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IED wires, detonators found: Deadly blast in illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya raises glaring questions

Nootan Sharma - February 8, 2026

It has been three days since blast in Thangsko region of East Jaintia Hills. While 27 mine workers are dead, nine are in hospital and more bodies are believed buried in illegal mines.

Have pollution policies helped Delhi AQI? What the decade’s data shows

Akanksha Mishra - February 8, 2026

Malaysia ‘strongly condemns’ terrorism, as Modi visit boosts strategic partnership with Kuala Lumpur

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 8, 2026

Assam BJP’s deleted video showing Himanta ‘firing’ at Muslims draws Congress’s ire—’call to genocide’

Sourav Roy Barman - February 8, 2026

NSA Doval’s Ottawa visit: India-Canada to appoint liaison officers to tackle transnational crimes

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 8, 2026

Dear Narendrabhai, Bangladesh polls give India space to hit reset button

Shekhar Gupta - February 7, 2026

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For the worker, by the worker, of the worker—Kerala cooperative’s century-old push for growth with dignity

Aneesa PA - February 8, 2026

How basic Bengali food became a premium experience at Sienna

Tina Das - February 8, 2026

A US man lived two days without lungs. Why it can revolutionise transplant practice

Sneha Richhariya - February 7, 2026

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Bangladesh cricket board president reaches Pakistan ahead of ICC meeting on India match boycott

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Thailand awaits new prime minister after wide-open election

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2 dead, at least 13 injured in Rajastan’s Kota building collapse

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Opinion

Red bricks from demolished homes and the burden of identity at India Art Fair

Rama Lakshmi - February 8, 2026

The buzziest artwork at India Art Fair resists definition—Girjesh Kumar Singh sculpts people and their bags from bricks pulled out of rubble. The exhibition is titled Haal Mukaam.

The three German SUVs are here. It’s the features list that has puzzled me

Kushan Mitra - February 8, 2026

That one skincare science rule most people get wrong—pH

Deepali Bhardwaj - February 8, 2026

Reconciling religion and science is the only way to find peace and happiness: Zakir Husain

Zakir Husain - February 8, 2026

‘WaPo bloodbath’ lets journalists introspect—Why does the world think of them so poorly?

R Jagannathan - February 7, 2026

US-India interim agreement shows strategic use of trade language—millets, almonds, DDGs

K.B.S Sidhu - February 7, 2026

India’s mollycoddling of agriculture is hurting manufacturing growth. It must prioritise reform

R Jagannathan - February 7, 2026

Feature

Delhi’s Queer Pride got too ‘obscene’ for organisers. They stopped a performance mid-way

Prasanna Bachchhav - February 8, 2026

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Assam BJP’s deleted video showing Himanta ‘firing’ at Muslims draws Congress’s ire—’call to genocide’

Sourav Roy Barman - February 8, 2026

Through his shrill rhetoric since joining the BJP from the Congress in 2015, Assam CM has painted Bangladeshi infiltration as an existential threat to the Northeast state.

Three-term Ghatkopar corporator, ‘Marathi Hindu’ Ritu Tawde is BJP’s Mumbai mayor pick

Manasi Phadke - February 7, 2026

‘We are real Left’: Launching Kerala poll campaign, Congress-led UDF accuses CPI(M) of Right turn

Aneesa PA - February 7, 2026

Solo in Bengal after 19 years, how Congress finally pulled the chute on its alliance with Left

Sourav Roy Barman - February 7, 2026

A win after years of demand & a poll boycott—ENPO & how it led the fight for Frontier Nagaland

Apoorva Mandhani - February 6, 2026

While Bangaloreans bear brunt of 2nd Bengaluru metro fare hike, Centre-state play the blame game

Sharan Poovanna - February 6, 2026

‘How many votes did you get?’ SC raps Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj for plea seeking Bihar repoll

Apoorva Mandhani - February 6, 2026

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Assam BJP deleted horrendous video of Himanta Sarma ‘firing’ a shotgun. Not enough to make amends

