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Saturday, March 21, 2026
TopicAnti-Defection

Topic: Anti-Defection

Watch CutTheClutter: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar is against the whip system. Why we should listen to him

In Episode 1596 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into the vice-president's call to do away with the parliamentary whip system & how it could strengthen democracy.

Why BJP could do with an unbreakable vow or two & the UP gangsta Yogi never saw coming

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Himachal assembly Speaker disqualifies 6 Congress MLAs, ruling party regains a majority for now

MLAs, defying whip issued by Congress, stayed absent when cut motion & budget were put to vote. Speaker says MLAs 'attracted provisions of anti-defection law against them'.

Corruption isn’t over after 9 yrs of Modi rule. Now it’s just a weapon to make crooks join BJP

Maharashtra political battle shows Indian politics is now dead of ideology and divided into corruption and weaponisation of anti-corruption.

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal launches new platform ‘Insaaf’, asks citizens to be ‘soldiers of justice’

Sibal says lawyers will be at forefront of this citizens' platform. 'We want Insaaf Ke Sipahi to stand & fight injustice in every locality, block, village and city,' he says.

On Camera

Dhurandhar shows Bollywood has a new box office mix—controversy, nationalism & spectacle

With the films, Aditya Dhar achieved something Bollywood has been trying to engineer for years—an event blockbuster that dominates both box office and national conversation.

Telangana’s Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget bets on rural push, welfare and infra ahead of GHMC polls

With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.

Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.