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The harrowing life of a loco pilot: No time to eat and sleep

Many even reduce their water intake because they don’t find time to use the toilet while at work.

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BJP claims Muslims are marrying Adivasi women to grab land in Jharkhand. The claims don’t add up

Most women on a recently circulated list have either not married Muslim men, or do not have rights over their family property.

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SEBI chief did not recuse herself from Adani probe, says board member

Lack of disclosure means Madhabi Puri Buch potentially violated key regulations.

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Madhabi Buch exercised ICICI Bank stock options to get shares worth Rs 10.3 crore after joining SEBI

Global regulatory standards bar officials from having stakes in entities they regulate.

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Srinagar’s landscape tells the stories – and silences – of five years since August 5, 2019

A walk through the capital of Jammu and Kashmir maps the additions and erasures of the last half-decade.

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How the government undercut TISS over the past decade

The storied institution has made crucial contributions to social sciences research and policy. Now, faculty say, the government is choking its autonomy.

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Rs 5 crore bounty: Are rewards making anti-Maoist operations more deadly?

Many of those killed in Bastar this year have been declared by the police to be reward-carrying Maoists. But several families dispute this.

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Dead ‘Maoist’ talking: The aftermath of a security operation in Chhattisgarh

This is the first part of a special series from Bastar. It recounts how an early morning ambush on a Maoist meeting in Bijapur spilled over into the villages.

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Why residents of Assam capital are not buying the chief minister’s claim of ‘flood jihad’

Experts and residents blamed the construction of flyovers, and the encroachment of wetlands for the floods in Guwahati.

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