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The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill empoers detain a person if it believes detention is necessary to stop future anti-social activity for almost a year. File | Photo Credit: ANI The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday (June 29, 2026) passed two controversial legislations providing detention of ‘anti-socials’ for a…
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Booth Level Officers (BLOs) distribute enumeration forms during a house visit as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G. Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to consider a petitioner’s request to provide…
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India’s first Twenty20 International outing after lifting the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Americas ended in a crushing defeat to an unfancied opponent. History repeated itself last week as they courted a similar result in their first fixture after successfully defending the world crown at home this March. Nearly two years earlier, in July,…
Awareness programmes were held for students and families about higher education opportunities and financial support, according to TVS Cheema Scholarship Foundation. The TVS Cheema Scholarship Foundation (TVSCSF) has invited applications for its interest-free educational loan scheme for students pursuing engineering, nursing, and diploma courses in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for the 2026-27 academic year. The…
Naomi Osaka of Japan walks into the court to play against Elsa Jacquemot of France in their first round women’s singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on June 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Naomi Osaka made her mark on Wimbledon day one on Monday (June 29, 2026) with a first-round victory…
India’s first Twenty20 International outing after lifting the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Americas ended in a crushing defeat to an unfancied opponent. History repeated itself last week as they courted a similar result in their first fixture after successfully defending the world crown at home this March. Nearly two years earlier, in July,…
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts after winning against Teodora Kostovic of Serbia after the women’s singles at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on June 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka began her latest attempt to claim her first Wimbledon crown with a routine 6-2 6-3 defeat of Serbian qualifier…
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Lakshmi was born and raised in a family of performers in the now-razed Kathputli Colony in west Delhi’s Shadipur. She was 19 when her family moved from the ‘magicians’ ghetto’, as Salman Rushdie described the settlement in Midnight’s Children, into porta cabins set up on a hillock named Anand Parbat about 3 km away. The arrangement…
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Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates winning the men’s singles match against Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia during at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on June 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Men’s defending champion Jannik Sinner flirted with a first-round exit before passing a stern physical test on the opening day of Wimbledon but several…
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A panel will be set up to study the revision of land laws to bring them up to date, Minister for Revenue A.P. Anil Kumar has said. Replying to questions on revision of laws and digitisation of the Revenue department in the Assembly on Monday, the Minister said many laws related to land in the…
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