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Bihar SIR Hearing: 'How Will People Appeal Deletion Without List of Those Deleted from Voter List?'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: In oral observations while hearing the pleas challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral...

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The Wire Staff

Rajnath Singh Faces Australia Test As Far Right Hold Protests Against Indian Diaspora

Rajnath Singh Faces Australia Test As Far Right Hold Protests Against Indian Diaspora

Listen to this article: Melbourne: As Union defence minister Rajnath Singh will soon visit Australia to sign crucial defence deals, the Indian...

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N. Sai Balaji

Govt's Silence on Lawyer Throwing Shoe at CJI Is ‘Disturbing’, Says Top Judge's Sister

Govt's Silence on Lawyer Throwing Shoe at CJI Is ‘Disturbing’, Says Top Judge's Sister

Listen to this article: Mumbai: A day after a lawyer flung his shoes at Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai inside the courtroom, his sister Kirti R....

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Sukanya Shantha

Why Throwing a Shoe at the Chief Justice of India in the Name of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ Lays Bare India’s Deepest Fault Line Today

Why Throwing a Shoe at the Chief Justice of India in the Name of ‘Sanatan Dharma’ Lays Bare India’s Deepest Fault Line Today

Listen to this article: New Delhi: What could be more telling of the dire conditions in which Dalits live in India than the attack on Chief Justice...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

In a World Where War Photographers Win Prestigious Prizes, Gaza Journalists Are Sentenced to Death

Amidst my social media mix of giggle-worthy memes, gut-wrenching news, a live-streamed genocide and other algorithmic distractions, an image of a...

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Minal Saeed Khan

Five Reasons Why Throwing a Shoe at Dalit CJI in Sanatan’s Name Goes Beyond Judicial Insult to Threaten India

Listen to this article: The attempted assault on Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on October 6, 2025, when advocate Rakesh Kishore hurled a shoe...

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The Wire Analysis

The 130th Constitution Amendment Bill: Where the Rule of Law Gets Substituted by the Rule of Flaw

The 130th Constitution Amendment Bill: Where the Rule of Law Gets Substituted by the Rule of Flaw

Listen to this article: The Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 has two parts and both raise absorbing issues. The first...

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Madan B. Lokur

Bihar Assembly Elections: After Close Contest in 2020, SIR, Jan Suraaj Factor Can Spring Surprises

Bihar Assembly Elections: After Close Contest in 2020, SIR, Jan Suraaj Factor Can Spring Surprises

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (October 6) announced a two-phase Assembly election for Bihar...

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Pavan Korada

Lawyer Throws Shoe at CJI: 'Mindless,' Says Kharge, 'Reflection of Sangh Parivar Hatred,' Says Pinarayi Vijayan

Lawyer Throws Shoe at CJI: 'Mindless,' Says Kharge, 'Reflection of Sangh Parivar Hatred,' Says Pinarayi Vijayan

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A lawyer attempted to threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai during the morning session at the...

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The Wire Staff

NHRC to Visit Nashik Prison Five Years After The Wire's Report on Custodial Death

NHRC to Visit Nashik Prison Five Years After The Wire's Report on Custodial Death

Listen to this article: Mumbai: Five years after a life convict wrapped a suicide note in a polythene bag and swallowed it before hanging himself...

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Sukanya Shantha

US Judge Denies Nikhil Gupta's Motion to Suppress Evidence, Dismiss Charge

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A federal judge in New York has denied Indian national Nikhil Gupta’s bid to throw out evidence and dismiss a...

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The Wire Staff

NBDSA Orders Zee News to Take Down Videos of Its ‘Mehndi Jihad’ Programmes

NBDSA Orders Zee News to Take Down Videos of Its ‘Mehndi Jihad’ Programmes

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The self-regulatory News Broadcasters and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) recently ordered Zee News to take...

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The Wire Staff

Sleeping With Power: How 'Apolitical' is the RSS?

Sleeping With Power: How 'Apolitical' is the RSS?

Listen to this article: Any assessment of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and its 100-year journey cannot possibly ignore its long term...

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M.k. Venu

Manipur: Former CM N. Biren Singh Travels to Delhi to Press for End to President’s Rule

Manipur: Former CM N. Biren Singh Travels to Delhi to Press for End to President’s Rule

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Former Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh said he is visiting Delhi to press central BJP leaders for the...

