• The Federal
    • Premium Access
    • Register / Login
      • Home
      • India
        • Live
        • Latest
        • Explainers
        • Obituary
        • Politics
        • Photo Stories
        • Interactives
        • Exclusive
      • World
      • Premium
      • THE FEDERAL SPECIAL
      • Analysis
      • States
        • North
        • South
        • East
        • West
        • North-East
      • Perspective
        • Opinion
        • Two-Bit
        • Faultlines
      • Videos
        • Interviews
        • Programmes
        • News
        • Features
      • Sports
      • Education
        • Schools
      • Entertainment
      • Elections
        • Election 2019
        • Assam Elections 2021
        • Assembly Elections 2023
        • Elections 2024
        • Elections - Interactives
      • Features
      • Health
      • Business
        • Budget 2023
        • Flight Insight
        • News View
      • Series
        • In memoriam: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
        • Bishnoi's Men
        • NEET TANGLE
        • Economy Series
        • Earth Day
        • Kashmir’s Frozen Turbulence
        • India@75
        • The legend of Ramjanmabhoomi
        • Liberalisation@30
        • How to tame a dragon
        • Celebrating biodiversity
        • Farm Matters
        • 50 days of solitude
        • Bringing Migrants Home
        • Budget 2020
        • Jharkhand Votes
        • The Federal Investigates
        • The Federal Impact
        • Vanishing Sand
        • Gandhi @ 150
        • Andhra Today
        • Field report
        • Operation Gulmarg
        • Pandemic @1 Mn in India
        • The Federal Year-End
        • The Zero Year
      • Science
      • Brand studio
      • Newsletter
      • Elections 2024
      • Events
    • Home
    • India
        India
        • Live
        • The Federal Focus
        • Latest
        • Explainers
        • Politics
        • Obituary
        • Photo Stories
        • Interactives
        • Exclusive
        • The Federal Special
      • Loading...
    • World
    • Analysis
    • States
        States
        • South
        • North
        • East
        • West
        • North-East
      • Loading...
    • Perspective
        Perspective
        • Opinion
        • Two-Bit
        • Faultlines
      • Loading...
    • Videos
        Videos
        • Interviews
        • Programs
        • News
        • Feature
      • Loading...
    • Sports
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • Elections
        Elections
        • Elections 2019
        • Assam Elections 2021
        • Assembly Elections 2023
        • Elections 2024
        • Elections 2025
        • Elections - Interactives
      • Loading...
    • Features
    • Health
    • Business
        Business
        • Farm Matters
        • Flight Insight
        • Personal Finance
      • Loading...
    • Premium
        Premium
        • The Eighth Column
      • Loading...
    • Events

    Top Stories

    LIVE

    Govt orders forensic audit of Al Falah University; ED to probe money trail

    Dr Umar Nabi, who was allegedly driving the Haryana-registered car that exploded, was working at the university as an assistant professor

    Delhi bomb blast
    India
    • Mukul Roy
      West Bengal

      Calcutta HC disqualifies TMC leader Mukul Roy under anti-defection law

    • Drought in India
      India

      How India is using its climate crisis to wage a diplomatic war for grants

    • Terrorist links, Hyderabad, Dr. Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed
      India

      Hyderabad doctor’s ricin terror plot: Probe reveals laboratory at home

    WHAT'S BREWING

    Jammu & Kashmir, mobile messaging apps banned, Centre, Section 69A

    Delhi blast: How suspects used Threema app to share maps, plans

    Air India Milan-Delhi flight cancelled ahead of Diwali

    Air India flight AI188 receives bomb threat mid-air, lands safely in Delhi

    India road accidents

    Six dead after container truck loses control near Pune’s Navale bridge

    Kerala High Court, Chancellor-V-Cs rift over appointment of V-Cs

    Kerala's plea to defer SIR: HC reserves order, suggests moving SC

    delhi pollution smog

    SC judge warns of ‘permanent damage’ as Delhi air quality remains severe

    • Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’
      Entertainment

      Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual...

    • Air India crash probe report captain sumeet sabharwal
      India

      Air India 171 crash: A father's plea for his dead son

    • Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
      Kerala

      Kerala: UDF, BJP seize on Vasu arrest to corner LDF in high-stakes...

    • Phase-II of SIR: TN, Bengal lead in enumeration form distribution, Kerala lags behind
      India

      SIR: Tamil Nadu, Bengal lead in enumeration form distribution, Kerala...

