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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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Beyond the big-bang headlines: What Andhra Pradesh’s GST data actually reveals

Towards a sustainable UPI: How India’s digital payment revolution can reinvent itself

The committee found that private hospitals, especially in metropolitan cities, charge large sums for hospital stays. — Three-star cap on room rent: Parliament panel moots private healthcare price controls

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Telangana pours public money into 108-priest Maha Varuna Yagam to ‘pray for rain’

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Arjun Mahesh — Brother of NEET aspirant who allegedly died by suicide, found hanging at Mangaluru hotel

Congress presses for answers from Modi, Shah on Jantar Mantar violence, Ayodhya temple theft

From the Jail Bharo protest convened at Thiruvananthapuram on Monday — Workers, farmers join nationwide ‘Jail Bharo’ stir; protests held across Kerala

Government move to levy charges on UPI transactions: How does it affect common users

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar. — TN Speaker Prabhakar backs anti-abortion rally, says will bring issue to CM Vijay’s notice

Jharkhand protests: Students defy restrictions, police lathi-charge, use water cannons, tear gas