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    LIVE

    CEC row LIVE: INDIA bloc MPs leave Raj Ghat after protest

    Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi alleged that PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and CEC Gyanesh Kumar have destroyed the Constitution and asserted that they will be brought to justice for their conspiracy

    Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi
    India
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      Business

      UPI MDR rollout likely to be deferred to Jan 1, but Centre yet to take a final call

    • Repo rate up, stocks down: Should equity investors worry? History offers hope
      Personal Finance

      Repo rate up, stocks down: Should equity investors worry? History offers hope

    • Ayaz Memon
      Sports

      India's 22-medal Asian Games drop: 'A warning signal for Olympics 2028'

    WHAT'S BREWING

    JD Vance

    US suspends Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro from green card programme

    Elon Musk

    Is Ambani the real boss of India, asks Elon Musk

    Delhi police

    CJP protest: Over 20,000 police, paramilitary personnel deployed in Delhi

    Gyanesh Kumar

    ‘Calculated campaign’: Ex-CJIs, SC judges defend EC amid row over SIR

    Riyadh airport

    Explosions rock Riyadh as Houthis claim fresh airport attack

    • Abhishek Kumar, founder of Sahaj Money, speaking in a video interview about household finances.
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    • INDIA bloc protest
      India

      How Rahul planned INDIA bloc's impromptu Jantar Mantar protest, defied...

    • Nagaon bypoll: Why EC’s claim of peaceful polling, high turnout doesn’t add up
      Assam

      Nagaon bypoll: Why EC’s claim of peaceful polling, high turnout...

    • GST
      Business

      EXCLUSIVE: GST Council may cut rate on delivery services; new...

    • Uber CEO warns against ‘coasting’, says demanding work culture key to success
      Business

      Uber CEO warns against ‘coasting’, says demanding work culture key to...

    • Lionel Messi
      Sports

      One last free kick, one last roar: Legend Messi's farewell win over...

    • Two women panellists discussing the Tamil film Dorothy in a studio
      India

      Don't sympathise, empathise: Trans women activists on Dorothy

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    State of the Nation

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    DK Shivakumar

    After DKS’s ‘sting op’ warning, ministers allege plot to weaken govt; BJP hits back

    8 Oct 2026 6:58 PM IST
    Delhi police

    CJP protest: Over 20,000 police, paramilitary personnel deployed in Delhi

    8 Oct 2026 6:14 PM IST
    UDF activists marching towards Nattika toll collection plaza

    Thrissur: Keralam orders temporary halt to Nattika toll collection after UDF clash

    8 Oct 2026 5:11 PM IST
    Arvind Kejriwal

    Kejriwal rallies AAP's Goa unit ahead of 2027 polls amid differences with GFP

    8 Oct 2026 4:55 PM IST
    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

    Mamata to join CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest on Oct 10?

    8 Oct 2026 4:49 PM IST
    Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj join CJP SIR protests as Bengaluru shares epicentre with Delhi
    Bengaluru

    Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj join CJP SIR protests as Bengaluru shares epicentre with Delhi

    8 Oct 2026 4:22 PM IST
    Keralam Health Minister K Muraleedharan

    Keralam AIIMS row: Muraleedharan, Veena George accuse Centre of political bias

    8 Oct 2026 4:08 PM IST
    Bihar Leader of Opposition and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav climbs over police barricades

    Tejashwi Yadav, INDIA bloc leaders stopped during Bihar protest march

    8 Oct 2026 3:26 PM IST
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    • Subir Bhaumik

      With 'friends' like America, India is learning the cost

      Subir Bhaumik
    • KS Dakshina Murthy

      Will India ever regain its much-acclaimed, fair electoral process?

      KS Dakshina Murthy
    • Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay

      Why Modi's 25 years in power mark the biggest consolidation of power in Independent India

      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    • Anand K Sahay

      Indian voter is angry, but Gyanesh Kumar can still atone for his ‘crimes’

      Anand K Sahay
    • Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

      Sahil Wakode's death: Caste is always simmering behind façade of meritocracy

      Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
    • Shikha Mukerjee

      SIR voter deletions: Can INDIA Bloc turn discontent into a movement?

