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TopicUjjain rape

Topic: Ujjain rape

Ujjain ‘rape’ happened even as city turned fortress for VIPs. Woman told cops accused ‘promised marriage’

Local shopowners say the tribal woman had been living on the streets for past two decades. According to the accused's mother, he often came home drunk.

Does India have a rape culture? Pick a newspaper, maybe a mirror

Instead of placing the burden of culpability and shame on the perpetrator, where it belongs, rape culture places it on the backs of the victims.

Modi as Madhya Pradesh ‘CM candidate’ and the ‘Royal Canadian Dismounted Police’

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

On Camera

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.

AI City, laptops, hostels, branded cycles: Vijay’s first budget gives old schemes a Gen Z makeover

Betting on generation that helped bring it to power, the Vijay govt unveiled an AI-led budget that turns on the charm with laptops, bicycles, skill training, hostels and youth welfare initiatives.

Indian drone start-up eyes export market with Shahed-Class KAL drone amid Gulf tensions

Three Indian companies are working on Shahed-like drones. Besides IG Defence, Bengaluru-based NewSpace Research and Technologies has developed the Sheshnaag-150, while Lucknow-based Hoverit has the Divyastra.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.