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Cuttack plunged into chaos during Durga Puja, dozens injured as procession clashes spiral into violence

A historic city known for centuries of communal harmony faces a 36-hour curfew and internet shutdown after clashes during Durga idol immersion; authorities vow arrests as VHP rally escalates tensions, leaving 31 injured

The Fifth Anniversary of a Bloody Civil War: Syria

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When Crime Becomes Ordinary, Ordinary Life Will be Criminalised

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Webs of complicity: Reading Moravia’s ‘The Conformist’ in India today

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Confounding Mythology with History is the Sangh’s Agenda: Amartya Sen

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Diversity Threatened: 177 Cases of Violence against Christians in 2015

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Ray of Hope for Pakistan: The return of Shahbaz, Salman Taseer’s Son

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ISIS extremists kill Syrian poet, son on charges of apostasy

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A Salute across the skies, from Air Commodore Pervez Akhtar Khan

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Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance

The opinion restores textual fidelity to Article 200, but its institutional hesitations risk enabling executive obstruction of democratically enacted State legislation

SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship

The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress

Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS

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Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”

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Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech

In Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti, the senior BJP leader urged “Muslim brothers” to reduce their population and referred to “infiltrators,” breaching the Model Code of Conduct and constitutional values