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In Maharashtra, roughly every tenth person is Muslim, as opposed to almost every third inmate in its prisons.

The BCCI has agreed to DRS for the England series beginning next week. As per the new rule on referrals, the ‘zone that belongs to the bowler’ has increased by 3.8 cm in width —

Across India, the average vacancy among prison guards and staff is over 30%, show latest NCRB data.

Satyam scam: Revelations included allegations of falsifying accounts and fudging, and Sebi got in touch with the ICAI to get independent external auditors to verify the cash in hand of listed companies.

The Allahabad High Court has scrapped the user fee on the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, saying the concessionaire has already recovered its ‘reasonable’ dues. ANEESHA MATHUR unpacks the judgment.

For over a week, Kathmandu has been agog with news of the impeachment of the man heading Nepal’s top anti-corruption body.

In the current public debate over triple talaq and Uniform Civil Code, these two terms from Muslim personal law have made repeated appearances. What do Talaq-e-bidat and nikah halala mean?

They are cheap and bright, but are very often dangerous. Many Chinese-made firecrackers use the highly unstable chemical potassium chlorate — which is the main reason they are banned in India.

Quetta attack shows killing of the group’s top leaders last year was just a punctuation in its bloody history.

Elite residents decry cutting of trees, govt’s focus on private transport; CM says declogging choked city his priority.

There’s been speculation about the existence of the ‘Schatzgraber’ for close to 70 years.

At the heart of ongoing protests in Assam are ways in which the Bill seeks to extend special facilities to 6 religious groups from 3 neighbouring countries.

Indian Express explains why six communities in the state have been clamouring to be included in the ST list — and why those already in the tent are determined not to let them in.

The MNS agitation over the movie might have been seen as another display of the in-vogue macho neo-nationalism. But that’s not the case.

As signs of the usual H5N1 panic start to set in, a look at the disease, its Indian outbreaks, and what makes it so deadly.

Indian Express explains one of the biggest data security breaches in Indian banking, situates it in the context of the rising threat from cyber crime.

Bombay HC wants govt to ‘apply their mind’ to the situation faced by 2 foreign couples who can’t take back legally-imported frozen embryos after a 2015 order prohibited their export.

Bhubaneswar fire: As all the dimensions of the SUM Hospital tragedy unfold, Indian Express recalls the catastrophic AMRI Hospital fire in Kolkata in 2011, in which 93 people were killed.

New Delhi has no real ability to project military power across its borders.

HFCs, ironically, had come into use to solve another environmental problem.

The report straddles the fine line between ensuring gender justice and maintaining the plurality of family laws.

Uniform Civil Code: Among other Directive Principles is Article 44, which asks the State to “endeavour to secure for citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India”.

The Nobel Committee has picked Bob Dylan — a choice probably not as radical as it appears at first glance, though it has shocked purists. Tagore’s Gitanjali was a song book — and it won

The plan is to install it in the South China Sea, where China has for long been locked in a dispute with nearby nations and the US.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7, part of the company’s flagship Note series that made big-screen phones popular, is now dead.