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Ayodhya of the south: The Sangh’s southern rehearsal

This is the second part of our story on Thiruparankundram — Ayodhya of the south. Read the first part  here . Murugan (Inter)nationalism Murugan is...

yesterday 9

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Sudipto Mondal

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

Odisha has around 912 elephants, fewer than states like Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. But it has recorded more deaths attributed to the human-...

yesterday 10

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Akankhya Rout

Missed red flags, approvals: In Maharashtra’s Rs 1,800 crore land scam, a tale of power and impunity

In the 19th century, in the quiet village of Mundhwa on the outskirts of colonial Pune, the British granted 44 acres of land to 26 families from...

previous day 5

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Prateek Goyal

In Pulwama’s ‘village of doctors’, shock over terror probe, ‘Doctor Doom’ headlines

As news channels camp outside Pulwama’s Koil village, locals struggle to reconcile the picture being painted – of medical professionals turned...

previous day 3

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Muhammad Mukaram

Minutes after the blast: Inside the chaos at Delhi’s Red Fort

The blast near Red Fort has claimed at least 12 lives so far and left over 20 injured. The Delhi Police have invoked UAPA and agencies are...

tuesday 10

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Nl Team

‘Was selling litti-chokha…then ran for my life’: Old Delhi’s night of panic and smoke

“I was at my stall, selling litti-chokha to customers. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a huge explosion. The umbrella shed on my stall fell…the...

tuesday 10

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Ashish Anand

Friends on a bike, pharmacist who left early: Those who never came home after Red Fort blast

A printing press worker from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti. Two friends from UP’s Amroha who met for the last time near the Red Fort. A...

tuesday 30

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Nl Team

Smog refugees: Skilled professionals are trading Delhi for clean air

Adi didn’t leave Delhi with a grand plan or a dramatic declaration. He slipped out the way younger people often do when they feel suffocated, but...

tuesday 10

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Shardool Katyayan

How hate drove a Muslim flower-seller to death in a Maharashtra village

It was a warm summer morning in May in the quiet border village of Banda, nestled in Maharashtra’s Sawantwadi taluka of Sindhudurg district, near...

tuesday 7

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Prateek Goyal

More two-wheelers, gig workers under pressure: In India, 9 bike riders die every hour

Indian roads are increasingly becoming more dangerous for its most vulnerable users, an IndiaSpend analysis of national data shows. In a decade to...

tuesday 2

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Prachi Salve

‘Felt like an earthquake…body parts scattered’: Witnesses on Delhi blast that left at least 8 dead

At least eight people have been killed and at least 18 injured after a high-intensity explosion ripped through a car near the Red Fort in Delhi on...

tuesday 2

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Nl Team

Amid curbs, TV journalists say unable to record P2Cs or track who’s meeting officials at EC office

For nearly three months, journalists have neither been allowed to stand outside the Election Commission of India’s headquarters on Delhi’s Ashoka...

10.11.2025 1

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Avdhesh Kumar

How YouTubers and media outlets drive Rajasthan’s anti-conversion hysteria

Read the first part here , which looks closely at the contents of FIRs in conversion cases filed between February 2024 and July 2025. On January...

08.11.2025 2

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Akanksha Kumar