Latest News and Opinion from India, World, Politics, Governance, Defence, Economy, Education, Ground Reports

Maldives joins Bangladesh in calling for SAARC revival, Muizzu offers to mediate India-Pak differences

Keshav Padmanabhan - July 27, 2026

Mohamed Muizzu made the claims during Independence Address in Malé Sunday. Maldives is a member of SAARC, but not a part of the regional organisation India is promoting–BIMSTEC.

Why Centre’s Rajya Sabha Bill seeks to give Vande Mataram the National Anthem’s legal protection

Vrinda Tulsian - July 27, 2026

How Kia turned Andhra Pradesh’s historic Penukonda town into India’s own ‘Little Korea’

Deepika Amirapu - July 27, 2026

From opium addict to global fugitive: The rise, the run and the Jakarta fall of Punjab gangster Billa

Mayank Kumar - July 26, 2026

PM Modi announces Nandan Nilekani-led task force on NTA exam reforms

PTI - July 26, 2026

Battle casualty, but ‘not a martyr’ for Saini govt: Why brigadier’s son took fight for recognition to HC

Sushil Manav - July 26, 2026

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering

Ram Mandir fraud rattles UP temples over cash, credibility and control

Sagrika Kissu - July 27, 2026

PM Modi and BJP should thank cockroaches. They have done them a lot of good

D.K. Singh - July 27, 2026

Modi govt has finally learned that common sense works better than arrogance

Vir Sanghvi - July 26, 2026

Latest

CJP demands release of all detainees, says it will take necessary steps upon failure

ANI -

Action taken against cop firing AK-47 at student during protests in Bihar, says SP Siwan

ANI -

Agitation can’t justify police excess, says CJI on action against Jantar Mantar protesters

ANI -

What to know about the election in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

Sudhi Ranjan Sen -

Opinion

India has met every bar for permanent UN membership except the one that matters — consent

Rami Niranjan Desai - July 27, 2026

If UNSC cannot act on the gravest crises of the day because a single permanent member shields itself or an ally, it forfeits its claim to be the guardian of international peace.

Gen Z grouse is not about a specific issue. It is about those in power not listening to them

R Jagannathan - July 27, 2026

Tamil Nadu sand mining scandal spans decades and governments. It’s time to put a stop to it

Karti P Chidambaram - July 27, 2026

India and EU aren’t natural allies. China is why they should work together

Frank Pieke - July 27, 2026

PM Modi and BJP should thank cockroaches. They have done them a lot of good

+TFP

D.K. Singh - July 27, 2026

CJP protest had a queer problem. They were content, not equals

Prasanna Bachchhav - July 26, 2026

How student protesters rewrote the language of political dissent—with humour

Ambica Shailja Naithani - July 26, 2026

Features

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam became a scientist because of one question. Remembering his legacy

Akanksha Mishra - July 27, 2026

Reader's Editor

Have a complaint, a suggestion or just some feedback about our content? Please write to readers.editor@theprint.in and we’ll do our best to address it.

दिप्रिंट

सड़क की वापसी: क्यों यह छात्र आंदोलन भारत की राजनीति में एक नया मोड़ है

On Camera

Politics

Why Centre’s Rajya Sabha Bill seeks to give Vande Mataram the National Anthem’s legal protection

Vrinda Tulsian - July 27, 2026

The Bill, listed for discussion in RS Monday, proposes jail for intentionally disrupting Vande Mataram, even as courts continue hearing challenges over its official rendition.

As Modi meets Sachkhand Ballan chief, why Punjab’s largest Dalit dera matters politically

Chitleen K Sethi - July 26, 2026

The rise and fall of Dharmendra Pradhan: How ‘quiet’ BJP leader lost the plot with NEET backlash

Moushumi Das Gupta - July 25, 2026

‘Divorced Congress’: DMK’s P. Wilson rules out reconciliation; backs CJP, renews call to scrap NEET

Esha Mishra - July 25, 2026

Dharmendra Pradhan quits amid widening protests— ‘Didn’t want anti-national forces to take advantage’

Neelam Pandey - July 25, 2026

How Gen Z protests may play out in UP assembly election

Prashant Srivastava - July 25, 2026

BJP media, IT cells have no idea of youth anger, stalking well-wishers instead—RSS ideologue Ratan Sharda

