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Terror Link In The Kanpur Train Wreck?

Was the Pukhrayan rail accident in November 2016, which killed 150 people, an act of sabotage? The NIA sees a terror hand

Love, Love Me Do

Love and the varied emotions it evokes in us are the brain’s child, shows modern science.

Missile Muscle

India and China are both beefing up their long-range nuclear capabilities but the topic is off limits in official dialogue, straining ties between the two countries.

How China Buying Out Pakistan and Why India Needs To Worry!

Leaked documents reveal China’s plans to gain a controlling stake in large swathes of Pakistan’s economy—from farms and textiles to power projects, even the stock exchange.

Presidential Values

The President Adds A Dimension Of Constitutional Oversight To A Competitive Parliamentary Democracy. But The Pomp And Ceremony Of The Office And The Estate, An Anachronistic Legacy Of The Raj, Comes At A Huge Cost To The Taxpayer.

Still Shooting Blanks

Ten years and counting. The Indian army’s baffling inability to induct a basic assault rifle points at a deeper procurement malaise.

'Indian Textiles Need Value Chains To Come Together'

SMRITI IRANI sure knows how to shake things up. From hashtags like #iwearhandloom to the successful three-day Textiles India 2017, from getting designers to adopt textile clusters to resuscitating defunct weaving service centres, Smriti Irani found her niche as the Union minister for textiles. Now, she has got additional charge of the information & broad casting ministry. In an interview with CHINKI SINHA, she spoke about her plans to make India a global sourcing hub for textiles.

'1951' Sword Over Migrants

Demand to drop 1971 cut-off for identifying foreigners by 20 years.

Are You Exposed?

Mobile phone subscribers have lately been receiving repeated messages from their service providers, asking them to ‘re-verify’ themselves with their Aadhaar numbers.

Ambani's New Gambit

Ten months after he launched Reliance Jio, a disruptive fourth generation (4G) mobile telephony service based on long-term evolution or LTE technology, a form of high-speed wireless communication, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has sprung a new surprise.

Drug Bust In Tollywood

Top personalities from the Telugu film industry in police net

Racing Through The Day

For Ayesha Billimoria, fitness training is a full-time job, so is keeping the dream of competing at the Olympics alive for fifteen years and working constantly to realise it

Foreign Policy: Future Imperfect

The government gets high marks for its foreign and security policy handling. There is uncertainty, but people seem optimistic about the challenges ahead.

Radical Note

Marshalling many a writer, thinker and philosopher, Pankaj Mishra tries to make sense of the world around us in the era of Trump and Brexit.

OYE ROMEO!

The clampdown on freedom has hit a new low. Friendship, romance and everything in between is suspect as UP’s young men scurry for cover from anti-Romeo squads.

Addicted To Sugar

Despite a severe drought two years ago, Latur’s farmers prefer to grow water-guzzling sugarcane. Why?

Perfect Cover

Invest in insurance to secure not just your life and savings but the future of your children

What Happened At Doka La

We can have lunch in Gangtok and dinner in Yadong,” mused Le Yucheng, the then Chinese envoy in Delhi, speaking in June 2015 at the small, muddy Tibetan mountain town of Yadong, which sits on the Chinese side of Nathu La.

A Pregnant Pause

Surrogacy exploitation cases show up government’s ineffectual rules

The Amma Of All Questions

As the AIADMK faithful wait uncertainly for word on Jayalalithaa’s health, the state continues to function smoothly. But an uncertain future looms. What next for TN?

bridging the gap

seva setu, gujarat cm vijay rupani’s novel project, brings the state’s schemes for the poor right to their doorstep.

nobel and beyond

what happens after you scoop the ultimate accolade for finishing the great work of your life? for kailash satyarthi, it’s the beginning of a new innings.

smoking barrels

illegal weapons from the gun factories of bihar are fuelling a deadly spike in firearms-related violence in jharkhand

artisanal haven

sienna has carved a niche for itself in homes of kolkata with its terracotta craft, pottery and ceramics.

how to train your dragon

a timely pointer to how india’s foreign policy falls short of the challenges posed by china’s growing potency.

for me, writing is cathartic

author and filmmaker aishwaryaa rajinikanth dhanush on creating her own path while growing up in a celebrity household.

The CPI(M) Takes To The Streets To ‘Save' Bengal

Awaking from deep hibernation, the CPI(M) takes to the streets to ‘save’ Bengal.

The Return Of Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy’s follow-up to The God of Small Things, 20 years in the making, is arguably already the literary event of the year. And the book isn’t even on the shelves yet. Roy is venerated abroad, treated like a saint. At home, though, she is derided as a terrorist sympathiser, a Naxalite, a communist, and secessionist. It hasn’t stopped her saying what she wants. And in her new novel, she doesn’t pull any punches, finding despair and devastation all around her, but reason, too, for hope.

KCR Versus Shah

KCR bristles at the BJP’s “blatant lies”, as Shah & Co. continue with their expansionist plans.

Bye Bye Bofors!

The Indian army is set to acquire its first howitzers in three decades and restart a long-delayed artillery modernisation programme