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For first time since 2002, riot police deployed in Gujarat elections

Personnel of the Rapid Action Force will be deployed in about six sensitive constituencies that will be voting in the second phase of Gujarat elections.

Delhi cancels licence of Max Hospital branch that wrongly declared a baby dead

The probe by the state government revealed the hospital was guilty of negligence, the Delhi health minister said.

Revealed: What created confusion about whom Kapil Sibal appeared for in Babri Masjid case

Senior lawyer and Congress leader was representing the legal heir of the oldest litigant in the Ayodhya case, not the Sunni Waqf Board.

The failure that is India’s first monorail

At 17,000 a day, ridership is a far cry from glossy estimates of 1.5 lakhs; government not keen on expanding monorail network after failure of the first line.

Fortis made a 108% profit on the treatment of the child who died of dengue

Health minister Anil Vij says FIR will be lodged against the hospital administration and doctors under relevant sections of the IPC.

Mary Kom quits, Sushil Kumar and Akhil Kumar likely to be knocked out of observer posts

The three athletes have returned to active sports, and the government feels this could lead to a conflict of interest. It is considering replacing them soon.

Decongesting Mumbai, so far a mission impossible

Mumbai is the world’s 2nd most congested city, making it lose its sheen as India’s financial capital. State govt’s plans to expand it have gone nowhere.

There’s no crop burning presently, so why is Delhi’s air so polluted?

Traditional sources of pollution combined with weather factors have resulted in Delhi's air quality worsening again. 

Madhya Pradesh clears bill to hang child rapists, legal experts say it’s a really bad idea

Legal experts say it could increase under-reporting of cases and put the lives of children in danger.

From posh areas to slums, India is unable to get rid of its encroachment problem

Top NDMC official says religious structures are a dicey matter, but the law comes first; even agencies in Mumbai chalk out a plan to relocate such structures.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.