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Editors Guild of India Condemns Delhi Police Over Alleged Assault of Two Women Journalists, Demands 'Unbiased Probe'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India (EGi), a non-profit association of senior journalists and editorial leaders, on Saturday...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Has Technology Sucked the Soul Out of Football?

Listen to this article: The 2026 FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) World Cup ended in a fog of technical confusion. A decade...

yesterday 4

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Kaushik Bhowmik

Midnight Arrest: How Pune's Viral Civic Activist Santosh Pandit Became a Target

Mumbai: The Pune Police arrested activist and YouTuber Santosh Pandit in the early hours of Thursday, September 3. Pandit, who is known for his...

yesterday 10

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Kunal Purohit

Swatantra Bhardwaj Remanded to a Day's Custody; Nishu Azad's Lawyer Flags 'Strange' Hearing

New Delhi: Hindutva worker Swatantra Bhardwaj, who had publicly boasted about cracking the skull of the father of a student activist during the Jantar...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

US Judge Denies DOJ Bid to Drop Bribery Charges Against Gautam Adani's Co-Defendants, Again Finds Indian Orders Contradict Govt Claims

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Just over three weeks after allowing the dismissal of charges against Gautam Adani and his two other executives, a...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Six Gujarat-Based Parties Got More Money Than All National Parties Combined Except BJP in 2023-24: Report

New Delhi: A BBC News Hindi investigation has revealed that six registered unrecognised political parties (RUPP) from Gujarat received higher...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Removed at Night, Restored After Outrage: Mystery Surrounds Durgapur’s Nehru Statue

Listen to this article: Durgapur (Bengal): During the night of August 26, a life-size stone statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, installed behind a primary...

yesterday 10

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

How the Karnataka SIR Punished Dalit People, Muslims, Migrants and the Poor

Listen to this article: On August 24, the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) published the draft electoral rolls. Out of the 5.54 crore electors...

yesterday 1

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Shivasundar

'Distressing': What Supreme Court's Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Said on Jantar Mantar Police Brutality

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, on Friday (September 4), expressed concern over the assault of unarmed...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Subhash Chandra Falsely Inflated His Net Worth to Take Loans: LIC Files Complaint with CBI

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and three...

yesterday 2

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Arvind Gunasekar

After Sajjan Kumar: The Long Aftermath of 1984 and the Elusive Promise of Justice

Sajjan Kumar, a former parliamentarian, was convicted in 2018 for his disreputable and notorious role in the mass killings of Sikhs during the...

yesterday 2

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Paramjeet Singh And

Another Union Minister Says ‘Purification’ Ritual After Kharge's Rally Was Wrong, Demands Action

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is back on the defensive after its ally, Republican Party of India (RPI) head and Union minister Ramdas...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

The SIR’s Safeguards Are Clearly Not Enough for an Exercise of This Scale

Listen to this article: Over six crore of the 36.73 crore voters covered in the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls...

yesterday 1

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John J. Kennedy

Blast Outside Congress Legislature Party Leader’s House in Manipur’s Thoubal, No Injuries Reported

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A blast occurred outside the residence of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Keisham Meghachandra Singh in...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

The Success of EOS-05 Says the Seven-Month Launch Hiatus for ISRO Is Over

Listen to this article: On September 4, 2026, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission. This...

yesterday 10

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Ajey Lele

Why Are We Unable to Recognise Untouchability When It Hides Behind the Mask of Purification?

Listen to this article: After attacking the mentality represented by the Manusmriti, Rahul Gandhi has now opened a debate on untouchability. In doing...

yesterday 10

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Apoorvanand

In Poland, Jaishankar Reiterates Stance That Halting Russian Oil Imports Will Not End Ukraine War

New Delhi: Asked in Warsaw to respond to the view that Indian purchases of Russian oil help finance Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, external...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

In Bengal, Tribunal Remedy Has Been Slowest Where the SIR Has Affected Muslim Voters the Most

Listen to this article: This is the third of a series on how the adjudication process of the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal continues in...

previous day 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

After CJP-Congress Protest, Police Assures Arrest Within 72 Hours of Hindutva Worker Who Bragged of Cracking Man's Skull

New Delhi: Delhi Police have assured Congress and Cockroach Janata Party protesters that Hindutva worker Swatantra Bhardwaj, who assaulted a man at...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

A Taxi App Suspended a Dalit Cab Driver For 100 Years for Allegedly Protesting Casteism. Here's What This Says About India

Listen to this article: A few days ago, a video surfaced on the internet, seemingly recorded by a cab driver who had four passengers in his cab whom...

previous day 4

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Ankush Pal

A Warning for Modi: The Youth Are Losing Faith, Poll Finds Almost Half See 'Democracy Under Threat'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The latest ‘Mood of the Nation’ (MOTN) poll done by C-Voter has found that 47% of 1,16,644 Indians surveyed...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

Israel's Place in the Industrialised Use of AI

Listen to this article: Artificial intelligence has recently stirred up more than the usual level of anxiety, since it was learned that an advanced...

previous day 6

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Hagai El-Ad

The Political Implications of Revanth Reddy Sacking His Forest Minister Konda Surekha

Listen to this article: Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy has sacked Konda Surekha, the state forest and endowments minister, from his...

previous day 10

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N. Rahul

Nepal Floods: What Happened and What India Must Learn

Listen to this article: Flash floods in Nepal have once again exposed the growing risks facing the Himalayan region. What triggered the floods, and...

previous day 10

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Aathira Perinchery

'SIR is Legal But is it Fair?' Asks Former Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa said on Thursday (September 3) that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)...

previous day 10

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The Wire Staff

The Patient is Not an EBITDA Line

Listen to this article: India has become pretty good at building hospitals, adding medical colleges, attracting private equity and producing...

previous day 4

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M. Muneer

HarperCollins India to Publish Sonia Gandhi's Memoir

Listen to this article: New Delhi: HarperCollins India will publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, the publishing house announced today, September 4....

