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Inside Emraan Hashmi fanclubs. They’re done whispering & living in shadows

Loving Emraan Hashmi is no longer a guilty pleasure. A legion of closet fans, including women, are now proudly proclaiming their status as ‘Emranians’.

From breakaway to breakthrough—how ISLAM party has redefined Malegaon politics in mere months

Formed by former Congress MLA Asif Shaikh, ISLAM emerged as the single largest party in Malegaon civic polls, shrugging off criticism that its appeal was only on religious lines.

Lego Krishna & porcelain politics of refugees — Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s works come to India

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opened his first solo exhibition in India last week at the capital’s Nature Morte art gallery, featuring artworks from the past two decades.

A Ranchi boy reading at a petrol pump went viral. What came next

Alex Munda, 7, became an internet sensation in Jharkhand after a video of him studying under petrol pump lights went viral. Electricity and other benefits are now arriving, but so are new problems.

Ink, gin & a ‘witch hunt’: Inside Mann govt’s synchronised blitz on Punjab Kesari

After a news report on Arvind Kejriwal getting a large official residence in Chandigarh, Punjab Kesari has alleged that the AAP govt is using agencies to target it. Four different premises owned by the group were raided between 10 January and 15 January.

Bhairav, the ‘divine’ dog of Bijnor, was rescued just in time. Not holy, was battling infection, says vet

Eight-month-old canine, now at an NCR shelter, is recovering from tick fever, which can affect the brain. The dog was in the headlines for circling idol of Hanuman in Bijnor.

Khelo India under-performing—missing athletes, limited scholarship, poor Centre-state synergy

The management is getting worse. We have seen the worst quality of equipment being used, said a head coach who travelled from Delhi to Jaipur for Khelo India.

Awami ban in Bangladesh polls authoritarianism not democracy—Hasina slams Yunus in ThePrint interview

Hasina calls for 'free, fair' elections in an exclusive interview with ThePrint, while bemoaning the law and order situation within Bangladesh.

Governor walkouts in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka have turned ceremonies into conflict

With regional parties struggling to project a unified Opposition in Parliament, and no leader in Delhi able to mediate, Centre-state tensions are playing out as open conflict.

‘Borewell boy’ Prince is now a 23-yr-old plumber. ‘Same urgency could have saved Noida techie’

in 2006, Prince Kashyap from Haryana's Kurukshetra was pulled out alive from a borewell after 50 hours of national attention. Noida techie Yuvraj Mehta died in Noida last week without the same urgency.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.