      Shikha Mukerjee
    • Vivek Katju

      Trump’s Iran war: Why the US midterms could change the game

      Vivek Katju
    • S Raghotham

      When State elects the people: Notebandi, votebandi and the inversion of democracy

      S Raghotham
    • Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr

      Why semiconductors can't be India's magic wand

      Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
    • Najib Shah

      Gold paradox: Indians sell more but buy more too; a big question is lost in between

      Najib Shah

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    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    How Haryana has remained the talent pool for India’s Kabaddi prowess

    Fourteen of India’s 24 men’s and women’s Kabaddi squad in the gold-winning Asian Games 2026 teams came from Haryana — eight of 12 men and five of 12 women. Players from the state also dominate the Pro Kabaddi League.
    Sat Singh
    Asian Games 2026

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    • JD Vance

      US suspends Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro from green card programme

    • Repo rate up, stocks down: Should equity investors worry? History offers hope

      Repo rate up, stocks down: Should equity investors worry? History offers hope

    • GST Council meeting in New Delhi

      GST Council scraps tax officials' arrest power, raises prosecution threshold to Rs 5 cr

    • Uber CEO warns against ‘coasting’, says demanding work culture key to success

      Uber CEO warns against ‘coasting’, says demanding work culture key to success

    • stock market, Bombay Stock Exchange, Nifty

      Stock market bloodbath: Sensex dives 1,045 pts, Nifty tanks to 21-month low

    • UPI MDR rollout likely to be deferred to Jan 1, but Centre yet to take a final call

      UPI MDR rollout likely to be deferred to Jan 1, but Centre yet to take a final call

    • Elon Musk

      Is Ambani the real boss of India, asks Elon Musk

    • Abhishek Kumar, founder of Sahaj Money, speaking in a video interview about household finances.

      How RBI rate hike impacts your EMIs, FDs, investments: Sahaj Money founder explains

    • Amazon begins to slash 30,000 corporate jobs in largest layoff since 2022: Report

      Amazon cuts fewer than 1,000 jobs across retail operations in India, US and UK

    • stock market

      Stock markets decline in early trade as RBI signals more tightening

    • Elon Musk SpaceX

      Centre rejects Elon Musk’s Starlink ‘Oligarchs’ allegation, says rules are fair

    • What RBIs repo rate cut means for you and your home loan

      As RBI tightens screws, what it means for your loan, home and food bill

    • India real estate

      PE investment in Indian real estate jumps 23% to $2.7 billion' strongest first half in 4 years

    • stock market

      Bank stocks rebound as RBI hikes repo rate; Sensex, Nifty trim early losses

    • RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra

      RBI raises repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 pc; first hike since 2023

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    • Riyadh airport

      Explosions rock Riyadh as Houthis claim fresh airport attack

    • Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Literature Nobel

      Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Literature Nobel

    • US proposes USD 70,000 fee for international students to work after graduation

      US proposes USD 70,000 fee for international students to work after graduation

    • Donald Trump

      Trump renews bid for Nobel Peace Prize, claims he has ‘settled eight wars’

    • Narendra Modi, Donald Trump

      With 'friends' like America, India is learning the cost

    • Israel-Palestine Gaza war

      Three years after October 7 Hamas attack, has Israel become any safer?

    • Isn’t plague a medieval sickness? That, and other questions answered

      Isn’t plague a medieval sickness? That, and other questions answered

    • Francis Halzen

      Francis Halzen wins Nobel Physics for IceCube neutrino breakthrough

    • The missiles are aimed at the sky at sunset

      Saudi Arabia says 2 airports hit in renewed fighting with Houthis

    • Jeffrey Archer, bestselling British author and former politician, dies at 86

      Jeffrey Archer, bestselling British author and former politician, dies at 86

    • Israel Yemen Houthi war

      Houthis seize key Yemen town as Saudi-backed forces launch major counteroffensive

    • Medicine Nobel 2026 goes to 3 scientists for breakthroughs in brain cell control

      Medicine Nobel 2026 goes to 3 scientists for breakthroughs in brain cell control

    • Coronavirus vaccine, Covaxin, COVID-19, ICMR, Indian Council of Medical Research

      Russia quarantines hundreds after researcher dies at Siberian plague lab

    • Prison, probes and exile: Dramatic fall of Sri Lanka’s once-powerful Rajapaksa family

      Prison, probes and exile: Dramatic fall of Sri Lanka’s once-powerful Rajapaksa family

    • Search operation by US Coast Guard

      Debris field found off Nantucket after air ambulance carrying six vanishes over Atlantic

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    • Ayaz Memon

      India's 22-medal Asian Games drop: 'A warning signal for Olympics 2028'

    • Harmanapreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana

      Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana ‘were not seeing eye to eye’: Report

    • Lionel Messi

      One last free kick, one last roar: Legend Messi's farewell win over Benin

    • Olympics flag

      India, 6 other countries in race to host 2036 Olympics

    • Bhaichung Bhutia launches his football academy in Indore

      Bhaichung Bhutia launches his football academy in Indore

    • Sourav Ganguly

      IPL 2027: Sourav Ganguly named Delhi Capitals head coach

    • Ive done my duty: Harmanpreet steps down from India womens team captaincy

      'I've done my duty': Harmanpreet steps down from India women's team captaincy

    • Shubman Gill

      811 runs, 9 wickets: Guwahati run-fest raises an identity question for ODI cricket

