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‘Irreversible Damage': Nek Chand's Granddaughter to PM as Rock Garden Wall Demolished; Residents Protest

New Delhi: A wall surrounding the iconic Rock Garden has been demolished by the Chandigarh administration for a road widening and parking project....

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The Wire Staff

Kumbh Water was 'Fit to Bathe': Environment Minister in Parliament as CPCB Backtracks on Earlier Report

New Delhi: All water quality parameters were “within permissible limits” for bathing during the Kumbh mela at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, Union...

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Aathira Perinchery

India Opts Out of International Student Evaluation PISA Test

New Delhi: India has once again declined to participate in PISA or Programme for International Student Assessment conducted by the Organisation of...

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The Wire Staff

The China Factor in the Trump-Putin Deal on Ukraine

The sellout of Ukraine Russia will keep the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine and Crimea; the US will control 50% of Ukraine’s mineral...

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Rahul Singh

90 Years of Joymoti: The Film That Paved the Way for Assamese Cinema

New Delhi: Ninety years ago, on this day, a page of history was written in the ever so remote north-eastern part of what was then British India. ...

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

How Minorities Can Protect Their Rights in an Era of Rising Populism

Populist leaders have been gaining traction globally for the best part of the 21st century. The core of their leadership strategy is to become the...

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Bhasker Malu

UP Police Book Sambhal Imam, Seize Loudspeaker for Azaan at High Volume

New Delhi:  The Uttar Pradesh police have lodged a criminal case against the imam of a mosque for allegedly using a loudspeaker to deliver...

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Omar Rashid

Pradhan Defensive on Three-Language Controversy, Tamil Nadu MPs Angry at Being Called ‘Uncivilised’

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday (March 10) saw heated scenes after Union minister for education Dharmendra Pradhan accused the Dravida Munnetra...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

How One Village Swung India’s Workforce Numbers in 2022-23

The periodic labour force survey (PLFS) is one of India’s most widely used data sources on employment. The findings of the 2022-23 and 2023-24...

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Pramit Bhattacharya And Nandlal Mishra

Elle India Takes Down Reel Showing Scantily Dressed Models in Kashmir After Backlash

Srinagar: Elle India has pulled down a controversial reel showcasing a show of fashion involving scant dressing and booze in Gulmarg from its...

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Jehangir Ali

India One of Four Countries at UN to Abstain From Voting on ‘International Day of Hope’

New Delhi: India was one among only four countries to abstain from a UN General Assembly resolution declaring an “International Day of Hope” last...

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The Wire Staff

ED Raids 14 Locations Tied to Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Son in 'Liquor Scam' Case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday (March 10) conducted searches at the premises of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh...

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Arvind Gunasekar

Opposition Demands Discussion on Alleged Irregularities in Voter Lists in Parliament

New Delhi: Opposition parties raised the issue of alleged discrepancies in voter lists in both houses of parliament on Monday (March 10), with both...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

India Outdoes New Zealand in Riveting Match to Win Champions' Trophy

New Delhi: Having chased its target of 252 runs 49 overs in, India triumphed over New Zealand on Sunday (March 9) evening by four wickets in Dubai...

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The Wire Staff

Adityanath Defends Police Officer Who Asked Muslims to Stay at Home on Holi: 'People Should Accept it'

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has come to the defence of a police officer in Sambhal who recently made controversial...

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Omar Rashid

The New Global Disorder Matches Climate Catastrophe

In the good book, the Evangelist promises “a new heaven and a new earth” with the Second Coming of Christ. For now, what we can see is that the...

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Badri Raina

What Has Gender Got to Do With Misinformation?

It is ironic that of all the risks that nations and their peoples would face in the years to come, it is the risk of misinformation and...

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Sanjukta Basu

BAPS Hindu Temple in Southern California Vandalised, MEA Condemns Act 'in Strongest Terms'

New Delhi: A Hindu temple located in Chino Hills, California, was vandalised on Saturday (March 8) with discretionary messages. The incident...

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The Wire Staff

India Needs to ‘Accelerate and Make Sure We Are Not Found Wanting’: IAF Chief

New Delhi: Asked if Beijing’s potentially selling fifth-generation fighter aircraft to Pakistan would give Islamabad an advantage over India, Air...

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The Wire Staff

Union Home Secretary Arrives in Jammu After Deaths of Minor, Two Men; Kathua Sees Shutdown

Srinagar: Describing the killing of three civilians in Kathua as a terror attack, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday (March 9) claimed that...

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The Wire Staff

The Significance of 'No Other Land' Winning an Oscar

No Other Land, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary last week, chronicles the violence of the Israeli occupation in Masafer Yatta, the cluster...

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Aman Abhishek

Military Plane Crashes in Haryana, Bengal Last Week Again Highlight IAF's Ageing Platforms

Chandigarh: The loss of two Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft in accidents, within hours of each other last week, yet again highlights enduring...

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Rahul Bedi

Modi Government in Damage Control Mode After Trump Reveals Tariff Concessions

New Delhi: A day after US President Donald Trump claimed that India had agreed to cut its tariffs “way down,” the Indian government sought to...

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The Wire Staff

J&K: Bodies of Three Missing Civilians Found in Kathua River

Srinagar: The bodies of a minor boy and two other civilians who went missing from a hilly village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir earlier...

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Jehangir Ali

Neighbourhood Lost: The End is Nigh for South Asian University

On February 26, 2025, Yashada Sawant, an Indian student from the South Asian University (SAU) was publicly assaulted by Ratan Singh and a gang of...

