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Who will Vijay ally with to form TN govt? Venugopal says TVK chief has ‘reached out to Congress’

Shweta Tripathi - May 6, 2026

TVK has 108 seats in 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, Vijay needs 118 to form govt. If he picks Congress, Left parties and VCK, the alliance will have 121 seats.

Op Sindoor & the ‘spy’ next door: The fate of 9 espionage cases, 1 year on

Mayank Kumar - May 6, 2026

All in 24 hours: Trump pauses Hormuz escort mission day after launch, cites ‘great progress’ in Iran deal

Keshav Padmanabhan - May 6, 2026

Dhaka may not wait for India even after Mamata rout, Bangladesh FM says Teesta to be discussed in China

Debdutta Chakraborty - May 6, 2026

UAE’s exit from OPEC was a tectonic shift. But the real story lies in evolving ties with Israel

+TFP Keshav Padmanabhan - May 6, 2026

Why has BJP not been able to make a dent in Tamil Nadu? Answer lies in the ‘stars’

Deepika Amirapu - May 6, 2026

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Chinese say Beijing-Islamabad submarine deal will shake Indian Ocean. ‘Modi unable to sleep’

Sana Hashmi - May 6, 2026

How a Hyderabad pharma firm built a satellite that can spy on foreign assets in space

Soumya Pillai - May 6, 2026

From silver screen star to the new golden boy of Tamil Nadu politics, Vijay has come a long way

Shweta Tripathi - May 5, 2026

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‘No compromise’: PNB earmarks up to Rs 800 crore for cybersecurity in FY27

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Oil falls for second day as Trump hints at possible Iran peace deal

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Late-night explosion near Khasa cantonment in Amritsar, bomb squad rushed to site

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‘I did not lose, won’t resign’—Mamata says TMC defeated not by public mandate but by a ‘conspiracy’

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Opinion

Why NITI Aayog and EAC-PM should produce reports on where the Indian economy is headed

A K Bhattacharya - May 6, 2026

The EAC-PM and a new-look NITI Aayog can supplement the efforts of the RBI and the finance ministry in improving our understanding of the Indian economy and offering policy prescriptions.

Chinese say Beijing-Islamabad submarine deal will shake Indian Ocean. ‘Modi unable to sleep’

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Sana Hashmi - May 6, 2026

Vijay’s promises will now face politics. Defeating Tamil Nadu behemoths was easy

Sumanth Raman - May 5, 2026

Abhishek Banerjee is now on mute mode after BJP sweeps West Bengal

Saptak Datta - May 5, 2026

I have been labelled ‘closet bhakt’ for cheering BJP Bengal win. Yay

Shobhaa De - May 5, 2026

What India can learn from Dunkirk free bus experiment–Plan, design, invest

Ramanath Jha - May 5, 2026

Bengalis are tired of being ashamed of Kolkata. BJP is the last train to civilisation

Hindol Sengupta - May 5, 2026

Features

Biologist Richard Dawkins experiments with Anthropic’s Claude, says AI can be conscious

Saman Husain - May 5, 2026

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Politics

Why has BJP not been able to make a dent in Tamil Nadu? Answer lies in the ‘stars’

Deepika Amirapu - May 6, 2026

Party leaders in Tamil Nadu admit non-transfer of votes from AIADMK to BJP, and vice versa, was “worrisome”. BJP was banking on its ally to win eight seats in western Tamil Nadu.

Victory in Kerala, but Congress continues to grapple with internal strain & shrinking footprint

Esha Mishra - May 5, 2026

1st time in 50 years, no Indian state is Left-ruled. What went wrong with CPI(M) strategy in Kerala

Aneesa PA - May 5, 2026

‘I did not lose, won’t resign’—Mamata says TMC defeated not by public mandate but by a ‘conspiracy’

Moushumi Das Gupta - May 5, 2026

‘Effective oversight’: TVK chief Vijay to retain Perambur, quit Trichy East after dual win in TN polls

Shweta Tripathi - May 5, 2026

Congress’ Assam wins confined to minority strongholds, 18 of its 19 new MLAs are Muslim

