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Railway Board pulls up officer for criticising ministry, seeks ‘immediate repatriation’

Sanjiv Kumar, currently an OSD with the DoPT, is under the scanner for a piece on a website criticising the board and the railway minister.

Meghalaya miners remain trapped as high water level forces Navy to halt rescue ops

Indian Navy divers who went inside the 370-foot-deep pit found some wooden structures and coal lying at the bottom. 

IIT visiting fellow, geophysicist & MSc topper: UP VC who ‘incited students to murder’

Raja Ram Yadav was appointed the vice-chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Jaunpur last year.

Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, surrenders before Delhi court

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar surrendered before the Karkardooma Court in Delhi to serve out his life sentence.

Jaitley, Rafale, Padmaavat — name a cause & this Supreme Court lawyer is ready with a case

Supreme Court advocate M.L. Sharma has been fined and reprimanded several times for his frivolous PILs, but that hasn’t stopped him.

More than 14 per cent villages in India don’t have any school, shows govt data

Rural Development Ministry data shows access to highest level of school education remains a concern, only 6.57 per cent villages have up to senior secondary schools. 

Modi govt hasn’t delivered on its biggest education promise yet

BJP had promised a new education policy to replace the 32-year-old existing one, but after four years, the draft is yet to be submitted.

Despite Modi’s promise, one more year passes without IAF getting its fighter jets

IAF will be down to just 29 squadrons by March, against sanctioned 42. Rafale controversy is being blamed for slowing down acquisition process.

Bangladesh’s Hasina gains early vote lead in bid for fourth term

The results put Sheikh Hasina, 71, in position to extend her rule as longest-serving premier since independence in 1971.

Nation mourns Madhukar Shetty, IPS officer who checked illegal mining, helped the poor

IPS officer Madhukar Shetty died of lung- and heart-related complications in Hyderabad Saturday.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?