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1May 9, '25Dear Readers of The Wire In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to across India. +39.2×2.4M15k3.7k560
2Jun 29, '25'IAF Lost Fighter Jets to Pak Because of Political Leadership’s Constraints’: Indian Defence Attache33.4×2M7.6k2.1k882
3May 9, '25The internet service providers are saying multiple things. We have learnt it is per orders of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.28.9×1.8M6.5k1.8k171
4Apr 14, '23"Narendra Modi is a very ill-informed person." Satyapal Malik opens up to Karan Thapar on what really happened in Pulwama - including the PM's instructions to not speak about lapse24.7×1.5M12k5k300
5Apr 14, '23In an extraordinarily revealing interview with Karan Thapar, Satyapal Malik says that the CRPF had asked for aircrafts ahead of the Pulwama tragedy, and the request was denied by t21.2×1.3M8.9k4k182
6Jul 31, '25Varanasi: After Kanwariya Allegedly Harasses Muslim Girl, Police Files FIR Against Her Family @tarushi_aswani✍️12.3×751k4.5k1.8k340
7Apr 21, '23BREAKING | Satya Pal Malik, recently in the news for revealing previously unknown information on the Pulwama attack has been called in by the CBI “for questioning” on April 28. The12.1×741k6.4k1.9k65
8Aug 28, '24#Crackonomics | @Kabiran_ discusses how Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications owed Rs 49,000 crore to 53 banks, but NCLT admitted only Rs 47,000 crore and settled for just Rs 455 c9.6×584k5.3k2.8k626
9Aug 5, '23According to the RBI, banks in India lost Rs 12,50,553 crore during the 9-year of Modi govt. Never before in Indian history had banks lost such a gigantic amount without a whisper 9.0×550k7.2k4k326
10Apr 14, '23Does the Prime Minister's Office have full control over the appointments made by India's President Draupadi Murmu? Satyapal Malik says yes. Watch his full interview with Karan Thap8.3×510k6.4k2.8k61
11May 30, '24#Humour | The Great Meditator By: Atma Moh Productions7.0×429k12k3.9k439
12Dec 20, '22"भारत की मीडिया का 99.99999% केवल मोदी सरकार की तारीफ करता है, लाखों करोड़ों रूपए लगा कर झूठ और नफ़रत फैलाने का काम करता है..." - Ravish Kumar6.0×369k9.1k2.3k36
13Apr 19, '23The Satyapal Malik interview with Karan Thapar has had an explosive effect on the political establishment, with the opposition as well as families of soldiers demanding govt accoun5.4×328k4.1k1.3k47
14Jun 5, '23As something of a gateway to Korean culture, dramas and music, BTS have redefined what it means to have cultural power for South Korea and their popularity has put openly racist mo5.2×315k5.4k2k872
15Jun 5, '22The Grand Mufti of Oman along with Twitter handles with a large following have called for the boycott and also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.5.0×015k5.8k109
16Oct 23, '24Sorry, Chief Justice Chandrachud! You Don’t Get to Blame God for Your Own Awful Ayodhya Judgment @svaradarajan explains why the CJI’s explanation for the Supreme Court judgment in 4.1×248k4.5k1.6k225
17Mar 1, '19"I'm asking the excellent officers of the army - you are the strongest pillars of our democracy. Don't give the use of your experience and knowledge to these monkeys and help them 3.7×09.9k3.6k45
18Mar 18, '24How The Finance Ministry Broke Official Rule To Allow BJP To Redeem Expired Electoral Bonds #Politics3.7×224k4.4k2.2k114
19Oct 7, '24The Story of Palestine Originally sung by: Eman Askar Animation by: PeaceMeal Productions3.6×221k5k2.2k1.3k
20May 30, '24#LokSabha2024 | An election that began with BJP’s “400 Paar” slogan, ended up being one where the PM made outrageous statements about him being “not biological”. In 3 minutes, here3.3×204k4.5k1.5k425
21Mar 8, '25Australia: 'Overseas Friends of BJP' Founder Sentenced to 40 Years for 'Highly Predatory' Rapes "This was an egregious sequence of planned predatory conduct against five unrelated 3.1×192k3.5k1.5k176
22Mar 15, '24"Modi Ji Stopped Ukraine War" | Propaganda or Reality? | Ministry of External Affairs Fact-check3.1×192k8.6k3k283
23Feb 23, '21"I'm proud of what I did on the 23rd of Feb, and if it happens like that again, I will do that again." In an exclusive interview, Kapil Mishra says that Hindutva activists played n3.0×09.3k2.9k121
24Feb 27, '20"You write injustice on the earth; We will write revolution in the sky." Pink Floyd's Roger Waters read out a translated verse from the poem 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega' written by Aami3.0×09.4k3.5k89
25May 16, '19No script. Join us at 8. @khanumarfa in conversation with @RahulGandhi.2.9×010k2.4k19
26Dec 19, '19"If you are acting like the British Government then we will act like Bhagat Singh," says a protestor at Red Fort in Delhi. #IndiaAgainstCAA2.8×08.5k3.5k45
