Exclusive

Publication

Byline

UP Board makes roll number mandatory on every answer page

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- More than 53 lakh students appearing for the UP Board High School and Intermediate examinations starting February 18, 2026, will now be required to write their roll number and ans... Read More


Fire breaks out at sealed Sundar Lal Yadav College

PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 8 -- A fire broke out at Sundar Lal Yadav College in Pratapgarh district on Friday night, police said on Saturday. After receiving the information, police and fire department personnel... Read More


Illegal sale of meat and fish: VNN lodges FIR against eight

VARANASI, Feb. 8 -- In action against the illegal sale of meat and fish in the densely populated area near the temples in Chaukaghat, Varanasi Nagar Nigam's (VNN) animal welfare officer, Dr Santosh Pa... Read More


A lecture to sip on

India, Feb. 7 -- You expect a lot of things when you enter a bar. Drinks with names you can't understand. Tipsy friends who are two shots away from deciding to start a podcast. People seriously listen... Read More


Break from the herd

India, Feb. 7 -- My wife is not a vegetarian. She loves a good meat biryani as much as I do. Give her a kakori kabab, and while the high fat content may vanquish her after the second kabab, she will s... Read More


Xi's 'rejuvenating China' vision hits demographic wall

India, Feb. 7 -- In times of chaos, quiet developments that should provoke reflection are easily missed. So it is with the news that China's birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1949. Over ... Read More


ReSTART for arms control

India, Feb. 7 -- Nuclear armageddon may be the stuff of fiction, but the fact is that the world has been a safer place because of global treaties that have tried to restrict - with differing degrees o... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Ledger of missed opportunities

India, Feb. 7 -- A Union budget represents a moral guide, a political direction, and an economic plan combined into a single entity. It informs citizens not just of the government's planned expenditur... Read More


Who will guardour borders?

India, Feb. 7 -- Pritha Dasmahapatra (@TipTopped on the gram), is a doctor in London. But in her superhero avatar, she's a champion of Indian crafts. She's used her vacation time to tour India and doc... Read More


Art in beast mode

India, Feb. 7 -- To understand Jagannath Panda's work, perhaps it's best to use one of his own lines: "The past refuses to end, and the future keeps arriving early." Panda has been creating mixed-medi... Read More