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Yaqut Ali

Erasing Homes, Jobs and Places of Worship: The RSS-BJP Agenda to Marginalise Mathura’s Muslims

Erasing Homes, Jobs and Places of Worship: The RSS-BJP Agenda to Marginalise Mathura’s Muslims

Listen to this article: Mathura: Afroz Alam was known for running a restaurant in the heart of Mathura’s Bharatpur Gate since 2010. His business...

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Tarushi Aswani

In Jamner, Police Officials Join March by Hindutva Outfit under Scanner for a Muslim Youth’s Lynching

In Jamner, Police Officials Join March by Hindutva Outfit under Scanner for a Muslim Youth’s Lynching

Mumbai: Saffron turbans, a saffron flag and a plaque proclaiming the saffron to be the country’s flag, instead of the tricolour, were on display...

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Kunal Purohit

Gyanesh Kumar Skips Mention of Reasons for Deletions, 'Illegal Immigrants’ Found in Bihar SIR

Gyanesh Kumar Skips Mention of Reasons for Deletions, 'Illegal Immigrants’ Found in Bihar SIR

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Days after the Election Commission of India published the final electoral roll in Bihar following the Special...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

17 Dead as Torrential Rains and Landslides Isolate North Bengal, Sikkim

Listen to this article: Torrential rain since early Saturday has unleashed widespread devastation across North Bengal, cutting off Darjeeling,...

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Joydeep Sarkar

Politic | Even the RSS Is Not Happy With the Modi Model

Politic | Even the RSS Is Not Happy With the Modi Model

Listen to this article: Critics will tell the unpleasant truth. But when even admirers don’t try to please the rulers with a song-and-dance show of...

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Sanjay K. Jha

India Rejects Suggestion of Involvement In Bangladesh Hill Districts Violence

India Rejects Suggestion of Involvement In Bangladesh Hill Districts Violence

Listen to this article: New Delhi: India on Friday (October 3) strongly rejected allegations by a Bangladeshi government adviser who suggested that...

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The Wire Staff

MEA Decries Pakistan's 'Oppressive Approach' to PoK Protests

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The external affairs ministry has decried what it has called “horrific human rights violations” during protests...

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The Wire Staff

Across Punjab's Flood-Affected Villages, Mounds of Silt Bury Farmlands

Across Punjab's Flood-Affected Villages, Mounds of Silt Bury Farmlands

Listen to this article: Dera Baba Nanak (Punjab): Standing amidst scattered heaps of sand in the hot and humid weather, Dilpreet Singh, a farmer...

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Kusum Arora

ECI Published Detailed Data on Voter Roll Summary Revisions. So Why Not Bihar SIR?

ECI Published Detailed Data on Voter Roll Summary Revisions. So Why Not Bihar SIR?

Listen to this article: The final electoral roll released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) after the completion of Bihar’s Special...

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Poonam Agarwal

UNSC Panel Clears Muttaqi's Travel, Paving Way for Taliban's First Ministerial Trip to India

Listen to this article: New Delhi: For the first time, a Taliban leader will travel to India after the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions...

03.10.2025 2

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The Wire Staff

Israel Intercepts Vessels of Global Sumud Flotilla

Israel Intercepts Vessels of Global Sumud Flotilla

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Israeli forces have arrested activists on board the Global Sumud Flotilla, including climate activist Greta...

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The Wire Staff

‘Historic Blunder’: Crisis in BJP's Ladakh Unit, Some Councillors Go Into Hiding

‘Historic Blunder’: Crisis in BJP's Ladakh Unit, Some Councillors Go Into Hiding

Listen to this article: Leh (Ladakh): Gun slung across shoulder, Raj Tilak, a paramilitary trooper, scurried down a tiny hill with a tiffin case in...

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Jehangir Ali

‘Release Sonam Wangchuk’ Echoes Across India Through Marches, Gatherings, Slogans

‘Release Sonam Wangchuk’ Echoes Across India Through Marches, Gatherings, Slogans

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: On October 2, citizens and rights organisations across the country took to peaceful gatherings and marches to...

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Aathira Perinchery

Did Sonam Wangchuk Ask Protesters to Wear Masks? Amit Malviya's Clipped Video Lacks Context

Against the backdrop of the violent protests in Ladakh, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted a video of activist Sonam Wangchuk, alleging that...

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Shinjinee Majumder

The RSS and Hindu Mahasabha Played No role in the Struggle for Freedom

The RSS and Hindu Mahasabha Played No role in the Struggle for Freedom

Listen to this article: It is indeed ironic that the political forces who lay claim to being the most ardent nationalists today played no role at...

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Mridula Mukherjee