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Jamia students protest over ‘irregularities’ in spot admissions, demand transparency

Students claim that changing the mode of spot registration to offline allowed the university to give seats to those outside the published waiting-list order.

A constitutional body, a broken promise: The deeper story behind Jharkhand protests

The ongoing JPSC row is the latest episode in a longer history of alleged paper leaks, delayed results and irregularities in the state’s recruitment examinations.

Anatomy of Jharkhand protests: 2 stages, 8 on hunger strike, a quest to be ‘non-political’

Students insist they want to keep their protest 'apolitical', but Congress and BJP leaders, as well as members of their affiliated students’ organisations, showed up at the protest.

BJP’s good times are perhaps ending. But Modi is no Indira Gandhi

Narendra Modi's popularity has carried the BJP through three general elections. But when one leader claims every success, he also risks being blamed for every failure.

‘I am Gen Z’ banners come up in Mumbai, Nashik. With parents and patriotism in it

One side of a banner shows a student, while the other shows a cutout of PM Narendra Modi. ‘I am GenZ. I stand with both,’ reads the text.

Why Modi blinked first in the student protest

Friends who would never be seen dead at a political event turned up at Jantar Mantar with their kids. Here's what broke the rules of dissent under Modi.

Ranchi students overwhelmed by Swiggy, Zomato orders. Ask supporters not to send food for 2 days

The protest site in Ranchi has been flooded with Swiggy and Zomato orders from across the country. Students were distributing the surplus to people in need.

The pressure cooker life of a 16-year-old Indian student

Built on fear and fuelled by competition, India's coaching industry and an endless parade of entrance exams are consuming childhood. ThePrint tracked the lives of 16-year-olds across seven cities.

Youth anger isn’t about paper leaks alone. Govt must create jobs

It was largely an electoral setback that pushed the Centre to initiate job schemes in 2024. But the concerns became less urgent after the BJP’s electoral gains in the following years.

CJP under fire over ‘resignation party’, Saurav Das says that’s the ‘language of Gen Z’

Viral clips of a ‘resignation party’ or ‘victory party’ have been widely shared on social media, showing CJP leaders, including spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, dancing to Bollywood tracks.

On Camera

Vande Mataram was always a Congress song. It’s the latest symbol BJP-RSS has claimed

Turning anyone who ever sparred with Nehru and Gandhi into a trophy of appropriation has long been both the Hindu Right's sport and strategy, and a rather successful one.

Is India becoming too dependent on Russian oil? The answer isn’t straightforward

Russia now accounts for about half of India’s crude imports. Experts say this reflects source diversification, but high concentration carries risks from sanctions, shipping curbs.

Modi govt opens up conventional missile production to private players. Astra & Pralay up for grabs

This opens up a market worth several thousand crores while allowing defence ministry to diversify and speed up production at a time when armed forces are looking to build missile stock.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.