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Former judges sent to run Mumbai cricket body get caught in battle for IPL passes

The CoA gave free passes to serving judges, even as it drastically reduced the number allotted to MCA management.

Aadhaar-linked betting and gambling is Law Commission’s answer to clean sports

Panel believes linking transactions with Aadhaar and making them cashless could help make betting and gambling transparent.

Pranab Mukherjee’s address at RSS camp got more eyeballs than IPL matches

The Congress was attacking Pranab Mukherjee for attending the RSS function. But just as he ended his speech, the Congressmen began re-claiming the former president as one of their own.

Shimla lesson: India will conserve only what it has to pay for

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

BCCI, former top officials told to pay Rs 121 crore penalty in IPL case

ED penalises BCCI and former top officials including N. Srinivasan, Lalit Modi for allegedly violating the foreign exchanges Act during the 2009 IPL season in South Africa. 

Is Cauvery dispute being trivialised by boycott of IPL and Rajinikanth?

From banning IPL matches in Chennai to banning Rajinikanth's upcoming movie Kaala in Karnataka, protests over Cauvery water dispute are once again trying to draw people’s attention to a decades-old problem. Experts weigh in.

DDCA set to hold first election in five years with all the thrills of a T-20 match

The election will be held without the proxy voting system, under which members were not required to be at the election booth to cast their ballot.

JD(S) scripting obituary by allying with Cong in Karnataka & disengaging with BJP for 2019

The JD(S) made no campaign promise, had no governance agenda. It has only one goal – of grabbing power and reviving the party.

Last Laughs: Karnataka exit polls and Nawaz being too ‘Sharif’

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

Cricket races to save itself from years of declining popularity

The challenge for cricket – How to make a deeply complicated game palatable to a new audience, at a time of increasing competition from e-sports and video games?

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.