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Bracing For The Big Battle

Administrative goodwill, a can-do reputation and effective publicity—Devendra Fadnavis seems to have the right weaponry for the forthcoming state assembly election

P.V. Sindhu Aiming High

The rise and rise of P.V. Sindhi

A Half-Hearted Waive

A cash-strapped government finds ways to prune the list of loan-waiver beneficiaries by re-coding eligibility norms

A Problem Of Purity

The recent raids against milk chilling units in Madhya Pradesh show that food adulteration is a clear and present danger

Arun Jaitley: A Politician And A Gentleman

The BJP will sorely miss their man for all seasons, perhaps most for his unmatched ability to articulate even the controversial with conviction and persuasive clarity

Cat Scan

The Ranthambore and Sariska tiger reserves see a precipitous fall in their rankings

The Road To ‘Naya Kashmir'

The modi government radically resets the political status quo in Kashmir. Can it pull it off?

Booster Dose For Governance

KCR initiates major reforms to make the administration responsive, corruption-free

Unvanquished

VIJENDER SINGH IS PROOF THAT GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT

Survival Of The Hippest

For over two decades, New Delhi electronica duo Midival Punditz have remained at the forefront of the country’s dance music circuit.

I'm Drawn To Story Tellers

NEW YORK AND GOABASED COMPOSER, MULTI-INSTRUMEN - TALIST AND PRODUCER KARSH KALE, WHOSE NEW SINGLE ‘DISAPPEAR’ FEATURES VOCALS AND LYRICS BY DELHI-BASED ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN KOMOREBI AKA TARANA MARWAH, TALKS ABOUT HIS UPCOMING PROJECTS, THE STATUS OF HIS NEXT ALBUM AND RELEASING MUSIC IN THE PLAYLIST ERA

Capturing Vishnu

Having just released a book on Tirupathi, photographer Raghu Rai says his God exists only in his camera

Return Of The King

A people’s star, Prabhas is the first actor from the Telugu film industry to make credible inroads into Bollywood. Two years after the success of Baahubali 2, he is back on the scene with action flick, Saaho

Killing The Golden Goose

It’s a startling plan. One that defies logic, even to those well-versed with policymaking in modern, nationalist, digital India.

Jinxed By Inx

The case against P. Chidambaram is based on his alleged involvement in the violation of foreign investment laws/ money laundering by INX Media, a firm founded by former media barons Indrani and Peter Mukerjea (both currently facing a charge of murder).

Knotty Affair

A growing number of young couples in Bihar are eloping. It’s a sign that inter-caste marriage is on the rise—and still shrouded by prejudice and the threat of violence

Kickstarting The Engine

Of the various measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23 to boost the flagging economy, the ones aimed at India’s Rs 8.3 lakh crore automotive sector were among the most notable, addressing issues the sector has been grappling with for some time.

Grassroots Governance

Jagan plans an army of village volunteers to improve service delivery of his welfare schemes

BJP Now Postures As A ‘Responsible Opposition'

After poaching 10 MLAs from the SDF, the BJP now postures as a ‘responsible opposition’

An Uneasy Peace Rules In J&K

The valley is quiet, but it is far from peaceful. The government clampdown has kept the lid on an angry population, waiting for restrictions to lift even as it struggles with the everyday

'The Challenge Is To Quickly Take The Benefits Of Our Move To The People'

Ram Madhav, BJP national general secretary and the party’s key interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, attributes the relative calm in the Valley in the aftermath of the ‘dilution’ of Article 370 to the Centre’s engagement with the people. Madhav spoke exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa on the developing situation in the Valley and the way forward. Excerpts:

China's Tinderbox

In the past weeks, China has tried to claim the moral high ground on Kashmir, expressing grave concerns at the United Nations Security Council with no apparent sense of irony.

'Rebuilding Kerala To Withstand Natural Disasters Is A Colossal Task'

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan is not a man to mince words, nor to shirk responsibility. Over the past three years, he has led the Left Democratic Front government through triumph and adversity. Even his critics agree that the 74-year-old Communist leader’s stock would have been higher if not for the series of natural disasters that have hit the state. After the ‘flood of the century’ in 2018, the state has been hit by another deluge this year. As rescue operations continue, the chief minister talked to Jeemon Jacob about the challenges ahead. Excerpts:

The Politics Of Defection

The RSS tries to reconcile the imperatives of Chanakyaniti with its moral reservations over defections

No One Killed Pehlu Khan?

In the August 14 acquittal of six men charged with the 2017 lynching of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer from Haryana, Alwar additional district and sessions judge Sarita Swami condemned the police probe as shoddy.

Kashmir: Dealing With Fear And Anger

In the din of comments on Kashmir that have flooded the Indian media in the past three weeks, the views and feelings of the people of Kashmir have counted for very little. Indeed, they have been tightly muzzled.

Can The New Superchief Call The Shots?

The armed forces will finally have a super boss—the Chief of Defence Staff. Whether the new incumbent can transform India’s defence apparatus and make the services a more effectively coordinated fighting unit will depend on how categorical his writ is

Split Wide Open

Eyeing the assembly election, Chief Minister Palaniswami carves out five new districts

A Fight To The Finish

A reinvigorated Mayawati is raring to go and hoping to benefit from anti-incumbency and the support of a Dalit-Muslim combine.

R. Ashwin: Turning It On

The rise of Ravichandran Ashwin, the fastest Indian to take 200 Test wickets, is as remarkable as his bowling.