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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.

A STEELY RESOLVE

Exactly 53 years after the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, as it was called, was inaugurated on April 17, 1970, India’s second-largest steel-making public sector unit (PSU) is resisting its transition into private hands.

DIDI'S GIFTS FOR MINORITIES

On March 29 and 30, after widespread violence—arson, stone-pelting, ransacking of homes and businesses—broke out over Ramnavami celebrations in West Bengal’s Howrah and Hooghly districts, the main Opposition in the state, the BJP, accused the ruling Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “disregarding Hindu sentiments”, alleging the police were mere bystanders.

THE FORECAST GETS GLOOMY

Three global agencies—the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the United Nations—have lowered their forecast on India’s growth in the current financial year.

CHANGING STRIPES

It seemed open season for turncoats as the nomination of candidates got under way three weeks before the election to the 224-seat legislative assembly in Karnataka.

LONG STORY SHORT

A new volume by distinguished scholars tries to trace the entire span of Indian history from its prehistoric beginnings right up to 1992

A Dinner to Remember

Chef Massimo Bottura of the three-star Michelin restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, which has also topped the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list twice, is in Delhi to cook a few meals

The Myth Maker

Anand Neelakantan’s Nala Damayanti is the latest in his retellings of popular Indian myths with contemporary undertones

A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN

MENTAL HEALTH AFFLICTIONS HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE AMONG INDIAN YOUTH. TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, THEY ARE NOW HELPING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FIND SUPPORT AND FIGHT STIGMA

WHAT IS FINANCIAL PLANNING?

It is the process of setting and planning your financial goals and helping you achieve these goals