27Sep 26, '23The #Manipur Chief Minister's Office confirmed that the bodies are of Luwangbi Linthoingambi Hijam (17), a female student, and Phijam Hemanjit Singh (20), a male student. Both had 2.8×171k4.1k4k12
28Oct 12, '25Indian Authorities Have Failed to Act Against Adani Executives: US SEC Tells Court2.7×165k5.6k1.5k151
29Oct 8, '17Revenue from company owned by @AmitShah's son jumped from just Rs 50,000 to over Rs 80,00,00,000 in a single year.2.5×04.7k3.8k15
30Apr 1, '20Statement by the Founding Editors of The Wire:2.5×07.4k2.6k35
31Aug 8, '25'Top RSS Leaders Planned Terror Blasts': Whistleblower Yashwant Shinde's Plea Rejected by SC Shinde revealed attending bomb-making training camps and accused RSS affiliates of exec2.5×152k4.7k2.1k512
32Jun 11, '22The head of Sri Lanka’s electricity authority has testified before a parliamentary panel that he was told by @GotabayaR that @narendramodi had insisted a 500MW wind power project b2.5×05.9k3.1k145
33Oct 23, '24#TheInterview by Karan Thapar: 'Chief Justice Chandrachud has seriously eroded the office of the Chief Justice of India and the image of the Supreme Court of India,' says Dushyant 2.4×145k4k1.4k216
34Jan 22, '20"I do not need any reassurances, that Muslims do not need to worry. I am not worried....I am not afraid, I'm not anxious, I am angry. That such a law has been imposed on us." #Nase2.3×06.9k2.3k59
35Sep 17, '20On the occasion of Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday, Twitter users took upon themselves to remind the prime minister of the growing joblessness and acute economic crisis that the coun2.3×04.1k4.3k3
36Sep 4, '24After Releasing Rapists in #Gujarat, Narendra Modi Now Wants to Hang Them in #WestBengal James Manor✍️2.3×142k6.8k2.2k131
37Jan 3, '24#Governance | The 'Last Press Conference by an Indian PM in India' Was 10 Years Ago on This Day Journalist Pankaj Pachauri has pointed out that on this day, in 2014, Dr Manmohan Si2.3×138k4.4k1.5k42
38Mar 5, '20EXCLUSIVE | “I am innocent and a victim of communal violence myself. I have full faith in the justice system of my country. I want to surrender before the court.” Suspended AAP cou2.2×04.8k1.6k105
39Feb 14, '21“I was just supporting farmers,” Disha Ravi said, breaking down. “I supported farmers because they are our future and we all need to eat.”2.2×07.3k2.1k15
40May 6, '21Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against the director of a Lucknow hospital and others after the former released a notice saying there was an oxygen shortage. | Ismat Ara2.2×05.5k2.8k49
41Aug 5, '20Supriya Varma argues that, “even today, there is no archeological evidence that there was a temple under the Babri Masjid.” According to her, “Underneath the Babri Masjid, there ar2.1×04.5k1.8k156
42Dec 19, '19"Jamia ke ladkiyon ko inqalaab zindabaad!" The women of Jamia Millia Islamia University continue to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Jantar Mantar four days after b2.1×06.4k2.6k42
43Dec 27, '20Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equiv2.0×06.1k1.8k233
44Oct 18, '20Who funds hate? Republic TV and Republic Bharat: Raymonds, Muthoot Group, Jio, Max Bupa, Kent, Air India, Star Health Insurance, Nissan, Dabur, Mahindra, Amazon, Samsung, Sony, Mar2.0×04.5k2k84
45Jul 19, '21BREAKING | #PegasusProject 3 phone numbers belonging to the SC staffer who accused former CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment were selected as potential targets for surveillance.2.0×05.3k2.5k87
46Dec 15, '19A student in an ambulance, who was in the library describes the police assault against him. Both his legs were fractured by the police lathi charge, and he says that the police tol2.0×03.9k3.2k26
47Dec 20, '19Juveniles being released at Daryaganj Police Station have told The Wire that they have been beaten during the lathi charge and inside the station. A minor has alleged that the poli2.0×04.3k2.8k16
48Nov 5, '20Here’s a list of journalists arrested in the last few months, who haven’t got the same solidarity from the ruling party as #ArnabGoswami. The list of journalists who have FIRs agai2.0×06.1k2k80
49Feb 5, '21According to Nodeep’s lawyer, a medical examination of Nodeep was sought after she was arrested by the Haryana Police, that showed wounds on her body and private parts. “This point2.0×04.1k2.7k41
50May 26, '21In a major embarrassment to the BJP, the central crime branch of the Bengaluru city police arrested an aide of its MLA Satish Reddy in connection with the COVID-19 bed booking scam1.9×06k2.3k20
