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    The Federal Special

    Why SIR has left Cooch Behar migrants in Rajasthan in a fix

    Rakhee Roytalukdar
    15 Nov 2025 7:44 AM IST

    Fear of exclusion from voters' list in both Rajasthan and Bengal raises bigger concerns over identity, land rights and the looming spectre of detention camps

    Migrant workers in Rajasthan
    The Federal Special
    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising
    The Federal Special

    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Hindu economics
    The Federal Special

    How India's constitutional order is eroding under dharma-driven policies

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Indias dharma-ordained caste system has killed its prosperity
    The Federal Special

    How a 'dharma-ordained' caste system has killed India's prosperity

    4 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    3 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indias crude import

    Crude story: Skyrocketing import dependence, nosediving swadeshi output

    25 Oct 2025 1:23 PM IST
    India eyes Seychelles poll; in pic are Wavel Ramkalawan and Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles Party (USP)

    India eyes Seychelles poll run-off amid high-stakes strategic interests

    8 Oct 2025 4:02 PM IST
    Ridhima Pandey, environmental activist

    Court-led accountability, more than policy, shaping India's climate actions

    9 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Assam-eviction-drive

    Assam evictions invite arbitrary diktat from Nagaland as border row flares up

    2 Sept 2025 3:49 PM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    Why Trump tariff could seriously dent Indian economy in multiple ways

    1 Aug 2025 6:11 PM IST
    Exclusive |Lankan Tamil diaspora to publicly accept truth about Prabhakarans death at event

    Exclusive | Lankan Tamil diaspora to publicly accept truth about Prabhakaran's death at event

    24 July 2025 11:10 AM IST
    Why Centre must prioritise informal jobs alongside formal ones

    Why Centre must prioritise informal jobs alongside formal ones

    22 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Former CIC Bimal Julka

    FIR filed against former CIC Bimal Julka over sexual harassment allegations

    16 July 2025 2:58 PM IST
    How Centres big claims on poverty, equality lack independent data

    How Centre's big claims on poverty, equality lack independent data

    16 July 2025 9:28 AM IST
    Factory workers

    Why cash-rich India Inc could be bigger beneficiary of job scheme ELI

    Prasanna Mohanty
    12 July 2025 7:48 AM IST

    The scheme doesn't aim to create long-term or permanent jobs, and subsidises labour for employers; why should public money be poured into private...

    Bihar polls, SIR controversy, Bihar

    Bihar voter roll revision: Why EC move could stir up the melting pot

    11 July 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Air India plane crash, Ahmedabad

    6 reasons why India’s probe on Ahmedabad AI-171 crash is raising global alarm

    29 Jun 2025 4:31 PM IST
    Maoists in Bastar

    Battle for Bastar Part 5: Koraput police armoury raid and its aftermath

    27 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    Maoists in Bastar

    Battle for Bastar Part 4: What next for the Maoists?

    26 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    The other side of the Emergency as witnessed by a news reporter

    The other side of the Emergency as witnessed by a news reporter

    25 Jun 2025 12:07 PM IST
    Maoist movement Bastar

    Battle for Bastar Part 3: Blitzkrieg in the ‘forbidden hills’

    25 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Israel-Iran war

    When India got caught in the Israel-Iran crossfire

    25 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    End of Maoists in Bastar

    Battle for Bastar Part 2: How tide was turned with multi-pronged strategy

    24 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Battle for Bastar Part 1: How Maoist citadel was breached

    Battle for Bastar Part 1: How Maoist citadel was breached

    23 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Why AI struggles with Tamil more than English?

    Why fitting Tamil into AI and Large Language Models is a big challenge

    21 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    GDP

    How not to revise GDP base year to bring back credibility of data

    16 Jun 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Pawan Kalyan, Chandrababu Naidu and Narendra Modi in a file photo

    Modi 3.0 sees mixed bag with southern NDA allies; next year is critical

    10 Jun 2025 5:11 PM IST
    Bihar polls 2025: Nitish Kumar, Modis popularity to be tested amid freebie politics

    Modi 3.0 regains swagger with clever handling of northern NDA allies

    10 Jun 2025 2:49 PM IST
    PM Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump

    As year 1 of Modi 3.0 wraps up, neighbourhood remains India's biggest concern

    10 Jun 2025 6:20 AM IST
    A year later, the resurgence of Narendra Modi

    How Modi, Trump-like, told a divisive story to get his mojo back

    9 Jun 2025 3:02 PM IST
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