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DELHI BELLY

A high jinks whodunnit by Anuja Chauhan is the laughter tonic we all need

Ready to sell

India is set to become a competitive exporter in the global defence market

Kerala Polls - A Date Wuth History

Coalitions led by CPI(M), Congress and BJP are locked in a fierce, fluctuating contest in Kerala. A resurgent Congress and a belligerent BJP are trying hard to deny the left parties a historymaking victory in their last bastion. No matter which party wins, the state is likely to lose one thing: its long-held political equilibrium

TDP is tired

With questions being raised about Chandrababu Naidu’s future, even TDP insiders feel that the road ahead will be tough for him

Sex and the CD

A leaked sex tape lands the BJP government in hot water

Tiger in a tight spot

Shiv Sena finds itself cornered over its former minister’s alleged involvement in the death of a 22-year-old woman

Sleuthing season

Weeks before the West Bengal elections, the CBI intensifies its focus on three cases with major political implications

Inequality begins at home

One of the big untold stories of the pandemic year will be how it impacted women. With families forced to hunker down and work from home—this may possibly become the norm even when things fully normalise—women, in India and elsewhere, are reeling under the consequences.

KNIGHT AT 99

Mangaluru’s nonagenarian traffic warden and his squad are on a mission to make roads safe

All quiet on the western front

Most of the world and its elder brothers in Washington believe that there is so much distrust between India and Pakistan that the two might go to war at the drop of a brass hat.

A LOVE STORY LIKE NO OTHER

Hollywood actor Matthew McConaughey bares it all in his debut book—from the personal to the profound

Parineeti Chopra Discovered A New Facet Of Her Acting

While filming on The Girl on the Train, Parineeti Chopra discovered a new facet of her acting

The Planet & I

Climate disasters have turned from newspaper stories to personal experiences

Poach and win

The success of ‘Operation Lotus’ and the arrival of the new lieutenant governor shake up Puducherry politics

Digital detox

Enforcement agencies need to take strong measures to boost the confidence of netizens in cybercrime investigations

Home alone

The small community of non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits feels isolated with no hope for a future in its homeland

You can't digitise shopping experience

Gautam Singhania, chairman & managing director, Raymond

If the BJP can stay united, it can at least become a kingmaker

E. Sreedharan, technocrat-politician

Talking amid turbulence

Even as violence mars the state elections, the Congress-left combine tries to stitch up a grand alliance with Abbas Siddiqui’s ISF

Sea change

The Puducherry beach I grew up by is just a wall of granite rocks today

Bad air days

The Delhi of my childhood is vastly different from the one in which my children are growing up

Disha Ravi And The Conspiracy Theories

The Delhi Police is probing an alleged conspiracy by an overseas network to ‘instigate’the farmers’protests. At the heart of it is a 22-year-old passionate about the environment

D Company Looks For A New CEO

THE INSIDE STORY: Sensing winds of change, an ageing Dawood Ibrahim is preparing to make way for a successor. Five candidates are up for the top job, including his deeply religious son and a savvy son-in-law. The Week looks at the gathering succession storm in the D Company, and how its outcome depends on the powerful lieutenants who now run Dawood’s corporate-like criminal empire

A Blanket Cryptocurrency Ban Would Hamper India's Potential As A Fintech Hub

A blanket cryptocurrency ban would hamper India’s potential as a fintech hub

INTO THE SOUTHEASTER

Rahul Gandhi will be the Congress’s lead campaigner in the upcoming assembly elections, but whether or not he will return as party president could depend on the poll results

Turbulent ties

The Uddhav Thackeray government’s denial of the state’s official aircraft to Governor B.S. Koshyari marks a new low in the ongoing feud between the two constitutional authorities

Demolition man

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s battle against corruption is starting to look like a crusade against the Shiv Sena

Eating right

Madhya Pradesh aims to eradicate malnutrition by giving children and women the right to nutrition

Return of the past

The chance discovery of a 550-million-yearold fossil at Bhimbetka puts the caves back in the international spotlight

Summer retreat

Even as disengagement progresses in eastern Ladakh, India will have to be wary of China’s intentions post-winter