Sammya Mukhopadhyay

Civic body polls in India's first planned city have raised a nationwide controversy. A Union Territory, and a joint capital, Chandigarh hardly ever makes headlines owing to its political tensions. But questions raised on the integrity of the polls at the Chandigarh Municipal Election, has brought the serene, urban, planned region into the news for all the wrong reasons. , Chandigarh News, Times Now

There was a time when Satya Pal Malik was in charge of one of the most tense regions in South Asia in one of its historically sensitive moments. Today, four years later, the Central Bureau of Investigation raided 30 premises linked to him as part of a probe into alleged corruption in the Kiru Hydro Electric Project. , India News, Times Now

If Uttar Pradesh were a country, it would be the fifth largest in the world. One of the densest human habitations on Earth, the state was once marred by crime. But in the last eight years, the state has made giant strides.

Once tagged among BIMARU states, Uttar Pradesh has charted a new path for itself in the last eight years. The Yogi Adityanath government has set itself a target to make UP a trillion-dollar economy. The journey has its challenges, but right now, UP seems ready to roar.

Yana Mir, the Kashmiri journalist-activist, whose speech in London recently went viral, said on Monday that she was harassed on her return to Delhi. In her widely viewed speech, Yana Mir had said her situation is not like that of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and that she is 'free and safe' in her country. Upon her return to India, Mir seemed to take offence at the treatment meted out to her by customs officials in Delhi.

Nirmala Sitharaman is the finance minister of the fastest-growing major economy in the world. Sixty-seven years old, Sitharaman spent a significant portion of her professional life in London, where she worked with Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) — one of the world's largest accounting firms. She joined politics in 2007, became a Union minister in 2017 and only last year, an American publisher ranked her among the most powerful women in the world. Yet, when Sitharaman was asked why she was not contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, she said, “I don't have that kind of money.”

Votes, presumably. Every passing cycle, elections are becoming expensive affairs. And candidates need pots of money to campaign and win polls, spending caps notwithstanding

For the youngest and most populous nation in the world, India's sporting achievements leave much to be desired. Things are changing, but they need to change way more quickly

Yechury will be remembered for his ability to reach across the aisle, to disagree without being disagreeable and be fair to an adversary

Inside the mind of India's most disruptive entrepreneur—who refuses to be restricted by risk, definition or legacy