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Hundreds in Kanpur paid to use ‘anti-ageing machine from Israel’. It turned out to be pyramid scheme

Gym owner stands accused of defrauding hundreds under guise of ‘anti-ageing’ treatment using chamber-sized machine ‘imported from Israel’ that can seat 10 people at one time.

Karnataka is ignoring Western Ghats UNESCO tag and 6 central notices—to build, build, build

The Western Ghats has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over a decade. But for the Karnataka government, it has become a millstone around the neck.

Govt schoolteachers are drowning. Classwork, homework, more work

From organising Swachhta Pakhwada to carrying out Veergatha project and chasing students to open accounts, schoolteachers are spending a lot of time on non-teaching work.

How did Durga’s popularity survive Mughal & colonial rule? Bengali zamindars made it happen

Since Durga could no longer be the premier royal war-goddess in a Sultanate-dominated world, Sanskrit texts from the 15th century stopped asking her for military success.

Haryana lesson for Congress—stop relying on old guard who can no longer win you elections

The question to ask is: ‘How does the Haryana result change the way we look at national politics going forward?’

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

Panipat men are becoming Hanuman for 41 days. No salt, no women, only tapasya

Every Dussehra, the Hanuman Swaroop phenomenon sweeps across Panipat, turning ordinary men into symbols of devotion and defiance. It’s a rite of passage.

Nitish Kumar sends officials back to classroom. 1,000-yr-old Kaithi slows Bihar land survey

Bihar’s civil engineers and surveyors are taking govt-mandated Kaithi crash courses to meet the 2025 land survey deadline. ‘Without learning it, the work can’t be done.’

Schools where you enrol just to bunk…and go to coaching class instead. Inside India’s ‘dummy schools’

Despite violating regulations of education boards, dummy schooling has become popular among entrance exam aspirants. Coaching industry stakeholders say schools don't meet students' needs.

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

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.