The Latest Top stories of the day
1. The Art of Living deposited Rs 25 lakh of the Rs 5 crore imposed on it for environmental damage.
2. Gujarat's Kakrapar nuclear plant was shut down after one of its reactors developed a leak.
3. The AYUSH ministry denied a report claiming it is government policy not to hire Muslim candidates for certain roles.

Weekend Reads

1. What happens when an ideology of hate has infected the body politic, asks Aatish Taseer in the New York Times, writing about his father's funeral.
2. Sunil Abraham, speaking to the Business Standard, says Aadhaar is nothing but surveillance technology.
3. The new nationalism loudly worships India while trampling all over it, writes Mitali Saran in the Business Standard.
4. Avishek Dastidar in the Indian Express follows one of the 18 lakh sets of linen in the Railway's operations.
5. Indian hip hop goes far beyond Honey Singh, writes Pradip Kumar Sharma in Mint.
6. Deepak Narang in the Economic Times explains how banks can recover Rs 9,000 crore from Vijay Mallya.
7. Even if the BJP seems like it's on the back foot, the upcoming assembly polls will be more challenging for the Congress, writes Praveen Thampi in the Economic Times.
8. David Frum in the Atlantic explains why American conservatives are faced with an impossible choice.