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India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Shekhar Gupta - October 3, 2026

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.

Hasina’s arrival in Delhi was ‘unexpected’, Indian military played no role, says Indian envoy in Dhaka

Keshav Padmanabhan - October 3, 2026

IAF chief says ‘delays hurt us’, calls for fewer projects, tighter delivery schedule

Snehesh Alex Philip - October 3, 2026

Israel’s defence exports soar 130% despite wars, UAE biggest buyer among Abraham Accord partners—IISS

Archishman Ganguly - October 3, 2026

IDFC First was a repeat bid loser. CBI says IAS officer Vineet Garg helped it secure Rs 209 cr deposit

Sushil Manav - October 3, 2026

Hockey captain, political rebel, Congress chief: The many turns in Pargat Singh’s Punjab journey

Esha Mishra - October 3, 2026

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India is buying more perfume. Can its homegrown brands become luxury names?

Tarini Unnikrishnan - October 3, 2026

Insurance sold, not chosen: Why IRDAI wants to put the customer back at the centre

Udit Bubna - October 3, 2026

Delhi’s garbage mountains are finally coming down. New ones are rising

Manisha Mondal - October 2, 2026

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Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

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Bricks hurled at Hindu temple in Ohio, Hindu American Foundation calls it ‘possible hate crime’

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AISA activists return to Jantar Mantar after chief Neha Bora’s call, several detained

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AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar quits party, joins Congress

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Opinion

Starbucks has launched aloo posto burger for Pujo. It’s blasphemy to Bengalis

Manisha Mondal - October 3, 2026

The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.

Alia Bhatt’s ‘Don’t Be Shy’ shows why we need light-hearted teen flicks

Tarini Unnikrishnan - October 3, 2026

Animal mushaira is the new face of AI slop on desi Instagram. Everyone loves Rita Bhonkni

Himanshi Aggarwal - October 3, 2026

Bollywood needs a cure for its remake bug. Prem Keetanu is unbearable

Harsh Tiwari - October 3, 2026

A free economy needs controls, not a Control-Raj: MA Sreenivasan

MA Sreenivasan - October 3, 2026

I recited Devdas by heart. My reward was a visit to SRK’s dressing room: Georgian Ambassador

Vakhtang Jaoshvili - October 3, 2026

Yamal and Mbappé don’t deserve the Ballon d’Or

Mohammad Hammad - October 3, 2026

Features

From Raja Bhoja to Mughals, how archaeologists traced Bhojshala’s changing past

Krishan Murari - October 2, 2026

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Politics

Hockey captain, political rebel, Congress chief: The many turns in Pargat Singh’s Punjab journey

Esha Mishra - October 3, 2026

As Congress grapples with infighting, Pargat Singh to replace Raja Warring as Punjab Congress chief, with the party choosing Jat Sikh leader who does not head any of its major factions.

AI can answer opinion polls. But can it be trusted to speak for people? Pew study says not yet

Vrinda Tulsian - October 3, 2026

3rd comeback in 2 years? Akash Anand seeks forgiveness from ‘bua maa’ Mayawati in open letter

Prashant Srivastava - October 2, 2026

‘SIR became special incentive for BJP’: Mamata attacks CEC Gyanesh Kumar over Bengal electoral rolls

Esha Mishra - October 1, 2026

Punjab Congress’ long goodbye to chief Warring—and the even longer question of what comes next

Chitleen K Sethi - October 1, 2026

Balaghat child deaths: Rahul meets tribal families, blames ‘govt failure’ for malnutrition and illness

Esha Mishra - October 1, 2026

Andhra liquor scam probe: Ex-IAS officer Bhargava alleges Jagan Reddy manipulated prices for kickbacks

Deepika Amirapu - October 1, 2026

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India and Pakistan have shaken hands at the Asiad. The cricket final will test the truce

ThePrint Team - October 3, 2026

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India is buying more perfume. Can its homegrown brands become luxury names?