    • Indian mens hockey team

      Asian Games: India in 4th position as men's cricket, hockey teams retain gold

    • Salt Lake Stadium

      Blue-and-white to saffron: In Bengal, even the Brazil match is wrapped in politics

    • Asian Games: Aman Sehrawat beats world champion to clinch 57kg wrestling gold

      Asian Games: Aman Sehrawat beats world champion to clinch 57kg wrestling gold

    • Indian gold-winning womens hockey team

      Asian Games: Six golds on penultimate day lift India to fifth position

    • Indias Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan during the mens recurve archery team semifinal event against Iran at the 20th Asian Games

      Asian Games: India’s women’s recurve team wins historic gold, men’s and mixed teams take silver

    • Athlete Ancy Sojan hits back at trolls: The beads are not going anywhere

      Athlete Ancy Sojan hits back at trolls: 'The beads are not going anywhere'

    • Asian Games: India thrash SL by 124 runs, storm into gold medal match against Pak

      Asian Games: India thrash SL by 124 runs, storm into gold medal match against Pak

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    • Veteran actor Nana Patekar dies at 75 in Goa after severe chest pain

      Veteran actor Nana Patekar dies at 75 in Goa after severe chest pain

    • Two women panellists discussing the Tamil film Dorothy in a studio

      Don't sympathise, empathise: Trans women activists on Dorothy

    • Baththa review: Vijay Sethupathi stars in heart-warming tale of a ‘don’ daring to reject toxic masculinity

      Baththa review: Vijay Sethupathi stars in heart-warming tale of a ‘don’ daring to reject toxic masculinity

    • Why for Aishwarya Lekshmi and Arjun Das #Love is all about bonding with their characters

      Why for Aishwarya Lekshmi and Arjun Das #Love is all about bonding with their characters

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      Sigma review: Jason Sanjay’s debut directorial is a guidebook on rookie mistakes

    • Drishyam: The Conclusion review: Ajay Devgn, Jaideep Ahlawat steer a promising final act

      Drishyam: The Conclusion review: Ajay Devgn, Jaideep Ahlawat steer a promising final act

    • Pooja Meri Jaan review: Mrunal Thakur, Huma Qureshi film aims to challenge stereotypes, but lacks edge

      Pooja Meri Jaan review: Mrunal Thakur, Huma Qureshi film aims to challenge stereotypes, but lacks edge

    • #Love review: Netflix Tamil series is a breezy watch on compatibility vs chemistry in relationships

      #Love review: Netflix Tamil series is a breezy watch on compatibility vs chemistry in relationships

    • Gondhal: India’s Oscar entry to get preview screenings in six cities

      Gondhal: India’s Oscar entry to get preview screenings in six cities

    • Digger review: Flamboyant Tom Cruise helms this cerebral, showboating satire

      Digger review: Flamboyant Tom Cruise helms this cerebral, showboating satire

    • Verity review: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson starrer is contrived and convoluted

      Verity review: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson starrer is contrived and convoluted

    • Ilaiyaraaja

      Copyright dispute: SC refuses to interfere with Delhi HC ruling against Ilaiyaraaja

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    • Nana Patekar obit: How the actor showed us what Indian temper looks like when it has nowhere to go

      Nana Patekar obit: How the actor showed us what Indian temper looks like when it has nowhere to go

    • In death, bestselling author Jeffrey Archer leaves ‘biggest market’ India bereft

      In death, bestselling author Jeffrey Archer leaves ‘biggest market’ India bereft

    • Kolkata Durga Puja 2026 top 10 theme pandals: Lotus, SP Mookerjee, Partition and more

      Kolkata Durga Puja 2026 top 10 theme pandals: Lotus, SP Mookerjee, Partition and more

    • How a bouquet of recent & upcoming publications is drawing attention to Bengal’s terracotta temples

      How a bouquet of recent & upcoming publications is drawing attention to Bengal’s terracotta temples

    • World Coffee Day October 1: Why for Indian aficionados it’s time to look beyond traditional home brews

      World Coffee Day October 1: Why for Indian aficionados it’s time to look beyond traditional home brews

    • IN PHOTOS┃The Cauvery gorge that might vanish: A trip to Mekedatu

      IN PHOTOS┃The Cauvery gorge that might vanish: A trip to Mekedatu

    • Interview

      Why for these Indian drag performers the loss of Dolly Parton feels so personal

    • Why question mark hangs over screenings as curtains rise on Keralams docu and short film festival

      Why question mark hangs over screenings as curtains rise on Keralam's docu and short film festival

    • Shakuntalabai Nagarkar obit: Why death of award-winning Lavani artiste marks end of an era

