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North India reels under near-freezing temperatures

As fog floated across cityscapes and open grounds in northern states, the winter weighed much heavier, pushing mercury down to near-freezing temperatures in many areas which experienced the coldest......

Modi flags off India's 1st Vande Bharat sleeper train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off India's first Vande Bharat sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati, and launched several rail and road infrastructure projects worth Rs 3,250......

India's First Paperless District Court

The integration of AI-based judicial assistance tools into the district court management framework has accompanied the shift. Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only......

Why 2026 Is Crucial Year For India's Military

'The tools of warfare are changing. The MoD must deepen its engagement with technology thinkers that can present compelling visions of where warfare may be heading.' IMAGE: Indian Army personnel......

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil passes away

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil, known for his work on the conservation of Western Ghats, has passed away in Pune after a brief illness, family sources said on Thursday. IMAGE: Gadgil played a......

Most Indian IT leaders find AI augmenting talent: Survey

Indian IT leaders are betting big on agentic AI adoption for business growth compared to the leading western market, where focus is on enhancing traditional efficiency, a survey report by......

Ageing CBD offices emerge as developers' next growth play

Office redevelopment is emerging as a key growth frontier for developers as India’s commercial real estate market shifts towards quality, sustainability, and capital efficiency. Photograph:......

What Putin hopes to achieve on his India visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India this week aims to secure energy supplies, stabilise defence deliveries and ensure bilateral trade continues smoothly despite strong Western......

At 150k, Mumbai logs highest property registrations in 14 yrs in 2025

Mumbai recorded its strongest housing market performance in 14 years in 2025, with property registrations rising to 150,254, amid a sustained end-user demand and supportive supply-side ecosystem,......

India, Russia Explore Duty Cuts to Rebalance Trade

Putin's State visit will centre on fixing the huge India-Russia trade imbalance, with both sides pushing to lower duties, ease non-tariff barriers, and seal a landmark mobility pact to send more......

The Biggest Bollywood Hits In 25 Years

Selecting one film as the standout of a given year is difficult, since multiple releases often merit the honour. Trade analyst Girish Wankhede puts together a curated list of the 25 biggest hits in......

'The Soldiers Ordered Us To Be Strip-Searched'

'...including my baby sisters, age three and one.''My dad was humiliated, and he started screaming at them.' IMAGE: Adam Bakri in All That's Left of You. In the summer of 2023, Palestinian......

Why Dhurandhar Is Unsettling

Dhurandhar does not ask audiences to cheer blindly, notes Kumar Abhishek. It asks them to see how power operates in grey zones, and at moral cost. IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar. Cinema has......

The Salil Chowdhury You Never Knew

'At a time when there was little awareness of world music, playing western tunes on eastern instruments like the flute and the dholak, blending vocal polyphony with Indian folk and contemporary......

How India Plays Cricket

In India, cricket games are part of our geographical landscape like the Ganga or the Himalayas or the Western Ghats or Kanyakumari. Millions of games unfold across India at any time of day. Travel......

Aussie legend Damien Martyn hospitalised, in coma

IMAGE: Damien Martyn was hospitalised with meningitis. Photograph: Damien Martyn/Instagram Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has been hospitalised and put into an induced coma following a......

SA stuns India, Ashwin points finger at batting decline

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin believes Western countries are far superior in tackling spin than India. Photograph: BCCI Ravichandran Ashwin exposed India batters' lack of quality to battle ball......

Ban India-Pakistan match telecast: FWICE Tells Modi

'We strongly feel that allowing such a telecast at this time would be seen as an affront to the memory of our martyrs and an insensitivity to the grief of their families.' IMAGE: The Federation of......

IND-SA 4th T20I called off as smog engulfs Lucknow

IMAGE: The match, scheduled to start at 7 pm, was eventually called off at 9:30 pm after the sixth inspection. Photograph: BCCI The fourth T20I between India and South Africa was called off on......