Watch, Asian Games: India men win 4x400m relay gold, women clinch silver in Hangzhou
The Indian men beat Qatar and Sri Lanka while the women were pipped by Bahrain in the final.

A new book recounts how Lal Bahadur Shastri improved third-class train travel as railway minister
A woman’s place is in the kitchen – except if she’s a chef in the male-dominated culinary world
Police issue notices to audience members who attended Kunal Kamra’s show: Report
How the attacks on Kunal Karma undermine the freedoms of all Indians
‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
How the ghats of Banaras became a defining image of the ancient city
Why government job drives are killing people in India
Failing crop insurance proves costly for vulnerable Indian farmers
The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all