Under the new bill, the central board of direct taxes and finance ministry gets more powers to issue rules, notifications and exemptions through delegated notification The New Indian Express Dipak Mondal santwanabhattacharya Jayanth Jacob

All about the controversial draft UGC regulations Read the explainer written with Preetha Nair on how draft UGC regulation 2025 has sparked a political slugfest, with non-BJP-ruled states in South India opposing the norms. At the heart of the opposition is contentious issue of

All about the controversial draft UGC regulations Read the full story here: newindianexpress.com/explainers/202… Dr R Bindu Tiruchi Siva M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் Pinarayi Vijayan CMOTamilNadu CMO Kerala Congress CPI(M) Kerala Suresh Sundaram santwanabhattacharya UGC INDIA Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Education

#TNIEeditorial | The CAG report’s empirical data on dirty money stain adds to the body of evidence compiled by central law enforcement agencies to prosecute the AAP leadership. Bluster notwithstanding, Kejriwal cannot afford to dismiss the report lightly. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | After the BJP wrested Delhi from the AAP in the recent assembly polls, Bhagwant Mann lost what little leverage he had in running his government without interference. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | Ethnic violence in #Manipur has reignited #KukiZo sub-nationalism and aspirations for a separate land. To participate in the peace process, they want a separate administration and Union Territory status with a legislature. santwanabhattacharya newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | PM Modi had the last word on the technology: “No matter what the world does with AI, it will remain incomplete without India.” Well said. newindianexpress.com/opinions/edito…

#IndianMilitary #reorbat • 14 Fire & Fury Corps adding one more permanent Division • 72 Division is being raised in Demchok, #EasternLadakh • Presently troops of Uniform Force r there on ad-hoc deployment • Initially one more Division was planned for Mountain Strike Corps

The Union Home Ministry has withdrawn the age relaxation in recruitment criteria for the kin of the 2002 Gujarat riot victims in central government jobs, which was introduced in 2007. google.com/amp/s/www.newi… The New Indian Express santwanabhattacharya Jayanth Jacob

"There are whispers that #Siddaramaiah is downplaying the numbers of influential castes. Maybe. The people raise such doubts in the absence of proper caste report," former Karnataka CM M Veerappa Moily Dr. M. Veerappa Moily said in a conversation with Preetha Nair. newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Ap…

#TNIEeditorial | The contours of a ‘naya Kashmir’ (new Kashmir) appeared to emerge after the Pahalgam brutality as the entire J&K observed a spontaneous bandh condemning the attack—for the first time in over three decades. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | The Indo-Pak face-off was not as intense in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in 2019 and the Balakot strike, when an alarmed international community took to diplomacy to quickly force #Pakistan to stand down. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | The focal point of interest was #Modi's counter to #Trump’s bombast about leveraging trade to force a 'full and immediate ceasefire.' newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

TNIE Web-only Column | A torch, indeed, passed from the often-erased histories of Muslim women in southern India to the hands of readers across the globe. #HeartLamp, written between 1990 and 2023, speaks in colloquial, raw, and vividly intimate prose of the interior lives of

#TNIEeditorial | US President #DonaldTrump has conflated criticism of #Israel with anti-Semitism, stifling free speech instead of addressing the root causes of protests on university campuses. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | Hardly anything new emerged from three days of debate in parliament on #OperationSindoor except finger-pointing. It was an opportunity lost to put up a united front at a time when the global geopolitical situation is extremely fragile. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

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#TNIEeditorial | Amid the raging controversy over alleged disenfranchisement in #Bihar through SIR of voter rolls ahead of the state election, the PM Modi flagged the imminent danger of demographic imbalance due to ‘infiltration’ and illegal migration. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | While Justice Khanna intended to protect the concept of ‘waqf by user’ at least partially, the interim verdict upheld the provision to axe ‘waqf by user’ prospectively. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…

#TNIEeditorial | The US is currently negotiating a prisoner and hostage swap deal with the Taliban. If clinched, the deal could potentially set the pace for talks on using the Bagram base for joint counterterrorism efforts. newindianexpress.com/editorials/202…