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Public anger mounting over Amritsar train tragedy as authorities play blame game

There’s been no move to track Dussehra event organiser Mithu Madaan. Two inquiries have been ordered — one administrative, the other a criminal probe.

Behind CBI’s No. 1 versus No. 2 battle is also a turf war in Modi’s PMO

NSA Ajit Doval is said to be backing CBI director Alok Verma, while special director Rakesh Asthana has the support of P.K. Misra, a top PMO official.

How India’s #MeToo campaign is different from the trailblazer in the US

America was more focused on workplace harassment. India’s #MeToo campaign has taken on a more diffuse character.

PM Modi summons CBI’s top two cops, agency arrests its own DSP Devender Kumar

Devender Kumar was arrested for allegedly forging a statement to assist CBI's No. 2 Asthana in his corruption complaint against agency director Verma.

Priest who was key witness in Kerala nun rape case dead, cops say it could be heart attack

Father Kuriakose Kattuthara was found dead in his room Monday. Police believe he died of natural causes, but have not ruled out foul play yet.

BJP threatened petrol pump owners of I-T raids if not gone on strike: Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi govt refused to reduce VAT on fuels, because of which 400 CNG and petrol pumps in New Delhi remained shut Monday. 

Film director Vikas Bahl calls #MeToo allegations against him ‘false, malicious and motivated’

Vikas Bahl said his former partners Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane have tried to malign his reputation to settle personal scores.

Under Modi govt, number of crorepati taxpayers has risen by 60%

Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman Sushil Chandra says these numbers are a result of a number of efforts by the tax department over the last few years

China to ban eco-unfriendly vehicles at the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet

Locals will be employed as tour guides and drivers of new electric golf-style buggies to and from the camp.

‘Money, power & harassment’: Complaint that landed CBI No. 2 Rakesh Asthana in a soup

Hyderabad businessman Sathish Babu Sana has alleged that CBI officers Rakesh Asthana and Devender Kumar ‘harassed’ him into paying Rs 5 crore.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

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.