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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

What happened to black Germans under the Nazis?

The gates at the Buchenwald former Nazi concentration camp.   ...

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प्रकाश सावमयंक सक्सेनाप्रकाश साव से मुलाक़ात का श्रेय, रंगकर्मी...

Lessons Unlearned: Nine years after the Thorat Committee report

  In 2007, then prime minister Manmohan Singh set up...

Distressing state of Pakistan’s minorities

  Jinnah Institute releases its second report on the sorry...

The Death of Merit: Dalit Suicides in institutes of higher learning

  This article written by K.P. Girija (girijakp@gmail.com)  was the cover...

Cry Freedom: GN Saibaba’s petition before the Supreme Court of India

  Can an under trial, who is 90 per cent...

Untouchable God

The hotel was an old mix of florid Mughal...

In defence of dissent: Arundhati Roy

Roy challenges the Bombay High Court (Nagpur bench) order to...

Suicides that left us Unmoved

  From the article written by K.P. Girija which was...

HCU bows to Campus Outrage: Rohith Vemula Suicide

Suspension of five students including Rohith who took his...

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