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65°C on the ground: Delhi’s bus stops are turning into heat traps

Delhi’s Heat Action Plan says passengers should have access to basic amenities such as drinking water at buses and bus stops. But our ground report...

03.06.2026 10

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Wrong sheets, missing pages, no response: The cost of CBSE’s rushed marking overhaul

Jalaj boarded a train from Vidisha at 1 pm on May 26 with his friend and his father. They were travelling 60 kilometres to the CBSE Regional Office in...

30.05.2026 20

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As temperatures rise, a Delhi neighbourhood grapples with water crisis

As temperatures rise in Delhi, residents across several sectors of Dwarka are once again grappling with water shortages. From Sector 6 to Sector 12,...

15.05.2026 20

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Living under notice: Fear and uncertainty along the Yamuna in Delhi

Yamuna Bazar is home to around 310 families, nearly 1,100 people, spread across 32 ghats. For most residents, their livelihoods are inseparable from...

12.05.2026 20

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Delhi’s women gig workers are battling far more than the punishing heat

In Delhi’s blistering summer, when temperatures soar past 45°C, most of us tap an app from the comfort of our air-conditioned rooms. Minutes later,...

12.05.2026 10

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‘Suspended for speaking up’: Hansraj College’s crackdown leaves 1 student still fighting

Parth Srivastava had questions about how his college spent its money. He filed RTIs and posted videos online. For that, he claims, he was suspended....

04.05.2026 20

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Delhi Ridge: Can Master Plan 2041 safeguard the city's lungs?

Many people often refer to the Delhi Ridge as the city’s “lungs”. Alongside the Yamuna River, it plays a pivotal role in maintaining the...

23.04.2026 30

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Concrete over commons: How Delhi’s vanishing wetlands are choking on bureaucracy

Chote Lal, a longtime resident of Khichripur in East Delhi, recalls, “Around 15 years ago, a talab (pond) existed here.” Once a vital lifeline for...

08.04.2026 40

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‘Attack on free expression’: Content creators, media contest govt’s ‘arbitrary’ notices

In recent weeks, the Central government has intensified its scrutiny of popular social media accounts that critique the government, policy or...

03.04.2026 20

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‘I’ll have to go home’: How India’s LPG crisis is pushing gig workers to the brink

Triggered by the conflict between Iran and the US-Israel alliance, an acute LPG shortage is placing a serious strain on India’s gig economy. As...

27.03.2026 50

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Palam fire: 9 people dead as locals allege faulty hydraulics and fatal delays in rescue

A massive fire tore through a four-story building in southwest Delhi’s Palam area early Wednesday morning, killing nine members of a family,...

19.03.2026 60

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11 dead as fire breaks out at Cuttack’s SCB Medical College; judicial inquiry ordered

At least 11 patients were killed in the early hours of Monday after a fire broke out at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha. The...

17.03.2026 50

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Garbage on the streets, congestion in the city: Decoding Delhi’s grim ground reality

By December 2024, all landfills and dhalaos – the three-sided open enclosures where sanitation workers consolidate daily waste before it is hauled...

02.03.2026 40

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Modi’s ‘guarantee’, Gupta’s ‘priorities’: A year on, Delhi women wait for their Rs 2,500

It has been a year since Rekha Gupta took oath as chief minister, but the women of Delhi have not received the Rs 2,500 they were promised every...

20.02.2026 60

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Gasping for breath: Are Odisha’s twin cities going the Delhi way?

28.01.2026 20

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Odisha’s capital turned its river into a drain. Now the consequences go beyond the city

19.01.2026 30

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‘They said girls like us can’t do anything’: Meet India’s blind women cricket champions

10.12.2025 20

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‘River will suffer’: Inside Keonjhar’s farm resistance against ESSAR’s iron ore project

05.12.2025 30

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631 deaths, 4 years: Inside Odisha’s elephant conflict zone

13.11.2025 20

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From Cyclone Titli to Montha: Odisha’s farmers suffer year after year

06.11.2025 30

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Was Odisha prepared for Cyclone Montha?

29.10.2025 20

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‘Worked day and night’: Odisha’s exam ‘irregularities’ are breaking the spirit of a generation

24.10.2025 10

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Cuttack on edge after violent clashes

07.10.2025 20

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Lightning strikes: India’s hidden killer

27.09.2025 20

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Margins shrunk, farmers forced to switch: Trump tariffs sinking Odisha’s shrimp industry

17.09.2025 20

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