ThePrint Team - February 8, 2026

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Ground Reports

How basic Bengali food became a premium experience at Sienna

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Gurugram startup grew a snakeskin shoe in a lab. It wants to make India a bioscience power

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Bhairav the ‘divine dog’ returns to Bijnor after rescue—devotion nearly killed him

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Savarna Ayog is Bihar’s busiest commission. ‘Mandal-vaad alienated them’

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Great Speeches

Reconciling religion and science is the only way to find peace and happiness: Zakir Husain

Zakir Husain - February 8, 2026

Books

How jatra female impersonator Chapal Bhaduri brought Chand Bibi to life—his first lead role

Sandip Roy - February 8, 2026

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Photos of the Week: Meghalaya mine tragedy, Mamata in Delhi, Manipur protests

ThePrint Team - February 8, 2026

India

IED wires, detonators found: Deadly blast in illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya raises glaring questions

Nootan Sharma - February 8, 2026

It has been three days since blast in Thangsko region of East Jaintia Hills. While 27 mine workers are dead, nine are in hospital and more bodies are believed buried in illegal mines.

How a PCR call led to unravelling of IPS officer’s 2023 illegal raid, detention of Nigerian national

Mayank Kumar - February 8, 2026

‘Waiting for a body’—victims’ kin, co-workers hold their breath outside Meghalaya mine days after blast

Nootan Sharma - February 8, 2026

For the worker, by the worker, of the worker—Kerala cooperative’s century-old push for growth with dignity

+TFP Aneesa PA - February 8, 2026

Wife’s expulsion from Congress brings Navjot Sidhu to political crossroads, future with party in doubt

Chitleen K Sethi - February 8, 2026

‘Hindu-Muslim unity’ a wrong construct because communities are ‘already one’, says RSS chief Bhagwat

Kasturi Walimbe - February 7, 2026

The making of ‘super CM’: How Yathindra Siddaramaiah went from introverted pathologist to political heir

Sharan Poovanna - February 7, 2026

Dashboard

The three German SUVs are here. It’s the features list that has puzzled me

Kushan Mitra - February 8, 2026

Economy

The agri balancing act: Farms, dairy shielded in US deal but doors open to nuts, animal feed imports

Sampurna Panigrahi - February 7, 2026

India to eliminate or reduce tariffs on American industrial goods, and some agricultural products

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 7, 2026

Despite what Trump says, Russian oil imports to India can’t be wished away after US trade deal

Udit Bubna - February 6, 2026

Late-stage startups in Karnataka feel funding winter as overall investments decline 28%

Sharan Poovanna - February 5, 2026

Key grant cut, cash-strapped Himachal slaps a hydropower land cess. Why Punjab is seeing red

Saurabh Chauhan - February 5, 2026

Governance

Amit Shah launches Bharat Taxi, the govt-backed alternative to Ola, Uber. Drivers will be ‘owners’

Udit Bubna - February 5, 2026

5 lakh tablets meant to bridge ‘digital divide’ gather dust, Haryana govt schools go back to blackboards

Sushil Manav - February 5, 2026

President’s rule revoked in Manipur after a year, new CM to be sworn in today

Ananya Bhardwaj - February 4, 2026

6 kids too many? 15-yr parent-child age gap? What EC sees as ‘logical discrepancy’ in SIR

Apoorva Mandhani - February 4, 2026

Diplomacy

‘Guardrails needed’—Lithuanian diplomat flags tech transfer risks amid growing India-EU defence ties

Keshav Padmanabhan - February 8, 2026

Science

A US man lived two days without lungs. Why it can revolutionise transplant practice

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In India, infection-driven severe lung failure is common. Pneumonia, TB, air-pollution-related diseases make respiratory illness one of country’s leading causes of hospitalisation.

Reel Take

Ittefaq stood out from the musicals and morality of the 1960s. It offered ambiguity

Triya Gulati - February 8, 2026

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