Correspondent

The Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has exposed the rot at the heart of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress–controlled West Bengal. What was long decried as ‘partisan scaremongering’ by the Opposition now stands revealed as a sprawling, institutionalised breakdown in which porous borders, forged documents and a carefully curated voter ecosystem have flourished under the West Bengal government’s indulgent gaze. The exercise has thoroughly laid bare the...

Artistes perform Indian traditional dance forms during the Jaipur Dance Conclave at Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur on Saturday. Lord Ayyappa Swamy devotees at Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple in Pathanamthitta, Kerala on Sunday. Devotees perform martial art 'Gatka' during a procession ahead of the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Nuns of the 'Missionaries of Charity' participate in the 'Annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic...

The tragic death of Wing Commander Namansh Syal during an aerial display in Dubai has pierced the celebratory haze around India’s rising aerospace ambitions. The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, meant to headline India’s growing prowess and self-reliance, instead nose-dived into the ground during a negative-G turn. A grief-stricken Indian Air Force (IAF) and a shocked nation now face questions that go beyond a single aircraft or accident. While the IAF has launched an investigation, the symbolic...