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Today is International Women’s Day, but many Indians celebrate it on 13 February

Neera Majumdar - 8 March, 2018

PNB’s long journey from being the first swadeshi bank to the Nirav Modi fraud

Dubai Police closes case, says Sridevi accidentally drowned after losing consciousness

‘Do they roam naked?’: Debunking myths about Nagas & India’s oldest separatist movement

What you should know about Bahmani empire that the BJP doesn’t want celebrated

Vandana Menon - 15 February, 2018

The Bahmani sultanate, despite what the BJP believes, influenced Karnataka greatly.

The Mahadayi water war, and why it is again becoming an issue around election season

Rohini Swamy - 6 February, 2018

The dispute with Goa is over 40 years old, and involves Karnataka’s demand for 24 tmcft of water to be diverted from the Mahadayi for its drinking needs.

Complete rollout of world’s largest healthcare scheme to take 1.5 years

Amrita Nayak Dutta - 5 February, 2018

First phase may be launched on 15 August;, 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres to be set up by 2022.

The long battle to bring ex-DGP SPS Rathore to justice for molesting Ruchika Girhotra

Chitleen K Sethi - 29 January, 2018

The former Director General of Police was sentenced to six months in jail for molesting Ruchika Girhotra. That legal battle took over two decades.

जानें कैसे काम करती है सुप्रीम कोर्ट विवादों का केंद्र – उसकी रजिस्ट्री

Apurva Vishwanath - 16 January, 2018

चार असंतुष्ट जजों का कहना है कि मुख्य न्यायाधीश बेशक रोस्टर के मालिक हैं, लेकिन अपनी "पसंद की पीठों" को "चुनिंदा मामले सौंप कर" वे प्रोटोकॉल तोड़ रहे हैं.

The Supreme Court registry & its little-known but powerful head at the centre of strife

Apurva Vishwanath - 15 January, 2018

The four protesting judges say while CJI is master of the roster, Misra is breaching protocol by ‘selectively assigning cases’ to ‘preferred benches’.

Indian Army’s Mahar regiment: Home to two army chiefs and a Param Vir Chakra

ThePrint Team - 3 January, 2018

The Mahar regiment has had a circuitous journey — from serving the British during the Anglo-Maratha wars to its distinguished service post-Independence. At the centre...

‘Mother of PILs’ Kapila Hingorani becomes first woman to have her portrait in SC library

Divya Narayanan - 5 December, 2017

Hingorani was one of only three female lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court in her time, and changed Indian jurisprudence by filing the first PIL in 1979.

These documents show how India and Union Carbide colluded on the Bhopal Gas tragedy

Vandana Menon - 3 December, 2017

Documents accessed by ThePrint shows how GoI and Union Carbide played blame game while the victims still await justice.

Opposed by BJP many times, anti-black magic bill tabled in Karnataka assembly

Divya Narayanan - 15 November, 2017

The bill seeks to abolish, among others, the controversial practice of ‘Made Snana’, a ritual that involves people rolling over banana leaves with food left over by Brahmins.

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ThePrint Primer

Today is International Women’s Day, but many Indians celebrate it on 13 February

PNB’s long journey from being the first swadeshi bank to the Nirav Modi fraud

Dubai Police closes case, says Sridevi accidentally drowned after losing consciousness

‘Do they roam naked?’: Debunking myths about Nagas & India’s oldest separatist movement

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