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US Judge declines to immediately dismiss Adani indictment, orders DOJ to explain decision
‘Unprecedented threat to Constitution’: Former civil servants, eminent citizens issue missive on SIR

Court stays senior journalist Gurbir Singh’s expulsion from Mumbai Press Club
Modi’s SHANTI Bill promises peace for nuclear suppliers — A free pass for accidents by defective equipment
As major foreign banks hesitated, Modi govt oversaw plan to steer billions from LIC to Adani: Report

Seven days of continuous attempts to access Assam police FIR used to ‘summon’ senior Wire journalists
Why the Waqf Bill passage is not a ‘Muslim’ issue, it affects all of India
Five years after riots, court orders first FIR against BJP’s Kapil Mishra, now Delhi’s law minister
Fire, smoke and vanishing cash at a judge’s house: What we know, what we don’t know
Income tax officials will be able to access your emails and social media accounts from April 2026
HYDRAA: Is Telangana’s government bulldozing the principles of justice?
Australian who made film on 2012 Kudankulam Nuclear Plant protest stopped from entering India, deported
Political motives trump administrative reasons: Tracing the history of district creation in India
India has 110 million informal sector workers, government releases data for first time in a decade
Parts of Modi’s speech that violate MCC missing from English summary on PM’s website
Four more Ashoka University departments extend solidarity to resigned professor Sabyasachi Das

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Delhi Police release Rahul Gandhi, Opposition MPs as protesters gather by the thousands in Connaught Place

Rapper Arivu briefly detained for anti-NEET protest outside Tamil Nadu Secretariat; meets with CM Vijay

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Delhi Police drags away LoP Rahul Gandhi, Opposition MPs protesting outside PM’s residence

DK Shivakumar. — Karnataka cabinet expansion likely to be finalised as Congress leaders travel to Delhi

Jantar Mantar protests — Protest isn’t a language Narendra Modi’s BJP understands, only electoral outcome is

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Diya Binu Pulikakandam was 21 when she took charge as the Chairperson of Pala Municipality. — Kerala: Congress rebels help LDF oust India’s youngest municipal chairperson