51May 8, '21The Lancet severely criticised the Narendra Modi government for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis in India, saying it has given the impression of being more occupied with “removi1.8×05.4k2.2k43
52Oct 8, '17.@AmitShah’s son has seen a dramatic increase in some of his businesses since @NarendraModi became prime minister.1.8×04.2k2.6k0
53May 18, '21Dainik Bhaskar's analysis of tweets posted by ten Union ministers revealed that none of them tweeted to help a COVID-19 victim find an oxygen cylinder or a hospital bed through han1.8×05.3k2.2k32
54Jun 9, '19There are still a few journalists left who have the courage to question the reigning government. Prashant Kanojia's arrest is a warning - if you do your jobs too well, there will b1.8×05.3k1.8k13
55Aug 8, '20"They asked him to chant ‘Modi zindabad’ and when he refused, he was slapped by one of the accused. They abused him and forced him to chant religious slogans. They also snatched hi1.8×04.9k2.1k25
56Jun 25, '19"In a country where ministers cannot produce degrees to prove that they graduated from college, you expect dispossessed people to show papers, to show that they belong to this coun1.8×05.3k2.1k29
57Mar 1, '19"I appeal to everyone in India. For the next two months, please don't watch TV channels. They have a contract to destroy democracy. Neither your voice nor your concerns are present1.7×04.7k2.2k26
58Oct 11, '17"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations."1.7×04.2k2.3k2
59Jun 1, '20Devangana Kalita, an MPhil student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been arrested for the third time in less than 10 days, this time by the Delhi police crime branch. 1.7×04.1k1.9k24
60Oct 31, '25#Humour | Tellin’ You Lies With Apologies to the Bee Gees1.7×101k6.2k1.5k506
61May 21, '21In a humiliating setback for the BJP, a May 18 tweet by its chief spokesperson Sambit Patra that contains screenshots of a purported Congress ‘toolkit’ to corner PM Modi on his han1.6×05k1.9k8
62May 6, '21A doctor who saved thousands of lives by providing timely and cost-effective cardiac care services to his patients even during the pandemic finally succumbed to COVID-19 after batt1.6×04.7k1.8k33
63Aug 2, '19Journalist #Ravishkumar has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless”. Kumar is among the five recipients of this award1.6×06.2k1.2k7
64Jan 31, '21A collective of journalists have gathered outside the YMCA, New Delhi, today to protest against the arrest of #MandeepPunia who was taken into custody by the Delhi Police on Saturd1.5×04.3k1.9k10
65May 18, '21The Manipur Police have now invoked the draconian National Security Act (NSA) against journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam, who were arrested for sayin1.5×03.7k1.9k20
66Jul 21, '22The restaurant run by Irani's daughter, Zoish, has got a show cause notice from the Goa excise commissioner for allegedly holding an illegal bar licence.1.4×04k1.5k48
67May 15, '21Delhi Police has registered 17 FIRs and arrested 15 people for allegedly pasting posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the vaccination drive against C1.4×03.5k1.6k29
68Mar 26, '19“I know one minister (in the Narendra Modi government) has said (that) how can we be growing at 7% and not have jobs. Well, one possibility is that we are not growing at 7%,” said 1.4×04.1k1.7k16
69Jun 6, '20Why has the outrage and empathy gone missing here in the case of this pregnant woman? Why did the celebrities and politicians not raise a hue and cry? Why did social media not seet1.3×04.1k1.4k15
70Jun 1, '22The Uttar Pradesh Police booked him after he, in a tweet, called Yati Narasinghanand, Mahant Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop 'hatemongers'.1.3×03.8k1.3k18
71Sep 1, '19“Dear Dr. Singh, When you were the prime minister, I felt safe as a citizen." An imagined conversation with #ManmohanSingh via @livewire1.3×03.9k98028
72May 11, '21The Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh for “spreading rumours” on social media after Singh tried to draw CM Yogi Adityanath’1.3×03.8k1.5k16
73May 6, '21The Indian government has refused the request for private firms in Punjab to commercially import liquid medical oxygen from Pakistan to bridge the gap in supply and enable the crea1.3×03.5k1.5k14
74May 23, '21Faisal Husain, a vegetable vendor in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, died less than an hour after being brutally beaten by the Bangarmau police for violating lockdown curfew on Friday (May 1.3×03.6k1.6k8
75Jul 1, '22The Wire Exclusive | We investigated the anonymous Twitter account that got @zoo_bear jailed. It led us to thousands more, with one man in common. He happens to work for a politica1.2×04.3k1.2k29
