A deepening LPG crisis, rising costs and shrinking job opportunities are pushing Noida’s daily-wage labourers into severe distress, forcing many to return to their villages.
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The West Asia war has cancelled 23,000 flights, doubling airfares to India and crashing international hostel bookings from 50 per cent to just 10 per cent. But hostel companies are hopeful of revival and focus on offering backpacker and traveler facilities and services.
In a “rarest of rare” verdict, a court in Madurai has sentenced nine policemen to death in the custodial torture and murder of a father and son.
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As US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz looms, tensions continue to escalate across the region.
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The blast, which occurred around 1.30 am on Monday, hit a residential house in Tronglaobi Awang Leikai, a vulnerable settlement lying close to the heavily guarded "buffer zone" that separates the Meitei-majority valley districts from the Kuki-Zo-dominated hill areas of Churachandpur.
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In the fourth week of the war on Iran, the issue has moved from regime change to the territorial integrity of the nation
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From a killing in northeast Delhi to arrests, assaults, and calls for violence across states, attacks against Muslims saw a spike during the month of Ramzan in 2026
In conversation with Outlook, photographer Ketaki Sheth talks about her approach with the camera, the irresistible allure of the black-and-white medium and more
One of the topical questions this novel raises is about the nature of information in our time. Who decides whether a piece of news is true or untrue? Whose word is taken for fact?
He grapples with whether to visit Thasrak, recognizing that the real village has changed with time (mobile towers, tourism) and that Khasak itself was always Vijayan's "false memory" and artistic construction, not an accurate depiction.
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The match was reduced to an 11-overs-per-side contest after steady rain delayed the toss by nearly three hours. But once it got underway, there was no let-up in the fireworks from Rajasthan Royals' red-hot opening duo, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Renowned Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith Balakrishnan has been arrested in a sexual harassment case, reigniting concerns about women’s safety on film sets and the culture of powerful men protecting each other.
Salman Khan came out in support of Rajpal Yadav after an awards show host took a dig at his cheque-bounce case
On Jackie Chan's 72nd birthday, here is remembering how his cinema and legacy played a crucial role in bringing Hong Kong cinema to the most rural and remotest regions of South Asia and beyond.
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In an interview for Outlook, casting director Nikita Grover reflects on her process in Kohrra and on how casting allows characters to be encountered as people rather than archetypes.
As the first English-language book devoted entirely to filmmaker Ashish Avikunthak, this volume, published by Bloomsbury Academic, offers a comprehensive engagement with his three-decade-long cinematic practice.
Ranbir Kapoor has rarely shied away from stepping beyond his comfort zone, often choosing roles that challenge him as a performer. But Ramayana will serve as a litmus test even for an actor of his calibre.
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The shock wears off to troubling, confused ends in Kristoffer Borgli's latest tonal rollercoaster
Maamla Legal Hai : Season 2 (2026) ultimately conveys that court cases can be bizarre, as is life. But with a little bit of humour, humility and grace, the right verdict of justice can be made.
Mona Singh and Mihir Ahuja anchor a promising series that blends maths and emotion, but inconsistent writing and underdeveloped arcs hold it back.
In conversation with Outlook, photographer Ketaki Sheth talks about her approach with the camera, the irresistible allure of the black-and-white medium and more
The films and series that have foregrounded the act of grooming in the last couple of decades linger on the same uneasy question: what does it mean to be “chosen” by someone who already holds power over you?
In this interview for Outlook, DJ Boh!B reflects on his process, pressures and why, at the end of the day, he hopes people just pronounce his name right.
Page wrote, “Shakespeare wrote characters who defy easy categories long before we had language for it - and that feels as relevant now as it ever has"
Amidst Hollywood’s selective and hypocritical silence on the US–Israel war on Iran, these eight voices are choosing courage over comfort.
The intergenerational drama that has been shelved by Netflix is a harrowing portrait of duress that majoritarianism imposes.
‘The Mountain’, the latest album by Gorillaz, the English virtual band, has generated massive buzz, sparking viral acclaim for its grief-fuelled Indian fusion.
For decades, the “Tragedy Queen” label defined Meena Kumari more like containment, as though her grief was her only recognisable feature. But to look at her beyond the tragedies is to acknowledge that she was more than the many mishaps of her life.
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