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    Top Stories

    Cost of non-disclosure: Why two SC cases sparked questions of judicial impartiality

    Justice SC Sharma’s role in two high-profile cases, coupled with questions over undisclosed family links to EC, renews scrutiny of recusal and disclosure norms

    Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
    The Federal Special
    • Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan, Melania Trump, Donald Trump
      Analysis

      Trump-Xi summit leaves India caught between two undesirable possibilities

    • Vijay’s Thai Maman gold ring scheme launch stirs emotion and politics
      Tamil Nadu

      Vijay’s Thai Maman gold ring scheme launch stirs emotion and politics

    • Congress huddle before INDIA bloc meet as EC row revives, and tests, Opposition unity
      Politics

      Congress huddle before INDIA bloc meet as EC row revives, and tests, Opposition unity

    WHAT'S BREWING

    UPI payment

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    Parvesh Verma Arvind Kejriwal

    Slap row: Congress, AAP attack Parvesh Verma; minister hits back with ‘warning’

    Ujjain dispute: HC closes case after civic body, mosque authority agree on road expansion

    Ujjain dispute: HC closes case after civic body, mosque authority agree on road expansion

    Lovely Professional University

    LPU row: Students allege video was cropped, university denies rape claim

    Vithya Ramraj shatters PT Usha’s 40-yr-old record, wins Asian Games bronze

    Vithya Ramraj shatters PT Usha’s 40-yr-old record, wins Asian Games bronze

    • Oppn protests across states seek CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, turn up heat over SIR
      India

      Oppn protests across states seek CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, turn up...

    • SC sees no urgency in Bengal SIR plea; Bombay HC declines early hearing against CEC
      India

      SC sees no urgency in Bengal SIR plea; Bombay HC declines early...

    • Kerala High Court clears state govt in CM’s office bulk messaging row
      Keralam

      Ribociclib case: Kerala HC says Centre can use patents power to ease...

    • SC overturns HC’s controversial order in child assault case, calls for judicial empathy
      Delhi

      Delhi-NCR rape cases: SC invokes Nirbhaya, flags 'systematic' failure

    • Bihar molestation cases put women’s safety and ‘sushasan’ claims under scrutiny
      Bihar

      Bihar molestation cases put women’s safety and ‘sushasan’ claims under...

    • Ujjain violence
      Madhya Pradesh

      Ujjain Shahi Masjid row turns violent as protesters clash with police;...

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    Vijay’s Thai Maman gold ring scheme launch stirs emotion and politics

    Vijay’s Thai Maman gold ring scheme launch stirs emotion and politics

    28 Sept 2026 9:09 PM IST
    Ujjain dispute: HC closes case after civic body, mosque authority agree on road expansion

    Ujjain dispute: HC closes case after civic body, mosque authority agree on road expansion

    28 Sept 2026 7:34 PM IST
    Parvesh Verma Arvind Kejriwal
    Delhi

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    28 Sept 2026 5:18 PM IST
    Calcutta High Court

    Calcutta HC questions EC over reassignment of ISF’s envelope symbol, flags ‘connivance’

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    Cockroach Janata Party to expand base across Northeast, says Ranka

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    Lovely Professional University

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    28 Sept 2026 3:56 PM IST
    Omar Abdullah Delhi Chalo rally

    J-K Assembly passes statehood resolution amid BJP protests

    28 Sept 2026 3:28 PM IST
    Mamata turns to old rivals and legal battle as TMC faces existential crisis

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    • Subir Bhaumik

      India’s soft stance in US mercenary VanDyke’s case only latest of many retreats

      Subir Bhaumik
    • Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay

      From seva to spectacle: How Modi’s birthday became a political project

      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    • P John J Kennedy

      65 suicides later, real test for IITs is how they treat students who fail

      P John J Kennedy
    • Najib Shah

      Why BRICS must build trade, brick by brick, and not an anti-US bloc

      Najib Shah
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      BRICS New Delhi Declaration: A diplomatic win, but little else

      Vivek Katju
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      Tamil Nadu bypolls will put political defections to the voter test

      P John J Kennedy
    • Subir Bhaumik

      Bangladesh: Why Chittagong tribals face risk of ethnocide

      Subir Bhaumik
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      Bhagwat's global tour is all about image management, not ideological change

      Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
    • Vivek Deshpande

      Khairlanji to Dangwas: What our numbness says about Hindutva-led neo-casteism

      Vivek Deshpande
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      SCO and BRICS, yes, but is it time for India to revive SAARC?

