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IPS officer won shooting gold at World Police Games. Army dreams broke, Olympic aim alive

From shooting at Dalda dabbas as a child to winning 10-metre air rifle gold at World Police Games, IPS officer Ingit Pratap Singh is chasing his Olympic dream. ‘I live a boring life to achieve this.’

Fear of criminals and cops—Bihar traders say ‘it’s jungle raj’, want Yogi-style justice

Businessman Gopal Khemka’s murder has rattled Bihar traders. With crime rising and police busy chasing liquor, the Nitish Kumar government faces a reckoning just months before Assembly elections.

Three women over 60 are redefining Delhi theatre. ‘People think we’re mad’

At Three Arts Club, Sohaila Kapur, Anuradha Dar, and Anuradha Kapur make theatre on their own terms. ‘Our audiences respond to that honesty.’

Delhi’s Rs 1,500 crore Signature Bridge has no CCTV. DU student’s death sparks safety alarm

One of Sneha's friends present at her Saket residence confirmed that a suicide note was found in her room, in which she expressed feelings of failure and said she had decided to end her life.

Ambitious, online, independent—Radhika Yadav killed by father she once danced with after wins

Tennis player Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her father in Gurugram. Her crime? Being successful, ambitious, and visible online. A chilling case of patriarchy.

Ranthambhore tiger reserve is paying the price of success

Ranthambhore’s popularity has come at a hefty price. And officials are now contemplating a zoo-like space outside the forest in a bid to satiate tourist hunger.

Patna University’s lottery appointment tries to fix nepotism. It isn’t just a Bihar problem

Some see the appointment of principals through a lottery as a progressive step that can shake up Bihar’s higher education that has remained in a state of comatose since the late 1980s.

Delhi’s Nehru Planetarium is floundering. No director since 2021

The allocation for outreach programmes by the planetarium saw a dip after 2022. From Rs 29-31 lakh, it went down to Rs 16 lakh in the year 2023-24, and then just Rs 11 lakh in 2024-25.

Does Kashmir’s history begin and end with Islam? First excavation to explore the unknown

The dig in Zehampora, Baramulla is being led by a small army of archaeologists from the Department of Central Asian Studies at Kashmir University — where archaeology was introduced as a formal discipline only in 2017.

Gurugram or Kudagram? Elites are furious over the garbage emergency

Viral X posts by a French expat and former Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor have set off fresh outrage over Gurugram’s festering waste crisis. It affects rich and poor alike—‘We are surrounded by filth.’

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.