      Shakuntalabai Nagarkar obit: Why death of award-winning Lavani artiste marks end of an era

    • Why opinions divided on whether Gujarat playing National Film Awards host can benefit home industry

      Why opinion's divided on whether Gujarat playing National Film Awards host can benefit home industry

    • How the sandwich is seeing a ‘main-character moment’ in India

      How the sandwich is seeing a ‘main-character moment’ in India

    • Why current times resonate with the paradox of Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, Audens anxious years

      Why current times resonate with the paradox of Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, Auden's anxious years

    • Why questions of memory, honesty are central to the art of writing a memoir

      Why questions of memory, honesty are central to the art of writing a memoir

    • How a Tamil folk performer is taking the art form beyond epics, highlighting climate change, health

      How a Tamil folk performer is taking the art form beyond epics, highlighting climate change, health

    • How a centuries-old song is travelling from Golconda to Cannes and Toronto

      How a centuries-old song is travelling from Golconda to Cannes and Toronto

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    • Israel-Palestine Gaza war

      Three years after October 7 Hamas attack, has Israel become any safer?

    • Opposition-ruled states meet ahead of GST Council, seek compensation to greenlight reforms

      GST Council meeting: Why simplifying registration, refunds must be key focus

    • What Mayawati’s succession drama means for BSP’s future and Dalit politics

      What Mayawati’s succession drama means for BSP’s future and Dalit politics

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      EC dissent row: How RTI can unlock minutes, orders on SIR decisions

    • Error of judgment? Why Congress went missing at Delhi protests

      Error of judgment? Why Congress went missing at Delhi protests

    • United Nations Security Council and india

      India wants a permanent UNSC seat; is it worth the effort?

    • From CEC Gyanesh Kumar to Modi, Shah, Congress set to escalate its SIR battle

      From CEC Gyanesh Kumar to Modi, Shah, Congress set to escalate its SIR battle

    • SC suggests linking traffic fines to power bills: Can it close Rs20,000-Cr recovery gap?

      SC suggests linking traffic fines to power bills: Can it close Rs20,000-Cr recovery gap?

    • Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan, Melania Trump, Donald Trump

      Trump-Xi summit leaves India caught between two undesirable possibilities

    • Election Commission

      Why EC's reconciliation statement reads more like a confession

    • Why a higher age limit may not mean more job opportunities

      Why a higher age limit may not mean more job opportunities

    • Xi-Trump meet: Plenty of optics, pleasantries, few breakthroughs

      Xi-Trump meet: Plenty of optics, pleasantries, few breakthroughs

    • POSH complaints rise in NIFTY 50 firms; what about the 94 pc the law forgot?

      POSH complaints rise in NIFTY 50 firms; what about the 94 pc the law forgot?

    • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House after the Supreme Court struck down his emergency tariffs.

      Arc of India’s foreign policy reveals a loss of moral voice under Modi

    • Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

      Xi-Trump summit: Why thawing of US-China ties puts India on high alert

    Ayaz Memon

    India's 22-medal Asian Games drop: 'A warning signal for Olympics 2028'

    8 Oct 2026 7:00 PM IST

    Panelists Yashovardhan Azad and Vikram Singh during an online discussion hosted by Sanket Upadhyay.

    October 10 Delhi protest: Ex-senior cops weigh in on strategies, ways to avoid face-offs

    8 Oct 2026 4:37 PM IST

    Abhishek Kumar, founder of Sahaj Money, speaking in a video interview about household finances.

    How RBI rate hike impacts your EMIs, FDs, investments: Sahaj Money founder explains

    8 Oct 2026 3:00 PM IST

    Talking Sense with Srini - ECs Gyanesh Kumar crisis

    Watch | Unprecedented crisis for EC: Something amiss with state elections?

    8 Oct 2026 1:30 PM IST

    What RBIs repo rate cut means for you and your home loan

    As RBI tightens screws, what it means for your loan, home and food bill

    7 Oct 2026 3:36 PM IST

    Two women panellists discussing the Tamil film Dorothy in a studio

    Don't sympathise, empathise: Trans women activists on Dorothy

    7 Oct 2026 3:20 PM IST

    Former Delhi LG Najeeb Jung speaking during a video interview.

    'Gyanesh must go': Najeeb Jung's 3 suggestions to address EC SIR crisis

    7 Oct 2026 3:02 PM IST

    Victims

    Delhi construction workers face debt over winter pollution curbs

    6 Oct 2026 4:49 PM IST

    Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde speaking during a video interview about the Supreme Court and Election Commission.

    Watch | SC’s SIR scrutiny: 'Strong court can make big difference'

    6 Oct 2026 3:48 PM IST

    Uppar Dam water

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    5 Oct 2026 7:10 PM IST

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