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La Liga president hits out at Real Madrid refereeing ‘conspiracy’ claims

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LaLiga president Javier Tebas. File | Photo Credit: Reuters La Liga president Javier Tebas hit out on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) at what he deemed accusations of a refereeing “conspiracy” by Real Madrid following their derby loss to Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho brought two printed screenshots of what he thought were red-card…

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Maharashtra SIR: 30% electorate likely to be disenfranchised, says Congress

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Maharashtra SIR: 30% electorate likely to be disenfranchised, says Congress

S. Chockalingam, Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra. Photo: Special Arrangement A delegation of the MaharashtraCongress on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) met the State’s Chief Electoral Officer, S. Chockalingam, and expressed apprehension that 30% of the State’s electorate is likely to be disenfranchised. The leaders raised concerns and anomalies about the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…

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Macron urges world to choose UN over ‘law of the jungle’

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Macron urges world to choose UN over ‘law of the jungle’

France’s President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., on September 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday (September 22, 2026) for countries to recommit to international laws and the UN system over a resurgent “law of the jungle.” Mr….

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The story of a ‘Government Farm Village’ in Madras

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The story of a ‘Government Farm Village’ in Madras

A board signifying ‘Government Farm’ in Chennai | Photo Credit: Sriram V. Most accounts of the city, and I include those that were written well into the 1980s, mention with some wonder that the lands to the south of Gemini Circle comprised essentially farms with wet cultivation. They also include the caveat that this was…

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Central government must answer how 58 companies have been registered at AAP’s HQ

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Central government must answer how 58 companies have been registered at AAP’s HQ

AAP Leader Saurabh Bhardwaj. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) said that 58 unknown shell companies have been registered at the address of its national headquarters 1, Canning Lane, New Delhi, between July and September this year, and hit out at the BJP for…

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Progressive Muslim groups oppose AIMPLB’s ‘Save India, Save Shariat’ campaign, call for gender-just reforms

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Progressive Muslim groups oppose AIMPLB’s ‘Save India, Save Shariat’ campaign, call for gender-just reforms

A group of progressive Muslim activists, women’s rights advocates and intellectuals on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) opposed the All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s nationwide ‘Save India, Save Shariat’ campaign, arguing that it defends patriarchal personal laws, sidelines gender equality and risks deepening political polarisation. In a joint statement issued on September 22, the signatories…

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Astha Kunj Park gang-rape: LSR suspends classes; students consider leaving Delhi amid safety fears

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Astha Kunj Park gang-rape: LSR suspends classes; students consider leaving Delhi amid safety fears

Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) suspended classes from noon on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) after a police encounter with one of the accused in the Astha Kunj Park gang-rape case took place barely 50 metres from the college’s back gate,…

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World Rhino Day focus on India-Bhutan joint conservation

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World Rhino Day focus on India-Bhutan joint conservation

An Indian rhinoceros, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on World Rhino Day, in Morigaon district, Assam, on September 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Twenty years ago, western Assam’s Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve had no one-horned rhinos. A reintroduction programme begun in 2006 helped its number increase…

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ANALYSIS | Merz faces pressure after AfD’s recent electoral wins

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ANALYSIS | Merz faces pressure after AfD’s recent electoral wins

On September 20, 2026, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a major mandate in yet another State election in Germany, this time in the coastal province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, also a former East German region. It won 38.2% of the vote. This is the second major victory for the AfD after winning the State…

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Confident of a hat-trick in U.P.: Nabin

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Confident of a hat-trick in U.P.: Nabin

BJP national president Nitin Nabin receiving a warm welcome from party workers in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would retain power in Uttar Pradesh for a third consecutive term in the 2027 Assembly election, party national president Nitin Nabin said on Tuesday. “Neither our workers nor our leaders are part-time politicians. Our only aim is to serve the public,”…

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