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Tom Lasseter

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Last month, Punjab National Bank, known as PNB, filed an initial criminal complaint with CBI accusing celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi and others of defrauding the bank and causing it a loss of Rs280 crore. Photo: Mint

Eyes wide shut: The $1.8 billion PNB fraud that went unnoticed

8 min read . 19 Feb 2018

Philip Morris presents its promotions as key marketing activities. Photo: Bloomberg

Cigarette companies woo young people in India while health officials are fuming

10 min read . 19 Jul 2017

Assembly polls open on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh, and on the ground Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s loftier aims for a new India seem far away. Photo: Reuters

Narendra Modi’s reforms meet realpolitik in Uttar Pradesh polls

5 min read . 10 Feb 2017

Some Muslim women support Narendra Modi’s proposal on triple talaq, although they are less sure about him. Photo: Getty Images

Narendra Modi seeks support from Muslim women in run-up to UP elections

5 min read . 19 Dec 2016

The cow protectors are inflaming tensions among religions and castes. Photo: Mujeeb Faruqui/Hindustan Times

Holy cows and Hindu crusaders hold up Narendra Modi’s reform drive

6 min read . 09 Aug 2016

Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Airbus or Boeing? SpiceJet $11 billion deal rests on timeliness

2 min read . 09 Feb 2016

Long-term development in Dadri means a front-row seat to the nation’s economic plans. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Dadri, the town at the heart of India’s dilemma

8 min read . 20 Jan 2016

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar had announced in February the creation of a research initiative targeting the lost river, the Saraswati. Photo: HT

Haryana seeks to recreate the Saraswati

9 min read . 28 Dec 2015

A file photo of Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif. Photo: AFP

Pakistan’s Raheel Sharif visits Washington as army role grows

4 min read . 17 Nov 2015

The Predator Avenger drones can fly for 18 hours, carry 3,500 pounds of munitions and reach an altitude of 50,000 feet.

India seeks armed drones from US in challenge to Pakistan

4 min read . 10 Nov 2015

A computer shows a map of the proposed Andhra Pradesh state capital Amaravati. It would be India’s most ambitious piece of urban planning: an oasis of canals and water taxis, manufacturing hubs, universities and skyscrapers. Photo: Bloomberg

One man’s plan to build Singapore in India sends land prices soaring

6 min read . 03 Nov 2015

This year the government announced a pilot programme allowing private investment to overhaul 400 stations across the country, a rare incursion of the private sector into an organization that is structured as a government ministry. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Dysfunction junction: Railway puts India on slow train to future

8 min read . 02 Nov 2015

Narendra Modi this week gathered some of India’s most powerful people at his official residence to seek fresh economic proposals. At the meeting, he asked the country’s tycoons to invest for the good of the nation. Photo: Reuters

After historic India win, PM Narendra Modi proves cautious in fixing economy

4 min read . 11 Sep 2015

The plummeting price of oil has key benefits for India, which depends on imports for more than 75% of its consumption. Photo: AP

Modi among leaders with most to gain from oil below $45

3 min read . 27 Aug 2015

More than anywhere, Bihar reflects the challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces in overhauling modern India. Photo: AFP

Bihar: The state that shows what’s wrong with Modi’s India

6 min read . 24 Aug 2015

Narendra Modi pushed for a bill making it easier to use eminent domain to seize land for development projects. At the same time, however, he backed legislation that cracks down on wealthy Indians and companies hiding assets overseas. Photo: Reuters

In Narendra Modi’s India, billionaires and businesses learn their place

14 min read . 05 Aug 2015

Rescue workers prepare to pull out Pemba Tamang, a teenage boy from the rubble of a building 5 days after the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 30 April 2015. Photo: AP

Narendra Modi’s push to help Nepal ends up annoying its leaders

4 min read . 30 Apr 2015

A Nepalese policeman walks among earthquake debris in Kathmandu on 28 April 2015. Photo: AFP

Nepal’s villages a black hole for rescuers in quake’s wake

3 min read . 28 Apr 2015

Estimates vary for how many people were on Everest when the avalanche was triggered. Photo: Reuters

‘No one’s going back’: Everest industry shut for a second year

4 min read . 28 Apr 2015

A file photo of Dawood Ibrahim. Photo: Hindustan Times

With Dawood as its secret guest, neighbours doubt Pakistan’s terrorism fight

11 min read . 26 Dec 2014

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