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The Union government asked the Delhi Gymkhana Club to explain why it should not be evicted from its 27.3-acre premises in central Delhi. The club has been told to respond to the show cause notice by July 7. The club’s continued occupation of the property was “unauthorised” after its lease ended on May 22, stated…

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Inside the narrow lanes of Shahbad Dairy, a suburb outside north-west Delhi, is a concrete maze of houses packed tightly together. Trees are scarce. A breeze is hardly able to pass through these cramped and unventilated alleys, and by afternoon, the heat is oppressive and inescapable. Poonam and her sister-in-law Ritika, who live next door…

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The Union government has asked the Delhi Gymkhana Club to explain why it should not be evicted from its 27.3-acre premises in central Delhi, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. The show-cause notice was sent to the club on Monday, the newspaper quoted unidentified officials as saying. Representatives of the club have been asked to…

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Excerpted with permission from Gadabada Blanket and the Cave Under the Bed, Ashok Rajagopalan, Tota Books. … Read more

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to issue an order directing the blanket takedown of allegedly defamatory content about Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, reported Bar and Bench. Justice Subramonium Prasad, however, directed the removal of five posts that allegedly contained “explicit content, which is profane and vulgar in nature and falls outside the…

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Vijaya Mehta’s influence transcended language, region and genre. Mehta, who occupied a place in Indian theatre like few others and also made several well-regarded films, died on June 30 from age-related ailments in Mumbai. She was 91. To patrons of the stage, Mehta was among architects of modern Indian theatre. To critics, she expanded the…

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The United States on Tuesday removed four Indian companies from its list of firms sanctioned for allegedly supplying goods and technology to Russia’s military-industrial base. Hyderabad-based RRG Engineering Technologies Private Limited and Lokesh Machines Limited, Ahmedabad-based Galaxy Bearings Limited and New Delhi-based Shaurya Aeronautics Private Limited had been sanctioned in November 2024. The action was…

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Ilaiyaraaja’s Western classical symphony Valiant recently had its grand premiere in India, with a performance in Chennai in May. It immediately made me think of another beautiful meeting point between Indian and Western music: Calcutta-Nagar, the piano suite by Indo-jazz pioneer John Mayer. It may not have the sweeping scale of Ilaiyaraaja’s symphony, but it…

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The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order that imposed a blanket ban on slaughtering cows and calves in the state, Live Law reported on Wednesday. In its petition, the state argued that the May High Court exceeded the scope of the public interest litigation before it and…

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The Kalinga Literary Festival has announced the shortlists for its 2026 Book Awards in five categories – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Debut. The winners will be announced in September 2026 and awards will be presented at the inaugural ceremony of KLF Indraprastha between October 3 and 4. Here are the complete shortlists: Nonfiction Searches:…

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