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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
TopicAnsal brothers

Topic: Ansal brothers

59 lives, 95 hearings, 60 crore — The Uphaar Cinema tragedy is a story of fire, fate and fight

The 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire case in Delhi was behind a smokescreen for decades — evidence went missing, Ansal brothers suddenly turned ‘poor’, judges recused themselves. A verdict has finally come.

I lost my children in Uphaar fire. There’s no justice if mothers like me are let down

The advanced age of the Ansals was considered while letting them buy their way out of a jail sentence. No one thought of the lives of my 17 and 13 year olds.

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Appeasement has a bad name in India. Time is ripe to use it in foreign policy

A strategic culture that puts a premium on assertion and displays of strength may have been more counterproductive than beneficial to Indian interests in some cases.

Why India’s Russian oil supplies are set to decline in August

Russian crude imports are expected to fall in August from around highs of 2.7 mbpd in June and July, but Moscow to remain India's largest single oil supplier

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman