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उत्तरकाशी के धराली में आया सैलाब बीते एक दशक में देश के भीतर आई सबसे बड़ी आपदाओं में से एक है. यहां 5 अगस्त को खीरगंगा नदी में आई बाढ़ और मलबे के सैलाब ने तबाही मचा दी है. वैज्ञानिक जहां अभी भी इसके कारणों की पड़ताल में जुटे हैं…

The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) response to allegations of voter manipulation has been consistent – denial and seeking statements under oath from those raising the allegations. Days after asking Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to prove the charges through a declaration under oath, the ECI has…

On Monday, our overworked justice system, which still hasn’t been able to give a verdict on Umar Khalid’s case or hear the case suo motu, found time and inclination to address a far larger problem — the stray dog menace in the capital. You read that right. It appears rapes,…

The first images of the recent disaster in Dharali, Uttarakhand, came from two brothers in the village, Sumit and Manmohan. Filming from their rooftop, they captured scenes that would become the earliest visuals to reach social media and newsrooms.

When stray animals make headlines in India, the narrative often follows a certain script: dog lovers versus those who see them as a menace. 

“Half encounter” – or what the Uttar Pradesh Police call “Operation Langda” – is a practice in which police shoot suspects in the leg to capture them alive. Once hit, the accused collapses, and the police make the arrest.

My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…

The Supreme Court has granted protection from arrest to the Wire’s founding editor Siddarth Varadarajan in an FIR lodged against him under section 152 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita in Assam, LiveLaw reported.

'हाफ एनकाउंटर', जिसे उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस 'ऑपरेशन लंगड़ा' कहती है, एक ऐसी कार्रवाई है जिसमें पुलिस अपराधियों को ज़िंदा पकड़ने के लिए उनके पैरों में गोली मारती है. गोली लगते ही आरोपी ज़मीन पर गिर जाता है और पुलिस उसे गिरफ़्तार कर लेती है.