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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

UP: Farmers Remind PM Modi of His Promises, Warn of Delhi-like Protest in Entire Country

SKM, an umbrella body of farmers’ unions, which spearheaded the one-year-long agitation against the farm laws, has also called a general body meeting on December 8 to decide the future course of the movement.

UP: Azamgarh BJP MP Allegedly Threatened to ‘Break Knees’ of Villagers Protesting Airport Expansion

After protesters, including SKM, demanded retraction, Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ reportedly clarified he meant no one should take law & order into own hands.

‘Ensure your name is on voters’ list or you’ll be sent to NRC Detention Camps,’ Mamata warns people

The chief minister's attack on the ruling BJP at the centre came at a state government programme to distribute land 'pattas' (documents) to marginalised families across West Bengal

Gujarat Elections: Temple With 2 Doors Leads to Different Realities

Caste discrimination is ingrained in villages of Dhanera, north Gujarat, and has been normalised after years of oppression.

UP: ‘BJP’s Pasmanda Appeasement is Nothing More Than Hollow Rhetoric’

Muslim intellectuals believe it is another attempt to divide Muslims into sects.

How Qatar Lost the Chance to Showcase Islamic Pluralism

Its Representation Of Islam Reeked Of Supremacism And Exclusivism

EXCLUSIVE: How close is Chandrachur Goswami, of ‘Gandhi-as-mahishasura’ fame to BJP

The state working president of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha president is known for peddling fake news and making hate speeches

BJP’s Vikram Saini disqualified after 23 days of conviction, wife a candidate now; SP’s Azam Khan removed very next day

This disproportionate action was pointed out by the Supreme Court; now the bypolls will be held on December 5 

Number of PM-KISAN Beneficiaries drops by two-thirds from first instalment to 11th: RTI disclosure

A response to an RTI inquiry filed by activist Kanhaiya Kumar, the Union Agriculture Ministry has admitted that while the first Rs 2,000 instalment under the scheme was disbursed to 11.84 crore farmers in 2019, only 3.87 crore farmers received the 11th instalment this year

Zakir Naik, controversial cleric to preach during FIFA World Cup?

Media reports suggest that India born Naik, booked for inciteful speech is one of the religious preachers chosen by organisers

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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