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After a catastrophe like the triple train collision that occurred near Balasore in Odisha on June 2, thoughts inevitably turn to rail safety. To understand the nature of the challenge, one must grasp the sheer enormity of the Indian Railways network.

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Sambhajiraje is the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shahu II of Kolhapur. He came into public life through the hardline Maratha organisations Maratha Seva Sangh and the Sambhaji Brigade. In 2007, he started annual celebrations of the coronation ceremony of

July: India signs an MoU with Namibia for bringing in African cheetahs Sept. 17: The first batch of eight cheetahs—five females and three males—arrive at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh Oct. 7: A nine-member Cheetah Task Force created to monitor

Desperate for a comeback, TDP supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu is trying to stitch up an alliance in Andhra Pradesh for the 2024 assembly election. Actor Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena is onboard, but Naidu is eager to rope in the BJP too. He met Union home mi

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s flamboyant brother-in-law, Sanjay Singh Masani, is stirring up the pot again. Masani, who has even done a few cameos in films, was in the BJP till 2018, but switched over to the Congress just befo

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is going back to his first love—political satire—to target rivals. The first salvo was a poem, blasting them for backing the owner of a prominent media house whom Mann wants the vigilance bureau to investigate. His

Sunil Bansal, the BJP national general secretary who played a key role in the party’s superlative performance in Uttar Pradesh in the last two Lok Sabha and assembly polls, is back in the state again. He was earlier given charge of the 16 LS seats th

Battle growing anti-incumbency The party has been in power since Telangana came into being in 2014 Find funds for schemes The party can ill-afford to scrimp in an election year—Rs 34,700 cr. earmarked just for Rythu Bandhu/Rythu Dalit schemes Counter

Right from when Chandni Kapadia ventured out on her own to foreign lands as a teenager to seek experience and learn fashion, it has been a journey enriched with new challenges, exciting opportunities and learnings galore, paving way for newer and mor

● Start a religious congregation in Tribeni Sangam, claiming it was the site of a Kumbh Mela centuries ago ● Renovate Chowringheenath temple; rename J.L. Nehru Road back to Chowringhee Road ● Resanctify pond in Kolkata’s Dharmatala, now cast as the s

10 million followers The most followed influencer, Sadhguru invests in a variety of content relevant to modern life. This includes what to eat, how to think, how to handle office stress, even how to have fun 1.9 million followers To make traditional

BLESSED: It usually means being grateful…for anything from a trip to a five-star resort to a moment of enlightenment VIBES: Based on how an influencer feels about people or situations around them, classified as good or bad SELF-CARE: Anything you are

by Imayam (translated by Vasantha Surya) HARPERCOLLINS INDIA | ₹399; 356 pages Imayam is the pen-name of V. Annamalai, one of the leading contemporary Tamil writers. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2020 for Selladha Panam. In this collection of s