India

The Crossborder Cattle Caravan

Anil Budur Lulla

It is a thriving trade, the smuggling of bullocks across the Indo-Bangladesh border for slaughter. To contain it, however, India is better served tackling corruption than shooting at suspects

Revolt in Rohtas

Rahul Pandita

Threatened by Kharwar tribals in this district, Yadav Maoists go on a spree of revenge killings

VS versus Vijayan, the Nth Round

Shahina KK

As CPM polls approach, the Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan factions sharpen their claws

The Land Mine Explodes

Anil Budur Lulla

Karnataka’s illegal mining scam has claimed its Chief Minister. But, with so many people involved, it will be a long while before the dust settles

The Seven-Year Itch

Jatin Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi loyalist Pulok Chatterjee replaces Manmohan’s man TKA Nair. But that alone isn’t enough to fix the PMO

Identity Crisis

Shruti Ravindran

Doubts have suddenly been cast on the ‘miraculous’ discovery of a new species of macaque in the Eastern Himalayas of Arunachal. The scientists who found it are not amused

Unfriendly Allies

Dhirendra K Jha

The DMK and Samajwadi Party reaffirm their support to the Congress, but make it clear that all’s not well with the relationship

The Math Doesn’t Add Up

Jatin Gandhi

Even after the protests, the enhanced rate that Noida farmers are getting for their land is only a fraction of what it costs to buy land in the township

The Capitol Hill Trail

Rahul Pandita

For two decades, Ghulam Nabi Fai funded Kashmir militancy right under Washington DC’s nose. The game is up

Snow leopards share a particularly punishing habitat with people in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, with resources scarce and vegetation sparse. The conventional conservation model of separating wild animals and people simply does not work here. India’s green establishment is showing signs of accepting this reality, if only grudgingly