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Licence of Ansar's cold storage facility cancelled

PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- The district administration has revoked the operating licence of the cold storage owned by former minister Ansar Ahmed. The decision was taken by district magistrate Manish Kuma... Read More


'Keep RRTs active to handle any emergency situations'

Varanasi, March 27 -- UP minister for urban development and power, AK Sharma, on Thursday directed that adequate equipment must be ensured at all substations and rapid response teams (RRTs) kept activ... Read More


A flawed and regressive bill

India, March 26 -- The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 pushes us to return to the first principles of citizenship. What is gender? And, what is the value of a citizen's ... Read More


Familiar interventions in an unsettled region

India, March 26 -- In November 2012, then National Security Advisor (NSA) Shivshankar Menon and I met President Barack Obama's NSA Tom Donilon in Phnom Penh on the margins of the East Asia Summit. Wit... Read More


Delhi's anti-pollution steps miss the point

India, March 26 -- For much of the last decade, Delhi has been defined by its air pollution crisis. In the last two years, the city recorded no "good" air day - not one with an AQI below 50. Delhi chi... Read More


Easing the journey from the lab bench to market

India, March 26 -- The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics (Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, Joel Mokyr) offered a timely lesson for nations aspiring to global leadership: Prosperity is not just about having ... Read More


Nuanced reading of the right to die with dignity

India, March 26 -- Harish Rana was 18 when a fall left him with catastrophic brain injuries. For 13 years, he lay in a vegetative state, his body sustained solely through artificial support while his ... Read More


Why champions of PDA cause ignoredBharthapur villagers' plight, asks Yogi

Bahraich, March 26 -- Taking a dig at previous regimes, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday alleged that politics before 2017 was dominated by dynastic interests. He questioned why those champ... Read More


Fake teacher recruitment scam deepens in UP: 8 more booked in Sitapur

LUCKNOW, March 26 -- The investigation into fraudulent appointments in Uttar Pradesh's Basic Education Department has gathered pace, with eight more teachers booked in Sitapur district for allegedly s... Read More


AIMJ chief opposes UCC, calls it 'direct interference in Sharia'

Meerut, March 26 -- Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, national president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has strongly opposed the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC). He termed the proposal a "direct i... Read More