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No entry, no answers, just ‘get lost’: The Opposition’s battle to be heard by Gyanesh Kumar

On October 6, around 240 Opposition MPs marched towards the Election Commission of India’s office in New Delhi, demanding a meeting with Chief...

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

Tribal students marched for better school meals. Mumbai Police detained them before they could protest

While the Cockroach Janata Party protest went ahead in Mumbai, tribal students who had marched from Nashik demanding better food and conditions in...

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Prateek Goyal

‘Gyanesh Kumar must go’: Opposition MPs march to Election Commission, meet barricades instead

Opposition MPs marched from Parliament on Tuesday to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, and ended up in a standoff...

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Anmol Pritam

How a protest for FIR against ACP ended with an FIR against 17 protesters

Around 20 people, some of them journalists and content creators, were detained by the Delhi Police on the morning of October 5 from outside the...

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Akankhya Rout

A week of fear at SRFTI: Students demand safety after fresh violence

“I returned from the hospital just a short while ago. A brick the size of my palm was thrown at me,” a student from the Satyajit Ray Film and...

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Khushi Jaiswal

Srinagar’s Smart City project is 98% done. But locals say it’s beautification without the basics

In the second week of September, a cinema screen floated on the Dal. Srinagar was hosting the first International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir,...

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Iram Ibrahim

Goa case of 97 voters: One day after Express report, deleted voters asked to submit Form 6

A day after the Indian Express investigation reported that 97 Goa voters found eligible by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) were left out of the...

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

Kerala orders fresh probe into 2006 graft, harassment allegations against Gyanesh Kumar

Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has ordered a detailed vigilance inquiry into alleged corruption involving Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh...

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Haritha John

How India’s food prices rose this September

In September 2026, a kilogram of onion cost 93% more than last year, while sugar prices were up 28% and rice was up about 8%, on average, according to...

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Vijay Jadhav

Indian airline captain hailed as a hero after cockpit stabbing on FlyDubai flight bound for Israel

An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when a copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been...

03.10.2026 10

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Sheikh Saaliq

Hyderabad Muslim voters say BJP BLA sought their deletion despite knowing them since childhood

“We’ve known Balu since our childhood. We grew up together,” 30-year-old Mohammed Shareef said. He was referring to SV Balachander, the booth...

03.10.2026 40

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Anjana Meenakshi

As climate firm sells to Big Tech, a Gujarat grassland is left behind

In January last year, Gurgaon-based climate-tech company, Varaha ClimateAG Private Limited, struck the largest ever biochar carbon removal deals with...

01.10.2026 30

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Tapasya

Karnataka’s new data centre policy puts water, energy in focus: What does it say?

Karnataka wants to dramatically expand its data centre footprint. But this time, the state says the growth must come with a tighter check on how much...

01.10.2026 6

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Shivani Kava

Everyone’s talking about the slap. What about the road?

Delhi Deputy CM and PWD Minister Parvesh Verma slapped a man working for AAP MLA Jarnail Singh on Sunday. This happened during a surprise road...

30.09.2026 20

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Samarth Grover

‘EC exposed, but no fresh ground to challenge SIR’: Lawyers on legal fallout of IE report

Days after The Indian Express investigation, the Election Commission’s decision to introduce an additional declaration for new voters applying...

29.09.2026 8

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

‘Cockroaches! Anti-nationals’: What happened at Kolkata’s Satyajit Ray film institute?

“I went to save my friends after the scuffle broke out; that’s when a man shoved me in the chest,” said Purvi, a member of the Student Council...

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Khushi Jaiswal

Why diverting maize for ethanol is affecting poultry farmers

Despite a record maize production last year, India’s poultry farmers are contending with higher retail prices of the poultry staple due to its...

28.09.2026 40

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Tanvi Deshpande

ECI revises SIR notices after Indian Express report — and puts out a unity photo

The Election Commission of India (ECI) says voters who receive SIR notices over unmapped records or logical discrepancies will no longer have to...

26.09.2026 20

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

Journalists detained, microphone snatched as Delhi Police remove protesters from Jantar Mantar

At least two journalists covering a protest against the Election Commission of India at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Friday alleged that they were...

