By Narendra Pachkhede in London. In India, protests began after the NEET paper leak. France’s lycée revolt asks a similar question from the other end. Schools.

So why drag Neha Bora and others with such savagery that her hands, forearms, neck, shoulders are full of wounds?

By Ajith Pillai. Scrap Sir. Gyanesh Kumar and his masters must face the consequences.

"We saw that clearly with CJP, where reels, memes, satire and first-person footage became part of the political event itself."

neither an Election Commissioner nor a judge owns Indian democracy. We, the People, do.

By Ganpy Natraj. More than 20 great captains and cricketers, including Clive Lyod, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, David Gower, Ian Chappel, Mike Brearley, Michael Atherton, Dilip Vengsarkar, David Gower

By NR Mohanty. The video evidence presented by the SIT shows that vehicles loaded with cash, gold and silver offerings have left the Ram Temple premises at least 70 times during a 45-day window.

It is a clear case of borrowing dollars on interest while denying dollars coming free. Independent Ink Editorial The recent jubiliation over India attracting 136 billion USD through The Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposit scheme (FCNR-B) seems justified on the face-value. India badly needs inflow of dollars to halt a mounting current account deficit (CAD), as the Indian Rupee has been steadily losing ground to the dollar over the last decade, especially post-COVID. S

She is 29 years old. She led a 23-day hunger strike that brought down a cabinet minister. She danced when it was over. She is still asking for more.

By Rahul. SIR data show that over 53% of the deletions were women.

By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.

It's a no-brainer: without voting rights, there is no citizenship.

By Suresh Nautiyal. He has reportedly been released 17 times since 2020. His latest release, in August 2026, is a 21-day furlough; earlier he has been out of prison for roughly 435 days.

By Rajiv Shah. The Eiffel Tower was forced to close for the day after its staff staged a walkout and strike, in protest.

By Murtaza Shibli. The image of a 24-hour eviction notice handed to final-year Afghan medical students will haunt Pakistan’s reputation for years.

By NR Mohanty. The question remains: why was the loan write-off approved in th

Toxic language from the Red Fort. Crackdown on dissent. But this time, the tide is turning. No doubt about it.

"His big dream was to see the union led by women."

By Narendra Pachkhede in London. I had gone there thinking about Britain’s racial politics and found myself thinking about the weight placed on individual Black lives when collective politics weakens and institutions become hungry for symbols.

Rajiv Gandhi entered politics, over Sonia Gandhi’s fierce objections. “For the first time, there was tension between Rajiv and me. I fought like a tigress — for him, for us and our children, above all, for our freedom.” American Kahani News Desk On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Alfred A. Knopf — one of the most prestigious literary imprints in American publishing, an arm of Penguin Random House — made an announcement that sent an immediate ripple through Indian political and lite