      KS Dakshina Murthy

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    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    Before AI takes a job, it learns by watching. How that buys time for Indians earning from their handiwork

    From garment floors in Gurugram to call centres, AI is creeping into Indian jobs. But most Indian workers earn their living with their hands, on farms and building sites and AI barely reaches that work. For now, that is India’s shield. Outside the shield stands the country’s most prized workforce, those employed in the technology industry.
    Ranjith Melarkode
    Before AI takes a job, it learns by watching. How that buys time for Indians earning from their handiwork

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      Festive shock: ACs, TVs, fridges set to get costlier from October 1

    • Sensex, Nifty

      Sensex tanks 730 points amid surging crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties

    • banks, unions, strike, protest, economic crisis

      Bank unions defer 3-day nationwide strike following assurance from IBA

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      Apple Pay’s India bet: Why UPI may not be the real target

    • Investor reviewing India ETF market growth

      ETFs: Why Indian investors are pouring Rs 12 lakh crore into them

    • Boeing detects software glitch in 737 MAX, working on permanent fix

      Boeing detects software glitch in 737 MAX, working on permanent fix

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      Tamil Nadu overtakes Maharashtra, Karnataka in FDI in Q2; what changed?

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

      Why a higher age limit may not mean more job opportunities

    • Adani Group, Supreme Court, expert committee, Hindenburg

      Adani Enterprises sees Rs 2,498 crore promoter group share deal

    • bank

      Banks urge customers to complete essential transactions before 3-day strike from Sept 28

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      Sept 28-30 bank strike: Is govt inertia on 5-day week boiling over?

    • Mumbai homes

      Mumbai enters global top 10 as luxury home prices rise 6.2 pc: Knight Frank

    • Nitin Gadkari

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      3 killed, 4 injured after argument leads to shooting in Detroit strip club

    • Mojtaba Khamenei

      New claim on Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Pulled from rubble’ after Tehran hospital strike

    • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

      OpenAI pauses new model training amid concerns over 'rogue agents'

    • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi

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    • Russia backs India’s permanent UNSC bid at UNGA

      Russia backs India’s permanent UNSC bid at UNGA

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      ‘Serial practitioner of terrorism’: Jaishankar tears into Pakistan at UNGA

    • Donald Trump

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      OpenAI says AI agents unexpectedly accessed US government websites

    • President Donald Trump speaks with China

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    • Trump rejects Iran’s 7-day ceasefire plan, US strikes may resume: Report

      Trump rejects Iran’s 7-day ceasefire plan, US strikes may resume: Report

    • Shehbaz Sharif

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    • Iran warns US against attacks on its oil tankers

      Iran suggests deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in 7 days

    • Watch | Why renewed Xi-Trump ties could put India in a difficult spot

      Watch | Why renewed Xi-Trump ties could put India in a difficult spot

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

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

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    • Vithya Ramraj shatters PT Usha’s 40-yr-old record, wins Asian Games bronze

      Vithya Ramraj shatters PT Usha’s 40-yr-old record, wins Asian Games bronze

    • Asian Games: India win 2 silver, 3 bronze in athletics, squash stars miss Olympic berths

      Asian Games: India win 2 silver, 3 bronze in athletics, squash stars miss Olympic berths

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      Asian Games: India’s men, women retain kabaddi gold, Barwal wins historic marathon silver

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      Indian women claim 4th Asian Games kabaddi gold

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      Asian Games marathon: Sawan Barwal wins silver, ends India's 44-year wait

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      Asian Games: Manush Shah-Diya Chitale win table tennis mixed doubles bronze

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      Asian Games: Roshibina Devi wins silver in wushu after loss in gold-medal bout

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

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

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      The Vvaan: Force of the Forest review: Sidharth Malhotra-Tamannaah film loses way in the woods

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      Village Rockstars 2 Review: Rima Das’s film makes the ecological feel personal

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      Shaque: Trust No One review: Netflix drama starring Parineeti Chopra weaves taut web of lies & betrayal

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      Paradise review: Nani’s charm, martial arts-inspired action fails to rescue film

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

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

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

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

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    • 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

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