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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

300 Mumbaikars object Metro 7A and bullet train activities

Citizens call for strengthening of existing infrastructure, claiming that new projects are not implemented with environmental and socio-economic concerns.

I have opposed Muslim fanatics: Javed Akhtar

The writer-poet counters all allegations of supporting Taliban, ennumerates examples of threats to his life due to his vociferous condemnation of oppressive practices by the minority community, and says he holds Hindus in high esteem

Yet another man from West Bengal dubbed “foreigner” in Assam: CJP to the rescue

Fourth such case handled by CJP team where an Indian citizen was declared foreigner for simply crossing the state border!

Centre refuses to disclose use of Pegasus in affidavit, pleads national security

The Supreme Court has reserved its order in the matter

A tribute to Danish Siddiqui (May 19, 1983 – July 16, 2021) 

India’s leading photojournalists share iconic photographs of their careers, in a tribute to their slain colleague, and as a salute to photojournalism

Gujarat: CM Vijay Rupani quits, just a year ahead of polls

Chief Minister said his resignation will give party's leadership opportunity to bring new energy

We do not recognise a Taliban govt: Afghan students in Pune

Afghan students from various Pune colleges came together outside the Savitribai Phule University to voice their dissent against the Taliban and Pakistan

Assam boat tragedy could have been averted had the Majuli bridge been built

Delays in bridge construction and lack of oversight at river crossing led to loss of innocent lives

Sikkim: Indefinite hunger strike continues as ad-hoc teachers demand service extension

Sick of waiting for the re-interview process to complete, Sikkim’s ad-hoc teachers have asked for an extension of their contract if not immediate interviews

WB activists and CSOs demand delinking of Census from NPR-NRC process

Individuals and groups in the north-east call for a focus on caste break-up rather than NPR-NRC process in the upcoming census

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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights