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MP’s Nepanagar forest is the new battleground. IPS, IFS, tribals, activists, mafia at war

Three district forest officers have been transferred out of Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district, and two of them served for less than two months.

No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

Haryana pregnant women have found many ways to get around 3 decades of sex determination ban

After the launch of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign in 2015, Haryana's sex ratio at birth was improving. But since 2020, there’s been a steady decline, with the SRB dipping by 11 points between January and May this year.

LuLu Group is the new mall builder in Modi’s India. Goes with Middle East diplomacy

CEO Yusuff Ali spans political divide. LuLu is present in BJP CMs Adityanath’s UP and Bhupendra Patel’s Gujarat, centrally ruled Kashmir, and CPI CM Vijayan’s Kerala.

Indian LGBTQ+ fiction is out of the ‘cupboard’. With a non-elitist, non-Western language

Two out of eight customers walking into New Delhi’s Eureka Bookstore ask for LGBTQ-themed books.

SVF is West Bengal’s own YRF. But this Tollywood kingmaker began with a rejection

Begun by two cousins in the 1990s, SVF has its fingers in many pies from film and TV to OTT platform Hoichoi. It has also constructed almost 20 theatres across West Bengal.

There’s a new revolution in Indian cities. And Kota’s Chambal riverfront is set to join it

Every city wanted a mall in early 2000s, then they raced to build Metros. Now it’s the riverfront rush.

In Assam, trains prey on elephants. But Haati Mitras, AI have been defeating them for 4 yrs

About 30-40 trains traverse the Kamakhya-Azara section, also known as Deepor Beel corridor, on a daily basis. In the 5 km stretch, 3.5 km is designated as an elephant corridor.

Everyone’s a therapist in India—influencers, dentists, homeopaths. It’s the new epidemic

India has a new mental health challenge—how to find a real therapist and stop worrying about the cost.

Andhra Pradesh is bracing for a school revolution—Byju’s tablets & bilingual textbooks

Andhra Pradesh's new textbooks-tablet initiative comes straight from CM Jagan Mohan Reddy. It's a move aimed at creating global citizens in schools.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.