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    Sutluj takedown: State as a super censor, swapping scissors with switch

    V Aravinda
    8 July 2026 4:07 PM IST

    Emergency laws were used to take down 'Sutluj' from Zee5. The opaque takedown exposes a dangerous shift toward executive-led digital censorship

    From scissors to switch: When the state acts as a super censor online
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    AIADMK rebels were disqualifiable before resigning; party’s silence keeps them safe
    The Federal Special

    AIADMK rebels were disqualifiable before resigning; party’s silence keeps them safe

    6 July 2026 10:16 AM IST
    Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
    The Federal Special

    Sooryavanshi mania grips England, but will he make his debut?

    1 July 2026 6:11 PM IST
    TMC party symbol war
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    TMC split and fight for symbol: Who gets the twin flowers?

    23 Jun 2026 1:49 PM IST
    Telegram temporarily blocked

    Why Telegram ban expands scope of IT Act’s blocking powers

    20 Jun 2026 1:10 PM IST
    Akal Takht cant unseat Mann, but spell trouble for him in 2027 polls

    Akal Takht can't unseat Mann, but spell trouble for him in 2027 polls

    17 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    TMC split: The legal gamble behind the rebel MPs merger with NCPI

    TMC split: The legal gamble behind the rebel MPs' merger with NCPI

    16 Jun 2026 2:26 PM IST
    AFSPA law in northeast India

    Govt says AFSPA will go from the Northeast. It has been going, bit by bit, since 2022

    13 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Meenakshi Natarajan RS nomination rejection: RO played judge, left no scope for cure

    Meenakshi Natarajan RS nomination rejection: RO played judge, left no scope for cure

    11 Jun 2026 1:12 PM IST
    Meant for experts, Rajya Sabha now a marketplace for the rich

    Meant for experts, Rajya Sabha now a marketplace for the rich

    10 Jun 2026 11:13 AM IST
    Justice Mohana: Direct from the Bar to Bench, the advocate who fought for women

    From Bar to Bench, why Justice Mohana resists easy profiling

    2 Jun 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Why Ukrains and NATo are rattled by Russias oreshnik

    Russia's Oreshnik: Why the 'hazel' missile is rattling Ukraine and NATO

    1 Jun 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Online money betting games

    Skill or luck? Debate settled: SC declares all betting is gambling

    30 May 2026 1:35 PM IST
    Incoming CDS N S Raja Subramani

    Lessons from Ukraine to Op Sindoor: How the new CDS must rebuild India’s war machine

    29 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    SIR verdict

    SIR verdict: Operation successful, patient under observation

    V Aravinda
    27 May 2026 8:30 PM IST

    The court approved the removal of 47 lakh names from the Bihar voter list, leaving open the harder question of what this means for the voter

    anti-defection law

    How the anti-defection law lost its bite, and why Tamil Nadu will prove it

    27 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Sri Lanka’s JVP admits decades of injustice to Indian Tamils

    Sri Lanka’s JVP admits decades of injustice to Indian Tamils

    26 May 2026 4:09 PM IST
    What the State, and the Court, get wrong about impressionable minds

    Why India keeps removing cartoons from textbooks, and getting it all wrong

    25 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Why BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, stays exempt from RTI Act

    Why BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, stays exempt from RTI Act

    22 May 2026 5:05 PM IST
    A polyvocal Supreme Court censures its own UAPA bail line but injustice continues

    One court, one voice: How SC addressed its own discord on UAPA bail

    19 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Bhoshala dispute

    Bhojshala verdict: How a narrow 1958 law was opened for a temple claim

    17 May 2026 5:00 PM IST
    AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal

    Round One to Kejriwal: How a contempt order delivered the recusal he was denied

    16 May 2026 4:00 PM IST
    Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

    Beyond the IPL blitz, what non-cricket sport faces is appalling

    16 May 2026 6:27 AM IST
    NEET-UG 2026 paper leaks

    NEET-UG 2026: How NTA, the agency built to fix exams, kept breaking them

    15 May 2026 4:09 PM IST
    One vote, one seat thinner: Vijay’s cushion after the Madras HC order

    One vote, one seat thinner: Vijay’s cushion after the Madras HC order

    13 May 2026 8:31 AM IST
    VIjays TVK alliance is Tamil Nadu has no precedent

    Vijay govt's balancing act: Allies with one foot in, one foot out

    11 May 2026 6:30 AM IST
    TN elections: Can a ‘coalition of losers’ displace the single largest party?

    TN elections: Can a ‘coalition of losers’ displace the single largest party?

    9 May 2026 7:00 PM IST
    Hung Assembly in Tamil Nadu: what the Governor can and cannot do

    Hung Assembly in Tamil Nadu: what the Governor can and cannot do

    6 May 2026 7:09 PM IST
    TVK chief Vijay

    Vijay doesn't have to 'prove' his majority since Constitution never asked him to

    5 May 2026 7:20 PM IST
    Pawan Khera-Himanta Biswa Sarma legal tussle

    Why Supreme court refused to send Pawan Khera to custody

    2 May 2026 2:31 PM IST
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