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IndusInd Bank Knew of Crores of Rupees Worth of Insider Trading by Former Zonal Head but Didn’t Inform Sebi

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Hinduja-promoted IndusInd Bank is back at the centre of another controversy after a whistleblower exposed an...

13.03.2026 10

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Armed Forces Tribunal's Pendency Figures Clash: Are Thousands of Soldiers in Limbo?

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Right to Information responses sent by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) to RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak reveal that...

24.02.2026 20

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Epstein Files, Gen Naravane’s Book, Assertive Oppn After Skewed US Deal Turn Narrative Tide Against Modi Govt

12.02.2026 10

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A Virtual Deputy Chief Minister Sparks Kuki-Zo Unrest as BJP’s Power-Sharing Formula Backfires in Manipur

06.02.2026 10

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How to Silence Scholarship and Subject a Conference on Caste to a Probe: The IIT Delhi Model

31.01.2026 10

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Protests Over UGC Equity Rules Mark a New Turn in Hindutva's Victimhood Politics

29.01.2026 10

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2.89 Crore UP Voters Deleted in Draft Rolls: Mass Disenfranchisement Feared Across SIR 2025 States

08.01.2026 10

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2025 Saw the Politics of Hate Triumph Over Voices of Conscience

31.12.2025 20

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Nitin Nabin: Yet Another Low-Profile BJP President Whose Term Will Cement Modi-Shah's Reign

17.12.2025 10

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BJP Collected ‘Party Funds’ in the Name of Government Schemes in 2021-22, Finds RTI

09.12.2025 20

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Fresh FIR Against Gandhis in National Herald Case: Cover-up for ED's Own Errors?

02.12.2025 10

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The Enduring Appeal of Nitish Kumar

15.11.2025 20

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As Bihar Votes, a Look at How a new Mandal-Centred Campaign Has Pushed Hindutva Out

06.11.2025 10

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A 'Brazilian Model', a UP BJP Sarpanch, Thousands of Blurred Voters: Rahul Gandhi Drops 'H-Bomb' on Haryana Vote Chori

06.11.2025 20

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

07.10.2025 20

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Aland, Rajura and What Rahul Gandhi Indicates About Targets for Electoral Roll Tampering

25.09.2025 10

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Rahul Gandhi’s Claim of Organised Vote Theft Attempt Needs Proper Probe, Not Knee-Jerk Response By EC

19.09.2025 10

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A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy

13.09.2025 20

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As Modi Heaps Birthday Praise on Bhagwat, Tussle Over Next BJP Chief Still Unresolved

12.09.2025 20

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Election Commission’s Partisanship Gives INDIA Bloc Its Biggest Rallying Cry Yet

04.09.2025 20

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Why the PM Should Lead by Example and Make His Degrees Public

26.08.2025 10

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No Conviction Needed, Amit Shah Bill to Let Governors Sack CM, Ministers After 30 Days in Jail

20.08.2025 20

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Will the Election Commission Wake Up After Rahul Gandhi Presents Evidence of Poll Fraud?

08.08.2025 30

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Modi Govt's Defence of Operation Sindoor Leaves Most Questions Unanswered

30.07.2025 20

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Did Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Slip From Modi's Good Books?

23.07.2025 10

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In a Year, the BJP Has Ushered in and Normalised Violence in a Mostly Orderly Odisha

09.07.2025 30

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Bypoll Results Draw Clear Lines Between AAP, Congress; BJP’s Struggle in Choppy Waters Continues

24.06.2025 20

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Modi 3.0: No Longer the Intransigent Prime Minister We Knew

12.06.2025 20

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What Could Be Shashi Tharoor’s Political Endgame?

31.05.2025 20

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Caste Census Move Is a Win For Opposition, Forces Modi Govt to Support Its Key Demand

30.04.2025 7

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

At Bharat Summit, Global Leaders Call For ‘Unity of Progressives’ Against Far-Right Forces

30.04.2025 10

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How Kashmir’s Land Politics Is Being Dangerously Exploited From All Sides

26.04.2025 10

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With No New BJP Chief in Sight, Congress, Left Show New Signs of Resurgence

18.04.2025 10

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Narendra Modi's Cover-Up Politics Gets a New Chapter With Waqf Bill. But Can it Survive?

10.04.2025 20

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Inciting Communal Frenzy Through 2025 is a Calculated Move by BJP: Dipankar Bhattacharya

22.03.2025 20

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Communal Violence Isn't a Law and Order Problem. The BJP Knows This But Pretends Otherwise

20.03.2025 10

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Faction-Ridden BJP Struggles to Elect its New President

12.03.2025 10

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‘Why Should We Hand Over Sanatan Dharma to the BJP,’ Asks Congress Leader Harish Rawat

07.03.2025 20

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

27.02.2025 10

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BJP Trounces AAP in Delhi As Sharp Class Divisions Come to The Fore

08.02.2025 10

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AAP Set Electoral Narrative in Delhi But Its Ideology-Free Politics Became Its Biggest Challenge

06.02.2025 7

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No More a Modi Sarkar: 2025 Budget, Like Last Year's, Bears Strong Imprint of Coalition Government

01.02.2025 10

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A Delhi Divided: The 2025 Polls Show the Rich Are Now Openly Contemptuous of the Poor

28.01.2025 20

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BJP Is Desperately Looking for a Winning Formula in Delhi

11.01.2025 10

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