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Vicious web

A seemingly innocuous social media post turned Ketaki Chitale’s life upside down

SOLO assassins

Extremist ideologies enabled by the internet and social media platforms are leading to lone-wolf terrorism, posing a major challenge for law enforcement agencies

Down, but not out

Despite recent legal setbacks, people who survived the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre are still hopeful of getting justice

Project runway

New airlines and more flyers will hit air pockets if India does not ramp up its airports

I'm looking at 40 crore air travellers by 2027

INTERVIEW Jyotiraditya Scindia, civil aviation minister

Becoming Mithali

Portraying a demure Mithali Raj on-screen was no easy task for the feisty Taapsee Pannu

Riding Into A Himalayan Sunset, Phone-Less And Free

Riding into a Himalayan sunset, phone-less and free

No Financial Consideration Behind Agnipath

Though the protests against Agnipath have subsided, the debate continues—not only among veterans and aspirants, but also among serving personnel. The concerns are mostly about Agniveers being without jobs after serving four years. There is also a fear that the scheme may bring an end to the century-old regimental ethos that made the Indian military one of the world's finest fighting machines. However, the military leadership has welcomed the scheme. Among the chiefs, Admiral R. Hari Kumar has been the most vocal, calling it “transformational”. Excerpts from an interview:

Battle For Survival For Uddhav Thackeray

Two simultaneous battles have been tearing the Shiv Sena apart-one for control of the legislative party, and another for securing Balasaheb's political legacy. Winning just one may not be enough to win the larger political war

This is nothing but operation lotus

INTERVIEW: SHARAD PAWAR NCP president

No way down

A 26-year-old Indian woman joins the league of faster-and-higher conquerors of the death-zone mountains

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Actor Kubbra Sait has made the best lemonade with the lemons that life gave her

THIS FILM CAN'T SINK!

Twenty-five years after it was released, James Cameron’s Titanic continues to enthral audiences in India

Sena will survive

The Shiv Sena was born out of the anger of the Marathi people against the then prevailing polity. As long as the sentiment stays, so will the party

MURDEROUS LOVE

A long-running, high-stakes investigation into a crime of passion in the peace-loving city of Chandigarh has a new twist

Missing charisma

The leadership tussle in AIADMK exposes how it has turned into a shadow of its former self sans icons like MGR and Jayalalithaa

Ram Nath Kovind, Serving The Common Man

President Ram Nath Kovind shunned publicity and broke the strict protocol associated with the top constitutional position

Brown Girls In The Ring

With shows like Bridgerton 2, Never Have I Ever and Ms Marvel, South Asian women are beginning to own their power... or, in one case, superpower

Online Fraud: The Guys Who Con You

India has become home to a vast network of digital crooks

SPAM REPUBLIC

The anatomy of a cybercrime hub

We should constantly question authority

INTERVIEW NAUSHAD FORBES INDUSTRIALIST

Troubleshooter to troublemaker

The Thackerays can only blame themselves for the revolt by Eknath Shinde

SMALL TOWN SHENANIGANS

Meet the makers of Suzhal: The Vortex, the Tamil web series everyone is talking about

LOFTY HEIGHTS

On June 22, Droupadi Murmu reached the Brahma Kumaris centre at Rairangpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Inmates of the centre, including its in-charge, Brahma Kumari Supriya, were pleasantly surprised to see the presidential candidate of the BJP-led ruling alliance paying them a visit.

Pine for prudence

Forest fires are ravaging Uttarakhand. The crisis calls for policies based on a proper understanding of science

GIANT LEAP

A rare find of an 'egg-in-egg' fossil in Madhya Pradesh has given rise to a hypothesis that titanosaurid sauropods could be closer to birds than reptiles

FIRE, ALARM

Aspirants and veterans are not convinced that the Agnipath scheme will work

EXTENT OF THE PRESIDENT

Powerful aggregators of people's grievances, Indian presidents have enriched democratic values by playing the role of a guardian

DROUPADI'S INDRAPRASTHA

By selecting Droupadi Murmu as its presidential candidate, the BJP has ticked all the right boxes. Highlighting her journey from India's tribal heartland to the pinnacle of its constitutional establishment is part of the party's grand strategy to engage marginalised communities and consolidate its hold on power

(P)RESIDING OVER RAISINA

The first woman president of India looks back at her time in the Rashtrapati Bhavan