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Govt Departments Differed Over Use of OBC List For Caste Enumeration in Census: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI) and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) were...

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The Wire Staff

‘Furious’ Is an Unvarnished and Intricate Reckoning of Female Rage

At the height of the #MeToo movement in 2018, something I read seared itself into my brain. “Men should be grateful that women are asking for...

previous day 20

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Tatsam Mukherjee

BookShook | D.D. Kosambi and His Many Worlds

Listen to this article: D.D. Kosambi is best known today for his work on historiography, particularly the book An Introduction to the Study of Indian...

previous day 5

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Jahnavi Sen

Gloria Steinem Lifted up Women Everywhere

Listen to this article: Feminist activist Gloria Steinem has died aged 92. Known almost as much for her trademark mid-parted hair and large aviator...

previous day 5

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Sharon Crozier-de Rosa

The Unfulfilled Promise of Nishad Reservation Haunts BJP Ahead of 2027 UP Polls

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The question of providing Scheduled Caste (SC) status to the Nishad and other riverine communities currently...

previous day 10

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Omar Rashid

India, Belgium Step Up Defence Cooperation

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India and Belgium on Thursday (September 3) agreed to deepen defence cooperation, including joint development and...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

How Eric Hobsbawm Encountered the Communists of India

Listen to this article: The great Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawm, encountered many Indians when he was a student at Cambridge in the late 1930s, but...

previous day 10

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Emile Chabal

In Kyiv, Jaishankar Defends Russian Oil Purchases, Says They Won’t Determine Course of Ukraine War

Listen to this article: New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in Kyiv on Thursday that stopping purchases of Russian oil would not...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

Is India's GDP Growth Rate 0% or 7.8% Right Now? Congress Party Asks Govt to Solve the Puzzle

New Delhi: The Modi government kept revising the figures against which India’s GDP is calculated until it got to the current “chest-thumping”...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

Two Women Journalists Say Delhi Police Beating Worsened After They Revealed Muslim Identity

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Freelance journalist Shaheen Khan, on assignment for the popular YouTube channel 4pm News Network to cover an event...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

Delhi SIR: Who Are the 47.56 Lakh People Knocked Out From the Draft Roll?

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Before the third phase of the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, Delhi had...

thursday 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Feminist Activist Gloria Steinem, Co-founder of Ms. Magazine, Dies at 92

Listen to this article: New York: Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of...

thursday 10

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Associated Press

Amid Surveillance Row, IIT Delhi Students Temporarily Halt Stir Until Independent Probe

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Like Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) before it, IIT Delhi recently called police into...

thursday 10

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Shruti Sharma

Once the NC's Chief Spokesperson, Why Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah is All Set to Quit the Party

Listen to this article: Srinagar: The rift between the National Conference (NC) and its Srinagar Lok Sabha MP, Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, has grown...

thursday 20

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Junaid Dar

'Disciplinary Control Over Law Students Outside BCI's Statutory Ambit,' Says Supreme Court

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday (September 3), said the Bar Council of India (BCI) and state bar councils have no...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

US Faith Leaders Say They Were 'Misled', 'Deceived' Into Appearing with Mohan Bhagwat at RSS Event in New York

Listen to this article: New Delhi: On August 29, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat addressed more than 5,000 American Hindus and...

thursday 20

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Tarushi Aswani

CJP’s Public Audits of Schools: Some Lessons From a Gen X Experiment

Listen to this article: Abhijeet Dipke’s announcement to hold public audits of schools came as a welcome, and a hugely corroborative, surprise for...

thursday 7

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Kiran Bhatty

On Former Finance Secy’s Serious Questions on GDP Data, Govt Still Not Answering on ‘Missing Rs 6 Lakh Cr’

New Delhi: Days after the Union government’s announcement of a 7.8% real gross-domestic product (GDP) growth met with criticism over its methodology...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

Vendetta Vs Backdoor Roll Entry: Raghav Chadha, AAP Cross Swords Over MP's Exclusion from Punjab Draft List

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Former Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha who crossed over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in April, has accused...

thursday 20

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The Wire Staff

India’s Insurance Industry Has a Trust Problem

Listen to this article: When septuagenarian D. Mukherjee walked in with his cancer stricken wife to collect his fixed deposit from Union Bank of...

thursday 7

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Dev Chatterjee

Kerala’s Gender Debate Doesn’t Need a Gulf Alibi

Listen to this article: Kerala is once again arguing about who controls Muslim women’s place in public life, and once again the argument has found a...

thursday 7

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K.m. Seethi

Police Filed FIR Against Joshi for Tweet on CEC Gyanesh But Interrogation Focused on Amit Shah Post

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A three-week-old  tweet by former bureaucrat Ashish Joshi on an alleged “showdown” between Union home minister...

thursday 20

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Siddharth Varadarajan

The Sangh's Saptadhara of Fascism

Listen to this article: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is on a three-nation global outreach tour covering the US, Canada and...

thursday 9

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Pushpendra Singh