    • Serendipity art festival
      Features

      Serendipity Arts Festival: How Sunil Munjal built South Asia’s leading...

    • Veeraswamy restaurant
      World

      London's iconic restaurant Veeraswamy faces eviction threat; top chefs...

    • Narendra Modi in Bhutan, hours after the Delhi Red Fort car blast
      Opinion

      Red Fort blast tests Modi’s security credentials, global balancing act

    <
    >

    TRENDING VIDEOS

    Delhi blast: Test explosion or premature detonation? Expert answers

    Delhi blast: Test explosion or premature detonation? Expert answers

    Bihar polling ends

    Bihar Assembly election: Will exit polls get it right? What does record turnout imply?

    We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navins

    We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navin's

    State of the Nation

    • All
    • East
    • North
    • North East
    • South
    • West
    Jammu & Kashmir, mobile messaging apps banned, Centre, Section 69A

    Delhi blast: How suspects used Threema app to share maps, plans

    13 Nov 2025 8:35 PM IST
    India road accidents

    Six dead after container truck loses control near Pune’s Navale bridge

    13 Nov 2025 8:00 PM IST
    Mukul Roy

    Calcutta HC disqualifies TMC leader Mukul Roy under anti-defection law

    13 Nov 2025 7:51 PM IST
    UIDAI urges biometric update for child Aadhaar

    SIR in Bengal: TMC attacks EC, BJP over 34 lakh Aadhaar deactivation

    13 Nov 2025 7:29 PM IST
    Kerala High Court, Chancellor-V-Cs rift over appointment of V-Cs

    Kerala's plea to defer SIR: HC reserves order, suggests moving SC

    13 Nov 2025 7:01 PM IST
    Terrorist links, Hyderabad, Dr. Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed

    Hyderabad doctor’s ricin terror plot: Probe reveals laboratory at home

    13 Nov 2025 6:11 PM IST
    Serendipity art festival

    Serendipity Arts Festival: How Sunil Munjal built South Asia’s leading cultural platform

    13 Nov 2025 5:30 PM IST
    delhi pollution smog

    SC judge warns of ‘permanent damage’ as Delhi air quality remains severe

    13 Nov 2025 5:06 PM IST
    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...
    • Vivek Katju

      Red Fort blast tests Modi’s security credentials, global balancing act

      Vivek Katju
    • Anand K Sahay

      Do Bihar’s women really have Nitish’s back? Their ‘empowerment’ is just hype

      Anand K Sahay
    • Devendra Poola

      Why the 2025 Bihar Assembly election matters for all of India

      Devendra Poola
    • V Sridhar

      China’s hard bargain offers lessons on what it takes to deal with global bullies

      V Sridhar
    • KS Dakshina Murthy

      Jewish support for Mamdani shatters long-held views on US ties with Israel

      KS Dakshina Murthy
    • V Sridhar

      Why the Adani-LIC bond saga is a red flag for public accountability

      V Sridhar
    • Siddhaarth Mahan

      When winning looked like grace: How India’s women rewrote meaning of triumph

      Siddhaarth Mahan
    • Anand K Sahay

      With Modi, Shah and EC, Mamdani wouldn't have stood a chance in Bihar

      Anand K Sahay
    • TK Arun

      Why Mamdani’s New York win resonates well beyond the City — and the US

      TK Arun
    • KS Dakshina Murthy

      Can US-type presidential term limit work for Indian PM, CMs?

      KS Dakshina Murthy

    Faultlineswindow expand icon

    Two-Bitwindow expand icon

    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    Why Centre urging preference for ex-Agniveers in security jobs has triggered fear in Haryana

    In a state that prides itself on having a soldier’s family in almost every village lane, the central advisory is a reminder that for a sizeable section of the youth who had joined the forces under the Agnipath scheme, the dream of a military career comes with a four-year expiry date.
    Sat Singh
    Agniveers, Agnipath scheme

