Truth Before Power
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 India’s power system is reaching an awkward stage of the energy transition: electricity demand is rising and solar capacity is expanding, yet a significant amount of available solar generation cannot be delivered to consumers. The curtailment problem New analysis reported on September 2 said nearly 11 terawatt-hours of solar…
The CBI’s third chargesheet names 19 more accused, including six Haryana IAS officers, in the alleged ₹504-crore government funds diversion case. Here is what the filing establishes, what remains unproven and why the control failures matter.
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR over alleged allocation and diversion of rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic), raising questions about how subsidised public grain was allocated, monitored and ultimately lifted. The allocation The case concerns 62,000 metric tonnes of rice allocated by the…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 India’s cybercrime authorities have warned for years that fraudsters use social platforms to reach victims. A new case raises a practical question: how long can a malicious campaign remain visible before a platform acts? What Reuters reported Reuters reported on August 31 that Meta removed dozens of deceptive ads…
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TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 Punjab’s dispute over roughly ₹14,191 crore in unpaid dearness allowance and dearness relief has moved from an employee-pay dispute into a wider question about public finance and constitutional appropriation. What happened On September 1, 2026, the Punjab government moved the Supreme Court against the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 India’s food regulator has proposed a red front-of-pack warning system for packaged foods high in sugar, salt or fat. The proposal is a policy change, but it is not yet a final nationwide rule. This is a proposal, not yet a rule On August 28, 2026, FSSAI placed a…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench has asked Maharashtra authorities what action was taken after an earlier inspection of the Nandgaon fly-ash disposal site. What the court is investigating The proceedings are a suo motu public-interest case. The court sought a response from the collector and details of action…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 The Supreme Court has reopened a long-running question in Indian elections: should votes recorded by electronic voting machines be counted in clusters so candidates cannot reconstruct how individual polling booths voted? What the Court asked On September 1, a three-judge Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 A Supreme Court petition raised a public-interest question about digital traffic challans: whether the V-Courts workflow can make a citizen enter a plea of guilt when the intended action is to compound an eligible traffic offence. What the Court did On September 2, the Supreme Court directed its Registry…
TruthWave Investigation | September 2, 2026 The Enforcement Directorate opened a money-laundering investigation into alleged fraudulent toll collection at National Highways Authority of India plazas, with searches at 14 premises across seven regions on September 2. What the agency alleges The ED says it found evidence of unauthorised software allegedly generating toll receipts outside the…