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UP police officer is India’s ‘hero saab’. After Bhojpuri, Telugu film industry wants him too

Anand Ojha squeezes the annual leaves from his police job to act in Bhojpuri films. His films like Rann and Maahi are in pipeline at Amazon Prime and Netflix.

BJP is remodelling India as a one-party state. And there’s a striking resemblance to China

Modern China gave the world capitalism without democracy. Now India looks set to give the world a one-party state in a multi-party polity.

Chicken or egg, farmer comes last in India’s wildly swinging poultry business

Hit by mounting losses, small poultry owners have been reduced to mere labourers, rearing chickens on contract for large suppliers.

Why minister Nitin Gadkari is thinking about quitting politics

Only four of the 19 Cabinet ministers inducted in 2014 survive in Modi 2.0 today—Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Tomar, Smriti Irani. Now they're gripped with uncertainty.

From Param Bir to Sanjay Pandey — the sorry story of the ‘rot’ in Maharashtra Police

2 outgoing Mumbai Police chiefs — Param Bir Singh & Sanjay Pandey — ADG-rank officer Rashmi Shukla & deputy commissioner Saurabh Tripathi, are among officers being probed for offences.

Illegal liquor vend, ‘unique sitting style’ — how 21-day op led police to Moose Wala ‘killers’

ThePrint explains how Delhi Police's Special Cell zeroed in on a location in Gujarat to make crucial arrests in one of the most high-profile killings in recent times.

IISc, India’s lone science gem that keeps topping global rankings, leaving IITs, IIMs behind

For 113-year-old IISc, it’s a story of scientific rigour, academic excellence, a unique mix of the two, and competing with the advantage enjoyed by similar institutions & universities in the West.

Early birds are lining up in Jewar airport Gold Rush. Vivo, Lulu to Bikanervala

Shortly after CM Yogi finalised the airport's logo and design, biscuit brand Priyagold set up its manufacturing facility in Jewar—a 953.39 crore investment. Shortly after CM Yogi finalised the airport's logo and design, biscuit brand Priyagold set up its manufacturing facility in Jewar—a 953.39 crore investment.

ISIS is growing again in Syria. Blame the grim deadlock between great powers

In 2019, US President held up a map showing the destruction of ISIS caliphate in Iraq & Syria: The tiny spot that remained, he vowed, would be ‘gone by tonight.’

What if? 5 student ‘suicides’ in 2 weeks raise big mental health question for Tamil Nadu schools

Cuddalore/Tiruvallur: Her suicide note was written in “Tanglish”, with the Tamil words transliterated into English, and left on the refrigerator. In neat cursive script...

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.