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Samuel Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ has new meaning in the age...
‘Happy Days’ serves as a necessary reminder to look after our planet while we still...
SIR: Around 1,600 foreigners identified on voter rolls...
While launching the the exercise in 2025, the poll panel said that ‘inclusion of...
Podcast: From race to caste and gender, Ramachandra Guha...
The historian tells host Dinyar Patel why it is impossible to assign neat black-and-white...
Activist Arun Ferreira’s re-arrest in 2011 violated fundamental...
In September 2011, Ferreira was held again from near Nagpur Central Jail’s gate...
Why are Indians continuing to fall prey to digital arrest...
The chief justice also asked why banks could not intervene when transactions appeared...
Rush Hour: CJI asks why Indians still fall for cyber fraud,...
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Fiction: An abandoned house in the neighbourhood becomes...
An excerpt from ‘All Our Evenings’, by Ruthvika Rao.
Delhi: Demolition of heritage mosque near PM Modi’s official...
While the government has claimed that the structure is ‘unauthorised’, it is listed...
Chennai: Economist detained after fake Instagram account...
A Kalaiyarasan said he had been picked up without being given an opportunity to...
UP bars those involved in violent ‘regime change’ activities...
The Congress and the Samajwadi Party described the order as ‘undemocratic’ and ‘reminiscent...
Data protection law does not infringe on press freedom,...
A petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the 2023 Act says that it ‘threatens...
Jamia protests: Two NSUI members detained, exams to be...
The Delhi Police has detained more than 70 students since October 12 amid protests...
‘Logical discrepancy’ permitted in Bengal SIR as interim...
The Supreme Court’s May judgment upholding the validity of the exercise does not...
Gujarat court cites Vedas, Manusmriti while sentencing...
‘If such accused…are not punished as prescribed by law, the mother cows will become...
A murder live-streamed spotlights the desperation and limits...
Parvinder Singh Jhota’s campaigns against drugstore owners selling banned drugs...
SIR applies a decade of exclusion lessons perfected on...
Concerns about opaque software, technological interventions and excessive centralisation...
Spain: 64 dead as two high-speed trains collide
The crash – Spain’s second major railway accident this year – followed a January...
Watch: New ‘Pride and Prejudice’ show stars Emma Corrin,...
The Netflix series will be out on December 3. The cast includes Olivia Colman, Rufus...
Rush Hour: SC questions use of Form 6 by deleted voters,...
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Hardeep Singh Puri named BJP candidate for Madhya Pradesh...
The Union minister, whose current term ends on November 25, needs to be re-elected...
Cyclone Arnab: Three killed in Andhra Pradesh
Flights were affected and at least 64 trains were cancelled as the cyclonic storm...
Can’t order probe into YSRCP allegations that candidates...
The bench said it would consider laying down guidelines to safeguard the electoral...
Bengal: Two men accused in separate crimes killed in alleged...
The Opposition said that the ‘alien culture’ of extrajudicial killings linked to...
Harsh Mander: The unlikely redemption of the 13-year-old...
After nearly a decade in jail, Chenchu Hansda was tormented by voices in his head....
Israel elections: PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc neck-and-neck...
The Israeli prime minister is seeking another term after nearly three years of genocidal...
Mehran Hodiwala’s songs find the funny side of life’s uncomfortable...
The 18-year-old Mumbai college student can not be bothered with capitalisation in...
Why India’s ethanol push is not benefitting farmers
The government assured better prices to those who grew crops used to make ethanol....
As Serbian student movement ends ruling party’s 12-year...
The Student List has no standalone leader and fielded candidates without political...
Why more people are resorting to ‘DIY’ health advice and...
Online searches may occasionally point people in the right direction, but they can...
Rage, lust and radical growth: Five must-read menopause...
Terms like ‘meno-lit’ and ‘hot flush noir’ are surfacing – just as ‘chick-lit’ was...
Kuno cheetah cub dies of pellet injuries
It is the first killing of a cheetah since the wild animal was reintroduced in the...
Cyclone Arnab: Over 89,000 evacuated, NDRF teams deployed...
More than 60 trains were cancelled as a precautionary measure as gusts of up to...
No stay on probe against journalist in SC/ST case filed...
Her lawyer said that the police officer’s complaint was ‘nothing but a retaliated...
Queer short fiction: All kinds of adventures visit ‘Boy’,...
An excerpt from ‘A Queer Shade of Saffron: Stories’, by Shastri Akella.
Karnataka SIR: Nearly 1 crore names deleted from final...
The electors in the state reduced to 4.5 crore from 5.5 crore before the exercise...
Ahead of ‘leave India’ deadline, HC puts notice to actor...
The authorities had ordered him to exit the country by October 28, allegedly for...
SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea by media association against...
The Digital News Publishers Association, which represents 21 news organisations,...
