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Maharashtra: Maximum Mess
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Maharashtra: Maximum Mess

A fortnight after the assembly election results, Maharashtra is under central rule. And there is still no clarity on who could form a new government.

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November 25, 2019
The Temple Panchang
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The Temple Panchang

The Ayodhya verdict puts a legal seal on the goal of the rath yatra that led to Babri Masjid’s demolition. What does it mean for the future of the BJP-RSS and of Indian democracy?

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November 25, 2019
Jacquard Chic Sikh
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Jacquard Chic Sikh

The community is upholding its traditions of sartorial excellence while incorporating the latest trends

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November 25, 2019
The Guru's Islam
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The Guru's Islam

Nanak’s God was close to the Islamic idea, but mulla and qazi left him cold

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November 18, 2019
Sant And Sinner: An Evil Spawn Of Politics
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Sant And Sinner: An Evil Spawn Of Politics

Bhindranwale distorted Nanak’s teachings, Congress encouraged his violent ways

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November 18, 2019
Road To Khalsa
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Road To Khalsa

Talk of a ‘pacifist’ Gurunanak and ‘militant’ Gobind Singh oversimplifies Sikh history

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November 18, 2019
Mumbai Marathon
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Mumbai Marathon

BJP, Sena face-off stretches government formation in Maharashtra

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November 18, 2019
Hall Of Whispers
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Hall Of Whispers

Pakistan’s interest in the Kartarpur corridor reeks of a sinister plan to revive Sikh militancy

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November 18, 2019
Akhand Path
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Akhand Path

From the earliest days of the Gurus through the zenith of Ranjit Singh’s empire, the colonial era and as part of the mosaic of an independent India, Sikhs have always hewed close to a proudly distinct identity and culture

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November 18, 2019
Download The AAP For Free
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Download The AAP For Free

With a lot at stake, Kejriwal woos voters with freebies ahead of next year’s assembly polls

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November 11, 2019
Jat Boy Is A Front Sticker
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Jat Boy Is A Front Sticker

Kingmaker, Deputy CM...Devi Lal’s great-grandson Dushyant Chautala adds inches to his 6’4” frame

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November 11, 2019
Fresh Guard
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Fresh Guard

Sourav Ganguly has impeccable credentials as cricketer-captain and is worshipped as an icon in Bengal. As the BJP craves a viable face for its banner before the 2021 assembly polls, Sourav presents an obvious choice. It is for the new BCCI chief to take it or spurn it.

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November 11, 2019
EPS Finds His GPS
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EPS Finds His GPS

With decisive victories in the TN by-elections, the ‘accidental CM’ has proved naysayers wrong

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November 11, 2019
Camera Obscura
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Camera Obscura

Karnataka assembly bans private TV crews, photographers

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November 11, 2019
Statesman, Do Look In
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Statesman, Do Look In

The opposition plans a march to topple him and the economy is sick. That’s a handful for Imran.

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November 04, 2019
Lights, Camera, Challan!
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Lights, Camera, Challan!

Cameras across Delhi are catching traffic rule violators unawares. VIPs and other important people are no longer able to bully past helpless police personnel.

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November 04, 2019
Why Modi And BJP's Trajectory Is Heading North After The 2019 General Elections?
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Why Modi And BJP's Trajectory Is Heading North After The 2019 General Elections?

The assembly results hold long-term lessons for both the ‘nationalist’ BJP and a top-heavy, clueless Congress

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November 04, 2019
Blood Rots The Apples
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Blood Rots The Apples

J&K’s fruit trade takes a big hit from lockdowns, protests and now killings

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November 04, 2019
Tell Us When The Whistle Blows
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Tell Us When The Whistle Blows

Accusations of auditing malpractices rock Infosys’s boat

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November 04, 2019
Cracker Of A Green Diwali
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Cracker Of A Green Diwali

Hunt for safe fireworks throws up a few options. The festival will tell if they stay with a bang or just bomb.

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October 28, 2019
‘The Thackeray Legacy Is Something To Be Proud Of'
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‘The Thackeray Legacy Is Something To Be Proud Of'

This Shiv Sainik wants to forge new paths while being rooted in his family legacy.

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October 28, 2019
The Chennai-Chungking Express
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The Chennai-Chungking Express

After Kashmir, the Modi-Xi informal summit stabilises ties, injects momentum needed to wrestle prickly issues down

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October 28, 2019
The Church Is Mine
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The Church Is Mine

A 2017 SC order revivifies an old turf war between Kerala’s Malankara Orthodox and Jacobite churches, as passions inflame over right to worship, burial rights

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October 28, 2019
Dying Paper Society
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Dying Paper Society

In its 100th year, Samaja is mired in controversies

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October 28, 2019
Scent Of Saffron In Den Of The Tiger
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Scent Of Saffron In Den Of The Tiger

Sena plays second fiddle as BJP goes for the kill in Maharashtra, again

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October 21, 2019
Bandipur's Bandobast
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Bandipur's Bandobast

In men versus wild, politics over a nightly ban on traffic along a highway through a national park

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October 21, 2019
The Great Indian Ripoff
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The Great Indian Ripoff

In the bazaars feeding a billion people and selling anything under the sun, it’s hard to tell the real from the impostor. Choose carefully.

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October 21, 2019
Zero Budget, A Green Thumb?
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Zero Budget, A Green Thumb?

Cow dung, urine and neem...still, back-to-basics farming may not be the cure its advocates plough

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October 21, 2019
Cyanide Jolly, Meal By Meal
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Cyanide Jolly, Meal By Meal

Murders by poisoning and a female ‘serial killer’, with dollops of scandal, are riveting Kerala

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October 21, 2019
Extreme Dangal
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Extreme Dangal

BJP’s star wrestlers enter poll ring. Congress battles its own demons.

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October 21, 2019