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Noida’s Sports City is the biggest scam in its 50-year history. CBI probe to court cases

“The Sports City scam is a story of a nexus of builders and authority officials,” said Anu Khan, lawyer and president of Noida Extension Flat Owners and Members Association.

The Great Bastar Makeover—from red corridor to green tourism

Jagdalpur DM wanted to empower the district's cultural exchange. His goal was to record a Coke Studio song infused with Bastar folk music. What came of that ambition was Jadoo Bastar.

Rajasthan village gets a dream school from Mumbai business tycoon. Sparks a rush in Rajsamand

Luxury-style government school in Rajasthan's Shishoda Kalan offers world-class facilities to its 300 students. Its former student Meghraj Jain heads Mangal Group.

Noida’s best-kept secret—its Mughal, Maratha, Bhagat Singh history

Noida was part of the Mughal empire for centuries. It’s where the British fought the Marathas. And it was Bhagat Singh’s hideout as he plotted against the colonisers.

The idea of Noida. The bad boy of NCR, Mall of India swag, a culture vacuum

Noida is full of people who live like they’re being watched by a hidden camera, by god, or by their invisible enemies, says filmmaker and podcaster Anurag Minus Verma.

6 years, 400 trials, and a breakthrough—how Kashmir gave India its first gene-edited sheep

Two female lambs were born to a single recipient female at Srinagar’s Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. But only one had the muscle-growth gene successfully altered.

At 50, Noida doesn’t know what it wants to be—cosmopolitan city or industrial utopia

Planned as an industrial township in the 1970s, Noida has evolved. It’s no longer Delhi’s soot-covered cousin, with businesses producing goods to fuel the nation’s economic engine.

Nava Raipur is becoming the capital it was meant to be. ‘Edu city, spiritual city, IT city’

Chhattisgarh’s administrative capital Nava Raipur stayed half-empty for 20 years. Now, with MoUs signed, ministers moving in, and cafes opening, the city is stirring to life.

Police used brain forensics in 700 cases even though it’s banned as court evidence

As India’s criminal justice system grapples with how to use BEOS, the government has made forensic sciences a top national priority. The country aims to have at least 150,000 forensic experts by 2028.

Rs 6,000-cr stadium, weekly meetings, 2030 CWG pitch—Ahmedabad’s Olympic plan speeds up

How Ahmedabad is racing to become India’s next sporting capital. It’s all hands on deck.

On Camera

Pakistan will regret letting the Army back in

While the "establishment" has enjoyed a large share of power, last week's constitutional amendments gave Army chief Asim Munir additional powers and lifelong immunity from prosecution.

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.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.