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It’s the Small Things | A Roshogolla Roulette

Listen to this article: Wedding date: December 12, 1989. Wedding venue: A hall in Golbari, booked with a non-refundable deposit, helpfully described...

yesterday 10

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Pritika Datta

Twenty Six Days After He Was Killed, Anti-Drugs Activist Parvinder Singh Jhota Cremated

Listen to this article: Jalandhar: Amidst slogans of ‘Punjab Sarkar murdabaad’ and ‘Mansa parshashan murdabaad’ and ’Jhote bai teri soch te,...

yesterday 10

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Kusum Arora

The Youth Are Rising. Modi Must Answer.

Listen to this article: From Sri Lanka to Bangladesh, Nepal to Albania and France, young people have been taking to the streets, challenging...

yesterday 10

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Vivek Sharma And

In Portugal, a Protest of the 'Commons'

Listen to this article: I am in Lisbon today, the 7th of November 2026, the site from where the very first colonialist expansion project to India was...

yesterday 10

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Sudeesh Yezhuvath

Finding the Indians Missing From Sanskritised Historical Texts

Listen to this article: Ancient Indian peoples’ race and caste character is still troubled terrain. Once some clarity comes with careful study of...

yesterday 10

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Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

In Sundarban, Boys Believe Dropping Out of School and Working is Their Only Chance at Survival

Listen to this article: Sundarban: Class 12 at Bijoynagar high school in Sundarban, West Bengal, looked strikingly different from other high school...

yesterday 10

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Somrita Ghosh

After Most Polluted Diwali Eve in a Decade, Delhi Wakes Up to AQI Nearing 'Severe' Category

Listen to this article: New Delhi: It is Diwali and Delhi was woken up to its air quality index – a measure of pollution in the city – reading...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Enforcement Directorate Is a ‘Not a Super-Cop’: Karnataka High Court

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Karnataka high court has said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is not a super cop to investigate anything...

yesterday 10

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The Wire Staff

Politic | Democracy Demands Debate, Not Monologues and Marketing

Listen to this article: A leader who has been accused of smothering democracy is being asked for a public debate. An anti-intellect atmosphere...

yesterday 10

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Sanjay K. Jha

How Does the Phone-Unlocking Tool Amit Shah Signed Off on Work?

Listen to this article: A letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs dated 20 January 2026 records that Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved, on a...

yesterday 8

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Vikram Raj

How Does the Phone-Unlocking Tool Amit Shah Signed Off on Work?

Early on the morning of Saturday, 10 October 2026, a group of men in plain clothes arrived at a house in Sector 56, Gurugram, where Dhruv Rathee was...

yesterday 10

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Vikram Raj

What We Lose as the Central Secretariat Library’s 8.5 Lakh Books Slip Out of Public Access

What does it mean for a nation to monumentalise its past while struggling to find space for the books that preserve it? In September 2026, the...

yesterday 10

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Rudrani Gangopadhyay

Mediated Conversations: Threshold Floor Drawings and the Blurring of Private and Public

Listen to this article: It is the morning of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and households in Mumbai, India are bustling with activity,...

yesterday 10

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Alolika de

Beyond Dhirendra Shastri Krishna-Ram Controversy, How BJP is Harnessing Hindu 'Kathavachaks' in Uttar Pradesh

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Controversial preacher Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s unpalatable comments comparing Hindu deities Ram and Krishna,...

previous day 20

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Omar Rashid

Demonetisation a Nightmare: Ten Years On, Broken Promises, Unequal Burdens and the Demand for Accountability

Listen to this article: On November 8, India completes ten years since the announcement that abruptly stripped the existing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000...

previous day 10

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Devidas Tuljapurkar

Hinduising the Armed Forces is a Dangerous Pursuit

Listen to this article: Many well-meaning veterans and civilians have been dismayed by the overt display of religiosity by serving officers, including...

previous day 20

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Ghazala Wahab

3,000 Kms in Nine Days: How Was an Elephant Rushed Across India? Supreme Court Raises Alarm

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 5) expressed concern over the allegedly hurried inter-state transfer of...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Firm Hired at $75,000 Per Month Fee Organised Trump's Truth Social Post on Modi’s Continuous Years in Office

Listen to this article: New Delhi: A US lobbying firm that worked for the Union government has disclosed in its filings under the US’s Foreign...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Three Bengal Content Creators Critical of BJP Government Face Police Action, One Still in Custody

Listen to this article: Three social media content creators from West Bengal — Akash Sarkar, Surajit Shee and Srimoyee Chakraborty — were recently...

previous day 6

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Anindya Hazra

Bangladesh’s ‘Kids’ Party’ May Have the Last Laugh

Listen to this article: The National Citizen Party (NCP) in Bangladesh has acquired some strange definition in its short life of 20 months. It is,...

previous day 20

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Faisal Mahmud

‘Civil Liberties Situation in Uttar Pradesh is Shameful, To Say The Least’: Allahabad High Court

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Allahabad high court has made strong comments on the Uttar Pradesh Police’s alleged unlawful detention and...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

The Japanese That Delhi Erased: Purana Qila’s Forgotten Wartime Chapter

Listen to this article: A passing reference to nearly 3,000 Japanese civilians interned at Delhi’s Purana Qila during World War II in The Shortest...

previous day 20

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Rahul Bedi

'Can't Disconnect Without Notice': Delhi High Court to NDMC Over Race Course Masjid Water, Power Cut

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday (November 6) questioned the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) over the cutting of water and electricity...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Why Some Poorer Indian States Do Better Than Richer Ones at Providing Basic Services

Listen to this article: This is the first of a two-part series on inequality in India. This article draws on the Access (In)Equality Index (AEI) 2026,...

previous day 20

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Deepanshu Mohan

Over 2 Million Deaths Linked to Air Pollution in India in 2023, FICCI-EY Seeks Health-Led Clean Air Policy

Listen to this article: New Delhi: More than 20 lakh deaths in India were attributable to air pollution in 2023, underscoring the need to treat the...

previous day 20

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The Wire Staff

Why Would Census 2027 Need Personal Identifiers if Sharing Them is Forbidden by Law?

Listen to this article: The population enumeration phase of census 2027 is causing concern among citizens who have already been through the stressful...

previous day 10

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N. K. Sharma

Green Shoots Amid the Rubble: Harbouring Hope for a Better Environment

In The Log from the Sea of Cortez, John Steinbeck writes, ‘It is one diagnostic trait of Homo sapiens that groups of individuals are periodically...

previous day 10

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Himraj Dang

Kashmir Restricts Access to High Altitudes, Stalls Environment Research Work

Listen to this article: Srinagar: The government has restricted access to Kashmir’s high altitude reaches in recent months, affecting not just...

previous day 20

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Junaid Dar

Jogen Chowdhury: What Persists in the Dark

Listen to this article: In Reminiscences of a Dream (1969), three forms float against a darkness that seems to have no end: a sunflower, its head...

previous day 10

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Siddharth Sivakumar

In 7 States, EC Offers Left Out Voters Another Chance to Get Back on Rolls, Without Form 6

Listen to this article: New Delhi: Calling it an “opportunity” for voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (November 6), decided...

friday 10

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The Wire Staff

Delhi’s Air Quality Index Nears 400, Govt Invokes GRAP III Norms

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Air Quality Index, a measure of air pollution levels in the national capital, hit 382 on the evening of Friday...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

Not E20, But E31.2: Karnataka Finds Excess Ethanol In Petrol, Calls It 'Petrol Chori'

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The E20 petrol debate has taken a fresh turn, with the Karnataka government alleging that petrol sold across the...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

'Stop Arrests, Release Detainees, Withdraw FIRs': Arunachal Anti-Dam Protesters Reject CM's Call for Talks

Listen to this article: Jaipur: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Arunachal Pradesh facing massive protests against the proposed...

