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Troubling revisions in textbooks—NCERT must remind itself of its autonomy

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Mahua Moitra has constitutional immunity. Even if she took bribe, she can’t be prosecuted

The PV Narasimha Rao v State (1998) judgment ensured such immunity for MPs. Now, the Supreme Court is right to revise it.

Was bulldozer action against BJP’s Pravesh Shukla necessary? States aren’t vigilante groups

Many states in the country have normalised resorting to high-handed actions, and if not curtailed, the bulldozer can well become the symbol of their justice system.

Mursal Nabizada, a former woman Afghan MP, and her bodyguard killed in Kabul

Nabizada had been elected as a member of the lower house of parliament in 2018 to represent Kabul & she was a lawmaker until the Taliban took over in 2021.

MP man who posted video with girlfriend’s body after killing her still at large, a week later

In a purported video, the accused says 'not be unfaithful', while the woman is lying in a pool of blood on the bed. The clip was initially uploaded on the victim's Instagram account.

Indian politics and media obsess over MPs and MLAs. Barely recognise 87,000 city councillors

Councillors must be seen as leaders of our cities who need systematic capacity building so that President Murmu and CM Shinde are not rare exceptions.

‘Lauta do purani pension’: The steady growth of Old Pension Scheme agitations across India 

Starting with Vijay Kumar Bandhu’s initiative, demand for OPS has now become a key issue in UP, MP, Himachal, Andhra Pradesh & Jharkhand and features in the SP’s poll manifesto.

The reasons former CJI Ranjan Gogoi will give for accepting Rajya Sabha nomination

Many ascribe Ranjan Gogoi’s nomination as a reward from Modi government for services rendered as CJI. By accepting it, Gogoi only strengthens their case.

Between 2014 & 2019 polls, all parliamentarians got richer but BJP MPs especially so

If JMM’s Champai Soren managed to double his wealth between 2014 and 2019, BJP’s Arjun Munda quadrupled his riches during the same period.

Study shows Indian politicians are spending less and less time in legislative assemblies

Politicians in India are expected to help their voters in practical matters by negotiating with the local administrative bureaucracy, attending local social functions, and networking with influential people.

On Camera

Europe’s sanctions are not the moral compass it paints to be. Look at the EU’s own data

Three years into the war, Europe’s sanctions regime now resembles a policy of managed hypocrisy: Moral rhetoric for public consumption, exemptions for industrial preservation.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refueller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.