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The upcoming assembly elections would generally qualify for the tag of being “the semi-finals”. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana are not only prized provinces; their results can profoundly affect the political momentum going into

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↘ Central investigating agencies have questioned Abhishek on five occasions ↘ Over the past year, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has interrogated him twice, in Delhi and in Kolkata, over the coal scam; wife Rujira Banerjee, sister-in-law Maneka Gam

One woman dies of cervical cancer every eight minutes in India. The country also accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases in Asia (followed by China), according to a 2022 Lancet study. Despite this burden—and the fact that it is one o

Q: How Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board emerged as role model in India catalysing infrastructure growth of Kerala? The Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has successfully tapped into diverse financing avenues to meet the i

With ticket distribution likely to stir rebel trouble when it gets under way later this month, the Congress has decided to station D.K. Shivakumar as its point person in Telangana, given his success in the recent Karnataka polls. Congress workers are

The Rashtriya Janata Dal, of course, needs Lalu Prasad, but even the BJP can’t seem to do without invoking the RJD patriarch’s name. When party president J.P. Nadda was in Patna recently, he reminded Lalu how he had named his first daughter Misa beca

The Pawar family has never been known to wear their religion on their sleeve. So, when Maharashtra deputy chief minister and family rebel Ajit Pawar went on a temple run during the recent Ganesh Utsav, sceptics questioned if it had anything to do wit

THE PLAINT: Train colour was a signature white with blue band THE FIX: Changed to bright orange, a “globally popular colour” for high-speed trains as it is low on maintenance and high on visibility THE PLAINT: India’s old tracks have too many speed r

Average occupancy of the Vande Bharats in April to mid-Sept. 2023 LOWEST 25.8% (Bhopal-Indore) HIGHEST 177.21% (Kasargod-Thiruvananthapuram) 34 routes 130 CR. Average cost of a train 180 kmph Top speed possible 0-160 kmph in 140 secs 25 No. of improv

Not long ago, railway passengers had to endure 11 or more hours of train travel—assuming it ran on time—to travel the 770-km distance between Delhi and Varanasi. The only quicker option was taking a flight. All that changed after Prime Minister Naren

When in Mumbai, expect fireworks. They were aplenty on October 4 and 5 at the India Today Conclave Mumbai, beginning with Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis declaring that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar had i

BHUPEN KHAKHAR STANDS under the sun holding a canvas out in the open with the hills rising behind him. There is something revelatory about Khakhar’s 1980 photograph—and many other such images of artists with paintings and sculptures outdoors, their f