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Near the bus stand in Ranchi, Jharkhand, lies an informal settlement built by blind people. Called Andhra basti – the colony of the blind – it is an oasis for its residents in an otherwise chaotic city. Living together, they say, has given them strength to face the vagaries of life. But their solidarity now…

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shakespeare why do you write poemsfor a male friendwho might have been morethan a friend, shakespeare?are you not afraid of thechurches and courts?what makes you love the ladyand the lord equally?how can you fall for bothromeo and juliet, othelloand desdemona? is it evenlegal to do so? what aboutthe 377 of your time? again, and again…

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The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee to provide his voice sample in a case related to the remarks he made during the Assembly elections, Bar and Bench reported. While campaigning for the polls, Banerjee had said that after the votes were counted, the DJs would play loud music that…

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E20 petrol is “cleaner and superior” than fuel variants that do not have ethanol blended in them, the Union government said on Friday. The statement came in the wake of vehicle owners complaining that the fuel mix was reducing mileage and damaging cars. The E20 variant of petrol, which has 20% ethanol, is a “safe,…

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay, on his first visit to Karur since the September stampede that killed 41 persons at his rally, on Friday blamed the police for neither alerting him about the increasing crowd at the site, nor taking steps to cancel the event, PTI reported. The stampede took place on September 27 after…

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Reuters on Friday that she and senior members of her party plan to return to the country from India around December. Hasina, who fled to Delhi in August 2024 amid widespread protests against her government, told Reuters in a telephone interview that she and senior leaders of her…

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Maharashtra has formed a seven-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare a draft for the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the Assembly on Thursday. Desai also headed the panels that drafted Uniform Civil Codes for Uttarakhand and Gujarat. The committee…

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The Allahabad High Court earlier this week declined to entertain a public interest litigation seeking directions to prevent the Uttar Pradesh Police from allegedly interfering with the peaceful display of portraits of Islamic religious leaders, including former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on private properties. The petition, filed by Islamic organisation Majlis Ulema-E-Hind, sought…

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Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting doctors and staff at a hospital in Dombivli, The Indian Express reported. He had surrendered to the police on Wednesday but was taken to hospital after he complained of health problems. After being discharged, he was taken into police custody. The assault took…

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Khichdi When your body needs comfort, it’s time to feed it some khichdi. Not the kind made in Emperor Akbar’s royal kitchen with equal amounts of rice, lentils and ghee but the one prescribed by Ayurveda, with rice, lentils and just a dash of ghee and spices. We’re talking about that melt-in-the-mouth, ghee-topped, warm food…

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