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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

A birthday behind bars: P Varavara Rao turns 80 years old

Supreme Court has asked Bombay High Court to expedite Rao’s bail application hearing on medical grounds

Faisal Khan was asked to offer namaz in the temple: Khudai Khidmatgar

Khan, was arrested on November 2 after an FIR was registered against him and three others at Mathura

Crucial by-polls in Jharkhand

Adivasi rights, agricultural laws and political legacy hang in the balance in two key constituencies

Ballabhgarh protest: Policemen injured in stone pelting on Delhi-Agra highway

Protests and politics over Nikita Tomar murder heat up, community leaders will reassemble on November 8 to decide plan of action

Scrapping of Five-Year Plans was a bad idea

Move has proved very costly at a time when more and better planning is needed

Counter-terror raids on civil society groups signal escalating crackdown on dissent: Amnesty

Human rights groups calls on GoI to put immediate end to vindictive actions

SC: Statement to NDPS officers cannot be used as confession, evidence

The 2:1 judgment said that these officers are police officers and so confessions will not amount to admissible evidence

Police say Lashkar-e-Taiba behind killing of 3 BJP workers in J&K

The Resistance Front (TRF), which is said to be a shadow group of LeT, claimed responsibility for the killings

Illustrator Ashish Bagchi and his “Instagrammy” dissent

Digital artist Ashish Bagchi shares his views on the current regime – the source of inspiration for his dissenting artworks.

Munger violence: SP Lipi Singh, DM Rajesh Meena removed from duty, inquiry ordered

Protesters meanwhile, set vehicles on fire and damage public property; victim’s family appeals for peace

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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