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A visit to the site of the rejuvenation project on the Devika river in Udhampur district revealed that the water body remains a stinking drain.
ELECTION 2024

Uphill task for BJP in Udhampur

Ashutosh Sharma
Nabam Tuki, the Congress candidate from Arunachal West, during an election campaign in Palin town on April 7.
ELECTION 2024

An unexpected twist in Arunachal Pradesh

Sushanta Talukdar
CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
Interview

‘BJP is the fountainhead of corruption’: Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary says the electoral bonds scheme legalised political corruption and had the potential to destroy democracy.
T K Rajalakshmi
T.K. Rajalakshmi

Editor's Pick

A Kuki woman looks at an election awareness poster put by election officials on an autorickshaw in violence-affected Churachandpur district of Manipur on April 11.
ELECTION 2024

Manipur’s divided election

The year-long violence with no political intervention has left the people more concerned about their future than electoral politics. 
Suwa Lal Jangu
WEB EXCLUSIVE

‘The SCs do not want a fill-in-the-blanks Chief Minister for Bihar’: Jitan Ram Manjhi 

The former Bihar Chief Minister says the Scheduled Caste communities want as CM someone who can resolve their long-pending problems.
Anand Mishra
Interview

‘There is a groundswell of support for the RJD’: Tejashwi Yadav

The RJD leader says this Lok Sabha election is about “reclaiming all that is good and decent in politics and governance”.
Anand Mishra
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan.
Election 2024

‘NDA is stronger in Bihar now’: Chirag Paswan

The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president says his priority is to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister for the third time.
Anand Mishra

Audio Stories

Environment

Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole

Kerala’s brain drain: How student migration impacts society

Farmers’ Protest 2.0

Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude

Tribute

Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise

Spotlight

Spotlight

Jammu and Kashmir

Collapse of NC-PDP front PAGD could benefit BJP

Fall of Gupkar alliance has triggered a showdown between NC and PDP, while disillusioned voters say the power struggle is against Kashmir’s interests.
Zaid Bin Shabir

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Bone connection

Animals inhabited the earth long before we did, and yet we have usurped their space. This series explores our relationship with the non-human beings.
Asha Thadani,Anusua Mukherjee

Arts & Culture

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Current Issue

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat during the “Samaj Shakti Sangam” event in Ahmedabad on April 14, 2023.
Electoral Bonds — The Lede

The totalitarian project behind the electoral bonds scheme

Beyond trade-offs and extortion, the scheme goes to the very heart of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term goal of an ideological dictatorship.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,Abir Dasgupta
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When the skeletons came tumbling out after the Supreme Court demanded full disclosure in the electoral bonds scheme, it did not really surprise anyone.
Electoral Bonds

Editor’s Note: Electoral bonds, and our tumbledown democracy

The BJP exudes an almost contemptuous confidence that no revelations can derail its ultimate victory. Where does this confidence come from? 
Vaishna Roy
Electoral Bonds

‘It was not about transparency at all’: Lokesh Batra

T.K. Rajalakshmi
Electoral Bonds

Electoral bonds: Why it is a giant scam

Meghnad S
Electoral Bonds

‘There is a lot still unaccounted for’: Jagdeep S. Chhokar

T.K. Rajalakshmi
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