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Former Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi, others get bail in AgustaWestland case

Tyagi and his cousins are allegedly involved in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

Kerala’s Kainakary village, from a postcard of beauty to seven feet under

A church submerged, a school that looks like a jetty and houses that may collapse — that’s what the residents of this village of 10,000 now call home.

Everything you wanted to know about Rafale and did not know who to ask

The Rs 59,000-crore Rafale deal is at the centre of a furious war of words between the govt and opposition. Here's an explainer on the jet and the controversy.

No unity on theatre commands, and a 100-year plan to save the Taj Mahal

Front Page IAF, defence minister at odds over theatre command. Days after defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government wanted the military to move towards...

IAF explains why theatre command is not workable and Congress lectures Tharoor on ‘Indian values’

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Sukhoi aircraft crashes near Nashik, both pilots ejected safely

The Sukhoi Su-30MKI twinjet, awaiting induction in the Indian Air Force, crashes in a farm near Nashik.

One Army officer’s idea in the 1980s may have given India the edge in Kashmir

His deep understanding of the Kashmir Valley and its vulnerability to forces from across the LoC led him to widely propagate a strategy that...

As a MiG-21 variant flies into the sunset, a pilot recalls how he almost crashed in it

From IAF’s Tezpur base, rookie fighter pilots in the early 1980s went on to hone their air combat skills in MiG-21 squadrons.

Critical trials for desi trainer soon, HAL looks to start production in December

Basic trainer aircraft to undergo crucial trials to check its stability and utility in devastating situations.

On Camera

Farrhana Bhatt on Bigg Boss 19 reopened Kashmir’s representation wound

Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

India looks to Oman for spare parts to keep its fleet of Jaguars flying

India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.