Drums vs dread: Patna splits on verdict day

As the Bihar assembly results swept in on Friday, Patna's Veerchand Patel Marg, the city's political artery, split into two starkly different worlds. IMAGE: BJP supporters burst crackers to......

When Nitish Kumar Took On Bihar Dons

Nitish thought that his stakes as chief minister were far greater than his stakes in protecting one of his party MLAs. He could not allow his rule-of-law train to be derailed by a small rock on the......

Two killed, 11 hurt as dust storm, rain lash Delhi; flight ops hit

A 22-year-old youth and a person with disability died, while at least 11 were injured, in separate rain-related incidents in the national capital Wednesday evening, the police said. IMAGE: An......

Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj held during AAP protests

Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were detained in New Delhi on Friday as Aam Aadmi Party leaders staged a protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party over the arrest of Chief......

Truckers' body slams Modi 2.0's first Budget

Fuel cess, TDS on large cash payouts bid to destroy truckers and get foreign players in, says an industry body. A national truckers body has accused the Modi government of trying to destroy them......

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

The project would facilitate the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to put in place infrastructure and navigation services needed to develop the waterway. The Union government and the......

Of murky alleys, credit cards and faceless staff

How the credit cards of two leading private banks are marketed out of a squalid Delhi neighbourhood. Laxmi Nagar in the east of this city is only a half-an-hour drive from Lutyens' Delhi but a......

Soon, take a hovercraft over Yamuna to the Taj

The government also wants to build floating hotels and helipads to increase tourism along rivers. Cleaning the famed Yamuna may require a secondary sewage line and cost Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40......