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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicChit fund scam

Topic: Chit fund scam

West Bengal has a history of chit fund scams. No wonder Kolkata rules electoral bonds chart

As a native of Kolkata, I don’t know what I am more embarrassed about: that Kolkata is such a big buyer of electoral bonds? Or that Kolkata’s ruling party is the second largest recipient of anonymous donations?

5 years after CBI took over Bengal chit fund probes, it is yet to close a single case

The agency has filed over 100 charge sheets, arrested 210 people, secured 35 convictions but hasn't taken a single case to its conclusion.

Why American F-16 fighter planes never stood a chance to be in Indian Air Force fleet

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

CBI shouldn’t hold Suman Chattopadhyay’s editorial views against him, warns Editors Guild

The Editors Guild of India called for a fair trial of noted Bengali journalist Suman Chattopadhyay who was arrested by CBI in connection with...

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Trump is a lot like Kaiser Wilhelm: ‘He’s vanity itself’

His narcissism, self-obsession, lust for flattery and absolute indifference to the welfare or interests of others echo Germany’s last kaiser.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.