Tarini Unnikrishnan - October 3, 2026

Delhi’s garbage mountains are finally coming down. New ones are rising

Manisha Mondal - October 2, 2026

ASI officer built a new Jaipur museum with 1,200 objects. It never opened, bosses are upset

Krishan Murari - October 1, 2026

Irani Cup comes to Kashmir tomorrow. A stadium raced against time to catch up

Triya Gulati - September 30, 2026

Newsmaker Of The Week

1 gold, 4 women, 44 years—India’s Asian Games relay streak lives on

Triya Gulati - October 3, 2026

POV

Starbucks has launched aloo posto burger for Pujo. It’s blasphemy to Bengalis

Manisha Mondal - October 3, 2026

Viral Spiral

Animal mushaira is the new face of AI slop on desi Instagram. Everyone loves Rita Bhonkni

Himanshi Aggarwal - October 3, 2026

India

Hasina’s arrival in Delhi was ‘unexpected’, Indian military played no role, says Indian envoy in Dhaka

Keshav Padmanabhan - October 3, 2026

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh highlighted that as ‘good neighbour’, India had no choice but to accept Sheikh Hasina’s request to land in Delhi following her ouster in August 2024.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

Snehesh Alex Philip - October 3, 2026

IDFC First was a repeat bid loser. CBI says IAS officer Vineet Garg helped it secure Rs 209 cr deposit

Sushil Manav - October 3, 2026

Chitkara, LPU violence: 11 arrested, 28 more identified as Punjab Police widen probe into campus unrest

Alisha Dutta - October 3, 2026

Karnataka govt shifts gear to enable carpooling. It’s looking for a way around the red tape

Sharan Poovanna - October 3, 2026

University of Toronto has a plan to recruit top Indian students—‘support in every step of the journey’

Fareeha Iftikhar - October 3, 2026

‘Digital marketer’ to ‘terror courier’—£3,000 link of terror accused Jagtar Singh Johal

Mayank Kumar - October 2, 2026

Indian Liberals Matter

A free economy needs controls, not a Control-Raj: MA Sreenivasan

MA Sreenivasan - October 3, 2026

Control begets hardship, hardship begets resentment, resentment begets evasion, evasion begets black market, and black market begets corruption, wrote MA Sreenivasan in 1960.

Economy

Insurance sold, not chosen: Why IRDAI wants to put the customer back at the centre

+TFP Udit Bubna - October 3, 2026

India, largest vegetable oil importer, ramps up palm oil purchases as tax cuts boost restocking

Anuradha Raghu - October 1, 2026

The LNG boom is losing its biggest Asian bet, writes David Fickling

David Fickling - October 1, 2026

Kotak Mahindra Bank says Anup Saha approved by regulator as CEO

Siddhi Nayak - October 1, 2026

India’s manufacturing export engine is finally revving up. Four forces are oiling the machine

+TFP Nandita Rajhansa - October 1, 2026

Governance

Four Nagas killed in Kamjong amid fresh Manipur violence, AFSPA extended for six months

Alisha Dutta - September 25, 2026

AP cabinet clears new social media policy to rope in content creators to publicise govt schemes

Deepika Amirapu - September 25, 2026

‘Wiping farmers’ tears is govt’s duty’—Fadnavis visits Maharashtra’s drought-hit zone, promises relief

Purva Chitnis - September 24, 2026

Boost to MSMEs: Haryana’s new business law seeks to end months-long clearance waits with 15-day rule

Sushil Manav - September 22, 2026

Entertainment

Drishyam 3: Jaideep Ahlawat steps into Akshaye Khanna’s shoes, fans react

Harsh Tiwari - October 3, 2026

Science

Squid hair cells could help study hearing loss. They are similar to those in human ears

A study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University in Ohio found that squids use hundreds of hair cells spread all over their body to sense movement in water.

Diplomatic Cable

I recited Devdas by heart. My reward was a visit to SRK’s dressing room: Georgian Ambassador

Vakhtang Jaoshvili - October 3, 2026

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