CATEGORIES

THE PAWAR CUT THAT ISN'T?

In what is seen as a battle of wits with nephew Ajit Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar dropped a bombshell on May 2, saying he intends to quit as party president. The announcement, at the launch of an updated edition of his biography, comes at a time when Ajit is said to be in talks with the BJP, leading to a flux within the NCP.

SAURASHTRA TAMILS: FROM SALEM TO SOMNATH

A millennium-old connection was revived recently when Saurashtra Tamils visited the old homeland they had migrated from centuries ago, and took in its wonders. Kicked off in mid-April by defence minister Rajnath Singh in the temple town of Somnath, some 5,000 visitors, who still hold on to their customs and even speak a version of Gujarati called Saurashtri, visited the state as part of the Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamam, a quasi-political programme organised by the Gujarat government, between April 17-27.

MAYA LOBS A GOOGLY

On April 24, when Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar came to meet Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow as part of his efforts to push for Opposition unity, he did not meet Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati.

THE PRICE OF COMPLACENCY

After a gap of almost four years, a major Maoist attack took place in Dantewada in South Chhattisgarh, where left-wing extremists triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) on April 26, killing 10 security personnel and their civilian driver.

Yogi Leads The Local Charge

What happens at the local level in Uttar Pradesh can hold plenty interest for those outside

Karnataka Polls: Fight To The Finish

With the BJP pulling out all the stops, the congress putting up a united front and the JD(s) playing the dark horse, the may 10 assembly election in karnataka is poised for a no-holds-barred battle at the hustings

Those at the High Table

In a new book, restaurateur Gauri Devidayal chronicles the story of one of Mumbai's most acclaimed dining destinations

Spreading HER WINGS

Actor Pooja Hegde on working with Salman Khan, the South film industry and pressing ahead despite initial failures

Perfect Mix

A cappella group Penn Masala return to India with their pioneering blend of Indian and international sounds

BUILDING A LEGACY

Priyanka Chopra-Jonas talks about touching a milestone with Citadel, her years in the US and making a mark as a South Asian in Hollywood

AND THE BEAT GOES ON

New Delhi's Peter Cat Recording Co., whose 2019 album Bismillah received rave reviews both in India and abroad, hope that their upcoming US tour is a step towards bigger things

MURDER IN THE BACKYARD

A web series revisits the dark saga of Shakereh Khaleeli, who was killed by her 'godman' husband Swami Shraddhanand

WELCOME TO THE MULTIVERSE

INDIAN PRODUCTION HOUSES ARE GOING THE MARVEL AND DISNEY WAY AND CREATING PARALLEL UNIVERSES POPULATED BY DIVERSE CHARACTERS AND THEMES. INDIAN AUDIENCES CANNOT HAVE ENOUGH

METEORIC

ROYAL ENFIELD'S NEWEST CRUISER PUTS A FRESH SPIN ON ITS NEW GENERATION 650CC TWIN-CYLINDER MOTOR THAT DEBUTED ON THE INTERCEPTOR AND THE CONTINENTAL GT

FULLY CHARGED

ONE OF THE BEST PREMIUM COMPACT SUVS, THE VOLVO XC40 GETS AN ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN THAT OFFERS ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCE AND A PRACTICAL RANGE

CROSSING OVER

BASED ON THE OUTGOING BALENO HATCHBACK, INSPIRED BY THE GRAND VITARA, HOW IS THE NEW FRONX AS A STANDALONE PRODUCT?

PIXELS IN FOCUS

THE HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THE SIZE, THE TECH AND THE COMFORT ALL ENOUGH TO TRUMP ICEPOWERED CARS. WE FIND OUT HOW GOOD THE INDIA-SPEC CAR REALLY IS

SIZE MATTERS

BIG CARS WITH A SINGLE OCCUPANT ARE CLOGGING OUR STREETS. COULD A NEW GENERATION OF ELECTRIC MINIS BE THE ANSWER?

EYEING A BIGGER BITE

INDIA IS NOT JUST A BIG MARKET FOR APPLE'S SMARTPHONES, BUT CAN ALSO BE A KEY MANUFACTURING BASE FOR THE FIRM, HELPING IT REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON CHINA

THE BOXER WHO MADE AN ASS OF HIMSELF

GANGSTER DEEPAK BOXER’S ARREST IN MEXICO RENEWS FOCUS ON THE DONKEY ROUTE’ THAT THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL INDIAN MIGRANTS TAKE IN THE HOPE FOR A BETTER LIFE IN THE WEST

A RAJPUT WALKS FREE BACKWARDS

Life convicts getting their sentence commuted is not news usually but the Bihar law department’s April 24 release order for 27 lifers who have completed 14 years behind bars has set off a furious debate

A SUICIDE AND A FEW QUESTIONS

Two back-to-back incidents in poll-bound Rajasthan have left the Ashok Gehlot-led government red-faced

NEW GOVERNOR, NEW ROWS

A stormy three years it had been, from August 2019 to July 2022, when Jagdeep Dhankhar, now India’s vice president, served as governor of West Bengal. Scarcely a week passed without Raj Bhavan and the Trinamool Congress government sniping at each other

ONE DOWN, MANY TO GO

As dawn broke on the morn­ ing of April 23 and the amrit vela nitnem (prayers at dawn) at the Gurudwara Janam Asthan Sant Khalsa in Punjab’s Rode village came to a close, Waris Punjab De (WPD) leader and fugitive Amritpal Singh Sandhu took the mike to recite a few stanzas from the Gurbani and address the gathering

Downing The Dons

CM Yogi Adityanath’s crackdown on the mafia was popular, but the brazen murder of Atiq Ahmed in custody threatens to discredit his drive

DECIPHERING QUOTAS

These Seats are Reserved by Abhinav Chandrachud, a lawyer practising at the Bombay High Court, explains the history of the affirmative action provisions in the Indian Constitution and demystifies the complex set of rules and procedures through which these clauses are put into operation.

TEST OF SINCERITY

UP PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

BATTLE FOR JALANDHAR

On April 17, amid thousands of workers from across north India beating dhols and singing some signature revolutionary songs, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann led his starstudded caravan to file the nomination papers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku for the bypolls to the Jalandhar parliamentary seat on May 10.

AMERICAN DREAM TURNS NIGHTMARE

In a tragic incident, a family of four from the Manekpura village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district died while attempting to cross into the US from Canada, when the boat they were in capsized in the St Lawrence river.

BETTING ON WELFARE BOARDS

With the assembly election just months away, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh has stepped up its efforts to woo smaller groups within reserved categories, much like the Congress regime in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, which too is scheduled to go to the polls in November this year.