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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicDelimitation

Topic: Delimitation

Zootopia & a misinformation miscommunication

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

Watch CutTheClutter: Why delimitation hangs like a ‘sword of Damocles’ & not just over southern states

In episode 1614, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why southern states TN, Karnataka see BJP agenda in the timing of the impending delimitation & what's in store for other states.

South India isn’t running out of people. Solution to delimitation is in political action

Stalin didn’t ask couples to have 16 children. And it wouldn’t solve the dependency ratio problem. Southern states already have a higher-than-average unemployment rate.

After Chandrababu, now Stalin urges people to have more kids, links it to fears over delimitation

This is not the 1st time the DMK leader has raised concerns over delimitation. His remarks come after AP CM urged people in the south to have more kids to combat declining population.

Modi govt is caught in the 3C trap. To escape, it must embrace the 4th: Consensus

Modi govt preparing for Census leads us to examine new reality, marked by 3 ‘C’s: caste, coalition & Constitution. BJP machine could take all 3 in its stride. This election has changed that.

Southern states staring at delimitation timebomb, govt should make them an offer

A Lok Sabha dominated by the more populous states in the north, with their poorer socio-economic metrics, may herald a different kind of politics, for instance, on language policy.

Why India won’t see women’s reservation in effect until 2039—it’s about trickery

Women’s reservation bill is less than precise, sub-optimal, and uncertain. But the history of such reforms tells us something: once enacted, it cannot be rolled back.

Canadian visa applications suspension shows India won’t compromise on national security

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

What is delimitation & why enactment of women’s reservation bill depends on it

Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill introduced in Parliament Tuesday provides for one-third reservation for women in Lok Sabha & state assemblies for women.

‘Power with one’ — BJP’s Rajen Gohain hits out at CM Sarma, accuses him of ‘understanding’ with AIUDF

Rajen Gohain resigned as chairman of Assam Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Friday, in protest over delimitation of Nagaon Lok Sabha seat.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.