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A Duel a Day... Has West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee finally found a worthy adversary in state governor Jagdeep Dhankhar? The governor, just three months old in the state, has been hogging the headlines of late. First, with the intervention

On August 31, 2019, the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published. News coverage in India estimated that around 1.9 million citizens were made 'stateless'. The NRC is a culmination of decades of questi­ons over citizenship around the As

The slowdown in the economy is set to impact the government in more ways than one. According to media reports, the central government estimates a Rs 2 lakh crore shortfall in gross tax revenues for 2019-20. The budgeted tax collection estimate for th

Riyaz Naikoo, the long-time Valley chief of the Hizbul Mujahid­een, issued an audiotape in February 2019 warning of dire consequences if the Indian government tampered with Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional provis­ions. Naikoo had also iss­u

The 40-day court proceedings, in the final run-up to an imminent verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title suit, have been punctuated with controversy. On the very last day, there was a rumour around the Supreme Court that the Sunni Waqf Boar

Rate cuts may be happy news for borrowers, but not for senior citizens, for whom falling rates mean diminishing cash flow. Many of them put their lifetime savings in fixed deposits where the interest rate is fixed-they get additional interest above n

Blame it on busy work schedules or plain ennui, but many people fail to renew their motor insurance policy on time and drive around with a lapsed insurance policy. It may not have mattered in the past, as you could pay a Rs 1,000 fine and get away wi

Even as a neck-and-neck battle ensued between the BJP and the Congress in Haryana on October 24, the one person who emerged as a clear winner was Dushyant Chautala. Although his Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), formed just 10 months ago, won 10 of the 90

Having returned to power, Devendra Fadnavis, in an exclusive interaction with Kiran D. Tare, says he will give priority to water and infrastructure in his second term. Excerpts: Q. What is your formula for success? A. We have succeeded in neatly carr

"When two persons wish to come together, there is always a way." The final proclamation of Irshad Abdulkadir's Prodigal, captures a leitmotif of the whole novel, that of a voyage full of hope and courage, which nevertheless (in the silence that follo

Tabla maestro, historian, author and columnist Aneesh Pradhan's latest book tackles two important themes-the mixed legacy of music patronage by modern institutions and their erratic histories, especially in post-independence India. While elite suppor

There's no escaping Bhumi Pednekar. In the remaining few weeks of 2019, she will be seen in all of three films-Saand Ki Aankh, Bala and, finally, Pati, Patni aur Woh. Q. You have three back-to-back releases. How are you keeping track of which film yo

In his novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet, author Salman Rushdie had described Mumbai's Art Deco buildings as "Art Dekho". After Miami, Mumbai is home to the largest cluster of Art Deco in the world. For those eager to learn about the iconic buildings

When Abha Narain Lambah devised a restoration plan for the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai, in 2009, there was a problem: where would the funds come from? For a long time, the plan remained shelved, until, a grant came in, as well as funds from

Once referred to as the "combat backbone of the air force", the MiG-21 Type 77 fighter jet was retired in 2013. Introduced in 1963, it had, for 50 years, served the nation well. With the capacity to travel at 1,350 km per hour, the jet, in effect, ha

Nostalgia yearns for the impossible-it hopes to turn back time. Watches, with their forward march, are more practical. A nostalgia for watches then defies logic. Looking at the 2,216 watches on display at the HMT Heritage Centre and Museum in Bengalu

For Amar Sukhi, "jazz is a matchstick that can set the music scene here on fire". Sukhi is not being dramatic. He is merely taking stock. Four months ago, the Piano Man opened its second jazz bar in Gurugram. Skinny Mo's Jazz Club opened its doors to

A silver in the light flyweight (48 kg) at the women's World Boxing Championships in Ulan-Ude, Russia, earlier this month put Manju Rani in the spotlight. The last time an Indian boxer made the final on her worlds debut was M.C. Mary Kom, when she pi

When the first chartered flight of the tourism season landed on October 1, the tourists from Russia didn't need guides or a to-do list-they went straight to Calangute in north Goa. The names Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, Vagator and Candolim, all in the n

Since Goa has only two districts, India Today decided to analyse its 12 talukas to get a better picture of the state's development. Data collected from different agencies and databases, like the NITI Aayog, Reserve Bank of India and the Census, helpe

It may have only 160 km of a coastline compared to Maharashtra's 720 km and Karnataka's 320 km, but it is Goa that is called the 'Pearl of the Orient'. Its 450-year-old Portuguese colonial history gives it a unique cultural ethos, reflected in its li

Goa is among the most scenic of Indian states, has a long coastline and stands next only to Kerala in terms of literacy, but its potential, including in what it has been well-known for-tourism-hasn't been fully tapped yet. For an all-round developmen

Year after year, as the media reports on the best business schools in India, there is breathless commentary on the salary packages and placements at the country's top institutes. I doubt that this will be changing anytime soon. After all, for those w

"Mee punha yein (I'll be back)." That was Devendra Fadnavis in June this year, sounding more Terminator than chief minister. He was responding to charges by the Opposition that he had been a failure on all fronts. It was the last day of the legislati

Over the years, the India Today Group's annual rankings of the country's business schools have come to be accepted as the last word on the state of management education in India. The survey has expanded its scope and analysis, now offering a 360 degr

When American basketball legend, the 6'9" Larry Bird, was introduced to a Mumbai crowd during the NBA India Games earlier this month, the enthusiastic cheers lasted so long, they completely overshadowed the introduction of actor Priyanka Chopra. That

An alumnus recounts his time at the B-school, how it changed him, shaped his ideology and made conversations on the ethics of how to do business personal, rather than purely intellectual It was my first day at XLRI-Xavier School of Management in Jams

A little over five years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi burst onto India's national firmament, leading his party to victory in the May 2014 Lok Sabha election. Five months later, the BJP went on to record electoral wins in Maharashtra and Haryana-