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Day Before More Deportees to Arrive in Amritsar, Mann Decries ‘Conspiracy to Defame Punjab’

Jalandhar: A day before the scheduled landing of a second plane of deportees from the US on the night of Saturday (February 15), Punjab chief...

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Kusum Arora

Gautam Adani a 'Personal Matter': PM Modi Deflects Question at White House Presser

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi evaded a question during his joint press conference with US President Donald Trump – only his third in 16...

yesterday 20

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The Wire Staff

Ranking Rich, Living Poor: The Fiscal Health Mirage in India’s Development Story

The recently released Fiscal Health Index 2025 has brought out some quite surprising results. The states like Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, often...

yesterday 20

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Aurolipsa Das And Boddu Srujana

India, US Eye Trade Deal as Trump Talks Tough on Tariffs, Eyes ‘Billions of Dollars’ Hike in Arms Sales

India, US Eye Trade Deal as Trump Talks Tough on Tariffs, Eyes ‘Billions of Dollars’ Hike in Arms Sales

New Delhi: Less than a month after returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, agreeing to...

yesterday 10

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Devirupa Mitra

The Story Behind Adityanath’s ‘Nawab Brand Crime’ Charge Against Samajwadi Party

New Delhi: Since August last year, after facing an embarrassing debacle in the general elections, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath has...

yesterday 4

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Omar Rashid

Is Naveen Patnaik Struggling to Keep the BJD Flock Together?

Bhubaneswar: Is former chief minister and Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik struggling to keep his party together? A public exchange with a...

yesterday 4

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Ashutosh Mishra

US Firm Takes Down Private Network Profiling Indian Activists Opposing Pesticides, GMO After Reports

Mumbai/London/Athens: A US-based reputation management firm involved in monitoring activities of those critical of pesticides and genetically...

yesterday 20

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Sarasvati Thuppadolla

What Key Issues are Dropped from India-US Joint Statement as it Gets a Trumpian Makeover

New Delhi: With a new occupant in the White House, the India-United States bilateral agenda appears to have shifted, with the latest India-US joint...

yesterday 2

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The Wire Staff

Srinagar: J&K Police Raid Bookstores, Seize Literature Linked to Jamaat-e-Islami

Srinagar: Hundreds of books published in New Delhi and linked to the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami outfit were seized by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)...

yesterday 3

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The Wire Staff

Ahead of Modi-Trump Meet, White House on Pannun Case: ‘Safety of Every American’ Remains Priority

New Delhi: Just six hours before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the US president, a senior White House official asserted that...

yesterday 9

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The Wire Staff

Bangladesh's Security Forces Committed Atrocities With Hasina’s Approval, UN Report Says

Bangladesh's Security Forces Committed Atrocities With Hasina’s Approval, UN Report Says

New Delhi: In a fact-finding report released on Wednesday (February 12), the United Nations stated that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh...

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The Wire Staff

'Freebies Creating a Class of Parasites, People Not Willing to Work': Supreme Court Judge

New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench has said that freebies announced by political parties were creating “a class of parasites” and disincentivising...

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The Wire Staff

J&K Court Grants Bail to Scholar Jailed for 3 Years Over 'Seditious Article'

J&K Court Grants Bail to Scholar Jailed for 3 Years Over 'Seditious Article'

Srinagar: A court in Jammu has granted bail to a Kashmiri scholar nearly three years after he was arrested by J&K Police for allegedly writing a ‘...

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Jehangir Ali

As Assam Dithers on Deporting Declared Foreigners, Who Loses?

When the Supreme Court of India recently reprimanded the Assam government for its inaction in deporting declared foreigners, it wasn’t just a...

previous day 20

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Sreejayaa Rajguru

The Cost of Mismanaging the Kumbh: In Bihar, Stampede Survivors Say They Cannot Sleep

Maner (Patna): Ever since the Maha Kumbh started at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on January 13, Rinku Devi would see on her phone and read in the...

previous day 9

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Umesh Kumar Ray

Adani Green Pulls Out of Sri Lankan Wind Power Projects Amid Tariff Review

New Delhi: Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from renewable wind energy project and two transmission projects in Sri Lanka, the...

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The Wire Staff

Why Delhi Election Results Won’t Reshape Bihar’s Electoral Landscape

Why Delhi Election Results Won’t Reshape Bihar’s Electoral Landscape

The results of the Delhi Assembly elections have led to news outlets speculating that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which wrested power from the...

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Nalin Verma

For South Asian Migrant Workers in Lebanon, Cricket Erases Border Politics and War

Beirut : War is not a good enough reason for the migrant workers – mostly South Asians – to give up on their weekly game of cricket. A parking lot...

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Kanika Gupta

'Save Adani, Sell the Nation': Opposition Questions Modi Govt After Report on Easing Border Protocol

New Delhi: Opposition leaders have been up in arms after a report unveiled that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Union government relaxed critical and...

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The Wire Staff

Parliament Watch: Opposition MPs Allege Dissenting Remarks on Waqf Bill Deleted

New Delhi: Amidst uproar over alleged deletion of some of the dissenting remarks made by opposition MPs in the final draft of Waqf (Amendment)...

previous day 4

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The Wire Staff

652 Days Since Violence Broke Out, Manipur Comes Under President's Rule

New Delhi: The Union home ministry has noted in formal communication that Manipur has been placed under President’s Rule, days after the...

previous day 9

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The Wire Staff

SC/ST Candidates Make Up For Only 10% of Faculty Posts Filled by IITs, IIMs in Last Two Years: Centre

New Delhi: Two years since adopting a mission mode recruitment to hire faculty members from reserved categories, just over 10% of faculty positions...

wednesday 10

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Why are Gujarati Migrants Fleeing the Model State?

It has been in the news lately that Gujarati migrants make up a huge portion of those who have been deported by the Trump administration to India. ...

wednesday 10

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Christophe Jaffrelot

Gautam Bhatia's 'The Sentence' Centres on a Legal Case of Immense Gravity

Gautam Bhatia is one of India’s finest legal commentators, offering a clear, precise summary of what is happening in major legal cases, as well as...

wednesday 2

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Omair Ahmad

New Immigration Bill Puts Onus on Carrier to Remove Foreigners Who Have Been Denied Entry

New Delhi: Any person using a fake passport or arranging for one fraudulently may face a jail term of up to seven years, while the onus of removing...

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Sravasti Dasgupta

Poor Joke or Convenient Target? Understanding the Case Against Ranveer Allahbadia

Over the past 24 hours, my social media feeds have been flooded with the name ‘Ranveer Allahbadia’ and the controversy surrounding an inappropriate...

wednesday 10

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Mansi Anil Kumar

Ritwik Ghatak's 1970 Documentary on Lenin Once Again Falls Prey to Political Censorship

Kolkata: A relatively obscure documentary by renowned Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak, 54 years after its release, has drawn political wrath due to...

wednesday 10

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Joydeep Sarkar

Will Manipur Have President's Rule? Governor and Army on One Side, Sambit Patra on Another

New Delhi: While Bharatiya Janata Party Manipur in-charge Sambit Patra has been busy in discussions over a chief minister pick with party MLAs in...

wednesday 10

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty And Yaqut Ali

'It Was Biren We Were Not Supporting': NPP Returns to NDA Fold in Manipur

New Delhi: Conrad Sangma’s National People’s Party, which withdrew its support from the N. Biren Singh-led government in Manipur in November 2024,...

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Yaqut Ali

Ram Mandir Head Priest Who Opposed Hindutva Politics Over Ram, Dies

New Delhi: Acharya Satyendra Das, the head priest of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and a vocal critic of the politicisation of the Hindu deity, died on...

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Omar Rashid

In BJP’s Win, Why Does the Burden of Secularism Fall on Muslims?

On February 8, in a landmark victory , the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Delhi after more than 26 years. With this victory, BJP...

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Abid Faheem

Two Soldiers Killed, One Injured By IED Blast in Jammu

Srinagar: Two army soldiers, including a captain, were killed and at least one soldier was injured in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED)...

wednesday 2

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Jehangir Ali

At AI Summit, India Urges Global Standards; US, UK Decline to Sign Communique

New Delhi: While the United States and the United Kingdom’s refusal to sign the final communique at the Paris Artificial Intelligence Action Summit...

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The Wire Staff

As US Targets Sanctions Waiver, India Reiterates Its Commitment to Iran's Chabahar Port

New Delhi: Six days after the Trump administration’s order cast doubt on the continuation of the Chabahar port sanctions waiver, India said on...

11.02.2025 10

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Devirupa Mitra

FIR in Assam Against Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina and Others on India's Got Latent

New Delhi: Assam Police has registered a first information report against popular podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, comedian Samay Raina and three...

11.02.2025 3

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The Wire Staff

Is 2025 Maha Kumbh Really a 'Rare' Event Held After 144 Years?

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government, along with Hindu monastic heads, have marketed the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj as a...

11.02.2025 2

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Omar Rashid

An Era of Darkness: How No Data Helps BJP’s Politics

The government took almost a day to come up with estimates of the dead in the Kumbh stampedes. It did its best to not give out details, until being...

11.02.2025 10

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Seema Chishti

Why Have Savarkar's Mercy Petitions Attracted So Much Censure and Derision?

Excerpted with permission from The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts by Arun Shourie. Without a shred of doubt, incarceration in the Cellular Jail...

11.02.2025 1

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Arun Shourie

'We Will Stay on the Streets': 6 Months After R.G. Kar Doctor’s Murder, Family Vows to Fight

'We Will Stay on the Streets': 6 Months After R.G. Kar Doctor’s Murder, Family Vows to Fight

Kolkata: Six months after the brutal rape and murder of a young doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, her parents continue to...

11.02.2025 9

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Joydeep Sarkar

Did the Manipur Governor Flout Constitutional Norms in Revoking His Order Convening the Assembly?

Did the Manipur Governor Flout Constitutional Norms in Revoking His Order Convening the Assembly?

New Delhi: On February 9, hours after Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh stepped down on the advice of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s top...

11.02.2025 6

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Kejriwal Rode the Anti-Corruption Wave, Now It Has Washed Him Away

What goes around, comes around. It’s a lesson that former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal might have learned on Saturday. The former Indian...

11.02.2025 3

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Harshita Kalyan

Even If BJP Appoints a Kuki CM, Nothing Will Change; Separation in National Interest: Manipur BJP MLA

Even If BJP Appoints a Kuki CM, Nothing Will Change; Separation in National Interest: Manipur BJP MLA

New Delhi: Following the resignation of Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh on February 9, there is concern over whether the Bharatiya Janata...

11.02.2025 3

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Yaqut Ali

BRS's Decision to Sit Out Legislative Council Elections Driven By Local Body Poll Calculations

Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), a formidable political force in Telangana until its miserable failure in the general elections last...

11.02.2025 2

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N. Rahul

As Protests Demanding Free Power Gain Steam, Kishtwar Admin Bans Public Protests

Srinagar: With the agitation for free power gaining momentum in Kishtwar, the administration on Monday (February 10) imposed an ex parte ban on...

11.02.2025 2

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Jehangir Ali

‘14 Crore Excluded From NFSA Due to Delay in Census’: Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: Congress MP and the party’s parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi said that about 14 crore people are being deprived of benefits...

10.02.2025 10

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The Wire Staff

Many Prisoners at Taloja Jail Not Produced Before Court For Years, Reveals Survey by Jailed Activists

Mumbai: In 2019, Mumbai’s Shivaji Nagar police station arrested a man in a case of child sexual abuse. On arrest, he was taken into custody in...

10.02.2025 10

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Sukanya Shantha

Why the Delhi Result Matters Beyond Delhi

The Congress Party is entitled to its view that the Delhi vote is by no means an endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership but a...

10.02.2025 1

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Harish Khare

How the Princely State of Aundh and its Raja Took Surya Namaskar to the World

Excerpt adapted from The Yoga of Power by Sunila S. Kalé and Christian Lee Novetzke, published by Columbia University Press and Penguin India. A...

10.02.2025 5

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Sunila S. Kale And Christian Lee Novetzke

In Manipur, a Pawn Is Sacrificed to Save the King

New Delhi: In a desperate move to save the king, a chess player often has to sacrifice a pawn. This is what has happened in Manipur. What has been...

10.02.2025 4

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Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

BJP Received Rs 857 Crore, 70% of All Donations From Electoral Trusts in FY23

BJP Received Rs 857 Crore, 70% of All Donations From Electoral Trusts in FY23

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received nearly Rs 857 crore – or 70% of the total donations received by all political parties – from...

10.02.2025 3

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The Wire Staff