    Businesswindow expand icon

    • Manoj Gaur

      Jaypee Infratech MD Manoj Gaur arrested in Rs 12,000 cr money laundering case

    • Rannotsav or Rann Utsav will see an easing of liquor rules soon

      After GIFT City 'success', Gujarat to ease liquor ban at 3 more places

    • Rubber import

      Centre starts anti-dumping probe into Chinese rubber, backs local firms

    • Markets climb in early trade on firm global cues, India-US trade deal optimism

      Markets climb in early trade on firm global cues, India-US trade deal optimism

    • COP30 in Brazil

      As COP30 shows, rich nations and elites still block climate progress

    • Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

      Goyal open to idea of visa on arrival for US, European medical patients

    • US pretty close to trade deal with India, will bring tariffs down at some point: Trump

      US 'pretty close' to trade deal with India, will bring tariffs down 'at some point': Trump

    • We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navins

      We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navin's

    • Cyber fraud: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories loses Rs 2.16 cr after fraudsters hack email communication

      Cyber fraud: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories loses Rs 2.16 cr after fraudsters hack email communication

    • COP30 Brazil

      COP30: India’s climate mitigation pledges are all rhetoric, little substance

    • Sustainability and growth go hand in hand, says CPCL MD H Shankar

      Sustainability and growth go hand in hand, says CPCL MD H Shankar

    • COP30 Brazil

      COP30 in Trump’s shadow: Will it move forward, backward or get stranded?

    • Air India Boeing 787 - accident, probe and exclusive report

      Exclusive: Do Air India’s Dreamliner groundings hint at deeper safety flaw?

    • People wait outside the arrivals and exit at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, in New Delhi

      Major ATC glitch paralyses Delhi airport, over 500 flights delayed across airlines

    • RBI will move with caution, but need for courage led to easing of bank norms: Governor

      RBI moving with caution, but need for courage led to easing of bank norms: Governor

    Internationalwindow expand icon

    • Drought in India

      How India is using its climate crisis to wage a diplomatic war for grants

    • Veeraswamy restaurant

      London's iconic restaurant Veeraswamy faces eviction threat; top chefs rally to save it

    • Sheikh Hasina

      Dhaka 'lockdown': Ahead of Hasina verdict, security tightened to prevent violence

    • Donald Trump

      Trump meets Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in landmark visit

    • Khawaja Asif

      Pakistan ready for two-front war with India, Afghanistan: Defence Minister Asif

    • Field Marshal Asim Munir

      Pakistan passes bill giving Army Chief expanded powers, legal immunity

    • Train Americans, then go home: Scott Bessent explains Trumps new H-1B policy

      'Train Americans, then go home': Scott Bessent explains Trump's new H-1B policy

    • US House Jan 6 committee, Donald Trump, Capitol attack, federal investigations

      Trump signs funding bill, ending record 43-day US govt shutdown

    • Sheikh Hasina says restoration of participatory democracy key condition for her return

      Sheikh Hasina says restoration of participatory democracy key condition for her return

    • Donald Trump appears to soften on H-1B visa, cites need for certain talents

      Trump appears to soften on H-1B visa, cites need for 'certain talents'

    • COP30 in Brazil

      As COP30 shows, rich nations and elites still block climate progress

    • Bomb blast

      At least 12 killed in suicide attack outside court in Islamabad

    • David Szalay wins Booker Prize 2025 for Flesh, edging out Kiran Desai

      David Szalay wins Booker Prize 2025 for 'Flesh', edging out Kiran Desai

    • Donald Trump tariff

      Trump says tariffs made US ‘richest nation’, vows $2,000 dividend for citizens

    • BBC, India, ED

      BBC bosses Tim Davie, Deborah Turness resign over Trump speech edit row

    Sportswindow expand icon

    • Shubman Gill

      India vs SA, 1st Test preview: Hosts wary of Proteas' spin threat in Kolkata

    • Venkatesh Prasad hits out at Brijesh Patel for ‘controlling’ KSCA for 25 years

      Venkatesh Prasad hits out at Brijesh Patel for ‘controlling’ KSCA for 25 years

    • Venkatesh Prasad, KSCA elections

      Venkatesh Prasad to contest for KSCA president’s post; gets Kumble, Srinath’s backing

    • Red Fort car blast

      Red Fort car blast: Security to be beefed up around Arun Jaitley stadium

    • Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar smashes fastest-ever First-Class fifty in just 11 balls

      Meghalaya’s Akash Kumar smashes fastest-ever First-Class fifty in just 11 balls

    • Raahul VS becomes India’s 91st Grandmaster after ASEAN Championship win

      Raahul VS becomes India’s 91st Grandmaster after ASEAN Championship win

    • Mohammed Shami and his wife Hasin Jahan

      'Isn’t Rs 4 lakh a month enough?’: SC asks in Hasin Jahan’s plea against Mohammed Shami

