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On June 20, the day the Election Commission of India (ECI) published a draft proposal for the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to Twitter to express his “sadness” as Jalukbari

The June 14 arrest of former Tamil Nadu electricity and prohibition and excise minister Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering and cash-for-jobs case poses fresh challenges to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DM

Madhya Pradesh’s longest-serving Congress chief minister, Digvijaya Singh, has over the past few years built himself quite a parallel reputation—that of a yatri (traveller). In 2018, months ahead of the state assembly election, Singh completed the ar

Komal Sharma, an 11-year-old girl from Lucknow who lost her parents in the Covid pandemic, wants to become a computer studies teacher. To make her dream come true, the orphan needs the impossible to happen—someone to bear the expenses of a quality ed

Barely a month after its resounding victory in the Karnataka assembly election, the Congress has already hit a roadblock. Over the past fortnight, the Siddaramaiah government has found itself scrambling to meet its self-imposed deadline of July 1 to

A direct benefit transfer (DBT) subsidy to buy a smartphone? With election to the Rajasthan assembly just months away, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government is trying to push through as many freebies as it can before the model code of conduct kick

On June 16, a police team lay in wait at a tractor showroom in Bijapur town in South Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, declared to be Left Wing Extremism-affected. Soon, a man entered and told the salesperson that he wished to buy a tractor but that h

Will the sanctified sengol, given its cultural import, enhance the BJP’s poll prospects in Tamil Nadu? Some in the saffron party think so and have suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi fight from the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency in add

Poised to join the YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu has had two meetings with YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the second week of June. Rayudu is ready to contest either for a Lok Sabha seat or an assemb

On June 24, when Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah walked into his Vidhana Soudha office, he noticed that the intricately-carved wooden main door to the third-floor room was closed. Asked why, he was told the south-facing door was not vaastu-comp

Driven by this belief, he led Asia’s biggest Jubilee Hills housing society. He led this society as president for almost 16 years and has been instrumental in shaping up the Jubilee Hills area as it is now. Shri Narendra Modi made Mr. Narendra Swachh

JUNE 8, 2016. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi rose to address the joint sitting of the US Congress, he was greeted with a standing ovation. In the chair were US Vice-President Joe Biden and the House Speaker Paul Ryan. At his eloquent best, Modi told

Agreement between GE Aerospace and HAL to make 99 F414 jet engines for light combat aircraft, Tejas Mk2, in India ● Involves an unprecedented 80 per cent transfer of sophisticated technology ● An opportunity for India to master fighter jet engine tec

A fighter jet engine is a complex technology monster that is notoriously difficult to build. Commercial jet engines are already a sophisticated affair, but a fighter jet is called upon to do many things its civilian cousin is not: travel many times f

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THIS WAS A CONTROVERSY that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could have well done without. On June 8, the country’s central bank issued a circular to commercial banks, according to which wilful defaulters—those who choose not to honour their obligatio

Helicopters, especially of the utility variety, have been the lifeline of the Indian military. They are used in search and rescue operations and reconnaissance missions, and are indispensable for supplying essential provisions as well as arms and amm

French-origin, single-engined light utility helicopter made by HAL, versions include Chetak and Cheetal ● Inducted in: 1972 ● Numbers in service: approx. 200 ● Crashes: 30 in past decade HAL-made, multi-role, twin-engine Advanced Light Helicopter, We

Strain is the default setting when it comes to the alliance of convenience that the ruling coalition in Maharashtra is. If Eknath Shinde is at pains to constantly demonstrate that he is more than a puppet chief minister, the BJP loses no opportunity

On June 26, members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee—or SGPC, the elected apex body managing the religious affairs of Sikhs—assembled at its headquarters in the Teja Singh Samundri Hall at the iconic Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. I

*Faction led by Shinde after split; **Include independents/smaller parties supporting Shinde/BJP; #After demise of BJP & Cong MPs ↘ BJP leaders claim most of Shinde’s 13 Lok Sabha MPs want to contest the 2024 polls on a BJP ticket ↘ The BJP may also

Prosenjit Chatterjee has a thing for reinventing himself on screen. In Jubilee, Vikramaditya Motwane’s lavish period piece tracing the birth of the Hindi film industry, the Bengali superstar played Srikant Roy, a cunning studio boss, as if he were a

The past eight months were a whirlwind for Aravind SA as he toured with his new standup special We Need to Talk, his third following Madrasi Da and I Was Not Ready Da, both on Amazon Prime Video. Covering India, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, severa

No one was happier than Om Saini, the sarpanch of Sherpur village near the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, with the April 26 ruling of the Supreme Court of India. Just 10 months earlier, in June 2022, the apex court had imposed a blanket free

I started this book with a lot of excitement. Dog-rescue in times of Covid! Or at least that’s what the blurb led me to think. The main character, Mallika Rao, a.k.a. Momo, is trapped in a marriage of convenience. She’s pregnant and unwilling to tell

In an age when trophy-hunting birders (serious hobbyists) outnumber birdwatchers (casual observers), Aasheesh Pittie’s The Living Air is a timely nudge to find joy in watching birds without prejudice. Growing up as a birdwatcher (not yet a birder) in

Q. Quiz Time and Mastermind India are still fresh in our memories. How much has quizzing evolved since then? Television has been a huge force multiplier. From catering to purists with Mastermind India to janata with Kaun Banega Crorepati, we have don

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Most connoisseurs would agree that a watch is more than just a time tracker, especially when it comes to haute horology. The new Victorinox Journey 1884 is a case in point. It is not just a watch, but the first leg of a new journey for Victorinox tim

While it may not be RIP for ethnic just yet, it’s definitely curtains for its rip roaring days. Finally, rather than romanticising Indian craft as a static emblem of tradition, they are being adapted, rethought and remade for the modern home. It took

Stop press! Global hospitality history is being rewritten. It is reverse colonialism…the most delicious kind too. It’s the first time that any historic heritage restaurant site located in the heart of a country’s capital has been taken over by a fore

There is the Range Rover and then there is the Range Rover SV. The ultra-luxe SUV offering from the house of Jaguar Land Rover takes the existing luxury of its flagship Range Rover and adds copious doses of opulence, resulting in the SV. Just to set

The path to true luxury is a winding road through diverse landscapes of wealth. Somewhere along the journey, our enchantment with the visual, the quest for the elusive, transforms into a celebration of refinement, of discovery. This is where we begin

Walking into Bacchanalia in London’s Mayfair is like dying and going to Elton John heaven. Here, more is never enough. Statues of half-naked women and men and cantering horses fly offthe walls. The columns have flutes on their flutes. Almost every di

A sunset story set in any urban cityscape rarely writes itself as a romantic idyll. Especially if it’s in the heart of the lego-ed quarters of concrete and glass Gurgaon. Here is where both The Westin Gurgaon as well its recently opened rooftop loung

When your GPS fails to direct or divert, and you’re circling around in a seemingly interminable loop, it’s safe to assume that you are lost. Whether that is a literal or metaphorical inference depends on your station in life. But when you finally arr

A return to roots is entirely natural for a provenance-focussed brand such as Breguet. Its incredible heritage puts things into context, especially when it comes to some of their more iconic collections. In the new Type XX, the marque has envisaged a

Let’s face it when it comes to tech, Steven Spielberg is Nostradamus. If you don’t believe us, take one look at Apple’s line up at WWDC 2023 and it will make you remember the scifi movie Ready Player One. From the headset to courting virtual reality,