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Raje's Pre-Poll Showcase

The CM is hoping two grand new projects will shore up her image

Losing The Taj!

A poem in stone that once fulfilled an emperor’s fantasy of love, glory and magnificence is fighting a fierce battle for survival in the age of modernity. Danger signs are all around. Do you want to wait for the worst catastrophe to strike? Join our campaign to save the Taj Mahal

Assam's Nowhere People

Assam’s National Register of Citizenship, out on July 30, will strip 2 million or more of their basic rights—to vote, to property, to state benefits. The state is a tinderbox.

A Deadly Leap Of Faith

The collective suicide in Burari was a case of a shared psychotic disorder. Experts warn that many Indian families are susceptible to such stress

Putting A Price On Health

Modi’s ambitious health insurance scheme may be a non-starter with private hospitals finding treatment rates unviable and several states reluctant to enlist

Waterways Of The Future

Inland Waterways Are Transforming China’s Hinterland. The Next Step—a Mega Port Linking the Three Gorges Dam to Europe and the Indian Ocean

Fantastic & Fit

If Shweta Rathore, a Fitness Physique Athlete Is Fighting Stereotypes to Show Others How to Be Comfortable in Their Skin, Ayesha Grewal, Founder of the Altitude Store, Is Telling Them How to Eat Right. 10 Women Who Are Redefining Wellness. 

Caught Off Balance

Market volatility and the dividend distribution tax have made balanced funds less lucrative as an investment option

'We Can Match China In The Indian Ocean Region'

China has begun one of the largest naval expansions by any country since the end of the Second World War. In this exclusive interview, Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chairman, Chiefs of StaffCommittee, and Chief of Naval Staff, tells Executive Editor Sandeep Unnithan that the Indian navy is fully prepared to meet the Chinese threat

Our First Space Man

When IAF officer Sqn Ldr RAKESH SHARMA flew aboard a Soyuz T11 spacecraft on April 2, 1984, he became the first Indian to journey into space. He spent 7 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes aboard the Salyut 7 orbital station along with two Soviet astronauts, Yury Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. Now leading a retired life in the Nilgiris, Sharma, 69, is happy his record of being the only Indian in space will soon be broken if the ISRO mission succeeds. He describes the incredible experience in his own words:

A Silent Breakthrough

In the past decade, the state has become an exemplar of fiscal prudence and targeted spending on infrastructure and growth. But it needs to industrialise rapidly and improve agricultural productivity to check migration out of the state and alleviate poverty.

The Angry Voice

EACH OF BRITISH SINGER AND rapper M.I.A. aka Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam’s three identities are namechecked in the title of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., a new documentary made by her college friend Steve Loveridge.

The Killings Spill Over

Governor Satya Pal Malik’s Placatory Gestures Seem To Have Fallen On Deaf Ears.

Who Pays For The Party?

Election funding in India remains an opaque, black money-driven exercise, and the ‘reforms’ have only made it worse.

'Every Indian In Assam Will Be Safeguarded'

This November, SARBANANDA SONOWAL, chief minister of the first-ever BJP government in Assam, completes two-and-a-half years in office. Hailed in his home state as a ‘jatiya mahanayak’ (people’s hero), who almost single-handedly won the battle to have the Illegal Migrants Act, 1983, repealed by the Supreme Court, Sonowal heads the state at a time when the citizenship question in Assam has become a polarising national issue. The state’s two valleys—Brahmaputra and Barak—are sharply divided over the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. In an exclusive interview with india today Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Senior Associate Editor KAUSHIK DEKA, the 57-year-old debutant chief minister talks candidly about his accomplishments, challenges and future plans

A Modern Marvel

In this apartment in Marina Arcade in Dubai, simplicity and sophistication coexist with functionality, colour and craft. Designed by Roar (formerly called Pallavi Dean Interiors), the space is a celebration of fuss-free, contemporary design.

Crafted With Care

Luxury meets comfort and good design in this home by Studio Osmosis in one of Mumbai’s toniest apartment complexes

As Urjit Patel Exits The RBI, Can The Central Bank Maintain Its Autonomy!

As Urjit Patel moves out of the RBI and Shaktikanta Das moves in, it’ll be of interest to see how the central bank upholds its autonomy even as it liaises with the government on fixes for a slowing, shaky economy

It Was A Trap, People Were Waiting To Nab Me

“I am Hamid Ansari and I am not a spy,” says the man who has just returned to his family and his country after six years in a Pakistani prison. Ansari says he had entered Pakistan for love, and when reality struck, he was caught in the India-Pakistan diplomatic heat. After 2,232 days in captivity, he speaks to Geeta Mohan.

A Whiff Of Justice, 34 Years After

In August this year, Rahul Gandhi, speaking before an audience of parliamentarians and local leaders in London, distanced his family and the Congress party from the carnage that followed his grandmother Indira Gandhi’s assassination in October 1984.

Of Dreams & Drapes

Rooted in small-town values and affecting an old-world charm, a crop of new designers is digging deep into history and nostalgia to make a style statement.

P. Jayalalithaa, A One-Woman Roadshow

Confident of winning a second term and unchallenged within the AIADMK, Jayalalithaa is a one-woman roadshow

Will BJP's Strategy To Blame Sonia Gandhi For The AgustaWestland Scam Work?

Will the BJP’s strategy to pin the blame for the Agustawestland scam on Sonia Gandhi work?

Lingayat Setback For BJP

Mutt pontiffs come out in support of the Congress.

Diggi Raja Is Back

Digvijaya Singh’s Narmada pilgrimage is over. What will be his next play?

Remains Of The Day

They Went Chasing a Dream That Turned Into a Nightmare. The Story of One Man, Manjinder, Reflects the Collective Tragedy of Mosul

The Bajwa Outreach Plan

As Pakistan hurtles towards a third consecutive general election, the country’s most powerful man, the avowedly apolitical army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, is the one making the headlines

A Movement Divided

Cracks in maratha body will likely bring relief to the BJP

Bad But Brilliant

Vijay Sethupathi, Tamil cinema’s new favourite, makes the villain as big as the hero in Vikram Vedha—which celebrated a 50-day run of packed theatres. Dressed in casuals and slippers, with only a printed yellow scarf for pizzazz, he nevertheless oozes charisma.

Out Of The Box

One of the regions best-known multi-brand store, Kapsons, has some of the finest brands from across the globe and plans to open more outlets