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Khushi Mehrotra

‘They whistle and masturbate’: LSR students say harassment routine long before Aastha Kunj gangrape

On September 21, three men posing as police personnel gang-raped a 17-year-old minor in South Delhi’s Aastha Kunj Park. Delhi Police arrested the...

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Khushi Jaiswal

Adani’s insolvency edge: 3 in every 5 bids won, Rs 97,700 cr in haircuts, and some unexpected turns

A recent order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved a plan requiring media baron Subhash Chandra to pay Rs 6.25 crore against...

25.09.2026 40

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Astha Savyasachi

‘Murdering democracy’: Congress protests nationwide, demands Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation

The Congress party staged nationwide protests on September 25 demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In Delhi, the...

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

Independent journalists reporting on MP child deaths face surveillance, have Instagram accounts disabled

The Instagram accounts of three independent journalists — Bindu Gurjar, Lokbhadra Singh, and Monika Singh — were reportedly suspended earlier this...

24.09.2026 30

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Abhishek Kumar

Long queues, voters in limbo: In Delhi seat with largest SIR deletions

After the Special Intensive Revision in Delhi, nearly 47 lakh names have been temporarily left out of the draft electoral roll. In Burari alone,...

23.09.2026 40

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Akankhya Rout

IE investigation: Ex-CEC calls dissent ‘unprecedented’, but some media outlets fall for ‘sources’ again

An investigation in The Indian Express has raised serious questions about the functioning of the Election Commission. Over the past 10 months, two of...

23.09.2026 10

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

‘Found out after video went viral’: Father of Jamui assault survivor says ‘arrest is not enough’

“I will be happy only when my daughter gets justice. I hope they are encountered by police. Arrest is not enough,” said Deepak Kumar, whose Class...

22.09.2026 10

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Khushi Mehrotra

How deficient rainfall is affecting ragi farmers in Karnataka’s Mandya

Shiva Shekhar, a 40-year-old farmer from Padavalapatna village in Mandya district's Nagamangala taluk, could not sow ragi this kharif. “I kept...

21.09.2026 30

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Shivam Bhardwaj

‘Go back to your country’: Manipuri musician’s killing reignites concerns over racism against Northeasterners and govt inaction

What is the cost of a life? For the wife and 20-year-old son Chongtham Vikram Singh, it is the lifelong grief and trauma of losing a family member....

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Amarabati Bhattacharyya

A Rs 5,000 spending cap. A fleet of Defenders, Thars. Welcome to the DUSU election

Walking out of Gate Number 4 of the Vishwavidyalaya metro station, students are met with a familiar sight during Delhi University’s election season:...

17.09.2026 40

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Khushi Mehrotra

Rs 14 cr in 9 days in just 1 state: The ever-expanding Modi celebration machine

It’s birthday season for the prime minister again. PM Narendra Modi turns a year older today, and right on cue, his government, an assortment of...

17.09.2026 40

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Basant Kumar

‘We are scared to sit inside’: MP govt spends crores on ads, this school waits years for repairs

The Madhya Pradesh government has spent nearly Rs 2 crore every day on publicity and promotion over the last two years. Yet schools in rural areas of...

16.09.2026 40

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Prateek Goyal

In seat Kejriwal lost by thin margin, 40% names added before 2025 polls now missing in SIR draft

At the Blind Relief Association campus in the New Delhi constituency, 10 voters who were added to the electoral roll in January 2025, a month before...

16.09.2026 20

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

Forget newspaper ads, DKS takes govt messaging into Kannada serials

A father who works as an autorickshaw driver walks into his home carrying a box of sweets. His daughter asks what the occasion is. The answer is not a...

15.09.2026 30

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Shivani Kava

A thumbnail assignment, Rs 3.87 cr, and no work order: The questions around Prasar Bharati’s Waves

In November 2024, India’s public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, launched its OTT platform, Waves. To prepare thumbnails and metadata for the...

15.09.2026 20

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Basant Kumar

‘Wanted to ask about potholes, waterlogging’: UP journalist targeted after Yogi press conference video

Journalist Divya Srivastava, who pressed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for answers to her questions, has faced online threats and harassment. At a...

