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Corporate Donations Via Trusts Triple To Rs 3,811 Crore; BJP Receives Over 80%: Report

December 22, 2025 12:47

Corporate donations to political parties through electoral trusts tripled to Rs 3,811 crore in 2024-25 after the Supreme Court scrapped the contentious electoral bonds, The Indian Express has reported. According to contribution reports submitted to the Election Commission of India (ECI), nine electoral trusts donated a total of Rs 3,811.37 crore to political parties. Of that, the Bharatiya Janata […]

Modi Govt To Remove Mahatma From MGNREGS, Proposed Bill To Be Called ‘VB–G RAM G’

December 15, 2025 16:04

Arvind Gunasekar and The Wire Staff The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill. Days after a name change of the UPA-era Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the world’s largest rural job scheme, was speculated upon, it turns out that the Narendra Modi government is indeed set to rename it to […]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Accepted Jawaharlal Nehru As His Leader

December 15, 2025 15:39

Praveen Davar The debate focusses too narrowly on the choice of the Congress President in the summer of 1946, overlooking that the succession in Nehru’s favour had been settled and announced much earlier, and more than once. Lahore (1929) and Karachi (1931) are perhaps the two most important landmark sessions of the Indian National Congress […]

From Gujarat to Kyiv Camp: Indian Forced to Fight for Russia Appeals to PM Modi For Help

December 7, 2025 10:06

By Luv Puri Amidst Russian President Vladimir Putin’s India visit, a young man from Gujarat, forced to fight for Russia and currently held by Ukrainian forces, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help. Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from Morbi is in jail in Ukraine. He was fighting for Russia. The chance to speak […]

After Speculation Of Being ‘Silently Dropped’ PMO Key Communications Lead Hiren Joshi Is Back

December 5, 2025 11:42

Hiren Joshi, Officer on Special Duty or OSD (Communications & Information Technology) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), is an important name in the country’s most powerful office at the joint secretary rank since 2019. He is a permanent presence in WhatsApp message feeds of prominent journalists in big media, directing headlines and as per […]

After Bajrang Dal, VHP Complaint, Christian Pastors Booked Under Rajasthan’s New Anti-Conversion Law

November 23, 2025 15:22

By Deep Mukherjee In September this year, the Rajasthan assembly passed the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025, which has the provision for life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for illegal religious conversion. In one of the first cases registered under Rajasthan’s recently-enacted anti-conversion law, two Christian pastors have been booked in Kota district […]

India’s Rank Has Fallen on Every Global Index Under Modi, Ignoring Them Isn’t Bliss

November 19, 2025 15:15

Aakar Patel Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Some years ago, the Niti Aayog had said it would prepare a “single, informative dashboard for all the twenty-nine (later 32) global indices” on which India was ranked. This monitoring exercise was “not just to improve rankings but to improve systems and drive reforms to attract investments and to shape […]

RSS Lobbying In US Via Firm Also Representing Pakistan Sparks Political Row

November 14, 2025 12:40

Pavan Korada In its report revealing the Sangh’s lobbying effort, the ‘Prism’ news outlet also highlighted legal and transparency concerns among foreign influence experts in the US. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has hired a prominent American lobbying firm that is also on the payroll of the government of Pakistan, a move that has ignited […]

Why So Much Rides On Bihar – Particularly For BJP

November 14, 2025 11:55

Seema Chishti Bihar matters a lot for the opposition INDIA bloc, but for the BJP, it matters much more. Bihar matters a lot for the opposition INDIA, if only to regain the political momentum that the BJP getting just 240 MPs in the Lok Sabha in 2024 had given it. But for the BJP, Bihar […]

‘Good’ Muslim, ‘Bad’ Muslim, So Also ‘Good’ Hindu, ‘Bad’ Hindu, Shri Bhagwat ji?

November 11, 2025 11:33

By Badri Raina A formula to defeat all ‘bad’ conspiracies to unravel Bharat. In yet another peroration on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the RSS, Mohan Bhagwat, with characteristic balance and good sense, has cautioned us not to club all Muslims in one “bracket”. He has underscored how only some Indian Muslims speak […]

Three in Four Women Journalists Face Online Violence, With AI Fuelling Threats, Warns UNESCO

November 2, 2025 12:57

UNESCO’s campaign, “CTRL + ALT + MUTE,” aims to counter the rise of AI-facilitated abuse through policy action and advocacy. Illustration: The Wire, with Canva. Nearly three-quarters of women journalists have faced violence online, with artificial intelligence now being used to dangerously amplify threats ranging from deepfakes to doxxing, UNESCO has warned. The UN’s cultural agency […]

Purulia Tribal Family Kills Lone Educated Woman in Household for ‘Being a Witch’

October 25, 2025 18:18

By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee Several members of Padabi Tudu’s family said that they tried to make the attackers see sense, but could not. Authorities also allegedly refused to step in during the final attack. Residents of Chapur village in Bengal’s Jangalmahal district of Purulia on October 20 brutally murdered a woman of their own family […]

Sleeping With Power: How ‘Apolitical’ is the RSS?

