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‘Good girls’ don’t go to Delhi’s Paharganj at night. ‘Go home!’ is what they hear

A group of women walks around Paharganj market at midnight to reclaim the streets and revel in the freedom that men take for granted.

Why I told Richie Mehta to make ‘Delhi Crime’, but didn’t visit the sets

Neeraj Kumar, the former Delhi Police Commissioner, writes about his role in the making of Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime’. And why the police mannerisms are on point.

4 convicts to be hanged tomorrow but India doesn’t know how many sent to gallows until now

No accurate records are available and very little data is available in public domain on the number of convicts who have been hanged in independent India.

We have all let down the Nirbhaya of Unnao

At every step, the Yogi Adityanath government tried to sabotage the case and protect its beloved bahubali MLA.

One Kathua or Nirbhaya doesn’t make India the most unsafe country, says minister Alphons

Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons tells ThePrint that dubbing India most unsafe place for women by “picking one stray incident” is “completely biased reporting”.

Modi’s trump card for 2019 polls, and Nirbhaya’s continuing fight

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Centre didn’t want to take blame for Nirbhaya incident, I took it instead: Sheila Dikshit

In this excerpt from her autobiography, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit explains why she stayed on despite the fallout of the controversial 2012 incident.

BJP’s triple talaq drive rings hollow, punish men for raping Muslim women in riots first

BJP's concern, however, is limited to depicting Islam as an extremely misogynist religion. 

Visiting police stations and hospitals still an ordeal for rape survivors: Report

Five years after ‘Nirbhaya’ case, Human Rights Watch report says nothing much has changed when it comes to filing FIR or getting medical help.

Anyone here been raped and likes sex?

And smokes, drinks and has condoms in her room? Notion that young Indians leading liberated lives are asking for trouble needs revisiting.

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.