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Will White-Collar Terror Be the New Normal?

9 accused individuals have held white-collar job positions since 2017. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel stand guard at the Red Fort car blast site, November 12, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo The......

Foundation-laying of 'Babri Masjid': High alert in Murshidabad

A day ahead of a foundation stone-laying ceremony for the construction of a proposed mosque -- modelled on Ayodhya's Babri Masjid -- at Beldanga in West Bengal's Murshidabad, security has been......

Delhi blast: Why did terrorists use draft emails for communication?

Members of the terror module under scanner for the deadly blast near the Red Fort, relied on an unusual yet effective method of communication to avoid detection -- through unsent emails kept as......

'Terrorism Is Always Waiting To Re-Emerge'

'The elimination of terrorists does not imply the neutralisation of terrorism. That terrorist ecosystem continues to thrive in Kashmir.' IMAGE: Police officers and forensic technicians work at the......

7 Maoists, 3 DRG jawans killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Seven Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire amid ongoing anti-Maoist operation along the Bijapur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, officials said on Wednesday. IMAGE: The......

Sebi chief slams repeated outages at exchanges

Days after an outage at MCX, Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Tuesday expressed his displeasure over "repeated" instances of breakdowns at exchanges. Photographs: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters......

Urgent Need For Data Sovereignty

'When global politics has some intervention on the core software one uses, and if you are cut off from your own data in critical workflows, sovereignty is no longer optional. It becomes a......

India, Russia Warm Arctic Ties With Ship Deal

One key development is the direct cargo connection between Chennai and Vladivostok, a crucial Russian port on the Northern Sea Route. IMAGE: A Russian ice-breaker ship. India and Russia are in......

Maruti boss on how India can become a global manufacturing hub

The next many decades belong to India as the global economic powerhouse, and it will be essential to continue demonstrating policy stability, as the country aspires to be the world's manufacturing......

Move over incentives, time for 'soft' mandates on EVs: Niti Aayog

After a slew of programmes to facilitate electric-vehicle (EV) adoption in India, the NITI Aayog has said the government has done enough on incentives and now it’s time to take the programme a......

Aaishvary Thackeray-Ahaan Panday Team Up

Photograph: Kind courtesy Aaishvary Thackeray/Instagram Nishanchi actor Aaishvary Thackeray has signed up to play one of the leads in Yash Raj's new film, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Wait,......

Ashes: Perth pitch gets 'very good' rating after 2-day Test

IMAGE: Australia's Marnus Labuschagne in action during the first Ashes Test against England in Perth. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters The Perth Stadium pitch that saw Australia......

Aishwary Tomar shines with silver on World Cup Final debut

IMAGE: Aishwary Tomar (left) capped his season with a milestone medal at the ISSF World Cup Final in Doha on Sunday. The Indian finished behind Czechia’s Jiri Privratsky (centre) and ahead of......

Anand back in action at World Rapid Team C'ships

Photograph: Kind courtesy Viswanathan Anand/Instagram Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will be in the mix as part of the Freedom team helmed by none other than FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsly in......

Dog-bite scare jolts Para Worlds; MCD steps up action

Coach Meiko Okumatsu (NPC Japan) & Coach Dennis Maragia (NPC Kenya) sustained bites while supervising training. Both were immediately attended and provided on-spot medical attention at the Athlete......

World Chess Cup winner to get Viswanathan Anand Trophy

IMAGE: The FIDE World Cup Chess Cup Trophy was renamed as the Viswanathan Anand Trophy. Photograph: Nitin Narang/X The new trophy of the FIDE World Chess Cup was on Friday christened as the......