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In India’s capital, Delhiites reduced to documents

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In India’s capital, Delhiites reduced to documents

Aadhaar number. PAN card. Voter ID. Ration card. Sanichari Devi, 63, has packed all of these documents into a polythene bag for the special intensive revision (SIR) hearing at the Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, a government school near Mori Gate in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency on September 15. These were the papers by which the State had recognised her, again and again, as a citizen…

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What is the India-Pakistan conflict at sea about? | Explained

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What is the India-Pakistan conflict at sea about? | Explained

The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The story so far: A Pakistan Navy vessel, PNS Hunain, collided with an Indian Navy warship, INS Kolkata, in the North Arabian Sea on September 15 after, according to India, the Pakistani ship made a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre at high speed….

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Malayalam movie HALF screened under Midnight Madness section at Toronto film festival

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Malayalam movie HALF screened under Midnight Madness section at Toronto film festival

Poster of Malayalam film HALF, which was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.  Malayalam film HALF was screened under the Midnight Madness section of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday. It was the first Malayalam film to be screened in the section at TIFF, and it evoked an enthusiastic response from…

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Clamour grows in Keralam to augment coaches, introduce more MEMU trains

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Clamour grows in Keralam to augment coaches, introduce more MEMU trains

An overcrowded coach of a train on the Kollam-Ernakulam route.  | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Faced with recurrent overcrowding on trains, passenger organisations in Keralam have yet again sought urgent steps to augment the number of coaches in MEMU trains, other short-distance trains and inter-city express trains. Innumerable commuters who relied on National Highway-66 to…

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Why has U.S. deployed ‘space weapons’? |Explained

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Why has U.S. deployed ‘space weapons’? |Explained

U.S. Air Force secretary Troy Meink said the country has “space control” weapons deployed in Earth’s orbit to defend U.S. forces against “hostile adversary action”. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: On September 14, 2026, U.S. Air Force secretary Troy Meink said the country has “space control” weapons deployed in Earth’s orbit to…

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How will the U.S.’s Sanctioning Act affect India? | Explained

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How will the U.S.’s Sanctioning Act affect India? | Explained

The story so far: U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, 2026, which could see tariffs of up to 100% being levied on imports from India if it continues to import oil from Russia. This Act, therefore, has significant implications for India with regard to…

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Denied tickets by NSUI, one rebel sweeps vice-presidential race, another trails narrowly

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Denied tickets by NSUI, one rebel sweeps vice-presidential race, another trails narrowly

I After being denied tickets by the Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen swept the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) vice-presidential race with the highest vote count, while Vishesh Yadav narrowly missed the joint secretary post contesting for the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha (SCS). The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi…

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Caste Hindu candidate claims reservation through bogus community certificate, Madras High Court refuses to order release of terminal benefits

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Denied tickets by NSUI, one rebel sweeps vice-presidential race, another trails narrowly

The Madras High Court has found that a Caste Hindu had joined the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) in 1982 in a post reserved for a Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidate, served the organisation for 32 years by prolonging the inquiry into his caste status and attained the age of superannuation in 2013 thereby depriving an unknown…

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