October 4, 2025 20:05

By M K Venu Any assessment of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and its 100-year journey cannot possibly ignore its long term symbiotic links with other organisations that parallelly promoted the cause of the Hindutva ideology. A fascinating part of this story is that these prominent parallel organisations promoting Hindutva, such as the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu […]

RSS At 100: Sangh Patiently Accumulated Power Without A Führer, But Modi Cult May Be Its Undoing

October 2, 2025 13:15

Leading political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot is in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire about the origins and foundational thinking of the Sangh. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh turned 100 on September 27, 2025. What has its journey as a political organisation involved over the past century, as it moved from being on the margins of […]

Politic | Vote-Chori: Democracies Need Credible Solutions, Not Trickery and Excuses

September 21, 2025 15:07

That there is no unity of purpose between the prime minister, the CEC and the LoP on vital questions linked to the future of democracy is a national misfortune. Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty What’s the real threat: a cry to protect democracy, or an act to destroy it? Democracy is hollowed out when constitutional principles are […]

‘Bhakti’ for Modi at 75: From Newspaper Ads to Prayers and Coordinated Social Media Posts

September 18, 2025 19:42

Ambedkar had once warned against hero worship as a ‘sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship’, but Modi’s birthday blitzkrieg paid no heed to such caution as it took an unprecedented scale. “The God Almighty himself has sent Modiji as an avatar purush to lead our motherland to become the greatest nation on earth”; “It is […]

Muslim Teen’s Suicide Spotlights Gujarat’s Controversial Disturbed Areas Act

September 17, 2025 15:22

“It has been almost a month since my sister killed herself,” Rifat Jahan said, sitting in her home in Ahmedabad’s Gomtipur. On August 9, Rifat’s 15-year-old sister Saniya Ansari ended her own life, leaving behind a suicide note, a devastated family and questions about the Disturbed Areas Act. The Ansari family’s purchase of a house […]

Supreme Court Stays Key Provisions Of Controversial Waqf Act

September 15, 2025 13:42

The Supreme Court on Monday (September 15) morning has put a stay on key provisions of the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. According to LiveLaw, the bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih passed these orders: 1. The provision in Section 3(1)(r) that a person should be a practitioner of Islam for five […]

Nadda Says BJP World’s Largest Party At 140 Million, Credits Modi, Not RSS

September 15, 2025 12:21

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) national president J.P. Nadda on September 14, Sunday said that the BJP, with “14 crore” (140 million) members is now as the world’s largest political party. The BJP has been unable to find a successor to party president Nadda for a year and a half. His term as party president […]

Nearly 90,000 Diamond Workers Seek Help For Children’s Education in Gujarat, Only 170 Get Govt Aid: Report

September 14, 2025 20:04

While the Gujarat government has received 89,948 applications for educational aid from diamond workers, it has so far provided financial assistance to only 170 children for the school fees of only 170 children, data provided to the State legislature on Tuesday (September 9) has revealed. Congress MLA Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary had asked a question on […]

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Corporate Donations Via Trusts Triple To Rs 3,811 Crore; BJP Receives Over 80%: Report

Modi Govt To Remove Mahatma From MGNREGS, Proposed Bill To Be Called ‘VB–G RAM G’

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Accepted Jawaharlal Nehru As His Leader

From Gujarat to Kyiv Camp: Indian Forced to Fight for Russia Appeals to PM Modi For Help

After Speculation Of Being ‘Silently Dropped’ PMO Key Communications Lead Hiren Joshi Is Back

After Bajrang Dal, VHP Complaint, Christian Pastors Booked Under Rajasthan’s New Anti-Conversion Law

India’s Rank Has Fallen on Every Global Index Under Modi, Ignoring Them Isn’t Bliss

RSS Lobbying In US Via Firm Also Representing Pakistan Sparks Political Row

Why So Much Rides On Bihar – Particularly For BJP

‘Good’ Muslim, ‘Bad’ Muslim, So Also ‘Good’ Hindu, ‘Bad’ Hindu, Shri Bhagwat ji?

Three in Four Women Journalists Face Online Violence, With AI Fuelling Threats, Warns UNESCO

Purulia Tribal Family Kills Lone Educated Woman in Household for ‘Being a Witch’

Sleeping With Power: How ‘Apolitical’ is the RSS?

RSS At 100: Sangh Patiently Accumulated Power Without A Führer, But Modi Cult May Be Its Undoing

Politic | Vote-Chori: Democracies Need Credible Solutions, Not Trickery and Excuses

‘Bhakti’ for Modi at 75: From Newspaper Ads to Prayers and Coordinated Social Media Posts

Muslim Teen’s Suicide Spotlights Gujarat’s Controversial Disturbed Areas Act

Supreme Court Stays Key Provisions Of Controversial Waqf Act

Nadda Says BJP World’s Largest Party At 140 Million, Credits Modi, Not RSS

Nearly 90,000 Diamond Workers Seek Help For Children’s Education in Gujarat, Only 170 Get Govt Aid: Report

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