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Chinese President Xi Jinping to arrive Saturday for BRICS, meet PM Modi before leaving Sunday

Snehesh Alex Philip - September 10, 2026

Xi’s visit comes at a time when India and China are attempting to stabilise ties while simultaneously dealing with unresolved differences over the boundary, trade and market access.

From Jhuggi Jhopri Colony to cramped urban maze: How Satya Niketan grew into a disaster zone

Alisha Dutta - September 10, 2026

Red Fort blast accused had recced UP assembly, Yogi’s office building for future attacks—NIA chargesheet

Mayank Kumar - September 10, 2026

Stalin advises ‘CM Thambi Vijay’ to stop jawing about, ‘speak with dignity befitting office’

Shweta Tripathi - September 10, 2026

‘Blue is the colour of freedom, democracy, Babasaheb’: Why Akhilesh is tweaking SP’s colour palette

Prashant Srivastava - September 10, 2026

India should watch Mecca Pact, but not panic, says former ambassador to Turkey Sanjay Bhattacharya

Debdutta Chakraborty - September 10, 2026

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BAPS Eiffel Tower row isn’t a Hindu vs the rest issue. I see it as a Gujarati problem

Vir Sanghvi - September 10, 2026

28th amendment for Pakistan? Sindh’s boundaries stand in way of Munir’s gamble to expand power

Bantirani Patro - September 9, 2026

DU hostel crisis created a Satya Niketan in every corner. PG mafia thrives as students pay 16k for a bed

Samridhi Tewari - September 8, 2026

Latest

Trump vows $5000 dividend for adult US citizens if Republicans win midterm elections

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ED searches continue at Karnataka Minister Satish Jarkiholi’s residence in Belagavi for second day

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India should watch Mecca Pact, but not panic, says former ambassador to Turkey Sanjay Bhattacharya

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What is Dive-LD, America’s ‘most modern submersible’ that Iran claims to have captured near Hormuz

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Opinion

India’s defence atmanirbharta needs a dose of realism—and a lot more drones

+TFP TN Ninan - September 10, 2026

One of the issues in the last decade is that the government has not found it possible to provide generous defence budgets, despite the deteriorating security situation.

India’s Javelin deal with the US makes sense—only if it remains a stopgap, not a strategy

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) - September 10, 2026

When Bengal was the richest place in the world

Mousumi Roy - September 10, 2026

Hasina isn’t the real reason behind Rahman’s cancelled India tour. It’s about local issues

Deep Halder - September 10, 2026

How Rajput patronage turned Krishna into Mughal India’s most popular god

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Anirudh Kanisetti - September 10, 2026

Lucknow is clean, just not everywhere. How did it knock Indore off in rankings?

Saqiba Khan - September 9, 2026

Satya Niketan was not an accident. Delhi has a student housing problem

Puneet Singh Singhal - September 9, 2026

Features

Young Australians get news from AI. Few check if what they see is true, new study shows

Saman Husain - September 10, 2026

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Politics

‘Blue is the colour of freedom, democracy, Babasaheb’: Why Akhilesh is tweaking SP’s colour palette

Prashant Srivastava - September 10, 2026

The party has decided on a new dress code for its student wing, Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, with blue set to become a prominent colour. Members will wear blue T-shirts with red caps.

Inside Rahul’s AICC secy interviews: 150 aspirants, Venugopal’s big say and grumblings among young & old

Esha Mishra - September 9, 2026

Punjab’s most wanted list, jailbreak, now politics: Gurpreet Sekhon’s journey from gang wars to AAP

Chitleen K Sethi - September 9, 2026

After storm over jaw gesture ‘mocking’ Stalin’s Emergency-era injury, Vijay says it was inadvertent

Shweta Tripathi - September 9, 2026

Rs 10,000 cr & counting: How India’s little-known political parties are big-money, tax evading machines

Apoorva Mandhani - September 8, 2026

Bengal CM Suvendu apologises after govt ad with 11-armed Durga sparks political slugfest

Archishman Ganguly - September 7, 2026

Bhagwant Mann’s ‘drunken’ remark adds fizz to Punjab-Centre standoff over new high court chief justice

Chitleen K Sethi - September 7, 2026

Around Town

What Ismat Chughtai and Premchand taught Urdu writers about change

Sakshi Mehra - September 10, 2026

At a literary baithak in Old Delhi, Rakhshanda Jalil revisited Ismat Chughtai, Premchand and Angare to ask what separates writing that documents injustice from literature that imagines change.

