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Karnataka: IAS Rohini Sindhuri, IPS Roopa Moudgil’s 3-yr public spat to culminate in court face-off

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

Anti-India Dhaka welcomed me with open arms—and some suspicion that I was an R&AW agent

For a Bangla-speaking Indian, Dhaka can’t help but be a warm city. People extend impromptu dinner invites and their faces light up when asked about local eateries instead of Indian ones.

Elite Dhaka students march with black ISIS flags—it reeks of Hizb ut-Tahrir

The banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir is allegedly behind Dhaka’s student-led ISIS flag marches. Its true aim is to use the Bangladesh Army to seize power; it even planned a coup in 2011.

Indian High Commission in Dhaka, facing protests & threats, returns 20,000 visa applicants’ passports

India suspended visa services in Bangladesh last month. Only few hundred urgent requests including those for medical or student visas are being considered for now, it is learnt.

Delhi to Dhaka: Witnessing the birth of post-Hasina Bangladesh

Ananya Bhardwaj's first person account of the birth of post-Hasina Bangladesh. iWitness is the story behind the story of ThePrint journalists’ experiences on assignment.

23 Bangladeshis awarded the Chevening scholarship

Out of the 23 selected for a fully funded masters course In the UK, 17 are women.

Dhaka street vendors gave ‘hafta’ for yrs fearing fake cases. Post Hasina’s fall, things are ‘khoob bhaalo’

Vendors' refusal to pay the 'linemen', allegedly affiliated to Awami League, would entail their names being given to police, and being booked in fake cases, mostly for 'drug use'.

In Dhaka, protests are ‘season’s flavour’. School students, rickshaw pullers, Ansar all seek ‘change’

Students, govt employees & others in Bangladesh are demanding ‘reforms’ or removal of superiors with alleged loyalty to former PM Hasina. But many are ‘opportunists’, officials say.

‘Will do everything to restore democracy’: Sheikh Hasina’s son dismisses asylum rumours

When asked about former PM's plans of returning to politics, Wazed refrained from making definitive comments adding that such questions must be directed to Hasina.

Hindu homes attacked, actor lynched, library gutted in Bangladesh. The crisis could spill over to India

Amid rising violence in Bangladesh, people are divided on whether it's politically or religiously motivated. Experts say change of guard in the troubled country could be bad news for India.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.