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How West Delhi brothers duped 20,000 Americans in $10m scam. US-based aunt & Russian software helped

A poky call centre was the base of a multimillion ‘tech support scam’ that targeted senior citizens in North America for nearly a decade — until FBI and Delhi Police cracked down.

‘Badal pe paon hai’: India’s 1st women’s blind cricket team all set for their debut international series

The 17-member squad that forms India's first-ever women's national team for the blind will travel to Nepal from 25-30 April for a T20 bilateral series.

Poonch killing of Indian soldiers shows jihad will increase India-Pakistan war risk

There have been dozens of terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir's Pir Panjal since 2021. It shows how unstable the peace on the Line of Control is.

Unnao teen watched her rapist celebrate bail. Then he burnt her home, threw her son in flames

A 13-year-old in Unnao was gang raped and her parents attacked by her rapists. Now she is fighting angry villagers who have turned against the family.

No caste without code—Bihar is counting and writing a new identity politics

'Maatha pagal ho gaya hai' — Why Bihar's caste census is making everyone lose their mind.

‘Out of food, surviving on tap water’ — hiding in hotels & bunkers, Indians stranded in Sudan await evacuation

Three Indian nationals stranded in Sudan amid clashes between army & paramilitary narrate harrowing experiences as violence continues in Khartoum for 5th day despite US-brokered ceasefire.

Yogi Adityanath isn’t the first. Shaivite monks have been in politics for 1,000 years

Like their Buddhist and Jain predecessors, medieval Shaivite monasteries used their royal connections to defeat rivals and accumulate followers.

Rahul Gandhi can drive Mandal 3, reverse social justice politics that BJP pushed to dead-end

Rahul Gandhi's Kolar speech wasn't a momentary reflex. Congress is looking to recover lost ground and be the favourite party of poor, Dalits, Adivasis, and Muslims again.

Char Dham Yatra to be bigger than ever but Joshimath residents still sleep in animal shelters

Residents are worried they’ll be asked to evict these temporary homes when the Char Dham Yatra pilgrims arrive.

Bhagalpur to Prayagraj, why India has a dangerous love-affair with police encounters

Exceptions that might be justified in the small wars of Punjab, Kashmir have become part of the normal fabric of policing. The emergency has become the everyday.

On Camera

India’s TRP ecosystem needs a reset. Time to end BARC monopoly

A ratings monopoly in India has led to lack of technological variation, resulting in sluggish systems detached from market dynamics.

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.