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In Kolkata, looking for a writer called Sunil Gangopadhyay, I got lost in a maze of long tree-spiked avenues. They were lined with blocks of flats; this was a residential area for the upper middle class, who seemed not to believe in street names. By now the morning mist ...

What is it about Afghanistan that brings the best and worst out of Pakistan, and vice-versa? Two teams that represent countries which share a border and are not exactly the best of friends with historical tensions provide the backdrop to this cricketing rivalry.Their animosity was well-evident on Thursday, when ...

It is mid-morning on an August day in 2021, and Bimal Patel is showing yet another small group of journalists and public intellectuals around the Central Vista Redevelopment Project. “You see these tiles?” he asks, pointing to the pavement where workers are fixing rectangular pink tiles. “Each of these ...

India oi-Deepika S | Published: Wednesday, August 3, 2022, 15:23 New Delhi, Aug 03: The Congress and a host of its leaders on Wednesday changed their social media display pictures, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the same as part of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" celebration ...

Captain Ashutosh Kumar, who laid down his life in the line of duty in November 2020, on Tuesday received his posthumous Shaurya Chakra--the country’s third-highest gallantry award--from President Ram Nath Kovind. The solemn ceremony, held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, saw President Kovind walk up to the braveheart’s parents and ...

GORAKHPUR, India — The powerful chief minister of India’s most populous state woke up at a Hindu temple, fed cows sweet jaggery cakes, performed a religious ceremony for Lord Shiva, then hit the trail on the last day of his election campaign this month.This blurring of religion and politics ...

One student studying in a private college in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka said that on February, he was told by the college administration to fill an online form. He said, “The last time we Kashmiri students were singled out was after the Pulwama attack in 2019. We were then made to ...

Apart from a single photograph, Hibatullah Akhundzada has never made a public appearanceKabul: In the days since taking power in Afghanistan, a wide range of Taliban figures have entered Kabul -- hardened commandos, armed madrassa students and greying leaders back from years of exile.There has been one major exception ...

Centre, UT administration closely monitoring investigation Neeraj Rohmetra Jammu, Nov 23: Centre is closely monitoring the investigation by the premier investigating agency into the multi-crore Roshni scam and issued clear guidelines that none including the high-profile politicians, bureaucrats and well-connected businessmen should be spared. Besides, directions have also been ...

Twitter on Friday said the microblogging website had removed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s display picture from his official handle and locked his account due to an “inadvertent error”, ANI reported. This came a day after Shah’s profile photo was removed by the social media website in response to ...