After a month of strikes and six meetings between workers and the government, why are both sides yet to reach an agreement? And what happens next?

Lucknow has topped the Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026 among million-plus cities. Its gains came from cleaner transport, dust control, waste management and efforts to expand green cover.

After the Satya Niketan building collapse, Blinkit ambulances were among the emergency responders at the site. The incident raises a larger question: does India have enough ambulances—and the right kind—for critical emergencies?

The pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar in Tibet is particularly challenging given the high-altitude terrain. But for Indian pilgrims, making the journey has also depended on the state of bilateral relations.

Ordinance passed in July will come before the Assembly’s Monsoon Session. The law seeks to ensure agricultural efficiency in a changed socio-economic situation by cutting the minimum size of a land unit and making it standard across the state

The 27-hour-long relief operation at Satya Niketan, conducted by NDRF along with other agencies, ended Monday evening. The NDRF has a standard operating procedure for building collapses. We explain.

The BAPS sect is at the centre of a controversy after a protest at the Eiffel Tower. What is BAPS, and how did the Swaminarayan sect grow from Gujarat into a global movement?

Meitei and Naga organisations want the NRC done before the Census, arguing that population should not influence political representation until illegal immigration has been addressed.

These three sections between Gujarat and Maharashtra mark the completion of the 1,506-km WDFC, which runs from JNPT in Navi Mumbai to Dadri (Uttar Pradesh) near Delhi.

There are many methods of portraying a three-dimensional shape on a two-dimensional surface, and each comes with tradeoffs depending on purpose. The new Equal Earth map adopted by the UN is no different.

Nepal’s foreign minister said that the country has written to the UN’s fund for responding to loss and damage. The enormity of the rehabilitation task makes it imperative for the country to access international funding.

The UK ban aims to curb the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Here is what the measures cover, why they are being introduced now, and what they could mean for settlement businesses and Palestinian workers.

Plug-in hybrids sit between conventional hybrids and EVs, pairing external charging and longer electric-only range with the flexibility of a petrol engine

The comments underlined a concern that is increasingly being voiced: that advances in AI capabilities could outpace their ability to understand, monitor, and control these systems.

As Washington pushes for lower trade deficits, greater market access and reduced reliance on China, how does India face growing pressure on farmers, exporters, energy imports and the textile sector?

With Jammu and Kashmir hosting its first international film festival (September 7-10), we explain how the eruption of militancy surfaced in 1989 shut down the valley's connection with cinema.

Who is a Naxal, and what is the difference between Naxal, Maoist, and Marxist? What has been the trajectory of the Left in India?

The Venezuelan President was retrieved by an American operation in January 2026. He has since been detained in the USA and faces trial in front of Judge Alvin HellerStein. While his counsel has moved for the charged to be dismissed citing the applicability…

The Indian Express learned that the Centre on Wednesday proposed Article 371(K) for Ladakh. Key questions over the powers of the proposed elected body remain unresolved.

An internal audit questioned how the board evaluation report was handled. Bhatt had also failed to secure enough shareholder votes for another term.