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Delhi’s open gyms are becoming a safety hazard. Install, inaugurate, forget

If you won’t file a complaint, they assume that everything is functional in the open gym, said a retired MCD official.

Bengaluru is fast losing ‘safe for women’ tag—live-in murders, anxious parents, growing fear

Bengaluru was ranked as the best Indian city to live in by a global survey in 2011. Now, its reputation has been taking a hit in the last three years.

Kashmiri Sikhs ask how to stop losing daughters to Islam— ‘It’s a threat to demography’

Nobody is using the politically loaded term ‘love jihad’ yet, but the anxieties that a handful of conversions has unleashed has ripped through the fragile peace they have established in the Kashmir conflict for decades.

India no longer married to anyone. Its foreign policy is joining hands with friends’ enemies

India has aligned economically with the US, and militarily with Russia. But politically, it is walking the tightrope.

Trapped in yrs-long probation battle, Vikash Yadav wrote to RAW chief about ‘humiliation, mental agony’

Cabinet Secretariat delayed Yadav's confirmation after he transferred from CRPF in 2013. In 2023, he was suspended in light of US's 'Pannun plot' allegations & later arrested in local case.

India-China LAC issue needs new imagination. It’s too tangled in nationalism now

The real issue is where India’s frontier with China lies, not a few kilometres of ancient trading routes. A solution to this needs deep reflection on claims of territorial sovereignty.

City Montessori School is Lucknow’s biggest brand now; not Loreto, La Martiniere

With 60,000 students across 21 campuses and a Guinness world record, the 65-year-old CMS rivals legacy schools like La Martiniere and Loreto.

Mughal historian Swapna Liddle is Lutyens’ Delhi’s new toast. She isn’t caught in history wars

From book launches and exhibitions to conferences, Swapna Liddle’s name is on every significant invite.

Goa has a Ravana of its own—but playful

The myth of Narakasura is central to both Goan and Assamese traditions, but takes on a distinct character in each region.

Bihar wants to be the next tourism hotspot. Drone influencers are rushing to Rohtas

Bihar has long been trying to shed its badlands image and tourism is its latest pitch. In the absence of big industries, the state has chosen an easier way of building up revenue.

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.