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Edition: September 11, two thousand seventeen

Asit Jolly

The convicted guru’s cult unravels, exposing a sordid world of political influence, sexual violence and allegations of murder.

Here is a look at the life and times of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

The glaring inability to contain the rampaging Sacha Sauda supporters has put the Haryana government’s intentions and priorities in question.

In the two-and-a-half months since, Beijing issued almost daily threats, requiring an end to India’s “trespass” and not ruling out military act.

The state’s disaster management cell cut a sorry figure as it failed dreadfully at issuing early warnings or acting efficiently in rescue operations, a responsibility citizen groups and religious sanctuaries impatiently took upon themselves.

Demonetisation was introduced to flush out black money and gasp terrorist funding in the country but on the evidence of data eventually released by the RBI, it did no such thing.

Historically, the Supreme Court embraced an independent and strident counter-majoritarian role in India’s politics from the get-go.

Historian James Walvin’s latest book ‘Sugar: The World Corrupted from Slavery to Obesity’ stares into crystals of sugar and reflects on the myriad consequences of our sugar addiction.

Large parts of India may become uninhabitable due to a combination of fever and humidity by the end of the century, exposes a examine published in an American journal Science Advances.

The big losers, if the proposal to reduce interconnect usage charges (IUC) goes through, would be Idea, Airtel and Vodafone, which service about sixty per cent of the Indian market.

Here is what social media was up to this week.

If one were to compare Hindi’s claim to that status with other languages in a logical framework, it does not look entirely tenable.

Nozomi Okuhara seized her chance to become Japan’s very first champ in forty years. For Indian badminton, tho’, the Worlds were an unqualified triumph.

With cyber crime opening up a fresh battlefront, India needs to fortify its information networks against malware.

Why RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s ‘BJP bhagao, desh bachao’ rally in Patna still fell brief.

Put on the mat, the Nitish government asks the central agency to investigate the misuse of government funds.

Telangana moves to streamline its land records.

It’s raining doles in West Bengal in the run-up to the panchayat elections.

Ahead of the year-end Assembly elections, Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh sends an ultimatum to the high directive.

Designer wear, designer bags, furniture or art, rentals afford you a lifestyle you always dreamed but couldn’t afford.

Mohammed Yasin, who took charge as DGP intelligence, Kerala in January, talks about monitoring ISIS activites and the Kerala Police’s two-pronged strategy.

Time to love the festive season.

From style wear for toddlers to healthy meal boxes, Pune’s entrepreneurs have brought a host of products to shoppers at the click of a key. India Today Pune looks at some of these cool e-stores.

Savour a slice of Bengal right in the heart of Chennai at Mackay’s Garden, popularly known as mini Bengal.

There’s no dearth of novel practices in the city. Here’s a curated list of what to buy, where to eat, and what to see this month. So get commenced now.

For all the fans of Game of Thrones.

Things to indulge in.

Poorna Jagannathan speaks about her thriving career in America’s red-hot television market and when she will nosedive back into Bollywood.

Rao’s endearing everyman appeal means audiences can relate to his characters’ situations, whether it’s fear (Ragini MMS), insecurity (BKB), vulnerability (Trapped), deception (Love Hookup Aur Dhokha), betrayal (Queen) or resilience (Shahid).

Shortly before his death in 2016, Intizar Husain’s work had ultimately begun to get the recognition it deserved, with the shortlisting of the English translation of his novel Basti for the Man Booker International Prize in 2013.

In a mess of thrillers that are childishly visible, The Dame Before is taut and twisty enough to be read right through.

Neither Taylor’s prose nor his philosophical musings is up to the mark set by Peter Matthiessen, who covers identical ground in The Snow Leopard.

It’s mandatory viewing if you’re following the Miracle saga but it won’t win Netflix any fresh subscribers.

The contrasting stories in Counterpunch suggest a moving portrayal of athletes fighting to excel in a crooked game.

Chef Vikramjit Roy, an impatient kitchen chemist who sees no reason why anything should not be combined with anything else, uses hardly any oil in frying and no deep fat frying at all.

A renowned onnagata Kikunosuke Onoe V is contemplating his next big transformation, into the roles of Karna and Lord Shiva in an upcoming epic The Battle of the Mahabharata, to be staged in Japan this October.

In fast-paced Kolkata, the very first Indian city to get a modern Metro, wooden trams had long been marginalised to slow-moving neighbourhoods.

Struck by the innovative plot and elaborate sets of the farcical murder mystery The Play That Goes Wrong, Sharman Joshi aims its adaptations in Hindi, English and Marathi by the end of this year.

Govind Nihalani speaks about his debut Marathi film, Ti Ani Iter (She and the Others), which is based on the play Lights Out- a friend’s eyewitness account of a brutal gang-rape in Mumbai.

Bollywood actor Vidya Balan speaks about acting and the best chunk of advice given to her.

From Union railway minister Suresh Prabhu’s suggest to resign last month sending ripples as far away as to distant Japan to BJP’s ‘not older than 75’ policy for its leaders, here is a look at this week’s glasshouse.

They are youthfull, quirky and a rage on the internet. Meet the fresh generation of entertainers, born on YouTube.

Our cover story uncovers the beastly Baba’s (Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh) rise as well as the mass rioting in Panchkula last week that left over thirty dead after Gurmeet Singh was convicted of raping two devotees, and sentenced to twenty years in prison.

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