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

    To avoid further humiliation, CEC must reveal names of ‘foreigners’ identified during SIR, reinstate deleted voters, and issue a public apology

    Indian voter is angry, but Gyanesh Kumar can still atone for his ‘crimes’
    Opinion
    • Congress party meeting in New Delhi
      Politics

      SC clarification on Form 6 gives Oppn fresh ammo against CEC day before EC office rally

    • Modi, Swiss President sign 5 MoUs, bet big on innovation, infra, people-to-people ties
      India

      Modi, Swiss President sign 5 MoUs, bet big on innovation, infra, people-to-people ties

    • Uppar Dam water
      Tamil Nadu

      How a bitter water war is at the centre of Dharapuram bypoll

    WHAT'S BREWING

    Great Nicobar islands

    SC declines Centre’s plea on Great Nicobar PILs; Congress says ‘hope still flickers’

    Bihar SIR

    Form 6 not changed, only declaration attached to it: EC officials after SC observation

    Union Minister Hardeep Puri

    No Rajya Sabha renomination for Hardeep Puri as BJP names 8 UP candidates

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    Fishermen’s fight against new Secretariat proposal moves from streets to court

    Bombay High Court

    Voters left off draft rolls trapped in ‘catch-22’ situation: Bombay HC's Goa bench

    • Sahil Wakodes death: Caste is always simmering behind façade of meritocracy
      Opinion

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

    • SC questions Form 6 revision, orders EC to produce records on CEC’s decisions
      India

      SC questions Form 6 revision, orders EC to produce records on CEC’s...

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

      Russia quarantines hundreds after researcher dies at Siberian plague...

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      Assam

      Rivals lock horns over Nagaon women pushback row ahead of Oct 6...

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

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

    • INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi
      Opinion

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

    • Uniform Civil Code
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      Nothing uniform about UCC: How Gujarat, Assam and Uttarakhand rules...

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

    Shorts

    DMK says tur dal price had already fallen before TVK took over
    New Airport Scanners Hit A Safety, Cultural Snag
    DMK hits back at TVK’s ₹187-crore tur dal savings claim
    Why is Gyanesh Kumar facing calls for resignation?
    INDIA Bloc comes back, but for how long?
    UPI Cost Sharing Could Become A Consumption Tax: Expert
    UPI’s ₹2,000 Rule: Why Everyone Is Moving To ₹1,999
    7 films not screened at Kerala fest; is artistic freedom in peril?

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    Bombay High Court

    Voters left off draft rolls trapped in ‘catch-22’ situation: Bombay HC's Goa bench

    5 Oct 2026 7:58 PM IST
    Uppar Dam water

    How a bitter water war is at the centre of Dharapuram bypoll

    5 Oct 2026 7:10 PM IST
    Union Minister Hardeep Puri

    No Rajya Sabha renomination for Hardeep Puri as BJP names 8 UP candidates

    5 Oct 2026 7:08 PM IST
    blackflag protest

    Fishermen’s fight against new Secretariat proposal moves from streets to court

    5 Oct 2026 7:07 PM IST
    People wait in a queue in Nandigram, West Bengal

    Nandigram bypoll: EC replaces police chief after opposition flags ruling party links

    5 Oct 2026 5:54 PM IST
    Cheetah cubs

    Kuno National Park welcomes 5 cheetah cubs with Botswana lineage

    5 Oct 2026 5:41 PM IST
    Bengal govt to enact UCC, then laws on ‘love jihad’, conversions in 6 months: CM Suvendu

    Bengal govt to enact UCC, then laws on ‘love jihad’, conversions in 6 months: CM Suvendu

    5 Oct 2026 3:15 PM IST
    Debasish Sharma Badruddin Ajmal

    Rivals lock horns over Nagaon women pushback row ahead of Oct 6 bypolls

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    • 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
    • P John J Kennedy

      Karnataka’s AI push: Should students give up third language?

      P John J Kennedy
    • MK Raghavendra

      Growth story or a story about growth? Hidden costs of India’s electoral machine

      MK Raghavendra
    • KS Dakshina Murthy

      Partisan US has lost the moral right to host United Nations

      KS Dakshina Murthy

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    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    Why Delhi’s Astha Kunj ‘gangrape case’ raises questions about access to safe public dating spaces

    The minor survivor and her male friend had reportedly gone to the park after visiting a temple on the occasion of the girl's birthday, when they were allegedly targeted by the accused 'posing as policemen'. While the case again highlights the lack of safety for women in public places, couples also talk of being scrutinised, judged and harassed.
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    Why Delhi’s Astha Kunj ‘gangrape case’ raises questions about access to safe public dating spaces

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

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

    • Stock markets climb in early trade after Trump halts strikes on Iran, hints at deal

      Sensex, Nifty rebound after eight-week losing streak; crude prices ease

    • personal finance

      IRDAI insurance reforms: Lower costs may not be enough without better claims

    • FSSAI orders Everest to recall cumin powder from market after sample found ‘unsafe’

      FSSAI orders Everest to recall cumin powder from market after sample found ‘unsafe’

    • GST 2.0

      57th GST Council meet: Arrest powers, input-tax-credit reforms on Oct 7 agenda

    • Nirmala Sitharaman

      FM Sitharaman calls for resilient economy, urges private sector to lead investments

    • Sanjay Malhotra

      RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra warns against complacency over financial risks

    • WOMEN AND MUTUAL FUNDS

      How women investors are reshaping India’s mutual fund story

    • FSSAI flags Nestle dairy whitener sample from Delhi hotel as unsafe, substandard

