Ground Reports

The former Daewoo Motors factory in Greater Noida was sealed after a real-estate company was caught brazenly felling trees not once, but twice. It’s a first for a private property here.

The BIBCOL factory in UP’s Bulandhshahr was at the forefront of India’s fight against polio. But it hasn’t produced a single vaccine since December 2022 despite being in working order.

Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad is using sophisticated instruments to study Stone Age tools, paleo microbes, ancient soot to solve both past mysteries and looming crises.

Osho trust’s bid to sell Rs 107-cr plot in Pune meditation resort has split followers. ‘Rebel’ swamis are leading a spirited campaign against ‘neo-colonial takeover’.

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

The Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute is threatening Dhar's tenuous ‘peace’ arrangement in place since 2003, when the ASI came up with a plan: Hindus will perform puja on Tuesdays and Muslims will offer namaz on Fridays. Local Hindutva groups, RSS, and BJP are rallying followers on WhatsApp to come and pray at the site in large numbers this Tuesday.

Arora’s dialogues are informed by life and conversations in small town. And there is a certain contemporariness that is hard to miss.

Kanpur’s business heirs have travelled the world, studied abroad, partied with A-listers, and are now home to run family enterprises. But Kanpur is yet to catch up with their luxe lifestyle.

An ill-thought, knee-jerk decision led workers to shift to a dangerous chemical that has left at least 16 dead and over 300 injured in the past 5 years.

Instead of protecting the leopards, hyenas, civets, jackals, nilgai, and other animals, Delhi forest officials are crossing swords with bootleggers. Except, they are doing it with batons and sticks.