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Supreme Court says paid menstrual leave will end women’s careers, calls PIL a bid to ‘instil fear’

Khadija Khan - March 13, 2026

Dismissing PIL, SC said: 'This is only to create impression in young women that you have some natural issues, and are not at par with males, and you cannot work like them during a particular time.'

Centre admits LPG supply ‘issue of concern’, urges nearly 60 lakh households to shift to piped gas

Udit Bubna - March 13, 2026

Transgender amendment bill drops self-perceived identity, adds penalties for coerced identity change

Vrinda Tulsian - March 13, 2026

Hot on trail of drug haul suspect, NCB arrests AAP sarpanch. He was ‘eyes, ears’ of ‘war on drugs’

Mayank Kumar - March 13, 2026

Sasikala launches new party with a ‘coconut farm’ strategy. What it could mean for AIADMK & DMK

Shweta Tripathi - March 13, 2026

Indian Muslims must stop being delusional about the Global Ummah

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A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Esha Mishra - March 13, 2026

Molested by customers — Snabbit, Urban Company women gig workers say they work in fear

Manisha Mondal - March 13, 2026

Indian Muslims must stop being delusional about the Global Ummah

Ibn Khaldun Bharati - March 13, 2026

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LPG crisis: Mumbai’s humble laadi pav takes a hit; bakeries lose business, eateries struggle

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Delhi coaching centre flooding deaths: Court asks CBI why MCD officials not probed for dereliction of duty

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Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

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Trump tells G7 leaders on call Iran is about to surrender

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Opinion

Nepal must go back to old map, assure Delhi its territory won’t be used against India

Seshadri Chari - March 13, 2026

The new Prime Minister of Nepal, Balendra Shah, must reset ties with New Delhi. The India-Nepal relationship cannot be taken for granted.

Indian Muslims must stop being delusional about the Global Ummah

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Ibn Khaldun Bharati - March 13, 2026

If UK’s ’emergency brake’ on study visas is really about rules, why is Pakistan not included?

Amana Begam - March 13, 2026

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

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Praveen Swami - March 12, 2026

Indian women’s football team’s Asian Cup exit doesn’t tell the story of their rise

Saptak Datta - March 12, 2026

What South Korea’s KDI gets right that NITI Aayog never did

Vasu Eda - March 12, 2026

The silence after Epstein Files is a global feminist defeat

Insha Jalil Waziri - March 12, 2026

Feature

Bengaluru, Chennai eateries charging extra ‘gas bill’ to customers—‘we are being transparent’

Vitasta Kaul - March 13, 2026

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Politics

Sasikala launches new party with a ‘coconut farm’ strategy. What it could mean for AIADMK & DMK

Shweta Tripathi - March 13, 2026

Nearly a decade after Jayalalithaa’s death, her aide Sasikala’s AIPTMMK enters the fray, with analysts predicting it could fragment AIADMK’s traditional support.

Closure of over 200 hotels & eateries in Chennai fuels DMK attacks on BJP for ‘cylinder shortage’

Shweta Tripathi - March 13, 2026

End of Vellappally era? Why Kerala HC disqualified SNDP Yogam chief, son Thushar & 2 others

Aneesa PA - March 12, 2026

Left veteran Sudhakaran finally cuts the cord, plans Independent run in Kerala polls

Aneesa PA - March 12, 2026

Russian oil, Epstein & an Om Birla intervention: Rahul sets off fireworks in Lok Sabha

Sourav Roy Barman - March 12, 2026

Why Meghalaya’s Garo Hills have been on the boil ahead of tribal council polls

Sourav Roy Barman - March 12, 2026

Rahul’s ‘Samajik Parivartan’ to Akhilesh’s ‘PDA Divas’, UP parties scramble to claim Kanshi Ram’s legacy

Prashant Srivastava - March 12, 2026

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US easing sanctions on countries buying Russian oil is ironic. Joke’s on Trump

ThePrint Team - March 13, 2026

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Ground Reports

Molested by customers — Snabbit, Urban Company women gig workers say they work in fear

Manisha Mondal - March 13, 2026

Kaziranga is ready to share its rhinos. Assam doesn’t want them all in one basket

Nootan Sharma - March 12, 2026

Chennai is starting to clear the Perungudi garbage mountain. And make furniture from it

Amrtansh Arora - March 11, 2026

Being a northeastern in Delhi—casual racism, everyday profiling and violence

Sakshi Mehra - March 11, 2026

Diplomacy

Invoking Kautilya, Turkey’s envoy to Delhi says ‘middle powers like India’ are stabilising Asia

Vaibhav Pant - March 13, 2026

PoV

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey - March 13, 2026

Judiciary

SC sets record straight for OBC quota—social status, not paycheck must be measure for ‘creamy layer’

Ruchi Bhattar - March 13, 2026

India

Transgender amendment bill drops self-perceived identity, adds penalties for coerced identity change

Vrinda Tulsian - March 13, 2026

Introduced in LS Friday, Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill provides for graded punishments for abducting & forcibly altering the identities of adults & children.

LPG crisis: Mumbai’s humble laadi pav takes a hit; bakeries lose business, eateries struggle

Purva Chitnis - March 13, 2026

Hot on trail of drug haul suspect, NCB arrests AAP sarpanch. He was ‘eyes, ears’ of ‘war on drugs’

Mayank Kumar - March 13, 2026

Big Deal: MP cops bust gambling party at Indore farmhouse, discover it belongs to IAS officer

Mayank Kumar - March 13, 2026

NCERT textbook row: Priyanka Chaturvedi flags ‘judicial dictatorship’ in RS after SC bar on authors

Neelam Pandey - March 13, 2026

‘Thinking-aloud exercise’—Govt holds informal session with Big Tech on deepfakes, bots, AI content

Vrinda Tulsian - March 13, 2026

A first for India: MPs move notice for removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. What the Constitution says

Ruchi Bhattar - March 13, 2026

Global Pulse

Blue flame of Indian gas stoves ‘flickering’—global media spotlights ‘anxiety’ over LPG

Vidhi Bhutra - March 13, 2026

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi - March 13, 2026

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

+TFP Esha Mishra - March 13, 2026

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

Udit Bubna - March 12, 2026

India in talks with Iran to secure safe passage for over 20 tankers through Hormuz

Mihir Mishra - March 12, 2026

India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

Udit Bubna - March 11, 2026

Governance

A first for India: MPs move notice for removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. What the Constitution says

Ruchi Bhattar - March 13, 2026

Govt allows commercial use of biomass, kerosene, coal to ease LPG pressure amid West Asia conflict

Udit Bubna - March 12, 2026

Govt says crude supply stable as 70% coming from routes outside Hormuz, helpline up for Indians in Gulf

Udit Bubna - March 11, 2026

Land of milk and no money? Bread basket Punjab hits rock bottom in NITI Aayog Fiscal Health Index

Vrinda Tulsian - March 11, 2026

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant - March 13, 2026

Science

Centre funds Chennai-based startup OrbitAID, shows ‘govt support for advanced space technologies’

OrbitAID’s AayulSAT was scheduled to fly on board ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s C-62 mission, which ultimately failed to place the satellites in orbit.

Last laughs

Cylinder ‘anxieties’ put underground economy in the black

ThePrint Team - March 13, 2026

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