Special Report

For the first time in a decade, India is importing sugar as prices spike ahead of the festive season, even as concerns grow over stock miscalculations, ethanol diversion and hoarding

A decade after opening the skies to smaller towns and first-time flyers, a revamped Udan scheme sets out to make regional aviation work for the long haul

Despite a shortage of nearly 10 million affordable homes in urban India, private developers are fast exiting the segment as they no longer find it lucrative, leaving homebuyers in the lurch

Uttar Pradesh's longest high-speed expressway aims to bridge the state's western and eastern regions, linking 12 districts and creating an economic corridor along its stretch

The defection of its Rajya Sabha MPs—and former close aides— throws AAP off balance ahead of the battle for Punjab next year

Multiple FIRs and an expanding police dragnet point to a possible pattern of abuse, coercion and systemic lapses at the company's Nashik BPO

After years of delays, flagship expressways across India are nearing completion, promising shorter travel times and a boost to economic growth

A calibrated blend of force and persuasion fuels record Naxalite surrenders in Bastar, shaking their ranks and accelerating the push to end the movement

Surrendered senior Naxal figures on laying down arms, misreading public mood, the movement's future and electoral politics

India's regional aviation dream was meant to democratise the skies. Instead, idle runways and vanished airlines reveal a sobering reality of monuments to ambition stalled mid-flight

Cheating networks hijack Rajasthan's recruitment system, eroding trust and crushing the hopes of genuine aspirants

The emotional call for justice from millions in Assam over Zubeen Garg's death has forced the BJP government to pander to public sentiment. Six months before the state goes to polls, the Opposition has seized on the issue too

Abetted by insiders, a multicrore insurance scam—centred in west UP and preying on the poor battling illness or disability—thrived on fake identities, staged deaths, and even murders

With near-total electrification, Railways warms to clean energy to power its networks. Nuclear power via captive Small Modular Reactors may show the way

The booming Ganesh idol industry in Mumbai's hinterland faces an ecological pushback over the use of polluting PoP. A high court ruling has come as a reprieve, for now