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Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Shekhar Gupta - May 16, 2026

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.

Haryana’s Rs 645-crore IDFC bank fraud probe reaches the IAS, 8 officers in CBI crosshairs

Sushil Manav - May 16, 2026

Modi’s visit to Netherlands honours Indo-Dutch families & their 150-year-old journey

Dnyaneshwar Mulay - May 16, 2026

ThePrint Exclusive: CBI traces NEET paper leak to prof who was part of NTA panel that set paper

Ananya Bhardwaj - May 15, 2026

India fails to achieve consensus at BRICS foreign ministers meet as Iran dissents on Palestine, Red Sea

Keshav Padmanabhan - May 15, 2026

A recusal after refusal to recuse: Why Justice Sharma framed contempt charges against Kejriwal & co

Saumya Sharma - May 15, 2026

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Residents in Noida, Gurugram are taking RWAs to courts. A case for every dispute

Almina Khatoon - May 15, 2026

Sitting judges at RSS’s Adhivakta Parishad events: An ideological bias vs strictly professional debate

Saumya Sharma - May 15, 2026

NEET aspirants returning to Sikar—find a room, process the paper leak and start all over again

Nootan Sharma - May 14, 2026

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Disputed Bhojshala site is Saraswati temple, rules MP HC; directs Centre, ASI to manage affairs

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Decentralise exam, set up fast-track courts—IMA writes to Education Minister Pradhan after NEET leak

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Delhi launches hydrogen bus shuttle in Central Vista. Trials underway in Gujarat, Maharashtra

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At BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meet in Delhi, Araghchi accuses UAE of role in military ops against Iran

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Opinion

Modi’s visit to Netherlands honours Indo-Dutch families & their 150-year-old journey

Dnyaneshwar Mulay - May 16, 2026

The Indo-Dutch community’s journey—from Lalla Rookh to the cities of modern Europe—remains one of the most extraordinary stories of human perseverance in the modern world.

Modi’s call to cut fuel use wasn’t just about oil—it was about saving the rupee

Ashwani Mahajan - May 15, 2026

Mamata Banerjee treats visual politics like a contact sport. Her lawyer avatar is proof

Stela Dey - May 15, 2026

Why Xi Jinping’s ‘trap’ theory is a strategic prank

R Jagannathan - May 15, 2026

Iran is the most instructive outcome of Trump-Xi summit

Swasti Rao - May 15, 2026

Tamil Nadu’s debt is not necessarily bad. It’s a sign of growth

Arul Braighta - May 15, 2026

Dhaka is afraid of BJP-ruled Bengal

Amana Begam - May 15, 2026

Features

Sikar’s NEET performance has been consistently well. Even when there were no ‘paper leaks’

Nootan Sharma - May 15, 2026

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Politics

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad wants to be UP’s Vijay, plans statewide march to expand base

Prashant Srivastava - May 15, 2026

With eyes on the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections early next year, Lok Sabha MP from Nagina and Aazad Samaj Party chief to hit the road next month and cover all 75 districts

AIADMK rebel faction says EPS should shake off his ‘I am everything’ stance, ready to talk if he calls

Shweta Tripathi - May 15, 2026

NCP shows signs of unease under Sunetra Pawar. Leader’s exit triggers fear of wave of resignations

Purva Chitnis - May 15, 2026

Kingmaker to king: Satheesan, darling of allies who put UDF on winning spree in Kerala amid faultlines

Aneesa PA - May 15, 2026

In 1st remarks since AIADMK split, EPS labels rebels’ support for TVK during floor test ‘betrayal’

Shweta Tripathi - May 14, 2026

5 reasons Congress finally chose Satheesan as Kerala CM, and why ‘Delhi man’ Venugopal lost out

Esha Mishra - May 14, 2026

Days after Modi austerity call, BJP sacks MP Kisan Morcha leader over convoy rally, cites indiscipline

Neelam Pandey - May 14, 2026

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Centre must intervene in Manipur crisis now. Looking away won’t make the problem disappear