    • Shreyanka Patil with RCB captain Smriti Mandhana

      WPL 2026 retained players' list: Full squads of all 5 teams ahead of auction

    • ED attaches ₹11,14 cr assets of Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan in illegal betting probe

      ED attaches Rs 11-crore assets of Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan in illegal betting case

    • PM Modi chats about tattoos, skincare and World Cup win with women cricketers

      PM Modi chats about tattoos, skincare and World Cup win with women cricketers

    • Harmanpreet Kaur

      Women's World Cup team of tournament: 3 Indians named; no place for Harmanpreet

    • Mamatha Maben hails India women winning cricket World Cup: Theres no looking back

      Mamatha Maben hails India women winning cricket World Cup: 'There's no looking back'

    • ICC Womens World Cup 2025

      Indian women’s cricket team to get Rs 90 crore for winning World Cup

    • ICC Womens World Cup 2025

      Women’s World Cup: Meet players, support staff of India’s champion squad

    • ICC Womens World Cup 2025

      Photos: How India celebrated Women's World Cup win

    Entertainmentwindow expand icon

    • Delhi Crime season 3 review

      Delhi Crime Season 3 review: A gripping journey through dark world of women’s trafficking

    • Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

      Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

    • Sunny Deol lashes out at media for invading privacy amid Dharmendra’s illness

      Sunny Deol lashes out at media for invading privacy amid Dharmendra’s illness

    • Zakir Khan

      Papa Yaar: How Zakir Khan turns the father-son relationship into a two-hour laugh riot

    • Actor Govinda hospitalised after fainting at home, says lawyer friend

      Actor Govinda hospitalised after fainting at home, says lawyer friend

    • Hema Malini refutes rumours of Dharmendra’s death, calls reports unforgivable

      Hema Malini refutes rumours of Dharmendra’s death, calls reports 'unforgivable'

    • Maharani Season 4

      Maharani Season 4 review: Political thriller has Rani Bharti leave Bihar, its bite behind

    • Haq-Shah Bano-Film-review

      Haq movie review: A poised, rewarding courtroom drama repackages the Shah Bano case

    • Katrina Kaif-Vicky Kaushal announce pregnancy

      Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal welcome baby boy

    • Gouri Kishan press meet

      Gouri Kishan stands up to body-shaming remark; Chinmayi, Kavin voice support

    • Kalyan Varma-Wild Tamil Nadu

      How Kalyan Varma’s Wild Tamil Nadu uses Sangam literature to map state’s wildlife

    • horror films

      Lights, camera, scare: Why Bollywood’s horror films feel different now

    Featureswindow expand icon

    • Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

      Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

    • Serendipity art festival

      Serendipity Arts Festival: How Sunil Munjal built South Asia’s leading cultural platform

    • Zakir Khan

      Papa Yaar: How Zakir Khan turns the father-son relationship into a two-hour laugh riot

    • Sabzi-Yasmin Khan

      What Bloomsbury-Cornwall deli row over sabzi says about ownership of common food words

    • skirt-fashion-style

      Why skirt, a wardrobe staple for women, continues to rule the style spectrum

    • Kalyan Varma-Wild Tamil Nadu

      How Kalyan Varma’s Wild Tamil Nadu uses Sangam literature to map state’s wildlife

    • Bengaluru museums

      10 must-visit galleries and museums that offer a window into Bengaluru’s art scene

    • Vir Das-memoir-The Outsider-book-review

      The Outsider review: Vir Das’s memoir is a stand-up comic’s honest ode to misfit life

    • Priyambada Jayakumar with Kamal Haasan at the launch of her book

      How Ramana Maharshi’s philosophy kept the Father of Green Revolution grounded

    • Shah Rukh Khan  at 60

      60 years of Shah Rukh Khan and the 1990s boys who grew up on his films

    • Arthur Conan Doyle-Sherlock-Holmes

      Arthur Conan Doyle and the many lives of Sherlock Holmes, world’s most famous detective

    • Chef Rohit Ghai

      Chef Rohit Ghai on Zarqash, his restaurant in Bengaluru: ‘My most personal yet’

