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‘Narendra … Surrender’: Rahul Gandhi in Swipe at Modi on Trump’s Claims of Mediating Ceasefire

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The Wire Staff

16 Opposition Parties Demand Special Parliament Session in Joint Letter to Prime Minister

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Sravasti Dasgupta

They Were Jailed or Acquitted Years Ago, Yet Police Keeps Visiting Their Families

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Sukanya Shantha

Has BJP Launched a Premature Election Campaign With Operation Sindoor Symbolism?

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Soroor Ahmed

Assam Govt's Recent Actions Are Similar to the Anti-Muslim Atmosphere Witnessed in the State in 1965

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Following Backlash, Delhi PWD Removes Photos of People Cleaning Drains Without Safety Gear

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Alishan Jafri

Six Times Misogyny Overshadowed BJP's Symbolism Post-Operation Sindoor

Listen to this article: Since India ferociously launched its retaliatory action against Pakistan over Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor has...

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Minal Saeed Khan

NGT Registers Case as Cargo Ship with 'Hazardous' Contents Sinks Off Kerala Coast

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of the sinking of a Liberian cargo vessel –...

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The Wire Staff

Tesla ‘Not Interested’ in Manufacturing in India: Heavy Industries Minister

New Delhi: Tesla is not interested in manufacturing in India, said Union heavy industries minister H.D. Kumaraswamy while announcing the guidelines...

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The Wire Staff

US Probing Adani Group Over Suspected Iran Petrochemical Imports, WSJ Reports

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The US Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether the Adani group had imported Iranian...

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The Wire Staff

How Ngugi wa Thiong’o Turned Away from English to the Language of His People to Write Great Literature

Listen to this article: Rarely do fiction writers pay a price as heavy as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) did for writing. He lost his Nairobi...

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Sudhanva Deshpande

Northeast India Floods: Over 30 Dead, IMD Issues Alert

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Over 30 people in India’s north-eastern states were killed in the last 24 hours because of torrential rains...

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The Wire Staff

Jaswant Singh Opposed the Use of IAF in Kargil War. Here’s why.

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The two interviews by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan in Singapore, where he accepted the loss of an...

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The Wire Staff

A Look at the Left Govt in Kerala and the Times It Emboldened the Sangh

Listen to this article: His fans call him the captain, his admirers value his no-nonsense approach and his detractors despise him as a ‘dhoti clad...

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N.k. Bhoopesh

CDS Accepts Loss of IAF Fighter Jets

Listen to this article: New Delhi: General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has become the first Indian official to confirm that the...

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The Wire Staff

Not Even Skeletal Remains, Ashes of N. Keshava Rao and Other Slain Maoists Given to Kin

Listen to this article: Hyderabad: Not only did the Chhattisgarh police cremate the bodies of Communist Party of India (Maoist) general secretary...

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N. Rahul

Their Shrines Demolished, Muslims in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath Have Nowhere to Look for Hope

Listen to this article: Gir Somnath (Gujarat): Javed Hussain Banva, a 12th-generation caretaker at Gir Somnath’s Pir Silar Shah Dargah, recently...

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Tarushi Aswani

A Queen’s Legacy: The BJP’s Ahilyabai Holkar Campaign and the Gadariyas' Demand for Real Power

Listen to this article: “When I see her statue on the banks of the Ganga, at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, I feel a deep sense of pride – as a woman...

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Radhika Bordia

Flags of Convenience, Oceans of Risk: A Shipwreck That Was Waiting to Happen

Listen to this article: On Sunday (May 25), the MSC Elsa 3 , a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel nearing three decades of service, slipped beneath the...

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K.m. Seethi

Pakistan to Send Ambassador to Taliban Regime

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Pakistan will appoint an ambassador to the Taliban-run Afghanistan, where its highest diplomatic official is...

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The Wire Staff

‘Surge’ in COVID-19 Cases in India: What We Know and Don't Know About Newer Strains 

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The ‘surge’ in COVID-19 cases has been making headlines in India for about a week now. What should one make of...

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Banjot Kaur

What Could Be Shashi Tharoor’s Political Endgame?

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may have just got its best spokesperson in Congress leader and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor to speak on...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

‘Stop Militarisation, Work Related to Dam-Building’: Rights Orgs Back Arunachal Villagers’ Demands

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Expressing solidarity with the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum (SIFF), which has been spearheading a people’s...

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The Wire Staff

Why Modi Won’t Let Go of the BJP’s Reins

Listen to this article: The inexplicable delay in finding a replacement for J.P. Nadda as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set...

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Harish Khare