ThePrint Team - May 15, 2026

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Ground Reports

Residents in Noida, Gurugram are taking RWAs to courts. A case for every dispute

Almina Khatoon - May 15, 2026

NEET aspirants returning to Sikar—find a room, process the paper leak and start all over again

Nootan Sharma - May 14, 2026

The double life of Saleem Wastik. How a murder convict became anti-Islam influencer

Sagrika Kissu - May 14, 2026

How humanities-heavy St. Stephen’s found its 1st woman principal from AI background

Vitasta Kaul - May 14, 2026

Sport

Doctors turn up the heat on FIFA. Urge to change the guidelines ahead of World Cup

Akanksha Mishra - May 15, 2026

Judiciary

Sitting judges at RSS’s Adhivakta Parishad events: An ideological bias vs strictly professional debate

+TFP Saumya Sharma - May 15, 2026

World

US DoJ likely to drop criminal charges against Adani after ‘$10 bn investment, job creation offer’—NYT

Keshav Padmanabhan - May 15, 2026

India

Haryana’s Rs 645-crore IDFC bank fraud probe reaches the IAS, 8 officers in CBI crosshairs

Sushil Manav - May 16, 2026

The Haryana govt has granted Section 17-A sanction for five IAS officers to be interrogated by CBI, while a fresh application has been moved for three more.

For Rs 1,000-2,000, you can ‘Feel the Jail’ at Telangana’s 148-year-old Chanchalguda prison

Anmol Kapil - May 15, 2026

ThePrint Exclusive: CBI traces NEET paper leak to prof who was part of NTA panel that set paper

Ananya Bhardwaj - May 15, 2026

Decentralise exam, set up fast-track courts—IMA writes to Education Minister Pradhan after NEET leak

Sneha Richhariya - May 15, 2026

India’s 1st criminal case under UCC: Uttarakhand Police charges man for forcing divorced wife into halala

Mayank Kumar - May 15, 2026

Harvard PhD, Bengali pride proponent—who is Garga Chatterjee, arrested in Bengal for EVM remarks

Alisha Dutta - May 15, 2026

Booked under NSA for Noida violence: Activist who wrote on labour rights, DU grad who sang at protest

Alisha Dutta - May 15, 2026

Entertainment

Why Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment is suing Tips Music? A battle for the beats

Triya Gulati - May 15, 2026

Vashu Bhagnani demands a script review of the upcoming Varun Dhawan starrer to ensure no protected intellectual property has been infringed.

Economy

Petrol, diesel prices hiked by Rs 3 per litre as Centre moves to ease OMC losses

Udit Bubna - May 15, 2026

Fuel, gold, fertiliser, foreign travel: Data & 9 charts reveal what’s behind Modi’s appeal | Cut The Clutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter - May 13, 2026

Centre more than doubles tariffs on gold, silver to defend rupee

Preeti Soni - May 13, 2026

Sunday meetings & an ‘85-10-5 rule’: Air India’s airports op chief says work to rebuild carrier is on

Esha Mishra - May 13, 2026

$28 million in OMC profits could be wiped out—Petroleum Minister Puri; rules out fuel price hike

Moushumi Das Gupta - May 12, 2026

Governance

Haryana’s Rs 645-crore IDFC bank fraud probe reaches the IAS, 8 officers in CBI crosshairs

Sushil Manav - May 16, 2026

Mumbai’s iconic BEST bus crippled by chronic ailments. Age, mounting bills & a shoestring budget

+TFP Purva Chitnis - May 14, 2026

‘Economic necessity & talent-building CSR tool’—Centre urges India Inc. to scale up PM Internship Scheme

Udit Bubna - May 13, 2026

Why local liquor manufacturers are upset with Karnataka govt’s new excise policy

Sharan Poovanna - May 13, 2026

Environment

3 Kuno’s cheetahs will now be sent to Gujarat. They’re part of the Botswana batch

Soumya Pillai - May 15, 2026

Science

Satellite launches pollute atmosphere. It leads to less sunlight on Earth, says London study

The study, published in Earth’s Future, found rocket and satellite launches generate soot into the upper atmosphere, where that residue lingers for far longer than on Earth.

Last Laughs

Going fast, getting nowhere

ThePrint Team - May 15, 2026

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