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A 70-yr-old woman, an 8-yr-old boy, animals & now a 6-yr-old girl. Chilling trail of a ‘serial rapist’

Ananya Bhardwaj - September 1, 2026

A day after his arrest, Balbir was killed by a UP police team in an encounter. According to the police, he pulled out a “hidden weapon” and tried to open fire at them while in custody.

Delhi gangrape: UP teen was kept in bus for 3 hours before being ‘dumped in distraught state’, cops say

Alisha Dutta - September 1, 2026

Panjab University: Supported by Akalis’ student wing, ABVP bags president’s post 2nd year in a row

Chitleen K Sethi - September 1, 2026

Pune MP, MLA & now RS MP—how BJP leaders joined chorus against use of DJs during Ganesh festival

Purva Chitnis - September 1, 2026

Kumaraswamy gives JD(S) politics Gen Z reboot with #AskHDK

Sharan Poovanna - September 1, 2026

Punjab’s AAP govt mum on Ashwani Mishra as SC collegium’s pick for High Court Chief Justice

Bhadra Sinha - September 1, 2026

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‘Vijay for PM’ is a far cry. He looks lost even as Tamil Nadu CM

D.K. Singh - August 31, 2026

Chief Justices beyond Surya Kant: 1st woman CJI, another with tenure longer than Chandrachud’s

Khadija Khan - August 31, 2026

Half of Nitin Nabin’s team has RSS link. Sangh imprint in BJP top ranks has shrunk since Shah-era peak

Apoorva Mandhani - August 31, 2026

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Fadnavis calls CJP ‘Congress Jitao Programme’, alleges leaders of viral movement are ‘just pawns’

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Modi calls for expansion of trade with Iran in bilateral with Pezeshkian, amid US sanctions & threats

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A third of Delhi’s voters deleted from draft electoral roll after SIR

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$700 mn Megha Engineering stake buyout could be one of India’s biggest deals this year

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Opinion

Mohan Bhagwat doesn’t decide if Muslims belong in India. The Constitution does

K.B.S Sidhu - August 31, 2026

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's universalism, that all paths converge on one truth, is generous from within a Hindu frame and useless as a basis for citizenship.

‘Vijay for PM’ is a far cry. He looks lost even as Tamil Nadu CM

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D.K. Singh - August 31, 2026

PM Modi’s Central Asia visit is a quest for a new Eurasian highway. Detouring around rivals

Meenakashi Lekhi - August 31, 2026

Xi has purged 100+ PLA generals. What it says about China’s military and Taiwan

Major General Mandip Singh - August 31, 2026

Subhash Chandra repayment case isn’t the scandal everyone is making it out to be

Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah - August 31, 2026

Two Kashmirs, two paths. POK is fighting over votes, J&K is bringing land reforms

Tehmeena Rizvi - August 31, 2026

There is no fundamental right to cheap Kumbh airfares

Ajay Mallareddy - August 31, 2026

Features

‘I emptied myself’ — Lionel Messi says goodbye to Argentina after 21 years

Saptak Datta - August 31, 2026

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Politics

Panjab University: Supported by Akalis’ student wing, ABVP bags president’s post 2nd year in a row

Chitleen K Sethi - September 1, 2026

Run-up to highly charged PUCSC polls witnessed campaigns focusing on university administration’s neutrality, nomination rules, attendance records and campaign restrictions.

Kumaraswamy gives JD(S) politics Gen Z reboot with #AskHDK

Sharan Poovanna - September 1, 2026

Fadnavis calls CJP ‘Congress Jitao Programme’, alleges leaders of viral movement are ‘just pawns’

Purva Chitnis - August 31, 2026

‘Teepu’ vs ‘Baba’: Akhilesh & Adityanath lay hands on new weapon. Political rivalry gets AI remix in UP

Prashant Srivastava - August 31, 2026

Half of Nitin Nabin’s team has RSS link. Sangh imprint in BJP top ranks has shrunk since Shah-era peak

+TFP Apoorva Mandhani - August 31, 2026

Behind AIMIM’s expulsion of Telangana MLC Mirza Baig, a ‘sexual assault’ charge & a ‘deepfake video’

Deepika Amirapu - August 30, 2026

UP IAS Divya Mittal quits after 13 yrs amid ‘political entry’ buzz, says ‘will speak when time comes’

