COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 20 September 2021
Uttar Pradesh Records Highest Number Of Murders, Delhi Tops In Overall Crime Rate, Say 2016 NCRB Data
The National Crime Records Bureau 2016 data however revealed that cases of rioting has gone down by 5% in the last one year.
Fake Notes Worth More Than Rs 15 Crore Seized In 2016, Highest In Delhi: NCRB Report
National Crime Records Bureau released details on number of fake notes seized in the year 2016.
J&K: CISF Jawan Shoots Dead Wife, His Colleague Over Suspected Extra-Marital Affair
The jawan used his service weapon to perpetrate the killings in the residential unit at Shalimar chowk and has been arrested by the local police.
'<em>Gujarat Demands Answers For 22 Years of BJP Rule</em>' Rahul Gandhi Tweets Slamming PM Modi
"22 salon ka hisaab, Gujarat mange jawaab"
Why Politicise Cricket?: Former Cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi On Indo-Pak Cricket Ties
"I am not talking anti-India if I am asking for a cricket series with Pakistan. Let's not narrow down the meaning of patriotism."
Can Laidback Pensioner’s Paradise Mysore Stay Off The Fast Lane?
The idyllic charm of the historic city is in an uneasy tussle with brash forces of change
Uttar Pradesh Records Highest Number Of Murders, Delhi Tops In Overall Crime Rate, Say 2016 NCRB Data
The National Crime Records Bureau 2016 data however revealed that cases of rioting has gone down by 5% in the last one year.
Fake Notes Worth More Than Rs 15 Crore Seized In 2016, Highest In Delhi: NCRB Report
National Crime Records Bureau released details on number of fake notes seized in the year 2016.
J&K: CISF Jawan Shoots Dead Wife, His Colleague Over Suspected Extra-Marital Affair
The jawan used his service weapon to perpetrate the killings in the residential unit at Shalimar chowk and has been arrested by the local police.
'<em>Gujarat Demands Answers For 22 Years of BJP Rule</em>' Rahul Gandhi Tweets Slamming PM Modi
"22 salon ka hisaab, Gujarat mange jawaab"
Why Politicise Cricket?: Former Cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi On Indo-Pak Cricket Ties
"I am not talking anti-India if I am asking for a cricket series with Pakistan. Let's not narrow down the meaning of patriotism."
Can Laidback Pensioner’s Paradise Mysore Stay Off The Fast Lane?
The idyllic charm of the historic city is in an uneasy tussle with brash forces of change
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Chandigarh Gangrape: BJP MP Kirron Kher Says Victim Should Not Have Boarded Autorickshaw When She Saw Three Men Inside
The auto driver reportedly drove to the forest area of Sector 53 where the three accused committed the crime.
<em>Padmavati</em> Row: Bhansali, Joshi Appear Before Parliamentary Panel To Discuss Film
Actor-MPs Paresh Rawal and Raj Babbar are also part of the panel.
Mirabai Chanu Becomes First Indian In More Than 20 Years To Win Gold Medal At World Weightlifting Championship
Chanu lifted 85kg in snatch and 109kg in clean and jerk to total an impressive 194kg in the women's 48kg,
Process To Elect Congress President 'Rigged', Says Maharashtra Congress Secretary Shehzad Poonawalla
"The election is a selection, and not an election," he said
After Supreme Court Slap, Centre Plans To Withdraw Notification Banning Cattle Sale For Slaughter In Market: Report
Centre’s decision comes after the states gave their feedback to the environment ministry on modifications made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017 on May 23.
PM Modi A 'Terrific Actor', He Will Cry For Everything But Not For Farmers: Rahul Gandhi In Gujarat
Rahul stated if the Congress comes to power in Gujarat after elections, the party will waive farmer's loans within 10 days.
88 Girl Students Forced To Undress By Teachers As Punishment In Arunachal Pradesh
Students of class 6 and 7 of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Tani Happa (New Sagalee) in Papum Pare district were subjected to the humiliating treatment on November 23.
