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After CBI, Alok Verma’s ED ‘aide’ Rajeshwar Singh could be on Modi govt radar

Speculation abounds that ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh's suspected proximity to ousted CBI director Alok Verma has irked the government.  

Modi govt’s ambitious TB eradication scheme is stuck because it can’t locate patients

Just 8 per cent of 28 lakh patients benefit from the direct benefit scheme as government also does not have bank account details.

The Moin Qureshi probe that split CBI and led to the war within

The dubious meat exporter allegedly had links to ex-CBI directors and was involved in extortion, which Rakesh Asthana was probing.

The RAW link in CBI tussle between Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana

ED joint director Rajeshwar Singh, who is close to Alok Verma, was accused of ISI links in a RAW report. He suspects a batchmate of Rakesh Asthana may be behind it.

CBI’s interim chief Nageshwar Rao brings his own controversial baggage to the job

Nageshwar Rao, who was appointed CBI interim director Wednesday, has been accused of misappropriating funds and scuttling a probe. New Delhi: Nageshwar Rao, the additional...

Modi at town hall — PM, motivational speaker, social worker & tech-lover all in one

Theme of Wednesday’s town hall — Main nahi hum or I to me — bears an echo of BJP’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' mantra for an inclusive, people-driven party.

Israel signs $777 million missile defence deal with India

Israel Aerospace Industries will supply long-range surface-to-air missiles and missile systems for the Indian Navy.

Top RAW officer named in Rakesh Asthana FIR is frontrunner for Punjab police chief job

CBI FIR says Samant Goel 'knew' middleman Somesh Prasad through whom Rakesh Asthana was allegedly gathering bribes.

In plea to Supreme Court, Alok Verma seeks CBI’s ‘freedom’ from Central govt’s influence

Alok Verma, who has moved the Supreme Court against his removal as CBI director, said the Central government’s influence was often ‘tacit’.

Story of UN: How Lord Byron’s poem gave birth to the global crusader of human rights

As United Nations turns 73 Wednesday, ThePrint looks back at the circumstances that led to the creation of this international organisation.

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How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.