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The geese that keep laying: How IPL has become India's most lucrative business
Binoo K John
26 March 2026 4:12 PM IST
The BCCI does no real business, employs almost no one, and pays no tax, and yet it is one the most profitable organisations in the country
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Benefit of the doubt should go to the voter, not the EC
25 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
Opinion
Three states, one Constitution, two irreconcilable visions of religious freedom
25 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
Opinion
Iran war tests India’s strategic autonomy as it walks a diplomatic tightrope
24 March 2026 7:41 PM IST
Surrender or stand? Modi government faces a WTO acid test
24 March 2026 6:10 PM IST
When the captain picks the team and the PM skips the vote
24 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
Hard to believe, but Trump’s ‘pause’ should mean ‘end of Iran war’
24 March 2026 8:23 AM IST
Why cooking gas shortage hits Kerala harder than anywhere else
19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
A crumbling Iran could turn out more dangerous
19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
Iran war: Trump lit the fire, now wants the world to help extinguish it
18 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
Europe’s snub to Trump is a moral victory for Iran
18 March 2026 8:35 AM IST
Assembly polls 2026: EC's U-turn, shorter-phase polls and bigger controversies
17 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
The new blueprint: Shivam Dube represents India’s evolving T20 identity
16 March 2026 4:00 PM IST
Near-miss in Jammu: Who failed to protect Farooq Abdullah and why?
14 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
Trump may claim victory, but will Iran stop fighting?
Vivek Katju
13 March 2026 8:50 AM IST
The substance of Iran’s decision to widen the conflict to Gulf energy routes is to cause economic pain not only to the region but also to the world at...
Are India’s ties with Israel based on hype rather than reality?
13 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
Maoists set to meet LTTE’s fate; they failed to keep up with the times
10 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
India's cooking gas crisis has a homegrown solution — induction stoves
9 March 2026 6:30 AM IST
Gulf nations, Palestinians real losers in ongoing missile war
5 March 2026 8:04 AM IST
When your 'best friends' start a war, silence is not diplomacy
3 March 2026 6:54 PM IST
How Iran war will stoke inflation, even if oil supplies do not dry up
3 March 2026 3:01 PM IST
Iran-Israel conflict marks return of Western power politics
3 March 2026 7:24 AM IST
By striking Iran, Trump and Netanyahu make a mockery of global order
1 March 2026 9:40 AM IST
Pakistan's Afghan gamble: Why air power can't tame Taliban
28 Feb 2026 8:51 AM IST
Kejriwal's acquittal in liquor scam: A verdict that indicts more than CBI
28 Feb 2026 7:27 AM IST
From 36 to 114, the Rafale U-Turn: Why India is paying more a decade later
28 Feb 2026 6:37 AM IST
Modi's interview on AI and jobs was a masterclass in saying nothing
26 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
Trump lied. Repeatedly, confidently, grandiloquently
25 Feb 2026 8:00 PM IST
The world waits with apprehension as Trump decides on attacking Iran
25 Feb 2026 8:00 AM IST
Can Modi maintain ‘balance’ in India’s ties with Arabs, Israel?
24 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
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