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After BJP seals victories in northeast, an Airbnb boost for tourism in the region

A tripartite pact was signed between Airbnb, North East Council and North East Tourism Development Council, a move aimed at building micro entrepreneurship in the region.

P. Chidambaram says Tirupati’s hundi collectors count notes faster than RBI. How much do they count?

P. Chidambaram was mocking the RBI for not completing the counting of currency notes 15 months after demonetisation. 

Not just about Nirbhaya’s mother, Karnataka top cop has a history of misogynistic remarks

Known to be an honest officer, H.T. Sangliana once booked his wife for using his official car to go shopping.

Irrfan Khan has a neuroendocrine tumour. Here’s what it means

They are not cancerous by definition, and can be benign. Bengaluru: Bollywood star Irrfan Khan announced Friday, a week after telling fans he had been...

How Punjabi pop sensation Daler Mehndi got embroiled in ‘human trafficking’

Daler Mehndi and his late brother Shamsher Singh allegedly took 10 people to the US in the 1990s disguised as dance crew and left them there illegally.

Will Vinod Rai retire for the third time, adhering to Lodha committee’s age cap?

The SC-appointed Lodha panel had recommended that office-bearers in the BCCI should not stay on be beyond the age of 70. Will the CoA chief stick to it?

For Indian & Pakistani diplomats, harassment is the old normal

A Pakistani statement detailed incidents of ‘deliberate bullying’ of officers, staff & families of the High Commission in New Delhi. India called it a...

Dhinakaran remains loyal to Amma, not her party

The former AIADMK leader who launched his new party Thursday rose to prominence within a short period of time. His party flag bears a Jayalalithaa image.

CJI criticises media, draws flak. But his judgments have never been pro-freedom of speech

Hearing Jay Shah’s criminal defamation case against The Wire, Justice Dipak Misra hit out at the media’s ‘baseless publications’, but said no to a gag order.

From Khan Market to Defence Colony, what’s up with Delhi’s ‘sealing drive’?

The drive was undertaken by the municipal corporations of the national capital in December last year on the directions of an SC-appointed panel.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.