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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Ground Reports

A casket, poster & 3 photos—what’s left after the Meitei man’s funeral in Manipur

Mayanglambam Rishikanta Singh, 31, was killed on 21 January, a month after he began living with his Kuki partner.

The Solan mushroom ‘bank’ helping farmers grow empires, UP to Odisha

Farmers and entrepreneurs from across India flock to the ICAR-Directorate of Mushroom Research for training. One Maharashtra trainee went from Rs 10,000 a month to a Rs 75 crore turnover.

A dangerous love in Manipur. ‘Arrest the Kuki woman’ is the new protest slogan

In Kaching, dozens of women sit beneath a tree, wearing white shawls with posters that read: ‘Punish Kuki terrorists’, ‘we condemn killing of Rishikanta’.

Inside Emraan Hashmi fanclubs. They’re done whispering & living in shadows

Loving Emraan Hashmi is no longer a guilty pleasure. A legion of closet fans, including women, are now proudly proclaiming their status as ‘Emranians’.

A Ranchi boy reading at a petrol pump went viral. What came next

Alex Munda, 7, became an internet sensation in Jharkhand after a video of him studying under petrol pump lights went viral. Electricity and other benefits are now arriving, but so are new problems.

Khelo India under-performing—missing athletes, limited scholarship, poor Centre-state synergy

The management is getting worse. We have seen the worst quality of equipment being used, said a head coach who travelled from Delhi to Jaipur for Khelo India.

‘Borewell boy’ Prince is now a 23-yr-old plumber. ‘Same urgency could have saved Noida techie’

in 2006, Prince Kashyap from Haryana's Kurukshetra was pulled out alive from a borewell after 50 hours of national attention. Noida techie Yuvraj Mehta died in Noida last week without the same urgency.

Gurugram is waging a new class war. Now fight is over gig workers’ parking lots & toilets

In Gurugram’s Hayatpur, an SUV owner tried running over a delivery executive after a dispute over delivery bikes’ parking space. A Swiggy dark store is located in this neighbourhood.

Noida Sector 150 residents up in arms after techie death. ‘We live Ram ke bharose like beggars’

Residents of Eureka Towers, ATS, and Eldeco in Sector 150 had approached the Noida Authority repeatedly. The pit that claimed an engineer's life was not the only problem.

Jewar farmers are crorepatis now. They’re investing in stocks & mutual funds, not just land

A new pattern has emerged across the region: Farmers are converting compensation into long-term wealth by making strategic land investments around Jewar.

On Camera

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

In the Trudeaus’ case, the spectacle distracted from the diplomatic agenda, whereas von der Leyen’s look enhanced the moment.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.