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In the big bad world, it is again the Russian who happens to be the biggest baddie

Once a bank officer, the determined herbal king of Kondagaon shakes money from trees in the Maoist strongholds of Bastar through a collective of 20,000 Tribals whose business looks to expand worldwide. The man and his empire

While the Supreme Court has issued notices to states and union territories seeking their views on legalising passive euthanasia, the families of comatose patients Shruti, Najma and Amit refuse to even discuss the issue. They think they are being unjust to their loved ones

As rebellion erupts and resentment grows in Congress, the leader is out of sight as usual. A party sliding deeper into irrelevance

A walk through the grand alleys of Mughal history and the imprints of the rise, decline and fall of the imperial capital of Shahjahanabad, which is now being redeveloped

The Modi model of governance has banished power brokers and set in motion a new work culture. The inside story

...And the Modi Government is all set for discreet hiring of potential candidates from schools and colleges. The new frontier of national security

Documentaries, long relegated to alternative screens, are now wooing multiplex audiences in India with unprecedented creative fervour

The rise of vegetarian terrorism

How the novelist in her simplistic rhetoric on caste got Gandhi wrong

What sets her apart, says Vidya Balan, is her need to grab roles that demand what few others can deliver

The IB report on NGOs brings out the battle between the state and nature