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

De-listed as protest site, but Jantar Mantar’s seen 2 decades of dissent. Anna Hazare to wrestlers to CJP

Ruchi Bhattar - October 12, 2026

With three alternative sites proposed, ThePrint traces the history of Delhi’s seat for political dissent, which has hosted protests against BJP- and Congress-led governments alike.

Delhi Protest HIGHLIGHTS: Rahul-Priyanka-Neha Bora factor, INDIA bloc’s Gyanesh plea now in Supreme Court

ThePrint Team - October 12, 2026

Section 144 to 163: Can Delhi Police repeatedly use prohibitory orders at protests? A 2018 SC case answers

Aditya Edara - October 12, 2026

Sacked guard ‘drowns’ 5-yr-old with bricks tied to body in Hyderabad society, then makes 20L ransom demand

Deepika Amirapu - October 12, 2026

‘This struggle is not yours alone’: Bangladesh uprising student leaders back Delhi protesters

Debdutta Chakraborty - October 12, 2026

Masks, make-up and a march: Rahul Gandhi’s protest offers Delhi students a safety net

Manisha Mondal - October 12, 2026

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering

Two bustards, one shrinking desert: The race to save Rajasthan’s Great Indian Bustard

Janaki Pande - October 12, 2026

Viksit Bharat 2047 is a self-defeating slogan. PM Modi needs a new one

D.K. Singh - October 12, 2026

Modi’s obsession with UP elections is blinding him to larger reality. He’s helping Rahul, CJP

Vir Sanghvi - October 10, 2026

Support our Journalism

Exclusive Newsletters

Monthly AMAs

ThePrint Store Discounts

Off The Cuff Invites

Subscribe & Support

Latest

INDIA bloc march to SC: Rahul-Priyanka-Neha Bora trio, plea against Gyanesh, a sea of protesters in Delhi

Esha Mishra -

RBI’s historic rupee defence indicates 97 per dollar is central bank’s line in the sand

Pratigya Vajpayee -

Wall Street bets big on India as IPO boom, private equity and retail investing reshape markets

Preeti Singh -

Why the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has defiance baked into its politics

Bantirani Patro -

Opinion

What’s the counterweight to ECI? A Supreme Court of not-yets, not-nows, not-heres

+TFP Gokul Sunoj - October 12, 2026

We examined the Supreme Court’s record over the past six years in cases involving the ECI, and found that the Court has rarely told the Commission ‘no’.

I drove Audi’s new Q3 in Goa. It’s fun behind the wheel, but has two big gaps

Kushan Mitra - October 12, 2026

The EC is doing a better job than the judiciary with its ‘virtue-signalling’ judges

R Jagannathan - October 12, 2026

Washington returns to Myanmar. Will India lose strategic space?

Rami Niranjan Desai - October 12, 2026

Fake firms, mule accounts, fake invoices. GST fraud is now a service industry

Avinash Pandey - October 12, 2026

CJP protest was ‘high drama’ for TV, papers and digital news—detentions, clashes, lockdown

Shailaja Bajpai - October 12, 2026

GST reforms step in right direction. Businesses need protection from coercive tax enforcement

Meenakashi Lekhi - October 12, 2026

Features

Masks, make-up and a march: Rahul Gandhi’s protest offers Delhi students a safety net

Manisha Mondal - October 12, 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

पाकिस्तान में उग्रवाद बदल रहा है लेकिन क्या इस्लामाबाद भी बदलाव की राह पर है?

On Camera

Politics

INDIA bloc march to SC: Rahul-Priyanka-Neha Bora trio, plea against Gyanesh, a sea of protesters in Delhi

Esha Mishra - October 12, 2026

Despite the political differences between their parties, there was considerable bonhomie among Oppn leaders as they walked and chatted along the route.

You’re not the main criminal, resign & turn approver, Rahul tells Gyanesh; says ‘all protests are one’

Esha Mishra - October 12, 2026

ED moves Telangana HC to seek Jagan’s daily court presence for trial in 10-yr-old case

Deepika Amirapu - October 11, 2026

‘No call from Deepika, Ranveer or Prakash’: Deepender Hooda’s witty response to viral mix-up

Nivedita Patil - October 11, 2026

From ‘vote chori’ to Tamil identity, Rahul Gandhi widens attack on PM Modi in Chennai

Esha Mishra - October 11, 2026

Former Haryana minister invokes ‘Godhra kand’ while praising PM Modi, Congress says ‘truth slips out’

Sushil Manav - October 11, 2026

Delhi protest crackdown: Rahul backs young protesters, accuses Modi & RSS of ‘cowardice’—‘arrest us all’