‘Student of the Year: After Dark’ trailer: Shanaya Kapoor...
Reema Maya’s Hindi series also stars Divik Sharma, Manya Grover, Sheeba Chaddha...
As Adani files defamation case, Calcutta HC blocks sharing...
Adani Enterprises Limited has filed a Rs 50 crore defamation suit against tech entrepreneur...
All SIR decisions were taken unanimously, EC tells Supreme...
The reports that Form 6 used to register new voters was amended are ‘misleading’,...
Demand for ‘peace’ bond from Neha Bora seeks to impose...
Issuing the student leader a notice based only on police allegations raises questions...
A documentary revisits Libia Lobo Sardesai’s remarkable...
Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar’s ‘Libby de Liberdade’ will be screened in Mumbai...
How children with disabilities are made to jump through...
They need a unique ID number to avail of a range of benefits, including a disability...
Lula’s ‘miracle’ victory buys time for Brazil, resonates...
The world’s fourth-largest democracy has now bucked the trend of far-right gains,...
Centre amends rules to allow E100 fuel in compatible vehicles
The modified rules allow flex-fuel vehicles to run on nearly 100% ethanol, alongside...
This novel in verse tells the legend of Unniarcha, Kerala’s...
An excerpt from ‘I Am Archa’, by Ranjeeta Raam.
Rush Hour: Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case,...
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Seven foreigners in terror-related probe get bail yet Indian...
The broader concern is the protections in law are unevenly accessible.
Police detain several students at Jamia Millia university...
The students have said that the institute’s order about elections to the union did...
Rahul Gandhi’s convoy meets with accident in UP, Congress...
The leader of Opposition was on way to Sultanpur to appear before a special court...
Karnataka poll officials sought deletions of 61,000 voters...
The officials said that the Form 7 applications were ‘auto-generated’ with their...
‘Long before we named the gods, we painted animals’: There’s...
An excerpt from Maneka Gandhi’s Introduction to ‘Animals’, by Raghu Rai.
Godrej Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest announces its...
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to novelist Irwin Allan Sealy. This...
Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case over remarks...
The Congress leader’s statement that the home minister was a ‘murder accused’ was...
IIT-B student suicide: Mumbai Police detain at least 20...
The demonstrators alleged that the police used force during the detentions, including...
Rahul Gandhi’s convoy meets with minor accident in UP,...
The leader of Opposition was on way to Sultanpur to appear before a special court...
When 11 women made a film together: ‘No weeping, no sad...
The story of the collaboration behind the documentary ‘Mast Mahila Mandali’.
Two Congress MPs booked on trespassing charges for entering...
Students have been holding demonstrations at the university in Delhi since October...
Uttar Pradesh: EC orders reverification of voter roll entries...
This came after the Congress alleged that names of over 13,000 voters were replaced...
In a new book, Gopalkrishna Gandhi studies his grandfather...
‘Whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.’
A new Brahmin-first party in UP symbolises a growing disquiet...
Some voters say they will pick the party best placed to defeat the BJP.
Why rats are on the ballot in Canada’s civic elections
Rodents point to broader societal concerns about housing, public services and civic...
‘Switzy’: In her new novel Emma Cline inhabits a man with...
‘Switzy’ raises a difficult question: if life remains meaningful even in the face...
Raj Thackeray deletes documentary alleging Adani-Modi ties...
‘My intention was for this serious issue to reach the public, and that objective...
‘I want readers to see our women rise to their full height’:...
An interview with the author of ‘City of Widows’.
Odisha: Rights groups, Opposition slam arrest of doctor,...
Randall Sequeira and Laxman Naik were arrested on October 16 in connection with...
EC refuses to name software used to flag SIR errors, cites...
Electoral registration officers decide on the inclusion or exclusion of a voter,...
Mumbai: FDA destroys over 500 litres of milk, takes action...
Overall, food products worth an estimated Rs 1.5 crore were seized or destroyed...
Sunday book pick: The hard job of rehabilitation after...
The novel, published recently, looks at the immigrant experience of Irish youth...
How the British looted Indian property after the uprising...
In diaries and written accounts, English officers and wives cheer on the plunder...
Ex-CJI Chandrachud was ‘too deferential’ to Centre in judicial...
The comments were made by Justice SK Kaul in his memoir to be published later this...
Why are protesters looking at 1942 to explain 2026?
The police crackdown is reminding the youth about the colonial repression they read...
Maharashtra moves Bombay HC against central food regulator’s...
The petition filed through official Tukaram Mundhe challenged a 2023 order that...
‘Hazrat Mahal’: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones’s book keeps the...
From an unknown identity to a death far from the land she fought for, Hazrat Mahal...
Translation has several different relationships with time....
‘AI may translate that word and save you the joy and misery of translation. That...