The unfolding solar scam in Kerala has put the ruling UDF and chief minister Oommen Chandy on the defensive. With assembly polls in May, will the state see the comeback and resurgence of other parties...
Tamil Nadu is awash with Amma brands, be it canteens, mineral water, tea or baby kits. All these are attempts by Jayalalithaa to build a personality cult but this could impact the state’s finances.
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With the SP’s administrative inefficiency in UP and the Modi magic fading at the center, will low-profile Mayawati be the ultimate gainer in UP’s polls in 2017?
BY MEHA MATHUR
As Uttar Prades...
The killing of an IAF officer by a rich kid rashly driving an Audi in Kolkata has once again brought into focus the influence of the high and mighty who are being protected by police.
BY SAJEDA MOMIN...
What was seen as a communal flare-up in this West Bengal district may be more terrifying with reports that the police here are hand-in-glove with drug cartels linked to sleeper terror cells.
By Sujit...
The old dons are gone, marginalized and on the run. But Mumbai’s gangs have acquired fresher feet and changed their methods. Some would say it is business as usual.
By Neeta Kolhatkar in Mumbai
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A 2011 act in MP to protect cows is being used by right-wing goons to harass and accuse people of carrying beef even as the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and the police are mute spectators
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When states ran out of execution drugs, they started paying tens of thousands of dollars to Chris Harris, a salesman in India with no pharmaceutical background.
By Chris McDaniel and Tasneem Nashrull...
Though the CBI is investigating the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, nothing much has come out of it due to severe staff shortage in the premier investigating agency
By Rakesh Dixit
When Madh...
The public prosecutor in the Park Street case had argued for a lesser sentence for three of the convicted, even as two prime accused are absconding. Should rape laws be modified as per the role of the...