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Delhi poll result isn’t just Brand Kejriwal losing sheen. BJP stepping out of Modi shadow too

The BJP's victory in the Delhi Assembly election 2025 is another sign that the party is readying up well for the post-Modi era.

A hunt for dunki agents in Punjab, Haryana is on. FIRs, raids, demand for lost money

Police in both states have started summoning deportees for information on the dunki route touts. Some immigration centres are scrambling to obtain legal certifications.

UK-Brazil-Colombia-Panama-Costa Rica-Mexico-California—route a deported Indian took to reach US

'US is far away, brother. You’re going to India,' the US official told a handcuffed passenger onboard the C17 Globemaster carrying 104 Indians from America to Amritsar.

I risked everything for America—confinement, torture: Robin Handa returns to Haryana

Robin Handa’s father paid Rs 45 lakh to send his son to America via the ‘dunki’ route – portrayed in Shah Rukh Khan’s 2023 film of the same name. The endeavour cost him a chunk of his land.

India can’t sit at high table with this defence budget. Viksit Bharat 2047 is impossible

Adopting a similar model to China, India should transform its armed forces to be in a position to challenge Beijing by 2035 and seek parity in military prowess by 2047.

Air India has a problem. It should be much better run now without the political meddling

Ratan Tata once told me that if the Tatas ever took over Air India, he would complete the job he was unable to. The company needs to make good on that promise & not besmirch the memory of Ratan and JRD.

Bengaluru is running out of leopard shelter space. People’s panic isn’t helping

The leopard population in Bengaluru's Bannerghatta Rescue Centre has reached an all-time high, straining space and finances. Social media-fuelled fear is making it worse.

A Tamil Nadu mill is also a college. Workers graduate & get jobs in Tata, Mahindra

A Coimbatore mill’s women workers stitch garments for H&M, Marks & Spencer, and Decathlon during the day and weave dreams of graduating in the evening.

How Rajasthan’s school mergers threaten the future of 1st-generation learners, especially girls

The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan has set into motion the merger of 449 schools with larger, better-performing schools in their vicinity.

These chefs are done taking orders. They’re turning entrepreneurs

From Regi Mathew’s Kappa Chakka Kandhari to Saransh Goila’s butter chicken chain and Manu Chandra’s multi-brand business, chefs are cashing in on India’s appetite for new flavours.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘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.