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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

Bakrid and the forced controversy around animal sacrifice

Every year around Bakrid, a new controversy around animal slaughter erupts dampening the festive spirit for the Muslim community

First Covid, now floods; NRC work still on hold in Assam

Given the twin blows, the process of issuing rejection slips has been delayed even further in the state

Brinda Karat files police complaint against IPS Nageswar Rao

Demands Home Minister prosecutes the IPS officer for his recently made political statements

GN Saibaba denied bail to see his dying mother

Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has rejects temporary bail to the former DU prof, now a serving a life sentence

Thok do s***e ko: Bachchan declares war on trolls

The actor, who has been in the hospital since he tested positive for Covid-19 wrote a hateful letter to internet trolls, inciting his fans to commit violence against those who wish him ill

Prof Hany Babu is NIA’s 12th arrest in Bhima Koregaon case

He is the third person to be arrested during the Covid-19 lockdown after Prof Anand Tentumble and writer Gautam Navlakha

Concerned citizens urge SC to withdraw contempt case against Prashant Bhushan

The signatories include former judges, former civil servants as well as renowned social activists who have raised concern over stifling criticism through this statement

How is Varavara Rao’s health?

The 80-year-old undertrail poet, a Covid-19 patient, has been in hospital for 12 days, and his family is yet to get any official update

What lies behind the high walls of Indian prisons?

A look at how or if, the seemingly opaque conditions in Indian prisons are being monitored by authorities, and with what degree of transparency and accountability

33rd person released from Assam Detention Camp due to CJP’s efforts

Declared foreigner while serving a 10-year sentence for an unrelated matter, Jabed Ali also spent 2 years in detention camp

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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