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Khushi Mehrotra

Why labour codes offer little climate protection for women in manufacturing

Rama Devi (name changed), a 33-year-old garment worker in Gurugram’s Udyog Vihar, has a packed schedule six days a week. She wakes up at 6 a.m.,...

14.09.2026 20

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Rohini Krishnamurthy

‘Once they see the money, they keep building’: Inside Delhi’s PG ecosystem built on a hostel shortage

On the first floor of a building in the main market of Satya Niketan is a restaurant. The second floor houses a hotel. The third floor is locked. The...

12.09.2026 30

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Khushi Mehrotra

Rs 48 lakh to 2 ex-judges, ‘doubtful voters’: A press club’s costly wait for an election

In July 2024, a district court in Jammu handed two retired judges a clear job: get the Jammu Press Club to hold its overdue election, “by all...

11.09.2026 30

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Tapasya

Inside DU’s election fever: Convoys, songs and the student vote

The buzz surrounding the student union elections in Delhi University is palpable. Across campus, student organisations and their candidates are making...

10.09.2026 40

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Khushi Jaiswal

Minor’s gangrape case: Did Delhi Police break from procedure in ‘keeping Noida police in dark’?

On the night of August 4, a minor student was gangraped inside a bus plying the Delhi–NCR roads. The bus (registration number UP83 ET 3789) had...

10.09.2026 30

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Avdhesh Kumar

A Delhi SIR mystery: 728 of 729 voters deleted in booth, poll official says their homes ‘unauthorised’

Aftab is one of the 728 electors in Bela Estate who has been removedBefore Delhi's Special Intensive Revision, one booth covering part of Bela...

10.09.2026 20

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A Delhi Sir Mystery: 728 Of 729 Voters Deleted In Booth

AAP alleges fraud as Raghav Chadha makes it to Delhi voter rolls

Deleted in Punjab’s special intensive revision, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s name is now available in Delhi’s draft roll.  The BJP leader’s...

09.09.2026 30

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Ashwine Kumar Singh

No hostels, no enforcement: Decoding Delhi’s student housing crisis

This country keeps failing its students, whether they are in government schools far from the city or in expensive PGs in the capital. Seven people...

09.09.2026 40

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Samarth Grover

Manipuri musician’s murder sparks outrage: ‘We are targeted for our identity’

Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, 55, was beaten to death late on Sunday night outside his South Delhi apartment, allegedly by a group of...

09.09.2026 20

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Avdhesh Kumar

BAPS and its celibate monks: The organisation at the centre of the Eiffel Tower row

A Hindu religious organisation has come under fire in Paris, France after female employees at the Eiffel Tower were allegedly asked to move away or...

08.09.2026 40

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Azeefa Fathima

‘Sanatan’ campaigns to Modi posters: Meet TV media’s ‘CJP rebel’

For several days, ANI and multiple television channels ran with a storyline that a rebellion had broken out inside the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). ...

08.09.2026 50

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Basant Kumar

‘Why did I let him come to Delhi?’: Families mourn and question the capital after PG collapse

“His birthday is in October, he would’ve turned 20,” said Pushpa, Arpit Jahaj’s mother, recalling his last birthday, when the family surprised...

07.09.2026 30

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Khushi Mehrotra

The climate blindspot in India’s new labour codes

India’s new labour codes, under which the government framed rules for implementation in May this year, do not once mention climate change. This is...

07.09.2026 20

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Rohini Krishnamurthy

The hunt for Sukumara Kurup: How a Malayalam channel ‘exclusive’ fell apart

“Sukumara Kurup is alive. The picture on screen was taken in 2023. Kerala Police, do not close the file on Sukumara Kurup.” This was the startling...

07.09.2026 50

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Jisha Surya

‘Have to fight for our right’: Families of Delhi sewer workers wait for compensation after deaths

“Nothing can bring my son back. Compensation or not, this work is hazardous and no one should be put through this hazardous occupation,” said...

07.09.2026 30

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Khushi Mehrotra