Sushim Mukul

Sanjay Gandhi, son of then PM Indira Gandhi, devised a population-control policy and forced 11 million Indians into sterilisation camps. Salaries were deducted, irrigation water to villages stopped and police raided homes to drag people into Nasbandi camps.

Critics were quick to write the political epitaph of Eknath Shinde when he split the Shiv Sena and joined hands with the BJP in 2022. With his populist schemes, hands-on approach to governance and stance on the Maratha quota, Shinde has not only survived, but emerged as a powerful leader in Maharashtra politics.

Haryana is facing an acute shortage of DAP fertiliser just ahead of the sowing season with police being deployed to manage crowds at distribution centres. DAP is crucial for wheat and mustard and even Punjab has asked the Centre to ensure its supply amid the crisis.

A war 4,000 kilometres away has got farmers in several districts of Haryana protesting. It is because of the Israel-Hamas war and its ripple effects on the Red Sea routes that has resulted in a big shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), a crucial fertiliser, before sowing of Rabi crops.

Millions of travellers get added in India during the festive season, putting pressure on the railway network. But how has China managed its lunar holiday travellers, which is much higher than India's? This is the bigger story behind people stuffed in train toilets in India.

In the fight for Maharashtra, India's richest state, there is a bitter battle of 'revdis'. Both the BJP-led Mahayuti and Congress poll Maha Vikas Aghadi are trying to outdo the other in promising freebies. Here's a look at who's promising what, and why the 'revdi' culture raises concerns.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday. About 50 years ago, Justice HR Khanna, Saniv Khanna's uncle and then the senior-most SC judge, was denied the CJI's post by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. A look into why Justice HR Khanna is celebrated as one of India's most fearless judges.

Believed largely to be a two-corned contest between the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Mahayuti, the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, in fact, could be decided by the smaller parties. This is how Independents and parties like the MNS, AIMIM and VBA might emerge as party poopers for the biggies.

Kandyawar bola (talk about onions, in Marathi)", shouted an onion farmer as PM Narendra Modi was addressing a rally at Nashik's Pimpalgaon during the Lok Sabha election in May.

As India allows toxic air to choke Delhiites without even discussing what it would take to save its capital, Beijing in 2013 launched an all-out war with a $100-billion mission to clean its air. Beijing is no longer among the world's Top 10 polluted cities, while Delhi continues to choke.