Data Jehad? It’s Not Just Weaponry That Has Fallen Into Taliban Hands
The Americans deleted reams of sensitive info collected over 20 years before they fled—but left behind biometrics on some 9 million Afghans. A surveillance state looms.
Sans Frontiers
Headlines from around the world last week
Calcutta No More Football's Mecca, Moving Durand Cup There Harsh On Delhi Fans
The shifting of Durand Cup to Calcutta is harsh on Delhi’s football lovers
Once A Jewel In India's Football Crown, Why Poor Organisation Has Tarnished Durand Cup's Image
Delhi’s Durand Cup is yanked off to Calcutta. It betrays a profound ignorance and aloofness about football.
India Needs A Regulatory Framework Fast To Reap Crypto Gains
Exchanges, government and security agencies need to work closely to create a regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market
Bitcoin, Altcoin, Blockchain, Mining…The Nuts And Bolts Of Cryptocurrency
Decoding the mechanics behind the befuddling yet exciting world of money that is not quite money
Crypto Is Here, Where Are India’s Checks And Balances?
India doesn’t want to be left behind as the world begins to embrace crypto. But creating the necessary regulatory framework isn’t easy.
Ride The Bullish Run Of Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is emerging as the new global moolah. Is India ready to cash in on the $2.36 trillion market?
Why Politicians Trust Good Ol’ Yatra To Reach Voter’s Heart
It started with Gandhi marching to Dandi, mobilising the masses all along. Now every party takes the roadshow route to the election ring.
Remembering Fahim, The Kabul Journalist The Taliban Killed in Panjshir
Fahim Dashty resisted, till death, the Taliban’s sectarianism. His heart beat only for a modern, democratic Afghanistan.
Tokyo Paralympics Diary: Where The Mind Shoots Straight As An Arrow
“I would be lying if I said I was not gripped by fear…even the best archers have parched throats,” writes Tokyo bronze medallist Harvinder Singh.
To Everything There’s A Season
In a deft inversion, Tarantino turns Once Upon A Time In Hollywood into a novel. Overlaying the two, we get insights on film-making, his pet themes and glory in his immersion into the late ’60s.
Bad Apples Spoil Himachal’s Much-Loved ‘Delicious’ Harvest
Price crashes as supply glut and several other factors manipulate market in Himachal Pradesh
Breathing Down Dragon’s Neck From Army Bunkers in Sikkim
If beauty could kill, this is it. But that’s not the only lethal element around the high-altitude foxholes on Sikkim’s rugged frontier.
Separatist Call For A ‘Sovereign Kamatapur’ Rises In North Bengal
Soon after the BJP raises demand for a separate north Bengal state, the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation rears its head after a hiatus, demanding a sovereign nation
Arunachal Women’s Dilemma: Marry ‘Outsider’, Lose Property Rights
A proposed bill aimed at gender equality divides opinion in the Northeast state
Kannur’s Political Blood Feud Has Multiple Layers And Structures
Addressing chronic ‘political’ violence in Kannur demands engaging every layer of society permeated by its apparatus and mechanisms
Does Office Size Matter?
JD(U) and RJD fight a ‘space war’
JD(U)’s No. 2 Problem: Battle For the Second In Command
JD(U) is embroiled in a struggle over which of its leaders is the mightiest after Nitish Kumar
Suicide? Murder? Accident? A Corpse…And A Forest Of Theories
How did Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, a young forest officer in Odisha’s Paralakhemundi, end up with 90 per cent burns? Hints of marital discord—and denials—fly in the air with the ashes.
Shiva And Allah Share A Sugarcane In Muzaffarnagar
Why did Rakesh Tikait revive his father’s secular slogan? Because reversing the effects of the 2013 riots on western UP’s politics is key to forging a united farmers’ front.
Why The Congress Broke Up With Ajmal’s Party, Other Allies
In Assam, where every road is leading to saffron, the GOP decides to plough a lonely furrow to cut its losses ahead of bypolls.
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