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Delhi poll result isn’t just Brand Kejriwal losing sheen. BJP stepping out of Modi shadow too

The BJP's victory in the Delhi Assembly election 2025 is another sign that the party is readying up well for the post-Modi era.

A hunt for dunki agents in Punjab, Haryana is on. FIRs, raids, demand for lost money

Police in both states have started summoning deportees for information on the dunki route touts. Some immigration centres are scrambling to obtain legal certifications.

UK-Brazil-Colombia-Panama-Costa Rica-Mexico-California—route a deported Indian took to reach US

'US is far away, brother. You’re going to India,' the US official told a handcuffed passenger onboard the C17 Globemaster carrying 104 Indians from America to Amritsar.

I risked everything for America—confinement, torture: Robin Handa returns to Haryana

Robin Handa’s father paid Rs 45 lakh to send his son to America via the ‘dunki’ route – portrayed in Shah Rukh Khan’s 2023 film of the same name. The endeavour cost him a chunk of his land.

India can’t sit at high table with this defence budget. Viksit Bharat 2047 is impossible

Adopting a similar model to China, India should transform its armed forces to be in a position to challenge Beijing by 2035 and seek parity in military prowess by 2047.

Air India has a problem. It should be much better run now without the political meddling

Ratan Tata once told me that if the Tatas ever took over Air India, he would complete the job he was unable to. The company needs to make good on that promise & not besmirch the memory of Ratan and JRD.

Bengaluru is running out of leopard shelter space. People’s panic isn’t helping

The leopard population in Bengaluru's Bannerghatta Rescue Centre has reached an all-time high, straining space and finances. Social media-fuelled fear is making it worse.

A Tamil Nadu mill is also a college. Workers graduate & get jobs in Tata, Mahindra

A Coimbatore mill’s women workers stitch garments for H&M, Marks & Spencer, and Decathlon during the day and weave dreams of graduating in the evening.

How Rajasthan’s school mergers threaten the future of 1st-generation learners, especially girls

The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan has set into motion the merger of 449 schools with larger, better-performing schools in their vicinity.

These chefs are done taking orders. They’re turning entrepreneurs

From Regi Mathew’s Kappa Chakka Kandhari to Saransh Goila’s butter chicken chain and Manu Chandra’s multi-brand business, chefs are cashing in on India’s appetite for new flavours.

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.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

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.