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Bulandshahr a reality check for Yogi Adityanath — star outside UP, question mark at home

Bulandshahr violence comes when Adityanath is BJP’s star campaigner. It goes against Modi’s claim of good governance and questions CM’s ability to rule.

In #MeToo era, women in finance are losing critical male mentors

Men can also simply avoid being jerks.

NGT fines Arvind Kejriwal govt Rs 25 crore for letting Delhi choke

Tribunal says money should be deposited with central pollution borad, says failure to abide by order will lead to a further Rs 10 crore per month fine.

Coal scam convict HC Gupta’s son wants to be an ‘upright’ IAS officer just like his father

HC Gupta’s son Sarthak says his father’s legal tribulations over the coal scam have been ‘disheartening’, but he is driven to enter the IAS.

Supreme Court allows income tax department to reopen National Herald tax case against Rahul & Sonia

Supreme Court, however, restrained the I-T department from implementing its order in the proceedings against Rahul and Sonia Gandhi till the pendency of the matter before the court.

More than 4,000 cases pending against MPs & MLAs, says report submitted in Supreme Court

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi will take up the issue of criminal cases against the present and former legislators on a PIL.

Investigative agencies should maintain integrity, professional standards: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley laid out a 'few cardinal affairs' which every investigative agency should follow to achieve the utmost level of perfection.

Court asks why Sohrabuddin probe was silent on Tulsiram Prajapati till CBI took over

A CBI court asks whether there was investigation on the reason why Sohrabuddin Sheikh was linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba in the Gujarat police FIR.

India’s battle with the world’s worst smog is caught in a bureaucratic haze

The sheer scale of India’s toxic skies is making progress in the fight to reduce pollution difficult.

Patients hurt by faulty Johnson & Johnson hip implants to begin getting damages soon

The government has sent Johnson & Johnson the formula devised to compensate patients for the faulty hip implants. The firm has sought some time to respond.

On Camera

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.