• The Federal

    Opinion

    EC’s 'Detect, Delete, Deport' SIR exercise lands India in a quagmire

    Shikha Mukerjee
    8 Sept 2026 4:39 PM IST

    The EC's multi-phase SIR exercise has raised concerns about mass disenfranchisement and a lack of clarity about those excluded

    Delhi SIR
    Opinion
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    Opinion

    MMDR Amendment Act erodes state powers, trust in federal ties

    8 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar
    Opinion

    When Keralam's warring Sunni factions find common ground in silencing women

    6 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Revanths Reddy calculus: Why Konda Surekha had to go
    Opinion

    Revanth's Reddy calculus: Why Konda Surekha had to go

    5 Sept 2026 7:24 PM IST
    Violence the norm in Bangladesh: Hasina attacks interim regime

    Hasina’s return home: Unanswered questions, persisting doubts

    5 Sept 2026 3:36 PM IST
    India’s female workforce is growing, but what kind of work is driving it?

    India's female workforce boom hides a precarious reality

    2 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Modi’s SCO ‘rebuke’ of Putin echoes RSS’s Vishwaguru pitch, but it’s poor diplomacy

    Modi’s SCO ‘rebuke’ of Putin echoes RSS’s Vishwaguru pitch, but it’s poor diplomacy

    2 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Nepal floods

    Nepal floods: More Himalayan disasters are already being built

    1 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Indias reservation debate and opportunity cost

    Why India’s opportunity crisis is bigger than the reservation debate

    31 Aug 2026 7:58 PM IST
    Sonal Dinusha India vs Sri Lanka Test Match

    India-Sri Lanka Test series: Why India should celebrate Dinusha’s defiance

    30 Aug 2026 1:58 PM IST
    Once wary, Sri Lankans warm up to India; New Delhi must take serious note

    Once wary, Sri Lankans warm up to India; New Delhi must take serious note

    29 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Rahul Gandhi in Pune

    Why Rahul's Manusmriti pitch could be BJP's own ‘Shah Bano moment’

    28 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Donald Trump

    Defiant Tehran pushes Trump into globalising Iran war

    27 Aug 2026 8:05 PM IST
    Why upcoming SCO and BRICS summits are thorny for India

    Why upcoming SCO and BRICS summits are thorny for India

    27 Aug 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Govt seeks nod for spending

    How India’s shrinking education, health budgets are betraying rural youth

    Suman Sahai
    26 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST

    As thousands of government schools close and health funds stagnate, Centre prioritises building roads over uplifting people, crippling our demographic...

    Revanth Reddy with a team from Cambridge in London

    Routine check or political bias: Why MEA denied Revanth Reddy clearance for US visit

    25 Aug 2026 11:36 AM IST
    To ensure poison-free plates, India needs institutional overhaul, not lone rangers

    To ensure poison-free plates, India needs institutional overhaul, not lone rangers

    25 Aug 2026 9:39 AM IST
    Champat Rai with Ayodhya Ram Temple in background

    Ram Temple Trust rift deepens as Champat Rai's note exposes VHP-PMO divide

    22 Aug 2026 12:03 PM IST
    Delimitation: Why proportionate share could still give South diminished clout

    Delimitation: Why proportionate share could still give South diminished clout

    22 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Mallikarjun Kharge Haldwani controversy

    Dalit honour: Proposed by Constitution, disposed by Indian caste system

    21 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Narendra Modi, Donald Trump

    Indo-US ties: The Trump turbulence may not be temporary

    18 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Iran war, Israel, Lebanon

    Uneasy ‘peace’ without a deal as US-Iran deadline passes

    17 Aug 2026 7:02 PM IST
    Narendra Modi

    How 'Dimagi Naxal' became a 'badge of honour' overnight

    17 Aug 2026 4:42 PM IST
    Modis 2047 vision offers little beyond longer wait for Gen Z and others

    Modi's 2047 vision offers little beyond longer wait for Gen Z and others

    17 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    As China salami-slices at LAC, India must not decouple border from bilateral ties

    As China salami-slices at LAC, India must not decouple border from bilateral ties

    16 Aug 2026 4:30 PM IST
    After Instagram fiasco, why PM Modi wants Gen Z to read books

    After Instagram fiasco, why PM Modi wants Gen Z to read books

    16 Aug 2026 12:11 PM IST
    Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat have varied views on GenZ dissent

    Bhagwat’s pitch on GenZ protests exposes RSS-Modi fault line over dissent

    15 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
    CJP protest

    Gen Z vs Gen Z: Ideological war looms as India celebrates 80th I-Day

    14 Aug 2026 12:41 PM IST
    PM Narendra Modi

    As Gen Z rises, Modi's magic falters and Rahul finds his voice

    12 Aug 2026 4:41 PM IST
    Mohan Bhagwat at IIMUN event in Mumbai

    Bhagwat speaks Gen Z's language, but Sangh's script hasn't changed

    8 Aug 2026 1:00 PM IST
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