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I&B ministry terminates senior NFDC officer for irregularities & not following procedure

The I&B ministry relieved managing director Nina Lath Gupta on the basis of an audit report commissioned three years ago.

We’ll fly you back to India, CBI tells Nirav Modi. I’m too busy, he replies

CBI informs him it is mandatory for a suspect to respond to summons and join the probe, he doesn’t reply to the second email.

India trashes Canada theory that govt invited Sikh militant Atwal to Trudeau dinner

A senior Canadian security official said that some Indian government elements tried to sabotage Trudeau’s visit to India by inviting Atwal to dinner.

Even a personal phone call from Amit Shah couldn’t keep Jitan Ram Manjhi in NDA fold

Former Bihar CM quits NDA and joins hands with RJD. He had been unhappy since his son wasn’t accommodated in the JD(U)-BJP ministry formed last year.

In Maharashtra, Congress-NCP target BJP govt for neglecting Marathi

Govt fails to provide Marathi translation of governor’s speech, drops a ‘significant’ stanza from the recital of a poem. Shiv Sena sides with opposition.

Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram arrested by CBI

Karti Chidambaram has been arrested for money laundering, had received over Rs 300 crore when his father was union finance minister. 

Age no bar: Why Yeddyurappa is BJP’s best bet in poll-bound Karnataka

Yeddyurappa has been tainted by allegations of corruption and doesn't have a flattering record. But the BJP remains dependent on the Lingayat leader to reclaim power in Karnataka. 

Ex-Punjab minister refused to get bullet fired by Atwal removed from his body

Malkiat Singh Sidhu called it a ‘souvenir from Canada’ and it remained with him till he died in another militant attack in his hometown Moga.

‘Do they roam naked?’: Debunking myths about Nagas & India’s oldest separatist movement

ThePrint brings you an explainer on the people and culture of a region, which is witness to India’s oldest separatist movement.

Babul Supriyo wins a battle against Pakistani artists, but Bollywood isn’t losing the war

Minister and singer Babul Supriyo has demanded a ban on all Pakistani artists in Bollywood, but the threat might not be taken too seriously.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.