While Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav accused Modi of doing ‘drama’ for votes, Amit Shah said a vote for the Mahagathbandhan would imply a return to ‘jungle raj’. The Wire is now on WhatsApp. Follow ...

This is the first time in India that cloud seeding is being conducted to fight air pollution; the technique has been used ...

The disturbing image that lingered was that of grieving families being transported to a leader’s doorstep to receive condolences. To many political observers, this was not an act of leadership. It was ...

The universal chord: An aspiration for frictionless escape K-culture touches a universal chord precisely because it offers an aspirational, frictionless escape from the chaotic realities of life. We ...

Forced displacement has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing communities to poverty and ill health.

The journalist has been charged with IPC sections which carry a jail term of up to seven years. This is the second time the UP police has arrested Kanojia. In 2019, the Supreme Court ordered his ...

Goyal was director of Shirdi Industries till 2010, owner of defaulting company gave unsecured loan to firm owned by Goyal's wife of Rs 1.59 crore.

Across much of the world, voters are turning to populists who are intensely distrustful of the institutions on which liberal democracy is built.

On his 100th death anniversary, a look at the political change signified by how Tilak was charged by the British for his views in 'Kesari'.

Social media accounts found an old photograph that he had posted with his wife and daughter and posted a barrage of comments calling Misri a “traitor” for “offering” his “head to Pakistan”. These ...

The Indian revolutionary, who popularised the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad', demanded that the British send a military detachment to execute him by firing squad; the Hindu nationalist promised to give up ...

Maiden also claimed that one of its manufacturing plants had a WHO certificate – whereas the WHO denied this to The Wire.