76May 11, '21Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that i1.2×03.7k1.4k17
77May 24, '21Ramdev should be prosecuted under the Epidemic Diseases Act as “untutored” statements are “a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling pre1.2×04k1.3k4
78Apr 16, '20As a proud Indian citizen, I have to hang my head in shame at the gross misbehaviour of our elected leaders – both for their attempt to curb media independence and for their effort1.2×03.5k1.3k22
79Apr 4, '19.@kanhaiyakumar is the antithesis of the Corporate-Hindutva desire to transform India into vulgar communal capitalism. His victory in the upcoming polls will be the victory of the 1.2×04.3k9749
80Nov 22, '21The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has found that debates on Delhi riots conducted by two Times Now anchors – Rahul Shivshankar and Padmaja Joshi – were not 1.2×03.9k1.2k32
81May 17, '21With FIRs being registered against those who put up a poster critical of Narendra Modi, it appears the citizen does not have the fundamental right to express an unfavourable opinio1.2×03.7k1.3k16
82May 22, '21"In order to prove that the “king is always right”, the government went to the extent of even undercounting the number of government employees who died while performing panchayat e1.2×03.7k1.4k21
83Oct 15, '21“My mother insisted that the photographer should leave the room... but she was completely ignored... My parents are elderly people. Not animals in a zoo. Their request for privacy 1.2×03.7k1.2k16
84Aug 5, '20“If the Babri Masjid was not demolished, and Hindus went to court saying that Ram was born there, would the court have ordered it to be demolished?” a former Supreme Court judge as1.2×03.5k1.1k58
85May 10, '21In a video that has gone viral on the internet, Ramdev said that patients “just don’t know how to breathe properly” and are “spreading negativity” by complaining of a shortage of o1.1×03.4k1.4k10
86Apr 11, '24Eid Mubarak!1.1×68k4.4k1597
87Dec 19, '19While protestors in Delhi brave potential police detention, their sense of humour remains undeterred. #IndiaAgainstCAA1.1×03.5k1.3k29
88Jul 29, '25'Why Have You Not Resigned': Opposition To Amit Shah #LokSabha #MonsoonSession1.1×68k5.5k1.1k120
89Apr 24, '20Setting aside Republic TV editor-in-chief and anchor Arnab Goswami’s plea that all hate speech cases against him be quashed, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Maharashtra pol1.1×03.8k1k7
90Mar 18, '24Why is the BJP Govt being called a ‘Hafta Vasooli Sarkaar’? @Priyanshi50 decodes:1.1×65k3.9k1.4k69
91Apr 17, '19.@kanhaiyakumar is the hope for the people, not because he will run the state by representing it in parliament. But by instilling confidence in them that one can win without caste 1.1×03.9k8672
92Sep 11, '20"Comparing #RheaChakraborty and #KanganaRanaut is wrong because Rhea has been pulled into the controversies of #SushantSinghRajputDeathCase and Kangana has started the political wa1.1×03.5k57717
93May 12, '21The Daily Guardian is the daily edition of the Sunday Guardian, a newspaper that was founded by former BJP Union minister and journalist M.J. Akbar but is now owned by the iTV Netw1.1×03.4k1.2k19
94Sep 12, '20"The irony of #SushantSinghRajputDeathCase is that those who call themselves his fans fail to understand that his legacy is now being associated with consumption of drugs rather th1.0×03.6k67914
95Aug 14, '20Three years after the tragic deaths of infants at a Gorakhpur hospital, the truth of the incident is yet unknown. But it is evident that Dr Kafeel Khan is being punished for not re1.0×03.5k1.1k12
96May 6, '21Dr Fazal Karim, head of the cardiology department at Era Medical College and Hospital, was known for his dedication to his patients from the city’s lower socioeconomic groups. | Dr1.0×03.5k1.1k4
97Mar 26, '25It is Time for All of us to Stand Up For Kunal Kamra and the Rights Guaranteed by the Constitution Those who believe in liberal rights have tended to go quiet because of the attack1.0×61k4.1k95625
98May 12, '21In an unprecedented show of brotherhood that reaffirms the syncretic soul of Ayodhya, a Muslim cleric who is part of a lone Muslim family in Hindu-dominated Rajanpur village in Ayo1.0×03.6k81017
99Mar 31, '18EXCLUSIVE: 'We will build a strong coalition with Mayawatiji and defeat BJP in 2019', says @yadavakhilesh in an interview with @svaradarajan0.9×03.5k5631
100Jun 4, '19Eid Mubarak from The Wire! #EidMubarak0.9×03.7k4222
101Oct 15📢Join us for a special run of Sandhya Gokhale’s ‘Silhouettes’, starring Divya Seth, Niiya Kumar, Sarah Hashmi and Karan Parab, with a special appearance from Amol Palekar. 🎟️ 📅 0.2×14k34173

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