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Gazab Ghaziabad wants to clean up its act. No longer just a dirty NCR town

While a tide of change has got the mill running in Ghaziabad, there is still a long way to go. The NCR town is ranked 18th in the list of cleanest cities.

Secret NSE phone-tap or ‘financial fraud’? Inside story of ED case that’s snared ex-IPS officer

iSec Services, firm associated with former IPS officer Sanjay Pandey, accused of illegally tapping phones of NSE employees on direction of bourse's top officials. Pandey denies any illegality.

Not BJP, Socialists like Lohia cancelled Nehru first

By ’90s, Nehru bashing was all the rage in Left-dominated academics. I was taught by teachers who dismissed Nehru’s urbanity, rationalism and secularism as ‘un-Indian’.

‘I’m Dalit but identify as a Brahmin’ — How Dalit comedians in India are smashing elite nexus

Dalit comedians are cracking the same light-hearted, self-deprecating jokes about everything from Indian parents to dating apps, but they are changing the punchline.

As Congress mulls next president, the flip side of inner party democracy

US and UK parties have internal elections to choose leaders. But that has both pros and cons.

Jahnvi’s emojis, Malaika at gym, Urfi at airport—Paparazzi’s secret handshake with Bollywood

Mumbai ‘paps’ even disagree on which stars were the kindest to them during their wedding — Alia-Ranbir or Deepika-Ranveer?

Blackface, shells, ‘jhinga lala hu’—in Indian films, tribal characters are still ‘foot soldiers’

From Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri to Rajamouli's RRR, Indian cinema still doesn't know how to show tribal characters.

Message for Modi & Shah? Why Yogi is silent on being kept out of BJP parliamentary board

BJP reconstituted its parliamentary board this week, leaving out all CMs. But unlike his counterparts, Yogi has not tweeted congratulations to the new members.

What Left parties’ decision to not join Bihar alliance means for India’s Dalits, women, MBCs

Top leaders of the Left are English-speaking 'upper' caste elites. And they won't let MLAs become ministers lest they should threaten their elite power.

Kerala’s Syrian Christian history gets a Hungarian saviour—new keyboard, old manuscripts

István Perczel's team is working on optical character and handwriting recognition software for Garshuni Malayalam, a script used by Syrian Christians.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.