Prakhar Agrawal - October 10, 2026

50-Word-Edit

India’s 5.54% inflation in Sept looks high, but a few prices are doing most of the work

ThePrint Team - October 12, 2026

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Ground Reports

Two bustards, one shrinking desert: The race to save Rajasthan’s Great Indian Bustard

Janaki Pande - October 12, 2026

Kolkata came late to India’s cocktail party. Now fine spirits meet fish sauce & khajur gur

Triya Gulati - October 10, 2026

Amber Fort’s mural makeover — X-rays, UV light & Rs 2.32 cr to undo botched repairs

Krishan Murari - October 9, 2026

Why Delhi’s pedestrianisation plans keep failing—CP, Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk

Saman Husain - October 8, 2026

Kerala Konnect

Noorjahan has an opinion. Kerala’s clerical orthodoxy can’t accept a Muslim woman’s voice

Anand Kochukudy - October 12, 2026

Forthwrite

GST reforms step in right direction. Businesses need protection from coercive tax enforcement

Meenakashi Lekhi - October 12, 2026

Defence

Could your home CCTV be a war surveillance tool? WSJ report reveals hackers’ new ploy

Debdutta Chakraborty - October 12, 2026

India

‘This struggle is not yours alone’: Bangladesh uprising student leaders back Delhi protesters

Debdutta Chakraborty - October 12, 2026

NCP leader Nahid Islam drew parallels between India’s ongoing protests & Bangladesh’s July 2024 uprising, which began as a student movement against job quotas.

De-listed as protest site, but Jantar Mantar’s seen 2 decades of dissent. Anna Hazare to wrestlers to CJP

Ruchi Bhattar - October 12, 2026

Sacked guard ‘drowns’ 5-yr-old with bricks tied to body in Hyderabad society, then makes 20L ransom demand

Deepika Amirapu - October 12, 2026

Days after JNU sacked him over sexual harassment allegations, FIR against Congress MP Bimol Akoijam

Fareeha Iftikhar - October 12, 2026

Amid daily protests, govt denotifies Jantar Mantar as protest venue. Which are the 3 new sites

Alisha Dutta - October 12, 2026

UAPA yes, ‘flag insult’ no: NIA court clears & charges Briton who ‘stood on’ Tricolour at London protest

Mayank Kumar - October 12, 2026

charcha 2026 is building India’s next infrastructure: the capacity to make data work for everyone

Shalini Kapoor - October 12, 2026

Judiciary

Section 144 to 163: Can Delhi Police repeatedly use prohibitory orders at protests? A 2018 SC case answers

Aditya Edara - October 12, 2026

Section 144 CrPC, now Section 163 BNSS, was meant to address urgent threats to public order. Its often repeated use is now being questioned.

Economy

India’s inflation hits near two-year high of 5.54% in September, backing RBI’s rate hike

Anup Roy - October 12, 2026

RBI’s historic rupee defence indicates 97 per dollar is central bank’s line in the sand

Pratigya Vajpayee - October 12, 2026

Wall Street bets big on India as IPO boom, private equity and retail investing reshape markets

Preeti Singh - October 12, 2026

What Trump’s Russian diesel deal means for US, surging global prices & Indian refiners

Udit Bubna - October 12, 2026

Rupee slide tests RBI’s multiple defenses as record low nears

Subhadip Sircar - October 8, 2026

Governance

Haryana Police shake-up: IPS officer Navdeep Virk is human rights DG, 35 officers transferred in all

Sushil Manav - October 11, 2026

India’s data centre push vs Net Zero ambitions: many goals yet to score

Moumita Das - October 9, 2026

India steps up AI regulation push with consultation paper likely next month. Deepfakes, safety in focus

Vrinda Tulsian - October 8, 2026

Delegation including Najeeb Jung, G.K. Pillai releases ‘people’s charge sheet’ against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Apoorva Mandhani - October 5, 2026

Global Pulse

Delhi lockdown, handling of protests put Modi govt under lens of world media

Prakhar Agrawal - October 12, 2026

Science

Sharing beds with your dog doesn’t disturb your sleep. Canada study suggests it could be other way round

Published in PLOS One, a study of 36 human-dog pairs in Canada found nighttime activity linked in 61% cases, with human movement preceding dog activity more often than the reverse.

Tele-scope

CJP protest was ‘high drama’ for TV, papers and digital news—detentions, clashes, lockdown

Shailaja Bajpai - October 12, 2026

.st0{fill:#D4451D;}

Top Stories

The FinePrintFree for a limited timeOur Premium Offering

Support our Journalism

Latest

Reader's Editor

Follow us

The FinePrintFree for a limited time
Our Premium Offering