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Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta - March 14, 2026

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

Govt bars PNG users from refilling LPG cylinders, says 2 India-flagged LPG ships have left Hormuz

Udit Bubna - March 14, 2026

BJP will fight 2027 Punjab poll on its own, Shah tells state ‘you gave all a chance, give us one too’

Chitleen K Sethi - March 14, 2026

24 hearings, 5 months, a pending verdict—and then Centre dropped NSA against Sonam Wangchuk

Ruchi Bhattar - March 14, 2026

Can women enter Sabarimala? Kerala says neither yes nor no, tells SC to ask scholars, weigh equality

Khadija Khan - March 14, 2026

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

Gitanjali Das - March 14, 2026

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‘Mediator’ for school, ‘Captain’ for Kerala, ‘Mundu Modi’ for critics—Pinarayi Vijayan, the powerful CM

Aneesa PA - March 14, 2026

A Delhi couple keeps climbing Ghazipur landfill to feed 400 dogs. Chicken, rice & dahi

Manisha Mondal - March 14, 2026

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Esha Mishra - March 13, 2026

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IRIS Dena sinking: ‘India allowed, but Sri Lanka caught by surprise when Iran ships asked to dock’

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Pakistan govt cautions media over Iran war coverage. They hit back—‘If you shut down debate…’

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‘Maa Durga is with BJP,’ PM Modi says countdown has been for end of TMC’s ‘jungle raj’ in Bengal

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Five Indians killed, one missing in West Asia amid conflict, says Ministry of External Affairs

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Opinion

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

G N Lawande - March 14, 2026

It is the law of progress that a few persons must go to the top to show the possibilities and opportunities, so that others might emulate and follow them, wrote GN Lawande in 1958

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan - March 14, 2026

Nepal must go back to old map, assure Delhi its territory won’t be used against India

Seshadri Chari - March 13, 2026

Indian Muslims must stop being delusional about the Global Ummah

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Ibn Khaldun Bharati - March 13, 2026

If UK’s ’emergency brake’ on study visas is really about rules, why is Pakistan not included?

Amana Begam - March 13, 2026

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

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Praveen Swami - March 12, 2026

Indian women’s football team’s Asian Cup exit doesn’t tell the story of their rise

Saptak Datta - March 12, 2026

Feature

‘Bollywood is more interested in showing Ram as vegetarian,’ says Devdutt Pattanaik

Aamaan Alam Khan - March 14, 2026

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BJP will fight 2027 Punjab poll on its own, Shah tells state ‘you gave all a chance, give us one too’

Chitleen K Sethi - March 14, 2026

Home Minister fires election salvo at Moga rally, attacks AAP on drugs, law and order; Badal says SAD prioritises Punjab interests over all; Mann hits back at Shah.

‘Mediator’ for school, ‘Captain’ for Kerala, ‘Mundu Modi’ for critics—Pinarayi Vijayan, the powerful CM

+TFP Aneesa PA - March 14, 2026

Sasikala launches new party with a ‘coconut farm’ strategy. What it could mean for AIADMK & DMK

Shweta Tripathi - March 13, 2026

Closure of over 200 hotels & eateries in Chennai fuels DMK attacks on BJP for ‘cylinder shortage’

Shweta Tripathi - March 13, 2026

End of Vellappally era? Why Kerala HC disqualified SNDP Yogam chief, son Thushar & 2 others

Aneesa PA - March 12, 2026

Left veteran Sudhakaran finally cuts the cord, plans Independent run in Kerala polls

Aneesa PA - March 12, 2026

Russian oil, Epstein & an Om Birla intervention: Rahul sets off fireworks in Lok Sabha

Sourav Roy Barman - March 12, 2026

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Sonam Wangchuk’s detention was counterproductive. Revoking it is smart course correction

ThePrint Team - March 14, 2026

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Ground Reports

A Delhi couple keeps climbing Ghazipur landfill to feed 400 dogs. Chicken, rice & dahi

Manisha Mondal - March 14, 2026

Molested by customers, women gig workers say they work in fear

Manisha Mondal - March 13, 2026

Kaziranga is ready to share its rhinos. Assam doesn’t want them all in one basket

Nootan Sharma - March 12, 2026

Chennai is starting to clear the Perungudi garbage mountain. And make furniture from it

Amrtansh Arora - March 11, 2026

Vigyapanti

How ads are cashing in on India’s T20 World Cup victory—from trophy to cheeky taglines

Insha Jalil Waziri - March 14, 2026

Newsmaker of the Week

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Udit Bubna - March 14, 2026

Books

How BJP’s support to Mamata Banerjee was critical for Bengal’s political landscape

Sayantan Ghosh - March 14, 2026

India

BJP will fight 2027 Punjab poll on its own, Shah tells state ‘you gave all a chance, give us one too’

Chitleen K Sethi - March 14, 2026

Home Minister fires election salvo at Moga rally, attacks AAP on drugs, law and order; Badal says SAD prioritises Punjab interests over all; Mann hits back at Shah.

Govt bars PNG users from refilling LPG cylinders, says 2 India-flagged LPG ships have left Hormuz

Udit Bubna - March 14, 2026

Class trouble: Why over half of Mumbai’s BMC school students drop out along the way

Kasturi Walimbe - March 14, 2026

Has Hormuz closure led to ‘LPG’ crisis & steps India is taking to curb panic buying | Cut The Clutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter - March 14, 2026

Centre revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention, says step aimed at peace & dialogue in Ladakh

ThePrint Team - March 14, 2026

Rich state, borrowed money: Karnataka’s growth story has a debt problem that is only getting worse

Sharan Poovanna - March 14, 2026

Iran arranges special transport to bring back 180 of its sailors from India

Sudhi Ranjan Sen - March 14, 2026

Global Pulse

Blue flame of Indian gas stoves ‘flickering’—global media spotlights ‘anxiety’ over LPG

Vidhi Bhutra - March 13, 2026

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell - March 14, 2026

Rich state, borrowed money: Karnataka’s growth story has a debt problem that is only getting worse

Sharan Poovanna - March 14, 2026

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi - March 13, 2026

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

+TFP Esha Mishra - March 13, 2026

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

Udit Bubna - March 12, 2026

Governance

Govt’s minority scholarship scheme frozen 3 yrs as probe into fraud meanders, students pay price

Vrinda Tulsian - March 14, 2026

A first for India: MPs move notice for removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. What the Constitution says

Ruchi Bhattar - March 13, 2026

Govt allows commercial use of biomass, kerosene, coal to ease LPG pressure amid West Asia conflict

Udit Bubna - March 12, 2026

Govt says crude supply stable as 70% coming from routes outside Hormuz, helpline up for Indians in Gulf

Udit Bubna - March 11, 2026

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant - March 13, 2026

Science

Centre funds Chennai-based startup OrbitAID, shows ‘govt support for advanced space technologies’

OrbitAID’s AayulSAT was scheduled to fly on board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s C-62 mission, which ultimately failed to place the satellites in orbit.

Last laughs

Cylinder ‘anxieties’ put underground economy in the black

ThePrint Team - March 13, 2026

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