friday 20

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Deep Mukherjee

Ramlila Maidan Rally: The Tide is Turning

The political ascendancy of the right is facing growing resistance across the world, both on the streets and at the ballot box. The right-wing cycle...

friday 20

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Zoya Hasan

Nepali Gurkhas, Agnipath and a Himalayan Diplomatic Knot: Likely on Agenda During Balendra Shah’s Delhi Visit

Listen to this article: Chandigarh: The government’s latest changes to the Agnipath scheme, extending Agniveers’ four-year tour of duty by two...

friday 20

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Rahul Bedi

Mirwaiz Says He's Been Put Under House Arrest Since He Raised Concerns Over Political Prisoners

Listen to this article: Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday (November 6) said he was put...

friday 20

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Junaid Dar

Agniveers Can Marry, But if Killed No Pension to Family, Dependents: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The government is considering another change to the Agnipath scheme that would let Agniveers marry while still...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

The Car Which Was a Mechanical Elephant

Listen to this article: On Tuesday, I went to see Ananth Padmanabhan’s ‘No Refusal’ at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi – photographs of...

friday 8

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Samar Jodha

Months After Two ECs' Objections, Poll Body Brings Back Oversight on IT Head Seema Khanna

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh order to bring back a senior deputy election commissioner...

friday 10

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The Wire Staff

Case Closed: Israel's Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Hacker Who Disrupts Global Democracies

Listen to this article: On September 10, 2026, Gur Megiddo, one of Israel’s leading investigative journalists, announced that he was leaving...

friday 7

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Eitay Mack

Five Takeaways From Bombay HC's Rebuke to the ECI For Deletions Over Change in Residence

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The Bombay high court’s Goa bench has held that the Election Commission of India (ECI) cannot forgo statutory...

friday 10

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The Wire Staff

West Bengal Assembly Election Was Not Legally Valid, Says Former CEC S.Y. Quraishi

Listen to this article: Kolkata: Citing the scale of deletions from the state’s electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), former...

friday 40

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The Wire Staff

In Arunachal, BJP's Former Ally Says While Govt Is Pushing Siang Dam Citing China, It's Silent on Chinese Incursion

Itanagar: In August this year, 63-year-old Kaling Jerang, a vice president of the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) – a regional party in...

friday 20

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Deep Mukherjee

When Kerala’s Migrants Become a Welfare Liability: Decoding the NORKA Care Controversy

Listen to this article: Kerala’s migrant community is passing through another period of uncertainty. The continuing war and geopolitical instability...

friday 10

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K.m. Seethi

Rural Households Save Less, Borrow More Amid Rising Inflation, NABARD Survey Finds

Listen to this article: Aligarh: Rural households are saving less and borrowing more as prices rise, according to the latest round of a survey...

friday 10

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Aliya Akbar

'Takedown Notices to IFF, SFLC Came from an Imposter, Not Delhi Police': X Tells Delhi High Court

Listen to this article: New Delhi: X Corp told the Delhi high court on Friday(November 6) that the takedown notices received by Internet Freedom...

friday 40

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The Wire Staff

Breaking | Gauhati HC Quashes Pranab Doley’s NSA Detention After 117 Days of Jail

Listen to this article: Panjim: Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley’s detention under the National Security Act (NSA) was today quashed by the...

friday 9

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Sherry Fernandes

Panchayat, Urban Local Body Electoral Rolls in UP Collectively Have 3.45 Crore More Voters Than in Assembly List: Report

Listen to this article: New Delhi: The rural panchayat electoral rolls and urban local body electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh account for 16.91 crore...

friday 20

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The Wire Staff

How Aligarh Muslim University's First Students' Union Polls in 8 Years Made History

Listen to this article: Aligarh: Voting to elect representatives to the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) elections concluded on...

friday 50

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Ramsha Sartaj

As a ‘Blue Tsunami’ Sweeps Over Capitol Hill, What Ripple Effects Will It Have For India?

New Delhi: A ‘blue tsunami’ has swept over the US federal legislature. What sort of consequences will the Democrats’ historic gains in the...

friday 10

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