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‘Birthing his pain into a poem’: A poetic journey through five decades of Karnataka’s history
In the 18th century, the neighbourhood of Mavalli had been the stamping ground of the brilliant military strategist and one-time ruler of Mysore, Hyder Ali. It was here, in 1760, that he set up a 40-acre rose and cypress garden, which, by KS Nisar Ahmed’s time, had grown into the 240-acre botanical garden of Lalbagh.…
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Convinced AI was not used to write the 2026 winning stories, says Commonwealth Short Story Prize
The Commonwealth Foundation has said that it is convinced AI was not used to write the winning stories of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and that it is standing by its judges’ decision. The overall winner will be picked from the pool of five regional winners and announced on June 30. The Prize announced its…
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Mamata Banerjee is TMC chief, party tells EC after rebel MLAs ‘remove’ her from post
The Trinamool Congress has sent a fresh list of its office-bearers and National Working Committee members to the Election Commission, stating that Mamata Banerjee is the party chief, IANS reported on Tuesday. This came after a group of rebel West Bengal MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee “removed” Mamata Banerjee as the party chairperson on Monday.…
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Readers’ comments: Historians need not defend Hindutva’s simplistic caricatures of Akbar
I almost never write a response to articles – especially not in Indian publications – but this subject matters to me far too deeply, and I have simply done too much research over the past 30 years to let it pass without comment (“Was Akbar really a ‘secular’ icon?”). As a consequence of India’s intensely…
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This book shows how a crisis manager handled a disagreement repackaged as a criminal complaint
In Raipur, Chhattisgarh, a dispute over a Rs 30-crore scrap contract between two companies, RK Engineering and Kedhari Traders, began like any standard commercial fallout. Their agreement included a formal arbitration clause that was supposed to keep disputes civil, structured and private. But instead of invoking arbitration, one party filed an FIR under Sections 406…
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When Nehru trekked through the Himalayas to build diplomatic bridges with Bhutan
In the autumn of 1958, as cracks began to emerge in the Sino-Indian diplomatic relationship, Jawaharlal Nehru was forced to cancel a planned visit to Lhasa amid escalating political unrest in Tibet. Even so, India’s first prime minister was determined to undertake a Himalayan diplomatic mission. His destination shifted to the isolated kingdom of Bhutan,…
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‘Go to Calcutta HC’: SC on plea against Bengal denying ration to persons excluded in SIR
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to urgently list a petition challenging the decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal to deny ration benefits to those excluded from the electoral rolls after the special intensive revision exercise, Live Law reported. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Joymala Bagchi told the petitioners…
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‘Baby Do Die Do’ trailer: Action comedy stars Huma Qureshi as an assassin
Also read: Huma Qureshi interview: ‘There is merit in being the odd one out’ … Read more
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Lucknow: Four arrested in connection with fire that killed 15
The Lucknow Police on Monday arrested four persons in connection with a fire in the city’s Aliganj area in which 15 persons were killed, The Times of India reported. The police have filed a first information report against six named persons and several unidentified individuals. The two other named persons accused in the matter are…
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For local democracy to flourish in India, State Election Commissions must be reformed
India does not treat local democracy with the same seriousness as national and state institutions. Nowhere is this more evident than in the conduct of elections to local governments. Elections to Parliament and state Assemblies are held with near clockwork precision but those to urban and rural local bodies are frequently delayed or stalled across…