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‘Can’t conduct mini-trial’: How HC interpreted Lokpal powers in Mahua Moitra cash-for-query case

Delhi HC quashed anti-graft watchdog’s sanction order against Moitra but not the probe. It directed Lokpal to re-examine the issue in a month, in accordance with statutory framework.

TMC tears into Modi’s Vande Mataram speech. ‘Bankim da’ is ‘disrespectful & culturally insensitive’

The Modi government held a House discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ to reap some dividends for the BJP before the 2026 Bengal polls, say TMC leaders.

ThePrint photos of the week: Delhi L-G takes hot air balloon ride, violence in VIT Bhopal

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Mahua Moitra’s challenge to Lokpal nod for CBI charge sheet: The cash-for-query case & arguments so far

Delhi High Court reserved its order Friday on Trinamool MP's plea. Moitra challenged the Lokpal order on grounds such as violation of principles of natural justice & irreparable harm.

Who gets Henry? Dramatic tug-of-paw between Mahua Moitra and Jai Dehadrai, now in Delhi HC

Dehadrai has moved the Delhi High Court claiming that a trial court’s 'gag order' in the matter has impacted his right to free speech.

On BJP worker’s complaint, Chhattisgarh cops book TMC’s Mahua Moitra over remarks on Amit Shah

BJP worker alleged Moitra’s statement could fuel ‘hatred against Bengalis’. TMC MP had criticised Amit Shah for home ministry’s ‘failure’ to curb cross-border infiltration.

TMC mudslinging hits boiling point: Kalyan Banerjee steps down as party whip in LS, slams Mahua Moitra

His decision came after meeting of party’s Lok Sabha MPs virtually chaired by Mamata, where she announced nephew Abhishek would replace Sudip Bandopadhyay as party’s leader in LS.

‘Arbitrary, to be replicated in Bengal.’ What pleas by ADR, Mahua challenging EC’s Bihar exercise say

ADR, Mahua Moitra, Yogendra Yadav and Manoj Jha have moved SC challenging EC’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.

Tharoor calls Bhagwat’s embrace of Constitution ‘triumph’, Sibal warns against taking it at face value

At the launch of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's new book, TMC's Mahua Moitra also defended Constitution’s secular roots, while Justice Lokur flagged said Constitution is supreme.

Delhi Police to launch probe after Mahua Moitra claims CR Park fish shops being forcibly shut

The police say they have not received any official complaint about the matter, but are verifying all the facts from Moitra’s social media post.

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India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.