Prashant Srivastava - May 5, 2026

From silver screen star to the new golden boy of Tamil Nadu politics, Vijay has come a long way

+TFP Shweta Tripathi - May 5, 2026

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Vijay’s win stems from Tamils’ exasperation with identity politics and regionalism

ThePrint Team - May 4, 2026

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Ground Reports

How a Hyderabad pharma firm built a satellite that can spy on foreign assets in space

Soumya Pillai - May 6, 2026

Layers of verification, little guidance—India’s disabled are grappling with UDID system

Vitasta Kaul - May 5, 2026

The success story of Chandigarh Police Department. How it bagged 136 awards

Vitasta Kaul - May 4, 2026

How Shillong Chamber Choir went from shutdown streets to sold-out shows

Stela Dey - May 2, 2026

Books

3 problems Kerala must solve by 2036—demography, welfare, labour markets

Ajith Nayar - May 5, 2026

State Draft

Sunetra Pawar’s cautious & controlled political rise, in Ajit dada’s shadow

+TFP Manasi Phadke - May 5, 2026

Great Speeches

The press is either free, or it cannot be called the press at all: Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee - May 3, 2026

India

Op Sindoor & the ‘spy’ next door: The fate of 9 espionage cases, 1 year on

Mayank Kumar - May 6, 2026

The police of Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan arrested multiple people, accusing them of espionage and sharing sensitive information. ThePrint takes a look at the status of the 9 cases.

India’s Petronet in dark on June LNG supplies from Qatar

Rakesh Sharma - May 5, 2026

Chandigarh realtor murder case: Fuming over land deal, IPS’s sister-in-law dialled a fugitive gangster

Mayank Kumar - May 5, 2026

No relief for TCS Nashik accused Nida Khan: Probe flags ‘plan to change victim identity & send her abroad’

Kasturi Walimbe - May 5, 2026

Kabaddi promoter murder: Shooter started a new life driving cabs in Tripura, then ‘Shadow Hunt’ caught up

Mayank Kumar - May 5, 2026

Election pledges risk wider fiscal deficits across states, economists warn

Ruchi Bhatia - May 5, 2026

3-yr-old raped, murdered in Pune: Accused charged with sexual assault twice before & acquitted, police say

Purva Chitnis - May 5, 2026

Go To Pakistan

Jemima Goldsmith is getting married again. Imran Khan’s supporters are mourning

Debdutta Chakraborty - May 5, 2026

While Pakistani men are disappointed about Jemima Goldsmith breaking hearts, the women are defending her right to spend her life as she wishes.

Economy

India-linked supertanker laden with LPG attempting Hormuz exit

Weilun Soon - May 2, 2026

The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap- money era

Andy Mukherjee - May 1, 2026

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

Julian Luk - April 29, 2026

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

+TFP Saurabh Mukherjea - April 28, 2026

As govt weighs mandatory silver hallmarking, new report flags economic & operational bottlenecks

Ajay Mathur - April 27, 2026

Governance

‘World’s widest underground tunnel’—Mumbai-Pune ‘missing link’ opens with a Guinness World Record

Purva Chitnis - May 1, 2026

Multiple transfers, now a suspension: Meet Kerala IAS B Ashok, who’s had run-ins with both UDF & LDF

Aneesa PA - May 1, 2026

As govt weighs mandatory silver hallmarking, new report flags economic & operational bottlenecks

Ajay Mathur - April 27, 2026

India’s drug approval system set for big digital overhaul to weed out multiple portals, glitches, delays

Sneha Richhariya - April 25, 2026

Environment

6 Green Nobel winners, all women—taking on mining firms, protecting endangered species’ habitat

Akanksha Mishra - May 3, 2026

Science

Tango partners’ brains sync up, new study finds. What it could mean for human communication

A University of Colorado Boulder study has found that tango partners' brainwaves sync as they dance. Devices that track 'neural synchronisation' could change how humans coordinate without speaking.

Bird's Eye View

The Asian Koel makes other birds raise its young—it lays eggs in their nests

Bharati Chaturvedi - May 3, 2026

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