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‘Didi on her way out’: Amit Shah predicts BJP win in 110 of 152 seats in Phase 1 polling in Bengal

Neelam Pandey - April 24, 2026

Union home minister asserted that polling was ‘free & fearless’ and that next CM of West Bengal will be a Bengali and a BJP worker. State reported 92% turnout in phase 1 Thursday.

BSF jawan tortured in NCB custody? Autopsy reveals haemorrhage, bruises, injuries on private parts

Mayank Kumar - April 24, 2026

Bengal’s high voter turnout is the insurrection of a spirit. Wait for true storm

Sayantan Ghosh - April 24, 2026

Ceasefire won’t end Iran War. US just set the stage for a new phase of endless conflict

+TFP Praveen Swami - April 24, 2026

How Bengali-speaking Smriti Irani is turning out to be BJP’s ultimate star campaigner in West Bengal

Neelam Pandey - April 24, 2026

Why Madras HC set aside death sentence of man convicted of raping minor daughter

Khadija Khan - April 24, 2026

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A summer without Alphonso? India’s most relished fruit scarce as climate shock batters mango economy

Purva Chitnis - April 24, 2026

Thrissur fireworks blast: As villagers mourn the dead, makeshift sheds, overstocking come under lens

Aneesa PA - April 24, 2026

An IIT PhD scholar is fighting to save Varanasi’s Tulsidas Akhada. ‘We need to make it cool’

Nootan Sharma - April 24, 2026

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‘One Nation, One Time’ is past its sell-by date. India needs two time zones

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Paris airport operator ADP to sell up to 7.3% stake in GMR Airports in $1.08 billion deal

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Rupee ‘fundamentally undervalued’, says chief economic adviser Nageswaran

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EU leaders to discuss mutual defence clause amid Trump’s NATO doubts

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Opinion

Ceasefire won’t end Iran War. US just set the stage for a new phase of endless conflict

+TFP

Praveen Swami - April 24, 2026

Before Donald Trump, Saddam Hussein was seduced by the promise of an easy victory. In the aftermath of the bloody war, Iran ended up with profound influence in Shia-majority Iraq.

Dear Ralph Lauren, my DU college aesthetic is not your costume

Insha Jalil Waziri - April 24, 2026

NLUs are charging outrageous fees. Law schools are too expensive for average Indian families

Ummar Jamal - April 24, 2026

The myth of the Muslim vote in West Bengal. We aren’t a monolith

Amana Begam - April 24, 2026

India needs to learn from US-Iran conflict, just like Tehran took lessons from Iraq war

Seshadri Chari - April 24, 2026

9 judges, 7 questions—The high stakes of the Sabarimala reference case

R Jagannathan - April 24, 2026

Israel-US-Iran war could go many ways for India. The dust needs to settle first

Lev Aran - April 24, 2026

Features

USA FDA approves Otarmeni—A breakthrough gene therapy for deafness

Manisha Mondal - April 24, 2026

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How Bengali-speaking Smriti Irani is turning out to be BJP’s ultimate star campaigner in West Bengal

Neelam Pandey - April 24, 2026

While accompanying Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-murder victim, as she filed her nomination from Panihati, Smriti Irani had lashed out at Mamata over her 'outsider' remark.

Pritam Lodhi: BJP MLA who threatened IPS with ‘cow dung’ after son rammed 5 people with Thar in MP

Samridhi Tewari - April 22, 2026

Hindutva can’t take root where people question, reason, resist—Stalin on why BJP ‘has no future in TN’

Shweta Tripathi - April 22, 2026

‘Defaming Punjab’: State Congress chief Warring sends Zee5 legal notice for ‘Lawrence of Punjab’

Chitleen K Sethi - April 21, 2026

‘90% women can’t get into politics unless…’: Pappu Yadav makes sexist remarks, gets women’s panel notice

Esha Mishra - April 21, 2026

Virudhunagar factory blast: DMK stronghold simmers ahead of TN polls; workers demand safety, compensation

Shweta Tripathi - April 21, 2026

Why Allahabad HC judge recused himself from Rahul Gandhi citizenship case

Khadija Khan - April 21, 2026

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Other states must follow Andhra Pradesh’s power sector reforms if they want to stay in the game

ThePrint Team - April 24, 2026

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Ground Reports

India is building its own MRI machine from scratch. ‘No single company will have a monopoly’

Akanksha Mishra - April 24, 2026

An IIT PhD scholar is fighting to save Varanasi’s Tulsidas Akhada. ‘We need to make it cool’

Nootan Sharma - April 24, 2026

Bulldozers have reached Gurugram’s posh colonies. ‘People just get away with anything here’

Anushka Srivastava - April 23, 2026

‘The home exists’— Kashmir Valley officials meet Pandits in Jammu for first time in 35 yrs

Sagrika Kissu - April 23, 2026

PoV

Dear Ralph Lauren, my DU college aesthetic is not your costume

Insha Jalil Waziri - April 24, 2026

Entertainment

Michael Jackson’s biopic gets poor rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ‘Bland & problematic’

Triya Gulati - April 22, 2026

Global Pulse

1 year after Pahalgam terror attack, global media profiles a Kashmiri town that ‘longs for tourists’

Vidhi Bhutra - April 22, 2026

India

Women’s labour & ‘equality’ paradox: In China, women’s economic liberation has been ‘anything but linear’

Debdutta Chakraborty - April 24, 2026

Discussion hosted by Institute of Chinese Studies & IIC Delhi focused on Usha Chandran's book, which examines workplace discrimination & broader trajectory of women’s liberation in China.