Neelam Pandey - July 24, 2026

50-Word Edit

The NEET task force is good, but let’s question the very idea of centralised exams too

ThePrint Team - July 27, 2026

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Ground Reports

Ram Mandir fraud rattles UP temples over cash, credibility and control

Sagrika Kissu - July 27, 2026

Sikkim tunnel blast — Teesta Stage VI project was plagued by delay and debt before danger struck

Sakshi Mehra - July 25, 2026

An Irishman came to India looking for his mother’s past. Now he is Jodhpur’s Aquaman

Saman Husain - July 24, 2026

Rescue over in Sikkim tunnel blast that killed 25. Survivors say warnings were ignored for months

Sakshi Mehra - July 23, 2026

Books

Crafting play—the art of Nirmal toys

Impart - July 26, 2026

Bird's Eye View

The Sind woodpecker is abundant in Pakistan, rare in India. It’s also a reminder of Partition

Bharati Chaturvedi - July 26, 2026

Pollitically Correct

PM Modi and BJP should thank cockroaches. They have done them a lot of good

+TFP D.K. Singh - July 27, 2026

India

How Kia turned Andhra Pradesh’s historic Penukonda town into India’s own ‘Little Korea’

Deepika Amirapu - July 27, 2026

More than 8,000 cars roll out on a given day, heading across India and world, from Kia's plant at Penukonda in Sri Sathya Sai district. The manufacturing plant was set up in 2017.

Why Centre’s Rajya Sabha Bill seeks to give Vande Mataram the National Anthem’s legal protection

Vrinda Tulsian - July 27, 2026

From opium addict to global fugitive: The rise, the run and the Jakarta fall of Punjab gangster Billa

Mayank Kumar - July 26, 2026

Mass protests are Indians’ birthright—and they shall have it. A look at how they have changed history

Kyra Menon - July 26, 2026

Hope, exuberance & scepticism—Jantar Mantar is mélange of emotions after Dharmendra Pradhan’s exit

Mayank Kumar - July 25, 2026

India’s Gen Z are challenging Modi’s strongman image

Andy Mukherjee - July 25, 2026

After NEET protests, Modi govt’s anti-paper leak Bill proposes 10-yr jail, Rs 50 lakh fine for offenders

Moushumi Das Gupta - July 25, 2026

Reel Take

1984 film Party got a second life in CJP protest. It is political satire at its finest

Triya Gulati - July 26, 2026

Govind Nihalani’s ‘Party’ is a portrait of comfortable people performing political engagement while carefully avoiding risk. It feels more legible now than ever.

Economy

How Kia turned Andhra Pradesh’s historic Penukonda town into India’s own ‘Little Korea’

Deepika Amirapu - July 27, 2026

The fading nation-State and the twilight of national investing

+TFP Saurabh Mukherjea - July 25, 2026

With crude at $100 again, Russian supplies may cushion India, but cost pressures set to mount

Udit Bubna - July 24, 2026

Govt says 86.6% Ujjwala households now use LPG as primary fuel, defends 9 to 4 refills subsidy cut

Udit Bubna - July 24, 2026

India’s use of Quality Control Orders hurting MSMEs & supply chains, needs a rethink—CSEP study

Udit Bubna - July 23, 2026

Governance

Why Centre’s Rajya Sabha Bill seeks to give Vande Mataram the National Anthem’s legal protection

Vrinda Tulsian - July 27, 2026

Why Tamil Nadu’s ruling TVK wants education back from Concurrent to State List amid NEET row

Shweta Tripathi - July 25, 2026

Banking sector NPAs fall over 50 percent in five years to Rs 4.08 lakh crore, govt informs Parliament

Udit Bubna - July 21, 2026

332 sanitation worker deaths since 2021; no plan for mechanised sewer cleaning, govt tells Lok Sabha

Vrinda Tulsian - July 21, 2026

Entertainment

David Jonsson is the new Black Panther

Gracy Narayan - July 27, 2026

Science

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam became a scientist because of one question. Remembering his legacy

When Kalam was teaching at Anna University in 2001, students would wait outside his guest house every morning, eager to ask him questions during his morning walk.

World

Indian-origin woman shot dead in Canada; suspect arrested

PTI - July 27, 2026

.st0{fill:#D4451D;}

Top Stories

The FinePrintFree for a limited timeOur Premium Offering

Latest

Reader's Editor

Follow us

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering