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‘People tend to exaggerate nepotism’
Model-turned-actor Bidita Bag talks about her journey from Kolkata to Mumbai, her struggling days, Nawazuddin siddiqui and more After starting her modeling career in Kolkata, Bidita Bag quickly became the go-to model for leading designers in the city. Looking for a major push in her career, she shifted to Mumbai and went on to become […]
Unveiling Gambhir’s CCTV plan
The BJP MP says he’s already installed 3 CCTVs as part of a larger plan for women’s safety—but did due process for the installation take place? On June 22, newly elected BJP MP Gautam Gambhir unveiled with great fanfare his proposal to install 50 CCTV cameras in his constituency. Announcing that a company called Hawkeye […]
Water wonderful world
The historic ties between India and Mauritius, combined with adventure sports and Nature’s beauty make a trip to Mauritius worthwhile There was a time when the very mention of Mauritius would take you into an idyllic world replete with clear blue skies, aquamarine beaches, white sands and tropical greenery… “How about sunrises?” smiles our host […]
Cruelty-free meats will hit the market soon
Those who feel guilty about eating meat due to the cruelty to animals which has become part of the food industry are looking forward to the time when ‘mock meat’ or ‘plant meat’ hits the market. It will taste and smell like meat but will be made from plant ingredients. At a global level, there […]
Delhi’s mega parking crisis
Over one crore vehicles are parked in Delhi at any time. How can the city possibly find room for all of them? Efforts are being made but they can’t keep pace with the increasing vehicle population The chairman of Environmental Pollution – Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA), Dr Bhure Lal, recently was caught in a […]
‘Everest climbing is a status symbol now’
I got into mountaineering by coincidence and did not know much about it. I am from Shimla, from a village where we had to do a lot of walking. So I was always into fitness. After serving in the Indian Army for five years, I did a mountaineering course. I realised that in the Army, […]
Delhi’s bad boys
Singh, the subject of a viral video where he’s thrashed by cops in Mukherjee Nagar, has since gone off the radar Sarabjeet Singh’s house is locked. It’s been four days since a video of him and his minor son being thrashed by police officers went viral, and his friends and neighbours in Gandhi Vihar, Delhi, […]
Meet the super cop of the Kathua rape case
An exclusive interview with Ahfad-ul-Mujtaba, head of the J&K police’s Crime Branch The verdict in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua was announced on June 10. Six persons were convicted while one accused was acquitted. The in-camera trial in the case that shook the nation had […]