    • Enrique Iglesias

      Enrique Iglesias essential playlist: 10 songs that still make us sing along

    • Koh-i-noor Golconda Aurangzeb

      How Golconda’s Koh-i-Noor became the most fought-over diamond in human history

    • M.S. Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India by Priyambada Jayakumar

      How MS Swaminathan’s collaboration with Norman Borlaug engineered the Green Revolution

    ANALYSISwindow expand icon

    • US boycotts own human rights review at UN, sparking American Apartheid warning

      US boycotts own human rights review at UN, sparking 'American Apartheid' warning

    • Why South Asians, especially Sikhs, are living in constant fear in the UK

      Why South Asians, especially Sikhs, are living in constant fear in the UK

    • Bihar Assembly polls, Narendra Modi

      Bihar’s pre-poll cash push sparks concerns over voter sway, ECI neutrality

    • US Secretary of War Peter Hegseth (Left) with Defense Minister Rajnath Singh

      India–US defence framework: A hollow renewal amid shifting alliances

    • Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav

      Bihar’s coalition arithmetic gets more complex ahead of elections

    • BSP chief Mayawati at rally in Lucknow

      Praising BJP, attacking SP: What’s Mayawati’s game plan?

    • Antisemitism, Israel’s powerful shield in Gaza

      Israel and antisemitism: The politics behind silencing critics

    • labour laws

      Shram Shakti Niti 2025 : Draft labour policy steps back to Manusmiriti

    • Russia’s jet engine deal with Pakistan: Are India’s defence ties at risk?

      Russia’s jet engine deal with Pakistan: Are India’s defence ties at risk?

    • PM Modi flags off four trains, launches projects worth Rs 13,500 crore for Bihar

      Small parties, big headaches: What’s holding up seat-sharing deals in Bihar

    • Asaduddin Owaisi Tejashwi Yadav

      Arrogance or ground realities? Why Tejashwi spurned Owaisi's alliance overtures

    • How Bangladesh’s provocative military strategy fuelled unrest in its hill tracts

      How Bangladesh’s provocative military strategy fuelled unrest in its hill tracts

    • Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

      Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals what’s wrong with India’s growth model

    • Bihar polls: Modis Rs 10,000 cash dole rattles Grand Alliances momentum

      Bihar polls: Modi's Rs 10,000 cash dole rattles Grand Alliance's momentum

    • From Leh’s streets to Delhi’s doorstep: Ladakh’s fight for identity rekindled

      From Leh’s streets to Delhi’s doorstep: Ladakh’s fight for identity rekindled

    Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

    Kanu Behl interview: ‘Agra is a film about desire and sexual repression’

    13 Nov 2025 7:20 PM IST

    EC’s SIR drive ahead of 2026 TN polls triggers confusion, exclusion fears

    EC’s SIR drive ahead of 2026 TN polls triggers confusion, exclusion fears

    13 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST

    Gujarat: 3 killed, 25 injured in massive boiler blast in pharma plant

    Gujarat: 3 killed, 25 injured in massive boiler blast in pharma plant

    12 Nov 2025 10:01 PM IST

    Why Delhi’s Yamuna remains filthy despite ₹7,000 crore spent on cleanup

    Why Delhi’s Yamuna remains filthy despite ₹7,000 crore spent on cleanup

    12 Nov 2025 2:20 PM IST

    Delhi blast: Test explosion or premature detonation? Expert answers

    Delhi blast: Test explosion or premature detonation? Expert answers

    12 Nov 2025 6:20 AM IST

    Bihar polling ends

    Bihar Assembly election: Will exit polls get it right? What does record turnout imply?

    11 Nov 2025 9:20 PM IST

    Parents and activists gathered at Delhi’s India Gate demanding urgent action against rising air pollution

    Can't Delhi residents demand clean air? Why police action on protestors?

    11 Nov 2025 2:19 PM IST

    We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navins

    We build green homes because it’s the right thing to do: Realty firm Navin's

    10 Nov 2025 4:47 PM IST

    When any sadness is ‘depression’ and ‘OCD’ is a joke, who pays the price?

    When any sadness is ‘depression’ and ‘OCD’ is a joke, who pays the price?

    9 Nov 2025 3:41 PM IST

    Sustainability and growth go hand in hand, says CPCL MD H Shankar

    Sustainability and growth go hand in hand, says CPCL MD H Shankar

    9 Nov 2025 3:15 PM IST

    X