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Alia Bhatt is another Indian victim who lost the privacy war. Spammers, paparazzi have won

Whether it's Alia Bhatt being secretly photographed at her home or common citizens being scammed, we have all lost the battle against being treated as commodities.

3 reasons why the Modi govt ordered an I-T raid on BBC — none of them makes sense

The move against BBC mirrors Indira Gandhi’s tactics during the Emergency. She learnt from her mistakes, will the BJP?

Indian police will shut cities down to protect VIPs. Just see what Gurugram did

President Droupadi Murmu's recent trip to Gurugram exposed how India's police forces are good at filling jeeps with armed ‘commandos’ but only as an eyewash.

Bharat Jodo Yatra gives Rahul Gandhi second chance, has killed ‘foolish dilettante’ image

There was no way a flailing dynast could have taken on a leader like Narendra Modi. But now, with the change in the way he is perceived, Rahul Gandhi finally has a shot.

Pathaan is not just any other Hindi movie. It’s a battle for India

Given the frenzy of Hindutva right's boycott campaign, many believed that Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had flopped even before it was released. We are seeing how wrong they were.

PM Sharif’s remark shows Pakistan still obsessed with India. Fortunately, we aren’t anymore

Even if we do not feel especially warmly towards Pakistan, it hardly dominates our thoughts.

Bharat Jodo Yatra has transformed Rahul’s image. But no guarantee of electoral victory

Freed of the burden of having led the party, Rahul has finally let his own personality emerge. He’s putting in the hard work required to change his image.

Air India incident shows Indians are world’s worst passengers. Fine them, arrest them

People within the airline business blame democratisation of air travel but the Air India incident shows that even business class passengers can behave badly.

Modi’s failures are quickly forgotten but not BJP’s—What 2022 taught us about Indian politics

Jawaharlal Nehru is still ahead and so is Indira Gandhi. But it's clear that Narendra Modi is catching up fast.

Elon Musk has become a joke like Trump. He’s also accelerating Twitter’s decline

When Elon Musk turned Tesla into a behemoth, he pulled the same stunts he did with Twitter—fire people, make them work crazy hours, behave like a megalomaniac.

On Camera

Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many agencies, no one to blame

As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

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.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?