’s watch, India has evolved a softer, defter touch with its neighbours. This course-correction could usher trust and prosperity.

Whiskey For The Man, Beer For The Horses

Vijay Mallya’s stud farm in Karnataka is going through trying times and his ‘hobby horses’ may be put out to pasture.

Rafale Deal- Sealed With An Error

Incorrect fact’ may not change the SC’s call on the jets deal.

Ground Reports On How India Will Vote

Nationalism reigns over much of Modi’s home state, giving BJP a post-Pulwama glow. But there are sullen sections of society that stand aloof.

London: The New Safe Haven For Scamsters From India

£5 mn can buy permanent UK residency for wanted crooks. No wonder arms dealer Sudhir Choudhrie, defaulter Vijay Mallya and scamster Lalit Modi live honourably in London.

Flourish In Suspension

A self-made community of gymnasts draws inspiration out of their own Dipa’s valiant attempt at Rio

The First Election At JNU After The 'Sedition' Incident

The SFI-AISA alliance in JNU polls is an admission of their weakness in a Left citadel

Post URI Attack: Modi And Party Hardening The Knuckle

Post­-Uri, the prospects of Modi and party hinge on walking the talk on freedom from terror.

Chandy To The Left, Chandy...

Corruption, sleaze defined a regime that Kerala had voted out. Now another Chandy & Co keeps the headlines rolling.

Zeno's Paradox?

Making grand plans, then backing off, why is the Congress dithering still over making Rahul party boss...

'Things Will Change So Fast, It'll Be Beyond Your Imagination'

Few ministers are as enthused about a green economy as Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways, shipping and water resources.

'Delhi Pollution Can Cause Lung Cancer And Premature Death'

Tackling a heavy load of patients Dr J.C. Suri, a leading pulmonologist, says that high levels of air pollution can also result in underdeveloped lungs in children and even the possibility of lung cancer.

Porn Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Video clips are mere breach of privacy. If there is any taboo that must shake the nation’s consciousness awake, it’s the violence on the marginalised.

The Sea Where the Sun Rises

How Japan Plans to Keep its Seas Open and Free , With more than just American Help.

The Great Mobile Internet Ripoff!

As India prefers mobile internet over fixed-line, a heavy rush of users cram-packs the digital highway, making slow and erratic the online norm.

Chaos In Bengal

Though ringed with swathes of hope, communalism is slow poisoning Bengal, as politicians fight over the spoils of hatred

Father, Son And Holy Bike

The SP emerges in one piece from the ‘family feud’, with some deft manoeuvring by Mulayam.

The Sins Of Our Fathers

Sex crimes come with a tinge of holy terror when clergymen prey on the laity. An institutional response can’t be different from a Christian one. Why then does India’s Catholic Church not walk its pious talk?

From Amir Khusrau To Filthy Abuse

India these days is ­being ­identified with ­Hinduism. Our history tells us why patriots must stand against this.

Don't Foist Fear Onto Nationalism

Being anti-Hindu is secularism, support to terrorists is human rights, insulting national culture is freedom of expression. Only, love for the Mother is debatable!

Rockbed Of Cultural Renascence

Patriotism is the vitality of a nation and Indians abundantly love their country. Arguments that it can lead to friction are absurd. We can’t live in just the present.

In Lieu of Courting Justice

How Muzaffarnagar is trying to heal the wounds of the 2013 riots and move on

We Need A 'New Deal' To Come Out Of Jobless Growth

Elected general secretary of the CPI(M) last year, Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury, 63, has had a patchy record—an expected electoral win in Kerala was partly eclipsed by a drubbing in West Bengal, where he is said to have willy-nilly gone along with the state unit’s insistence on an “arrangement” with the Congress, against the party’s much-ballyhooed ‘Vizag line’. In a freewheeling interview with Bula Devi, Yechury denies suggestions that the Left is on the decline, demands a ban on futures trading to control prices of essential commodities and claims that only seven per cent of workers today are unionised —the biggest challenge for the Left. Excerpts:

The Third Gender, Free To Fly

A recoiling society banishes transgenders to the wretched margins. As a bill in Parliament pledges protection, these Indians glimpse freedom.

His Fight To Finish

In his gritty tussle with BCCI, Verma had a little help from friends