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Mumbai wants to go as high as Tokyo & New York but where’s the infrastructure on the ground?

Maharashtra govt to allow more growth on a given plot area, and let affordable housing be built in former No-Development Zones and salt pan land.

Caught in controversies, Election Commission turns to 11 ex-chiefs for lessons before 2019

The 21 May meeting is being viewed as a damage-control exercise after some political parties questioned the credibility and independence of the Election Commission.

Modi govt takes on SC again, appoints Indu Malhotra but doesn’t clear K.M. Joseph

The move is bound to be controversial, and it is unclear whether the Centre took CJI Dipak Misra into confidence before taking the decision.

Kafeel Khan, the doctor jailed for the Gorakhpur child deaths tragedy, gets bail

Khan, who recently wrote an open letter, claims that he had been made a scapegoat for what was essentially an administrative failure.

On Asaram ashram’s website, Modi, Sibal & Vajpayee have left suspiciously glowing praises

The testimonies were all published on the same day, about two years after the godman was arrested for the rape of a minor, and offer similar lofty tributes.

‘He was my God. To see him undress and assault me made me numb’

The girl’s statements to police and the court, as well as the chargesheet, lay bare a chilling account of a minor assaulted by a ‘man of God’ she and her family deeply revered.

India’s film heritage ‘lies in shambles’, govt set to probe own preservation scheme

The decision comes after a team visited Pune to inspect the scheme’s implementation, and found a whole host of problems despite the expenditure of Rs 30 crore.

‘Shocking and startling facts’ revealed about the Delhi Zoo in a govt report

Charges levelled include mysterious deaths, no postmortems, illegal capturing and housing of animals, manipulation of records and criminal conspiracy.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra silent on plea for full-court meeting to resolve crisis

All judges of the apex court assemble for a full-court meeting when a matter of public importance relating to the judiciary comes up. It is called by the CJI.

Self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram found guilty of raping minor girl

The verdict was delivered in the Jodhpur Central jail premises Wednesday. Asaram was arrested in 2013 after a minor had filed a case of sexual assault.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

FM Sitharaman stresses govt’s manufacturing focus at a time when ‘some economists’ advise otherwise

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.