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Madhya Pradesh Minister Chides Public For 'Habit of Begging From Govt'

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The Wire Staff

SEBI Calls Complainant 'Frivolous' After Court Asks for FIR Against Ex-Head Madhabi Puri Buch, Others

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The Wire Staff

Tension Lingers at Jadavpur University After Education Minister's Car Hit Students Amid Election Row

Kolkata: Jadavpur University in Kolkata, known for its academic excellence and student activism, was plunged into turmoil following clashes between...

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Joydeep Sarkar

‘Superboys of Malegaon’ Brings Back the Wide-eyed Wonder to Hindi Films

In one of my most favourite scenes from Faiza Ahmad Khan’s Supermen of Malegaon (2008), the protagonist Nasir is having a verbal duel with brother...

yesterday 10

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Tatsam Mukherjee

A Journey to the Abode of Guru Nanak in Kartarpur Where Faith and History Converge

Kartarpur (Pakistan):  The Kartarpur Corridor, leading to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, where Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak spent his last 18...

yesterday 10

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Rahul Bedi

After AAP’s Delhi Defeat: Kicking a Horse When it is Down

The reaction of the Indian intelligentsia to the Aam Aadmi Party’s defeat in the Vidhan Sabha elections has highlighted one of the least attractive...

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Prem Shankar Jha

Special: Modi Govt’s Plan for the ‘World’s Largest Museum’ Raises Many Red Flags

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has promised citizens that it is building the “largest museum in the world” in Delhi, in partnership with...

yesterday 10

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Jahnavi Sen

Full Text | What Does the Trump-Zelenskyy Spat Mean For the World?

After Friday’s incredibly dramatic if also unbelievable shouting match between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

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Karan Thapar

NIA Arrests Raghu Midiyami, Bastar's Vocal Critic of Militarisation and Extra-Judicial Killings

Mumbai: When he was barely 20 years old, Raghu Midiyami along with other youths of his age, led one of the most powerful and perhaps the longest (...

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Sukanya Shantha

In Five Years, 'Virtually No Compensation' Has Been Given to Delhi Riots Victims: Karwan-e-Mohabbat Report

Kolkata: Less than a week after the violence in 2020, at a shelter near Mustafabad in northeast Delhi, a colleague and I spotted snaking lines. We...

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Soumashree Sarkar

Zelenskyy Leaves White House After Unprecedented Scenes With Trump, Vance at Oval Office

New Delhi: A discussion during the visit of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House led to extraordinary scenes in which US...

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The Wire Staff

ASI Says Sambhal Mosque in 'Good Condition', Doesn't Need Fresh Paint; Photos Show Otherwise

New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India has found the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal as a whole to be in a “good condition” and...

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Omar Rashid

There Are Three Indias – And They Are Growing Apart Every Second

India inhabits three different economic realities within its borders, India 1, the affluent and digitally empowered elite; India 2, the...

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Kavita Kabeer

Revisiting Nayak, Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar’s Film on the Frailties of Stardom

In 1951, a cartoon called ‘Bengal’s Hero’ appeared in the satirical Bengali periodical Achalpotro (roughly, ‘Useless Papers’), showing a...

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Sayandeb Chowdhury

Nikunj and Avani’s Interfaith, Intercaste Trans Wedding Offers a Glimpse of an Equal India

Indore : The idea of two people choosing each other despite political and societal barriers is revolutionary. And in a country where same-sex...

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Mayura Saavi

Defying Divisions: A Bangladeshi and an Indian Collaborate Amidst Misinformation, Political Tension

In early December 2024, the BBC reported “India-Bangladesh tensions soar amid protests”. We (Raihana Ferdous, a Bangladeshi academic, and Meghna...

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Raihana Ferdous And Meghna Gupta

Why Does Wazir-e-Ala Adityanath Have a Grouse Against Urdu?

Besides indulging in other propaganda tactics, a favourite pastime of those who engage in divisive politics is to attack Muslims by targeting the...

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Faiyaz Ahmad Wajeeh

Applause When a 15-Year-Old Is Destroyed, Silence When a Baby Is Crushed to Death

The shop of the father of a 15-year-old was demolished, he and his parents arrested because on the day of the recent India-Pakistan cricket match, a...

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Dushyant Arora

Why the Three-Language Formula Threatens South India

The Indian Union government has threatened to stop funding Tamil Nadu under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan if it does not implement the three-language...

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Apoorvanand

The Invisible Frontline: Honouring Waste Pickers on Their International Day

March 1 marks International Waste Pickers Day– a date commemorating a tragedy when at least 11 waste pickers were murdered in Colombia in 1992 by...

