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The Election Commission's SIR Press Note Raises More Questions Than It Answers

Listen to this article: The Election Commission’s press note of September 26 is unusual. On the surface, it announces a series of sensible...

yesterday 10

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S y Quraishi

Election Commission Says Supreme Court ‘Upheld’ Form 6 Changes, But Did It?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Election Commission of India and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have been in the eye of a storm over...

yesterday 10

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Sravasti Dasgupta

West Bengal Voter Challenges Traced to Centralised Batch System, Records Show

Listen to this article: On May 8, 2026, Justice (Retd) Indrajit Chatterjee, sitting as Appellate Tribunal No. 11 for the district of Murshidabad,...

yesterday 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

Why 'Jayanti 2' Is a Masterclass in Caste, Identity and the Idea of Justice

Listen to this article: When Jayanti was released in 2021, it felt like something genuinely new in Indian cinema, particularly in the immediate...

yesterday 8

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Neeraj Bunkar And

The Politics on Our Plate: How Power and Inequality Shape What We Eat

Listen to this article: Eating is the elemental activity we share with all living beings. It’s a process of providing food – fuel needed to...

yesterday 10

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Anand Teltumbde

It's the Small Things | Fat Dogs of Delhi

Listen to this article: Out of the fetid, putrid, rotten cesspool of our social media has emerged the best thing ever – the Fat Dogs of Delhi polls....

yesterday 10

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Soumashree Sarkar

LPU Students Ransack University Premises, Block NH-44 Over Alleged Rape of a Student in Hostel

Listen to this article: Jalandhar: Amidst slogans of ‘We want justice’ and ‘Tanashahi nahi chalegi’, hundreds of agitated students of Lovely...

yesterday 10

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Kusum Arora

Saakhi | The Rape in Astha Kunj and India's Culture of Sexual Violence

Listen to this article: Astha Kunj in South Delhi is a 22-acre park, originally created to link three places of worship: the Kalkaji temple, the...

yesterday 10

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Mrinal Pande

Jaishankar Puts Two-State Solution Alongside India’s Global South Pitch At UNGA

Listen to this article: New Delhi: As India campaigns for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2028-29, Union external affairs minister...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Gujarat: CID Files Case Against Two ‘Bogus’ Political Parties Over Rs 725 Crore Tax Evasion Scam

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Gujarat CID (Crime) has registered two FIRs following complaints by the Income Tax Department against two...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

CJP Team Detained in Assam Alleges Poll Rigging, Government Pressure

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) team in Assam was detained by state police on Sunday, September 27, in Guwahati, the...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Politic | Despite Growing Questions About the EC’s Conduct, Not a Whisper Has Come From Modi, Shah

Listen to this article: The social contract between the government and citizens rests on trust. The government is expected to work for citizens’...

yesterday 10

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Sanjay K. Jha

The Politicisation of Tripura's State Machinery Around Modi's Birthday Month

Agartala: In Tripura, a government campaign to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday has entered places where politics is not supposed to be...

yesterday 10

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Rahul Namasudra

'Modi-Mohan, Come To Your Senses': Protests Renew Against Inadequate Compensation for Infra Projects in Madhya Pradesh

Listen to this article: Bengaluru: Villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district have renewed their protests, along the banks of the Ken river,...

yesterday 10

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Aathira Perinchery

Understanding Adivasi Artists in the Contemporary Context

Listen to this article: How have the art market and cultural institutions historically engaged with Indigenous art in India and the rest of the...

yesterday 10

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Mustafa Khanbhai

Bihar CM Under Fire After Minor Assault Victim's Identity Revealed on X Handle

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Samrat Choudhary government, Bihar’s first Bharatiya Janata Party-led dispensation, came under mounting...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

'A Political Party Can't Defend an Independent Constitutional Body': NDA Allies Call For Gyanesh Kumar's Clarification

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Amidst the opposition’s demand for Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, several...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Former Kerala Chief Secretary Says Gyanesh Kumar Tried to Persuade Him to Contest From BJP

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Former Kerala chief secretary Jiji Thomson has alleged that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had attempted...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

No Hearings, Old Form 6 for Non-SIR Period: Election Commission Announces Flurry of Changes as SIR Storm Rages

Listen to this article: New Delhi: As the Opposition continues to demand Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, the...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

The Forgotten Links Between Sanskrit and the Mughal State

Listen to this article: The present-day poisonous milieu foisted upon us by the regime and its support bases derives its strength from its imaging of...

previous day 10

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Harbans Mukhia

Even After Dismissal of Charges, US Senators Renew Push on DOJ for Answers on Adani’s $10-Billion Offer

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Two Democratic US senators have again demanded answers from the Department of Justice over its decision to drop the...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

What Really Happened After the Jantar Mantar Protest in July? Abhijeet Dipke Explains

In an episode of Kunal Kamra’s show Khabr-e-Azam, the founder of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke alleged that the Delhi police...

previous day 10

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Ramsha Sartaj

'Hunkkaar: The Roar' Flirts With Competence and Few Novel Swings

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previous day 20

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Tatsam Mukherjee

Outrage as Bengal Police Book Maktoob Media Over Social Media Post on MP's Allegation Against Amit Shah

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Outrage and condemnation have followed the Bengal Police’s registration of a case against the news outlet Maktoob...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Who Gets to Survive the 'IIT Dream'?

