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‘The world has moved on’, but journalist Chhatrapati’s family’s fight against Ram Rahim is far from over

Mayank Kumar - August 14, 2026

After Ram Rahim’s acquittal by the high court, Chhatrapati’s family has moved the Supreme Court, reviving a legal battle that began in 2002. The CBI too has begun the process of challenging the acquittal.

Pilot or plane? 12 alerts, 3 hydraulic failures & 4 seconds of no control before AI flight’s 300-ft drop

Esha Mishra - August 14, 2026

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance enters India’s defence race, joins Rolls-Royce bid to power AMCA

Snehesh Alex Philip - August 14, 2026

Wife’s maintenance claim can’t be defeated by man’s charge of disputed earlier marriage—HC

Sushil Manav - August 14, 2026

NALSAR row not one-off: How Manan Mishra has used BCI to weigh in on politics, protests, judiciary

Ruchi Bhattar - August 14, 2026

MEA ‘examining’ Bangladesh’s additional diesel requests, refuses to comment on Tarique Rahman visit

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 14, 2026

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This isn’t a new RSS. Only its vocabulary has changed for ‘New India’

Seshadri Chari - August 14, 2026

Delhi’s Sainik Farms and the burden of being elite

Almina Khatoon - August 14, 2026

From guns to the grind, Chhattisgarh’s surrendered Naxals are working as baristas, plumbers, tailors

Krishan Murari - August 13, 2026

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US presses allies on ideological loyalty ahead of troop cuts

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Karnataka BJP MLA’s daughter booked for ‘abusing, assaulting’ woman sub-inspector

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At least 20 tourists injured after tempo traveller falls into gorge in Nainital

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SC quashes FIRs against Samay Raina, four others over insensitive remarks on PwD

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Opinion

India’s exotic pet trade has outrun the law. Actor Vikram’s gibbon video is the tip of it

Shubhra Sotie - August 14, 2026

A viral video of Tamil actor Vikram cuddling a Lar gibbon has also put a spotlight on the murky yet booming world of exotic pet trade in India. Enforcement has not kept pace.

Putin’s Kuril island visit shows why Russia’s Pacific strategy matters to India

Swasti Rao - August 14, 2026

India has more friends, more choices at 79. Real test is to turn them into power

Monish Tourangbam - August 14, 2026

The Left is still hero-worshipping Fidel Castro. No wonder it has zero states

Saptak Datta - August 14, 2026

What Abdul El-Sayed’s victory says about progressives, outsiders and the Democratic Party

Amana Begam - August 14, 2026

Napoleon lost his country trying to root out sanctions evasion. It’s a lesson for US senators

Jaithirth Rao - August 14, 2026

POCSO to exam scams, why do we need fast-track courts? Prosecution is India’s weak link

Sanjeev Chopra - August 14, 2026

Features

BTS member V says hearing in right ear dropped to 30% during world tour

Harsh Tiwari - August 14, 2026

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Politics

Team Priyanka’s ex-comrades, JNU alumni out in the cold as Rahul revamps Congress’ UP unit

Prashant Srivastava - August 14, 2026

Party leaders say the revamp is a sign that the Congress is preparing to place the responsibility for its 2027 Uttar Pradesh campaign largely in the hands of Rahul Gandhi’s team.

RSS in the frame? Karnataka cabinet clears Bill to regulate public space use by ‘unregistered entities’

Sharan Poovanna - August 14, 2026

‘CM for a day’ Jagdambika Pal adds another record to his name. This time, for expunged remarks

Prashant Srivastava - August 13, 2026

Archana Kalpathi: Vijay’s ‘GOAT’ producer now on a temple trustee panel & in Oppn’s line of fire

Shweta Tripathi - August 13, 2026

Rahul mocks Modi’s ‘hug diplomacy’, Dikshit pulls Meloni into joke; BJP calls it ‘gutter-level’

Esha Mishra - August 13, 2026

Karnataka all-male cabinet row: Why CM Shivakumar isn’t able to induct a woman minister

Sharan Poovanna - August 13, 2026

‘How many patrol points has India given up to China?’ Former Modi govt minister RK Singh attacks Centre

Neelam Pandey - August 13, 2026

Diplomacy

MEA ‘examining’ Bangladesh’s additional diesel requests, refuses to comment on Tarique Rahman visit

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 14, 2026

Bangladesh has asked India to increase diesel supplies as it grapples with a major energy crisis due to disruptions in gas and fuel supplies.

Ground Reports

Delhi’s Sainik Farms and the burden of being elite

Almina Khatoon - August 14, 2026

From guns to the grind, Chhattisgarh’s surrendered Naxals are working as baristas, plumbers, tailors

Krishan Murari - August 13, 2026

6 months late, a year behind. How Jharkhand’s university students lose out before JPSC

Nootan Sharma - August 12, 2026

A 40-minute ride, a road under repair. What went wrong with Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway

Saman Husain - August 12, 2026

Books

Begum Hazrat Mahal never went out of style. She’s been a topic of conversation since the 1850s

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones - August 14, 2026

Go to pakistan

Pakistan has built a monument to mark ‘victory’ against India in Operation Sindoor

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 14, 2026

Judiciary

NALSAR row not one-off: How Manan Mishra has used BCI to weigh in on politics, protests, judiciary

Ruchi Bhattar - August 14, 2026

India

Pilot or plane? 12 alerts, 3 hydraulic failures & 4 seconds of no control before AI flight’s 300-ft drop

Esha Mishra - August 14, 2026

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau has taken up investigation, with technical assistance from Airbus & France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA).

‘The world has moved on’, but journalist Chhatrapati’s family’s fight against Ram Rahim is far from over

Mayank Kumar - August 14, 2026

Wife’s maintenance claim can’t be defeated by man’s charge of disputed earlier marriage—HC

Sushil Manav - August 14, 2026

1990 Sarla Bhat murder case: How woman IPS tracked down witnesses 36 yrs on, brought JKLF men on board

Alisha Dutta - August 14, 2026

NTA promised new era of fair exams. Nine years later, it is still struggling to keep system secure

Fareeha Iftikhar - August 14, 2026

Muzaffarnagar riots: Court okays withdrawal of case against BJP leaders ‘so they can serve public better’

Apoorva Mandhani - August 14, 2026

Chamoli tunnel rescue op: Makeshift rafts, pumps deployed, search for 3 continues in chest-deep water

Samridhi Tewari - August 14, 2026

Entertainment

BTS member V says hearing in right ear dropped to 30% during world tour

Harsh Tiwari - August 14, 2026

The South Korean pop band have announced that they will not participate in the 2027 Grammy Awards. The move came months after the Recording Academy announced a new category.

Economy

Andhra’s Rs 150 cr exploration MoU for lithium, gallium as Centre pushes critical mineral self-reliance

Deepika Amirapu - August 14, 2026

How 92-yr-old Vizag Port defied global trade headwinds to net 50% of India’s seafood exports

Deepika Amirapu - August 14, 2026

Maharashtra’s Chakan is losing the plot. Its auto industry doesn’t want ‘band-aid’ solutions anymore

Purva Chitnis - August 14, 2026

China’s 32% vs India’s 3.2%: NITI Aayog earmarks 12 sectors to shore up share in global manufacturing

Udit Bubna - August 13, 2026

Greenfield, Brownfield & ‘red flags’. TVK hails, DMK questions MoUs at Vettri TN Investment Conclave

Shweta Tripathi - August 13, 2026

Governance

The long road to Gurugram’s ambitious ‘city within a city’: What is the Global City project

Sushil Manav - August 14, 2026

RSS in the frame? Karnataka cabinet clears Bill to regulate public space use by ‘unregistered entities’

Sharan Poovanna - August 14, 2026

‘Royalty itself a tax’: In mining law amendment, echo of SC judge Nagarathna’s dissent in key 2024 order

Alfreza Ahmed - August 13, 2026

Mines Bill: Why Centre wants to bar states from levying tax, cess on mineral rights, mineral-rich land

Moushumi Das Gupta - August 13, 2026

Global Pulse

From Air India dope test to Solar Mission Aditya-L1, what’s the latest global headlines about India

Vidhi Bhutra - August 14, 2026

Science

Exclusive: ISRO announces launch of navigation satellite NVS-03 in September

NavIC, which was planned to be India’s version of the US’s GPS, Russia’s Glonass, Europe’s Galileo and China’s BeiDou, is currently dysfunctional because of ageing satellites.

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The Left is still hero-worshipping Fidel Castro. No wonder it has zero states

Saptak Datta - August 14, 2026

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