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Rituraj Pegu

India, EU Set Year-End Deadline for Free Trade Pact, Back ‘Just’ Peace in Ukraine

New Delhi: India and the European Union on Friday (February 28) announced a high-level political push to wrap up talks for a free trade agreement...

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Devirupa Mitra

Mercantilist Trump Makes It Clear Alliance With US Comes at a Price

On the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Monday, the United States – in a dramatic volte face reminiscent of its support for...

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Manoj Joshi

A Tribal Couple in Jharkhand Defied a Village Diktat – and Paid With a Six-Year Legal Struggle

This is the seventh article in a series of reports on people who won their legal battles after being falsely charged under the anti-conversion laws...

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Omar Rashid

After the Maha Kumbh, Adityanath Has the Upper Hand in the Post-Modi Succession Game

If we persuade ourselves to believe the official count of devotees during the 45-day long Maha Kumbh then we are obliged to infer its political...

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Harish Khare

An Intimacy Between Strangers

Excerpted with permission from How India Loves: Love Stories from the World’s Largest Democracy, published by Bloomsbury. A song based in...

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Rituparna Chatterjee

Mahakumbh: New Battleground for Modi-Shah vs Adityanath?

Prayagraj/New Delhi: As the Mahakumbh 2025 came to an end, the political struggle within the BJP seems to have intensified. Judging from the...

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Indra Shekhar Singh

Economic Growth Decelerates to 6.2% in 2024-25 Q3

New Delhi: India’s economic growth has decelerated to 6.2% in the third quarter of 2024-25, from 9.5% of the same period in the 2023-24. financial...

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The Wire Staff

'Protect the Next Story You Think Is Worth Publishing': Journalists Speak on Media Oppression

New Delhi: The Press Club of India in New Delhi is hosting a literature festival and book fair. This first of its kind event from February 28 to...

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Rohit Kumar

Utter Chaos Over Free Food, Mismanagement at Global Investors' Summit in Bhopal

Bhopal: Chaos erupted at the Global Investors’ Summit (GIS) held at the two-day Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal earlier this...

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Huneza Khan

Adityanath's Remarks Against Urdu Assail the Constitution

Perversity and hatred were writ large in Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath’s venal remarks against Urdu in Uttar Pradesh assembly. He said...

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S.n. Sahu

'Model State' Gujarat Closer to Bihar Than TN in Malnutrition, Poverty, Education: Christophe Jaffrelot in New Study

While Gujarat’s developmental model has yielded high growth through its rapid industrial expansion it has also exacerbated socio-economic...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

By Asserting That His Father Should be Named CM Candidate, Nitish's Son Has Derailed Modi’s Plans

Patna: In his debut political statement, Nishant Kumar, the 48-year-old engineer son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asserted that the...

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Nalin Verma

In 'Bulldozer Action' Against Minor for Praising Pakistan's Cricket, a Familiar Name Emerges

New Delhi: On February 23, Vishwa Hindu Parishad worker Sachin Varadkar allegedly overheard a 15-year-old boy praising the Pakistan cricket team’s...

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Zeeshan Kaskar

Oil Not the Lone Culprit, Carbohydrates are the Biggest Chunk of India’s Calorie Intake

Prime minister Narendra Modi’s star power can be a formidable ammunition in India’s fight against obesity; the idea of a cascading network of anti-...

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Abantika Ghosh

A Social Coalition of the Marginalised Could Have Kept the BJP Out of Delhi

The saffron surge On January 22 last year, I travelled with some friends to a workers’ colony in Mohan Estate, Delhi, to attend to a grieving...

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Akash Bhattacharya

Jeff Bezos Announces 'Shift' in Washington Post's Opinions Section, Key Editor Leaves

New Delhi: Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos’ move to change the opinions section of The Washington Post has led to the exit of the paper’s opinions...

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The Wire Staff

Before Trump, Modi Can Agree on India Buying F-35s, the US Needs to Shed its S-400 Phobia

Other than astronomically high procurement and operating costs, Washington’s plans to sell the Indian Air Force (IAF) F-35 Lightning II stealth...

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Rahul Bedi

Modi's 'New Consciousness' Post Maha Kumbh is Not Actually New, Just Rehashed Old Ideas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has talked of emergence of a “new consciousness” after the completion of the Maha Kumbh, a pious event that will lay...

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Sanjay K. Jha

Sambhal: HC Seeks ASI Report to Take Decision on Shahi Jama Masjid Repair Work Ahead of Ramzan

New Delhi: Will the caretakers of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh be allowed to do the necessary repair, painting and cleaning of...

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Omar Rashid

Why Former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das’s Appointment in PMO is Unusual in More Than One Way

New Delhi: Was the former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das promoted or demoted after he was appointed as the principal...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta