Latest News and Opinion from India, World, Politics, Governance, Defence, Economy, Education, Ground Reports

At least 18 dead in 48 hrs in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad after suspected consumption of illicit liquor

Purva Chitnis - May 29, 2026

Police in Pune have arrested a suspected bootlegger who authorities claim ‘supplied liquor to both Phugewadi and Hadapsar’.

Govt asks oil marketing companies to build 30 days’ LPG reserves as West Asia crisis persists

Udit Bubna - May 29, 2026

US sees India as ‘new centre of power’, trade pact likely in months, says Sergio Gor

Debdutta Chakraborty - May 29, 2026

TVK minister, masked & undercover, finds Tiruchendur temple staff seeking bribes for ‘speed darshan’

Shweta Tripathi - May 29, 2026

End ST quota benefits for ‘converted’ tribals—RSS affiliate-backed outfit urges Murmu, Modi

Neelam Pandey - May 29, 2026

PM Modi ‘personally supervising’ NEET issue, govt tells SC; exam to shift to computer-based test

Sneha Richhariya - May 29, 2026

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering

UCC should be built around constitutional values, not religious morality

Amana Begam - May 29, 2026

Rich Indians don’t just want cooks, nannies & drivers. They’re hiring lifestyle managers now

Sakshi Mehra - May 29, 2026

The Netherlands is confronting its colonial history. It’s time for India to do the same

Anirudh Kanisetti - May 28, 2026

Latest

Delhi AC blast: CCI ex-chief was looking forward to 80th birthday, son had flown in from London

Alisha Dutta -

IndiGo records unexpected Rs 25 bn quarterly loss amid West Asia conflict

Mihir Mishra -

Charlie Brown in a bull market

ThePrint Team -

Equity benchmarks fall as uncertainty over US-Iran deal prompts investors to lock in gains

Reuters -

Opinion

The Quad is fading. India must now confront the limits of strategic ambiguity

Swasti Rao - May 29, 2026

Marco Rubio’s India visit left a lingering sense of disappointment over the Quad. The grouping is no longer the centrepiece of the US administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

How ThePrint School of Journalism’s Batch 5 interns learned journalism the hard way

Shailaja Bajpai - May 29, 2026

TMC’s collapse does not suit BJP—because the Left is waiting in Bengal

Deep Halder - May 29, 2026

Indian teenage sex shouldn’t be a crime. There’s a problem with POCSO

Shailesh Kumar - May 29, 2026

Donald Trump’s Abraham Accords ultimatum has put Pakistan in a strategic trap

Seshadri Chari - May 29, 2026

UCC should be built around constitutional values, not religious morality

+TFP

Amana Begam - May 29, 2026

Maharashtra’s pending grievance count doubled in 2 years. UP handles complaints far better

Payal Seth - May 29, 2026

Features

Shimla to Sikkim—tourist traffic made worse by heatwave. Police say don’t trust online videos

Vitasta Kaul - May 29, 2026

Reader's Editor

Have a complaint, a suggestion or just some feedback about our content? Please write to readers.editor@theprint.in and we’ll do our best to address it.

दिप्रिंट

मोदी सरकार Vs दिल्ली जिमखाना क्लब: यह कोई क्लास वॉर नहीं बल्कि अरबपति राज से ध्यान भटकाने का तरीका है

On Camera

Politics

‘The Dhillon experiment’: What new Punjab BJP chief’s appointment signals for party ahead of 2027 polls

Chitleen K Sethi - May 29, 2026

In a state where BJP has struggled to emerge as dominant, experts say ex-Congress leader's appointment underlines what they call party's 'leadership vacuum' in Punjab.

‘I am a 100% politician’—what Siddaramaiah, Karnataka’s longest serving CM, said in 2017

ThePrint Team - May 28, 2026

Declined Rajya Sabha offer, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah after resigning, DKS likely to succeed him

Sharan Poovanna - May 28, 2026

UP BJP in damage control, expels office-bearer for ‘blackmailing, sexually exploiting’ woman doctor

Prashant Srivastava - May 27, 2026

How ED raids against Vijayan became CPI(M)’s first statewide rallying point after Kerala defeat

Aneesa PA - May 27, 2026

RSS affiliate rallies against Odisha BJP govt over mass retrenchment of contractual workers

Neelam Pandey - May 27, 2026

At annual meet, TDP makes gender representation pitch—33% quota for women candidates in 2029 polls

Deepika Amirapu - May 27, 2026

50-Word Edit

Weak monsoon forecast, early El Niño—India is staring at a perfect storm

ThePrint Team - May 29, 2026

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Ground Reports

Rich Indians don’t just want cooks, nannies & drivers. They’re hiring lifestyle managers now

Sakshi Mehra - May 29, 2026

7,400 flats for poor, zero residents—how red tape made Delhi’s Bhalswa project a ghost town

Saman Husain - May 28, 2026

In NCR high rises, EWS residents face daily discrimination—security, sanitation to park access

Almina Khatoon - May 27, 2026

Delhi’s DEVi buses can revolutionise neighbourhood mobility. Fix frequency first

Akanksha Mishra - May 26, 2026

PoV

The Desi Aunty is getting a new twist in Deli Boys. Powerful, maternal, unhinged

Tarini Unnikrishnan - May 29, 2026

Entertainment

Are Mumbai’s domestic workers overpaid? Mini Mathur and Kirti Kulhari divide the internet

Triya Gulati - May 29, 2026

Reader's Edit

How ThePrint School of Journalism’s Batch 5 interns learned journalism the hard way

Shailaja Bajpai - May 29, 2026

India

TVK minister, masked & undercover, finds Tiruchendur temple staff seeking bribes for ‘speed darshan’

Shweta Tripathi - May 29, 2026

A priest and two security personnel were suspended for allegedly accepting bribes, and two others for allegedly charging devotees for mundan.

PM Modi ‘personally supervising’ NEET issue, govt tells SC; exam to shift to computer-based test

Sneha Richhariya - May 29, 2026

Govt asks oil marketing companies to build 30 days’ LPG reserves as West Asia crisis persists

Udit Bubna - May 29, 2026

End ST quota benefits for ‘converted’ tribals—RSS affiliate-backed outfit urges Murmu, Modi

Neelam Pandey - May 29, 2026

Delhi AC blast: CCI ex-chief was looking forward to 80th birthday, son had flown in from London

Alisha Dutta - May 29, 2026

IndiGo records unexpected Rs 25 bn quarterly loss amid West Asia conflict

Mihir Mishra - May 29, 2026

Woman in labour finds doors at Faridabad govt hospital locked, delivers outside under torchlight

Sushil Manav - May 29, 2026

Judiciary

PM Modi ‘personally supervising’ NEET issue, govt tells SC; exam to shift to computer-based test

Sneha Richhariya - May 29, 2026

Background checks of officials and use of AI tools for translation among other measures listed by NTA to avoid paper leaks from the next exam cycle.

Economy

RBI paid record dividend from currency gains, annual report says

Anup Roy - May 29, 2026

China’s oil import slowdown eases pressure on Asian refiners, boosts India’s crude intake

Udit Bubna - May 28, 2026

What’s the SEBI proposal to link mutual fund investments with payroll deductions & NGO donations

Apoorva Mandhani - May 27, 2026

Agentic AI is the real threat to white collar jobs. It’ll spell more trouble for Indian middle class

Saurabh Mukherjea - May 27, 2026

Taiwan overtakes India as world’s fifth largest stock market

Bernadette Toh - May 26, 2026

Governance

New govt, old issues—Vijay’s first Delhi visit as CM set tone for TN-Centre ties

Shweta Tripathi - May 28, 2026

Second major administrative reshuffle in Haryana in two days, 21 IAS & HCS officers moved

Sushil Manav - May 27, 2026

After 5 acting police chiefs in 4 years, UP to get permanent DGP soon. The top officers in the race

Prashant Srivastava - May 27, 2026

Why Uttar Pradesh is facing excessive power outages despite ‘record electricity supply’

Prashant Srivastava - May 26, 2026

Health

As govt cut health spends post-Covid, Indians paid more out-of-pocket in 2022-23, reversing 10-yr trend

Sneha Richhariya - May 28, 2026

Science

3 new species of Himalayan pit viper discovered in Pakistan and Nepal

The study, published in the open-access journal ZooKeys, used a combination of fresh and historical DNA, skeletal anatomy, and ecological observations to discover the new species of snakes.

Diplomacy

US sees India as ‘new centre of power’, trade pact likely in months, says Sergio Gor

Debdutta Chakraborty - May 29, 2026

.st0{fill:#D4451D;}

Top Stories

The FinePrintFree for a limited timeOur Premium Offering

Latest

Reader's Editor

Follow us

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering