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Mamata Banerjee first meets PM Modi at Raj Bhavan & then shouts anti-CAA slogans

Mamata dubs her 13-minute meet with PM as ‘constitutional responsibility’, asks him to withdraw the contentious CAA. Modi invokes Bengali icons separately.

In open letter to citizens, over 100 retired civil servants call NRC, NPR ‘unnecessary & wasteful’

Former Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung and ex-chief information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah were among those who called on citizens to insist the govt repeal sections of the Citizenship Act.

Delhi Police’s inaction on JNU, their new ‘rose’ tactic & the struggle to ‘Free India’

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

Now, pro-CAA lawyers of SC sing Vande Mataram, read Preamble on court premises

The lawyers' action comes day after a group of senior SC advocates read the Preamble on the court's lawns, reiterating the Constitution's goals & principles.

Supreme Court seeks Assam govt explanation on allegations against NRC coordinator

The Supreme Court was hearing a petition seeking the removal of Assam NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma for allegedly making communal remarks.

‘They will turn it into a Hindu-Muslim issue’ — Jairam Ramesh says CAA protests helping BJP

In interview to ThePrint, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says his party should ‘brutally introspect’ Lok Sabha results, but maintains it’s not in paralysis.

Art in the time of CAA-NRC protests: India is seeing a creative renaissance under Modi & Shah

Anti-CAA protests are not in news because of Naseeruddin Shah or Javed Akhtar. They are in news because all Indians have taken to the streets to sing and paint against it.

The lathi rule, a Gandhi-mukt Congress and Jammu and Kashmir’s version of democracy

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

Govt fence-sitting on CAA, UP Police gives orders and Akhilesh Yadav’s declaration

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

CAA rules must be stringent, offering citizenship only to real and not imagined refugees

Ambiguity and discretion in the current Citizenship Amendment Act could be designed for it to be more about NRC than actual refugees.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.