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Still on a Tightrope

For Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, the three bypolls on April 17—in Rajsamand, Sahara and Sujangarh—may be a challenge comparable in scale and complexity to the BJP-backed rebellion in July 2020 by party counterweight Sachin Pilot.

INDIA'S NUCLEAR SHARKS

A long-delayed project nears CCS clearance even as India’s submarine force gets long in the tooth. Why the N-powered attack submarine project has taken so long

TALES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

COVID SURVIVORS FROM WITHIN INDIA TODAY’S WORKFORCE ON FIGHTING THE VIRUS, WHAT GOT THEM THROUGH IT AND THE REALISATIONS THE DISEASE BROUGHT WITH IT

THE RIFT RUNS DEEP IN YADAV CITADEL

Akhilesh and shivpal were there in saifai, but for the first time, the yadav first family played holi separately.

AN EPIC RESURGENCE

THE INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH HINDU MYTHOLOGY IS ON THE RISE

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

KABIR BEDI has written a memoir he hopes will earn him the recognition and roles he was denied here in India

BOLLYWOOD'S GREEN CARD HOLDERS

Foreigners getting a foot in the Hindi film industry door are intent on making the most of it

Mukhtar Ansari - Time Up For The Don

Gangster-neta Mukhtar Ansari’s transfer to an Uttar Pradesh jail from Punjab is seen as a victory for the Yogi government. How will the politics play out?

Holes In Your Facebook Wall

The latest Facebook data breach, which reportedly compromised the personal data of over 533 million users, including 6.1 million Indians, has once again focused attention on the social media behemoth’s apparent laxity in protecting the privacy of its users and, more importantly, lack of accountability towards them.

The Leading Role

Mixing fact and fiction, Kishwar Desai’s new novel shows how Devika Rani laid the foundations of Indian cinema’s future

JOINING HIS DOTS

A new Sayed Haider Raza biography makes sense of the abstract in him and his art

How To Stop Covid's Second Wave

A combination of new strains, vaccine hesitancy and Covid-denial among people at large has led to a potent second surge of cases in India. We must do more than step up the vigil and ramp up the ongoing vaccination drive

COVERING ALL THE BASES

Mamata Banerjee is still counting on a decisive mandate even while keeping the door ajar for a post-poll alliance, if needed

THE OTHER VIRAL FEVER

AS SHORT, FUNNY, HOMEMADE CONTENT BECOMES OUR STAPLE ONLINE DIET, ITS MAKERS ARE MAKING MOST OF THEIR NEW CELEBRITY

THE BIJAPUR BLOODBATH

As they close in on the last redoubts of the Maoists in Chhattisgarh, the security forces come under a deadly attack. Lessons from past ambushes remain unlearned

MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES

NOT ONE TO CONFORM TO THE BOLLYWOOD MODEL, EMRAAN HASHMI MARCHES TO HIS OWN TUNE

MISSING IN ACTION

Rivals in Kerala, allies in Bengal—is the Congress’s dual relationship with the Left keeping the Gandhis from joining the campaign against Mamata?

BJP's Bengal Regiment

After a stellar show in the 2019 general election, winning 18 of 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP emerged as the principal challenger to CM Mamata Banerjee’s TMC in West Bengal.

Amish Does 'Self-Help'

The author’s new book is, at best, an advertisement for his oeuvre

Making The BJP Future-Ready

The current assembly elections will be a turning point for the party. If it wins in Bengal, nothing will stop its return in 2024. But if it loses, it could trigger a domino effect and jeopardise its reforms agenda

Can The Gandhis Save The Congress?

While some believe the party could yet emerge the dark horse, others feel it has nothing much to offer its cadre or voters

‘THE BJP'S STRENGTH IS ITS COHESION'

At the helm of India’s dominant political party, BJP national president JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA, in an exclusive interview with Group Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa and Senior Editor Anilesh S. Mahajan, reveals what makes the organisation the powerhouse it is today and how it prepares for future challenges. Excerpts

Trial by FIRe

Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has upped the ante in the phone-tapping row surrounding an alleged plot last year to pull down the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan.

THE ‘T' COMPANY

Thane emerges as a crucial link in Bombgate. The suspected cops in the case had all been posted in the satellite city to Mumbai’s north. The murderer and his victim lived there too

THE KEN-BETWA BATTLEGROUND

On March 22, World Water Day, the Centre inked a tripartite agreement with the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to push forward work on the Ken-Betwa River Link (KBRL) project.

SPLIT IN THE BODO VOTE?

The BPF has a strong presence in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region, but it might face its toughest competition yet in ally-turned-rival BJP

INAUSPICIOUS START

When the BJP won 74 of the 110 seats it conte­ sted in the November 2020 election for the 243­member Bihar assembly, just one less than the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s 75 (of 144 con­ tested) and well ahead of alliance part­ ner Janata Dal (United)’s 43 (of 115 seats), it achieved two things: become the principal opposition to the RJD in Bihar, and the dominant partner in the National Democratic Alliance.

FUMBLING AT THE FINISH LINE

Will internal rift and controversial candidate selections upset the BJP applecart in West Bengal?

DESPERATE GAMBIT

The AIADMK is banking on its development agenda and tall poll promises while relying on its allies to malign the DMK to win a third consecutive term

BRACING FOR NEW DISRUPTIONS

BUSINESSES ARE MORE RESILIENT AFTER A YEAR OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT THEY WILL BE SEVERELY TESTED AGAIN AS INDIA BATTLES A SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19