      FSSAI flags Nestle dairy whitener sample from Delhi hotel as unsafe, substandard

    • Cipla

      Maharashtra FDA cancels drug licences of Cipla’s Pune warehouse over alleged violations

    • India’s economy is growing fast. The harder test is what comes next

      India’s economy is growing fast. The harder test is what comes next

    • stock markets, BSE, NSE,

      Stock market extends losing streak to four sessions; Sensex hits fresh 52-week low

    • GST 2.0

      Rs 2-lakh-crore GST haul in September masks a bigger import story

    • Tata Trusts rift widens as trustees challenge Tata Sons restructuring plan by mergers

      Tata Trusts rift widens as trustees challenge Tata Sons restructuring plan by mergers

    • Praveen Khandelwal addressing media

      UPI MDR: Trade bodies withdraw ‘No UPI Day’ call after meeting FM

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    • 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

    • Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

      Netanyahu invites PM Modi, Captain Machchhar to light flame on Israel’s I-Day

    • Russia-Ukraine war

      Ukraine ready to consider India's ceasefire proposal: FM Sybiha

    • flydubai aircraft

      Mystery persists over identities of pilots who helped save FlyDubai flight

    • flydubai aircraft

      Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe, UAE calls incident 'terrorist attack'

    • US President Donald Trump and Iran

      Another US-Iran escalation in the offing as Trump weighs next move?

    • Watch | Trump, Pakistan and India-US ties: Is Delhi being re-hyphenated?

      Watch | Trump, Pakistan and India-US ties: Is Delhi being re-hyphenated?

    • Flydubai incident: Omani co-pilot handed over to UAE; Trump suspects Iran’s role

      Flydubai incident: Omani co-pilot handed over to UAE; Trump suspects Iran’s role

    • Trump says Iran may be linked to flydubai copilot who tried to crash Israel-bound jet

      Trump says Iran may be linked to flydubai copilot who tried to crash Israel-bound jet

    • flydubai aircraft

      UAE opens probe into Dubai-Tel Aviv flydubai flight incident

    • flydubai aircraft

      'There was a lot of blood’: How passengers responded to the Flydubai cockpit attack

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    • 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

    • Record-making Gill, Rohit power Indias 8-wicket victory in 2nd ODI, seal series 2-0 vs WI

      Record-making Gill, Rohit power India''s 8-wicket victory in 2nd ODI, seal series 2-0 vs WI

    • Asian Games

      Neeru-Kynan pair wins trap mixed team shooting gold at Asian Games

    • Asian Games, Archery

      India wins 3 gold medals in compound archery at Asian Games

    • Gulveer Singh

      Asian Games: Gulveer wins bronze in men's 5000m, completes hat-trick of medals

    • Asian Games

      Asian Games 2026: India wins first athletics gold by topping women's 4x400m relay

    • V Anitha

      Gold at 7 months pregnant: How Anitha chose karate over corporate world and succeeded

    • Shooter Neeru Dhanda

      Asian Games: Neeru Dhanda scripts history with India’s first individual shooting gold

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    • 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

    • Poster of Sigma

      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

    • Heart of the Beast review: Brad Pitt and canine pals brutal adventure hits home

      Heart of the Beast review: Brad Pitt and canine pal's brutal adventure hits home

    • Dorothy Movie Review: Karthik Subbaraj’s latest is bold, beautiful & unprecedented in Tamil cinema

      Dorothy Movie Review: Karthik Subbaraj’s latest is bold, beautiful & unprecedented in Tamil cinema

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    • 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

    • the famous 4 am breakfast spread at Hotel Nayaab in Hyderabad

      Hyderabad’s Hotel Nayaab: A 4 am breakfast like no other

    • Uttam Kumar at 100: The man behind the ‘hero’ who put super in stardom for the Bengali audience

      Uttam Kumar at 100: The man behind the ‘hero’ who put super in stardom for the Bengali audience

    • Why Gavaskar, Kapil, Vengsarkar petitioning for Imran’s health reminds of a bygone era in Indo-Pak cricket

      Why Gavaskar, Kapil, Vengsarkar petitioning for Imran’s health reminds of a bygone era in Indo-Pak cricket

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    • 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

    • Election Commission

      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

    • Israel Yemen Houthi war

      Why linking of two unrelated conflicts in the Gulf spells compounded trouble

    Uppar Dam water

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    5 Oct 2026 7:10 PM IST

    blackflag protest

    Fishermen’s fight against new Secretariat proposal moves from streets to court

    5 Oct 2026 7:07 PM IST

    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

    5 Oct 2026 6:30 AM IST

    Vijay is not MGR

    ‘Pirated AIADMK’: AIADMK attacks Vijay’s TVK ahead of Madurantakam bypoll

    4 Oct 2026 8:00 PM IST

    personal finance

    IRDAI insurance reforms: Lower costs may not be enough without better claims

    4 Oct 2026 7:49 PM IST

    Kerala medicine shortage

    Is Kerala facing a medicine shortage?

    4 Oct 2026 6:20 AM IST

    Modi

    Modi, Gen Z protests and INDIA bloc: ‘BJP’s moral halo is gone,’ says analyst

    3 Oct 2026 8:20 PM IST

    WOMEN AND MUTUAL FUNDS

    How women investors are reshaping India’s mutual fund story

    3 Oct 2026 6:25 PM IST

    Keshav Prasad standing beside his SUV during his overland journey from Bengaluru to London.

    How an Ayush doctor drove 25,000 km from Bengaluru to London and back

    3 Oct 2026 12:45 PM IST

    School children in saffron attire and traditional costumes performing during a Ram Yatra event in Dhanushkodi.

    Left has given fodder to RSS by opposing Hindu events: Political analyst

    2 Oct 2026 4:56 PM IST

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