Listen to this article: A lot has been said in the last one week about Sahil Wakode’s death by suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),...

previous day 8

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Rahul Maganti And

Rs 88.48 Crore to Media, 'Content Creator' List Blank: Inside BJP’s Rs 287-Crore Bengal Assembly Campaign

Listen to this article: Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reported to the Election Commission of India (ECI) an expenditure of Rs 286.99...

previous day 30

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Aparna Bhattacharya

‘Stain on BJP Govt’: Muslim Man Killed, Head Crushed With Stone Outside Rajasthan Police Station

Listen to this article: Jaipur: On the morning of September 24, 40-year-old Saikun Khan – a resident of Barawas village in Rajasthan’s Alwar...

previous day 30

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Deep Mukherjee

For the Opposition, Resistance, Not Desertion, Is the Need of the Hour

Listen to this article: “Resistance works. Wherever we resist, it works,” Rahul Gandhi said this at the INDIA bloc’s conclave in Delhi on June...

previous day 5

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Gurdeep Sappal

Why It is Necessary to Understand Vidyasagar (With a Little Help from Sumit Sarkar)

Listen to this article: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar was born on this day, September 26, in 1820. Sumit Sarkar’s essay titled ‘Vidyasagar and...

previous day 7

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Anjan Basu

100 Former Civil Servants Urge Election Commission to Scrap the SIR

Listen to this article:  New Delhi: The Constitutional Conduct Group, comprising former All-India and Central Services civil servants, has called for...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

OpenAI Says Its Models Engaged With US Government Websites In New Model Misbehaviour Disclosure

Listen to this article: OpenAI disclosed Friday (September 25) that its artificial intelligence (AI) agents had interacted with several US government...

previous day 6

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Kaitlyn Huamani And

It Is Still the Election Commission of India, Not the Gyanesh Kumar Commission

Listen to this article: Dear citizen, listen well to this historic expose by Ritika Chopra in The Indian Express and ask yourself the question: are we...

previous day 20

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Badri Raina

‘Serious Questions on Judicial Propriety’: EC Connection of SC Judge's Son Sparks Concern

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A lawyers’ body as well as some prominent persons have expressed concern over reports that a son of Supreme Court...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Questions May Be About Gyanesh, But the Question Mark Is on Modi’s Democratic Legitimacy

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The massive scandal engulfing Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar goes far beyond administrative...

previous day 10

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The Wire Analysis

Iran Proposes a Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz in Seven Days

Listen to this article: United Nations: Iran has offered to reopen Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear programme in seven days if the...

previous day 10

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Associated Press

Delhi SIR: Bela Estate Residents First Faced Exclusion From Voter List, Now Their Homes Are Being Demolished

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Residents of a jhuggi settlement in Delhi’s Bela Estate who had filed applications to get their names included in...

friday 20

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Tarushi Aswani

On Bihar's Streets, the Prashant Kishor Phenomenon Slowly Takes Shape

Listen to this article: Standing next to their cars under a peepal tree on Patna’s Bailey Road, a group of men discuss a name that has not left...

friday 10

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Nalin Verma

Court Allows 6 Ukrainians, US National Earlier Accused in NIA Terrorism Case to Travel Abroad

Listen to this article: New Delhi: In what is being described by the opposition as the Modi government’s “Masood Azhar moment” and its...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

Bengal’s Voter-Deletion Requests Were Processed Faster and Succeeded Far More Often Than Inclusion Claims, ECI Data Shows

Listen to this article: Kolkata: An application seeking a name’s deletion from the West Bengal’s electoral rolls was more than twice as likely to...

friday 20

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Aparna Bhattacharya

How a Campaign Against Muslim Voter Deletions – Aided by a Report on The Wire – Forced the Election Commission to Act

Listen to this article: Kolkata: An effort by residents of an Odisha constituency against an alleged attempt to exclude Muslim names from the...

friday 20

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Delhi Police Manhandle, Detain Protesters Asking for Gyanesh Kumar's Removal at Jantar Mantar

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Delhi police has has dragged and detained several of the students and citizens protesting today (September 25) at...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

'CEC Must Present Stance Clearly, Problematic if People Begin to Doubt Electoral Process': Chirag Paswan

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Friday (September 25) has demanded that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh...

friday 10

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The Wire Staff

Overlap With NDPS Law, President Returns Suvendu Adhikari's 'Goonda' Bill

Listen to this article: New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has returned the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill,...

friday 30

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The Wire Staff

Manipur: 41 Houses Belonging to Naga Residents, Including Churches, Burnt in Kangpokpi

Listen to this article: New Delhi: At least 41 houses belonging to Naga residents and churches were burnt during a nearly 12-hour spell of violence...

friday 10

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The Wire Staff

What Happens If CEC Gyanesh Kumar Goes?

Listen to this article: Four questions swirl around Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s departure as the political climate around the...

friday 20

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The Wire Analysis

Five Takeaways From Nepal PM Balendra Shah's Speech at the UNGA

Listen to this article: Addressing the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Balendra Shah placed Nepal’s...

friday 8

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The Kathmandu Post

Lawyers' Body Writes to CJI, Expresses Concern Over Special Listing of Noida DM's Petition Before Different Bench

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Lawyers Association for Constitution (LAFC) has written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), expressing...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

As Chhattisgarh Enacts Anti-Conversion Law, Churches Erect 'Enter At Own Risk' Boards

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Sunderganj Mennonite Church in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, has put up boards warning non-Christians of the...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

In Bengal, 16 Lakh Voters Were Purged in Secret. Two Election Commissioners Didn't Know Why or How

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Twenty-six-year-old Sahinura Begum resides in Part 34 of the Raiganj assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur. When...

friday 10

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Aparna Bhattacharya

The US Decision to Deploy Weapons in Space Sets a Dangerous Precedent

Listen to this article: Armies have soldiers, navies have sailors and an air force has airmen and the US space force has ‘guardians’. This name...

friday 20

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Ajey Lele