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Sasanka Perera

India Has Agreed to Cut Tariffs ‘Way Down’ Because It Has Been ‘Finally Exposed’: Trump

New Delhi: India has agreed to cut its tariffs “way down” because “somebody is finally exposing them for what they’ve done”, US President...

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Two Idlis and a Question

Delhi in mid February. The air still held a winter crispness, though the afternoons had begun to thaw. The sky, a pale, stretched-out blue, carried...

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Ramesh Karthik Nayak

Special | ‘How Will I Fight?’: How the Law Invalidates Married Women’s Experience of Rape

New Delhi: For 18-year-old Kiran*, getting married to a man of her family’s choice, meant fulfilling an expectation that women are meant to in...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

West Bengal: Left-Wing Female Student Leaders 'Tortured, Harassed' in Police Custody

Kolkata: Student protests at Jadavpur University (JU) on March 1 – and the violence that followed – led to eruptions across the state, with...

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Joydeep Sarkar

Jaishankar Has Blundered By Prematurely Showing India’s Hand on Currency Multipolarity

External Affairs minister S. Jaishankar clearly committed a blunder by publicly declaring in London that there was no unified position within BRICS...

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M.k. Venu

Of Many Mad Things

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” ∼ Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll On February 23, 2020, parts of Delhi began to...

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Shohini Sengupta

The Revolution Will Not be Home-Pickled

The spirited discussions around evolving gender roles and dynamics, caste relations, wage labour and domestic work, and changing consumption...

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Paromita Ghosh

‘Some of Our Leaders Working as BJP's B-Team’: Rahul Gandhi Hints at Gujarat Cadre Purge

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi openly criticised his own party in Gujarat, attributing its failure to win elections over the past 30 years to...

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Vibes Of India

Manipur: Clashes on Day One of 'Free Movement' Kill One Kuki Man, Hurt 48 Kuki People

New Delhi: One Kuki man was killed and 48 Kuki people were injured today, March 8, as violent clashes erupted in Manipur, on the first day on which...

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Yaqut Ali

India Calls for Action After Security Breach During Jaishankar’s UK Visit

New Delhi: A day after the UK called the security breach “completely unacceptable”, India said sincerity would be measured by the actions taken...

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The Wire Staff

As Manipur’s Arms Surrender Deadline Ends, Arambai Tenggol Is Yet to Return The Bulk of Stolen Weapons

New Delhi: Nearly 22 months after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, a vast cache of looted arms and ammunition remain in the hands of militant...

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The Wire Staff

‘Cannot Rule Out Conspiracy to Defame Adityanath’: Judicial Commission on Hathras Stampede

The Hathras stampede, in which 121 persons were killed during a satsang (spiritual gathering) organised for a self-styled godman last July, could...

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Omar Rashid

Bengal’s Potato Story: Why Are Farmers Caught in a Web of Debt Despite Record Harvest?

When production levels are high, a producer’s face often lights up with relief and joy. However, when production surges, yet the expected profits...

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Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

Samvidhan Yatra Journeys Through Rural Rajasthan Disseminating Constitutional Values

The Republic of India turned 75 this January, and year-long celebrations themed ‘Humara Samvidhan, Humara Swabhiman (Our Constitution, Our Pride)’...

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Shefali Martins

Karnataka: Ecological Damage, Corruption Allegations Mar Sharavathi Hydroelectric Project

Hyderabad: Karnataka government’s ambitious Sharavathi pumped storage hydroelectric project (PSHP) has ignited fierce debate with environmentalists...

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M. Balakrishna

Trump is Making Nuclear Proliferation Great Again

Would a brief public spat between the heads of state of two democracies change the world order? It would be premature to immediately reach such a...

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Ajey Lele

Colonial Narratives From 1857 British India Still Alive in Today's Israel-Palestine

“The Major-General feels assured that British pluck and determination will carry everything before them, and that the blood-thirsty and murderous...

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Zafar Habib

Rajasthan HC Bars 'Bulldozer Action' Against Muslim Men Accused of Sexual Assault

New Delhi: The Rajasthan high court on Thursday barred the Vijay Nagar municipality from bulldozing properties belonging to the accused in a sexual...

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The Wire Staff

Ten 'Missing' Indian Construction Workers Rescued in West Bank, Brought to Israel

New Delhi: Israeli authorities claim to have rescued 10 Indian construction workers from the West Bank after discovering that their passports was...

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The Wire Staff

Centre Pushes Deep-Sea Mining Plans in Kerala Despite Rising Tides of Protest

Kerala’s coastline is at the heart of a deepening conflict as the Union government pushes ahead with its deep-sea mining plans despite mounting...

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K.m. Seethi

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

New Delhi: Substantive changes are at work currently to energise the Congress from below, former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress...

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Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

Two Other Indians Executed in UAE For Murder; Shahzadi Khan Buried

New Delhi: Two Indian men were executed in the UAE on murder charges, the Ministry of External Affairs was informed on February 28, the same day it...

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The Wire Staff

'Deplore Misuse of Democratic Freedoms': MEA as Khalistan Demonstrator Breaches Jaishankar's Security in London

New Delhi: A pro-Khalistan demonstrator breached security of external affairs minister S Jaishankar in London as he ran towards his car and tore...

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The Wire Staff

Trump's Tariff Deadline: Amid Silence, Jaishankar Says Piyush Goyal Working on US Trade Deal

New Delhi: A day after US president Donald Trump announced that reciprocal tariffs against India are set to come into effect from April 2, there...

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The Wire Staff

Indian HNWI Rise 6% in 2024, Even as 1 Billion Indians Live at Sub-Saharan Levels

New Delhi: The number of high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) in India rose by 6% in 2024 and is expected to continue growing, the Knight Frank Wealth...

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