Prashant Srivastava - August 30, 2026

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RSS still remains the BJP’s heart, mind and spine, shows ThePrint report

ThePrint Team - August 31, 2026

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Ground Reports

AI is creating lakhs of low-paying jobs in Gurugram, Noida. It is India’s new BPO

Sagrika Kissu - September 1, 2026

6 scientists, 120 research papers, 1 big bet—this IISc startup aims to put India on GaN map

Soumya Pillai - August 31, 2026

Gurugram’s trash has outlasted every firm hired to clear it—Ecogreen to new stopgap vendors

Sagrika Kissu - August 31, 2026

The Indian village vanished from Bollywood plots. Now they are back on OTT

Harsh Tiwari - August 30, 2026

Forthwrite

PM Modi’s Central Asia visit is a quest for a new Eurasian highway. Detouring around rivals

Meenakashi Lekhi - August 31, 2026

PoV

Prince Diana was the original influencer. She didn’t need social media

Samah Qundeel - August 31, 2026

Go to Pakistan

Bilawal Bhutto denies Austrian princess wedding rumours, calls them ‘social media tamasha’

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 31, 2026

India

Delhi gangrape: UP teen was kept in bus for 3 hours before being ‘dumped in distraught state’, cops say

Alisha Dutta - September 1, 2026

The 17-year-old was spotted near Ring Road by an auto-rickshaw driver, who then drove her to the Kashmere Gate Police Station.

A 70-yr-old woman, an 8-yr-old boy, animals & now a 6-yr-old girl. Chilling trail of a ‘serial rapist’

Ananya Bhardwaj - September 1, 2026

Pune MP, MLA & now RS MP—how BJP leaders joined chorus against use of DJs during Ganesh festival

Purva Chitnis - September 1, 2026

Political storm over Manipur violence: One Dy CM demands action against the other in letter to Amit Shah

Samridhi Tewari - August 31, 2026

Haldoni in Greater Noida scarred after 6-yr-old’s rape & murder; residents warned of man’s criminal past

Samridhi Tewari - August 31, 2026

Modi govt defers Census in Manipur after Amit Shah chairs review meet amid protests, demand for NRC

Ananya Bhardwaj - August 31, 2026

Saini govt to monitor all pregnancies through SAMRIDDHI portal as Haryana sex ratio at birth slips

Sushil Manav - August 31, 2026

Diplomacy

Makkah defence pact now in effect—Secretariat in Riyadh, Pakistani will be 1st Secretary General

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 31, 2026

Member states held 1st Strategic Political and Defence Committee meeting Monday in Istanbul, marking first formal gathering since they signed Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August.

Economy

7.8% Q1 growth shows Indian economy has absorbed oil shock as domestic demand cushions global headwinds

Udit Bubna - August 31, 2026

India’s Russian crude imports fall sharply in August as China competes for discounted oil barrels

Udit Bubna - August 31, 2026

Wall Street piles on rate-hike bets as Warsh renews hawkish tone

Ye Xie - August 29, 2026

Wall Street piles on rate-hike bets as Fed chair Warsh renews hawkish tone

Ye Xie - August 29, 2026

India’s housing market isn’t cooling down, it’s repositioning for what comes next

Bidisha Bhattacharya - August 29, 2026

Governance

Two Modi govt ministers arrive on Substack as BJP dips its toes in a Gen Z stronghold

Vrinda Tulsian - August 28, 2026

Bengaluru to Lucknow, why urban centres are seeing high electoral roll deletions during SIR

Apoorva Mandhani - August 28, 2026

After row over circular against protests, CPI(M) asks TN CM Vijay to act against chief secretary

Shweta Tripathi - August 27, 2026

West Bengal’s debt near 40% of GSDP, interest payments account for 21% of revenue, says NCAER paper

Udit Bubna - August 27, 2026

PageTurner

How Ladakh’s Saspol Caves capture a turning point in Buddhist art

Impart - August 31, 2026

Science

China is racing to dam the Himalayas. Nepal floods are a warning

Nepal’s devastating floods have exposed the risks of an increasingly dammed and engineered Himalayas, where China is building on a scale unmatched in the region.

Go To Pakistan

Bilawal Bhutto denies Austrian princess wedding rumours, calls them ‘social media tamasha’

Debdutta Chakraborty - August 31, 2026

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