Ground Reports

Haryana sanitation workers have been on strike for weeks over job security. Trash piles up

Sakshi Mehra - September 10, 2026

MCD’s unsafe buildings list for Delhi. Declared dangerous, still in use

Saman Husain - September 9, 2026

Road to Nepal’s Rasuwa is gone. Families taking broken mountain paths to look for the missing

Akanksha Mishra - September 9, 2026

Manipur musician ran home, got his door open. Assaulters beat him in front of his family

Krishan Murari - September 8, 2026

Sharp Edge

BAPS Eiffel Tower row isn’t a Hindu vs the rest issue. I see it as a Gujarati problem

+TFP Vir Sanghvi - September 10, 2026

Tele-scope

Indian news headlines are on BRICS summit and the bricks falling over the future of students

Shailaja Bajpai - September 10, 2026

Entertainment

Billy Joel’s memory and balance improving after brain surgery. ‘Don’t worry about me’

Tarini Unnikrishnan - September 10, 2026

India

Stalin advises ‘CM Thambi Vijay’ to stop jawing about, ‘speak with dignity befitting office’

Shweta Tripathi - September 10, 2026

Addressing TVK leader as ‘Thambi’, or younger brother, Tamil Nadu Opposition leader refers to much-criticised jaw gesture made by CM Vijay in Assembly speech.

From Jhuggi Jhopri Colony to cramped urban maze: How Satya Niketan grew into a disaster zone

Alisha Dutta - September 10, 2026

Valley of Words names 8 REC-VoW Book Awards 2026 winners across English, Hindi & children’s literature

ThePrint Team - September 10, 2026

Red Fort blast accused had recced UP assembly, Yogi’s office building for future attacks—NIA chargesheet

Mayank Kumar - September 10, 2026

Why American, Ukrainian nationals arrested by NIA have escaped UAPA so far

Mayank Kumar - September 9, 2026

Satya Niketan building fell after ‘wall removed to make space for shop,’ arrested contractor tells cops

Alisha Dutta - September 9, 2026

‘Bureaucrat with solutions’: Who was Rakesh Mehta, retired IAS officer found dead at Noida home

Alisha Dutta - September 9, 2026

50-Word Edit

$5000 Trump Dividend proves he wants to win at everything – even in the race to the bottom

ThePrint Team - September 10, 2026

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Economy

India’s key money market gets unusually quiet at the start of trade

Bhaskar Dutta - September 4, 2026

India’s GDP data, new methodology & the arguments: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran on CutTheClutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter - September 4, 2026

HDFC Bank is at risk of losing its top Nifty spot to rival ICICI

Ashutosh Joshi - September 3, 2026

India’s rupee gains as RBI capital-raising measures bring in bumper $136 billion

Bhaskar Dutta - September 3, 2026

LPG consumption falls 16% as govt steps up piped gas push amid energy supply disruptions

Udit Bubna - September 3, 2026

Governance

For CM’s orders, Haryana officials instructed to ditch ‘Dekh Len’ for action-oriented approach

Sushil Manav - September 9, 2026

Why Telangana’s CURE Bill for Greater Hyderabad faces pushback from citizens and real estate developers

Deepika Amirapu - September 9, 2026

Haryana reshuffles 26 IAS, HCS officers; town planning, urban local bodies depts change hands

Sushil Manav - September 8, 2026

In Karnataka, CM DK Shivakumar aims to take ‘govt to citizens’ doorstep’ with new ‘Praja Seva’ drive

Sharan Poovanna - September 6, 2026

Past Forward

Indira Gandhi, Zail Singh and a fire in Mohali—the story of India’s chip dream that almost was

+TFP Manya Gupta - September 10, 2026

Science

What is cryospheric glue? A mix of ice, soil, sediment that holds mountains together

When land remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive years, a permafrost forms, and cryospheric glue seeps into the pores and cracks between soil or rocks.

Environment

August 2026 was the world’s hottest month, tied with July 2023

Janaki Pande - September 10, 2026

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