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13 years after Jhiram Ghati naxal attack, NIA Court to deliver verdict today

Jagdalpur, Sept. 5 -- Thirteen years after the 2013 Jhiram Ghati Naxal attack that claimed at least 29 lives, including several Congress leaders, the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur is set to deliver i... Read More


The Republic of the SurnamePublished on: September 5, 2026 7:30 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 5 -- Every republic has a grammar. Its nouns tell us who belongs, its verbs reveal what the state believes it may do, and its silences often say more than its slogans. In Delhi this we... Read More


Best of the Week: HDFC Bank's CEO exit exposes a bigger succession problem

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- For nearly three decades, Sashidhar Jagdishan was the quintessential HDFC Bank insider, rising from a finance manager in 1996 to succeed Aditya Puri as CEO in 2020. Now, as he pr... Read More


Sandip Roy: Uttam Kumar is a reminder of how sometimes true stardom is ineffable

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- My Uttam Kumar story is merely a second-hand one. Apparently the great Bengali movie star once came to the house next door. The son-in-law of that house knew him and had produce... Read More


Unsafe IndiaPublished on: September 5, 2026 7:25 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 5 -- India has spent the better part of eight decades investing political capital in a particular distinction: Pakistan, it told the world, was born in religion while India was anchore... Read More


Gangster claims responsibility for Yamunanagar financier's murder

Karnal, Sept. 5 -- A day after a 65-year-old man involved in finance and transport business was shot dead in Yamunanagar, the Rohit Godara gang has reportedly claimed responsibility for the daylight, ... Read More


Ex IAS officer Khemka seeks inquiry, steps to protect disputed land

Chandigarh, Sept. 5 -- Former Haryana IAS officer, Ashok Khemka has sought an inquiry by an independent investigating agency into the orders passed by revenue authorities in a matter related to owners... Read More


'Caste system forces some to.': Bombay HC orders rRs.r30 lakh aid over manual scavenging deaths

India, Sept. 5 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to identify within six months every person who has died while cleaning sewers or septic tanks and pay Rs.30 lakh in comp... Read More


HC orders state to pay rRs.r30L to family of every manual scavenging death victim

India, Sept. 5 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to identify within six months every person who has died while cleaning sewers or septic tanks and pay Rs.30 lakh in comp... Read More


Tripura: Former CM says BJP blocked Left candidates ahead of district council polls

Agartala, Sept. 5 -- Tripura's former chief minister Manik Sarkar on Saturday raised allegation against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of obstructing the Left Front candidates from filing the... Read More