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Stars sparkled when the old boys met to celebrate 150th year of Madrasa-i-Aliya
Hyderabad: Some shared a bear hug; some gave a firm handshake while a few smiled from ear to ear. Nothing warms the heart like an old friend. So it was with the…
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Aliya: 150 and still going strong; among the Aliyans are both kings and commoners
Hyderabad: Anniversary is the time to celebrate the joy of today, memories of yesterday and the hopes of tomorrow. For Aliyans it is a special occasion as they celebrate on Saturday the…
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Battalion approach is not best of counter-terrorism strategies
There has been no change in the counter-terrorism strategy in Jammu and Kashmir since terrorism erupted in the late 1980s. The battalion approach – more troops are essential to fight terrorists has…
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JK: Political slugfest over acts of terror clouds real work against terrorism
Within hours of the killing of four villagers in a terror attack in a village in the border district of Rajouri on Sunday evening, and two girls on Monday morning in an…
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The beauty of unity in diversity of Indians far away from home
Jeddah: The NRI community has been increasingly divided on political, religious and generational views as a result of the rapid spread of disinformation, and polarizing, social media campaigns promoting division on religious…
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Know Your Nation: Prof. Masood completes 100-lecture series
Hyderabad: Who doesn’t chat up with utter strangers during journeys? Everyone does and the talk usually runs around inane things which lead to nowhere. Imagine such casual conversation resulting in something big…
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Babu’s reentry into politics for power in Andhra Pradesh is soaked in blood
Hyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who is trying hard to make a comeback to power through road shows and public meetings, is in the news for wrong reasons.…
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Will Bharat Jodo yatra help Congress to get better electoral gains?
Congress would like to rebrand Rahul Gandhi as a young, caring, and ideological leader before the 2024 polls. Has Rahul shown a new image after the Bharat Jodo yatra, completed over 100 days…
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‘Shairon ka shahr’: Poets who made Lucknow a hub of Urdu ghazal
Any discussion of Urdu ghazals, between connoisseurs, may bring up rival merits of “Dabistan-e-Dehli” and “Dabistan-e-Lakhnau”, or the Delhi and Lucknow schools of poetry, each with an array of accomplished master poets…
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Jammu’s encounter triggers political fault lines of newer kind
The killing of four terrorists in Jammu on Wednesday touched off political fault lines in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter in the outskirts of Jammu, long considered as the winter capital of…
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When an Indian Muslim soldier shot his younger brother in war against Pakistan
In my childhood days, there was a rumour in my hometown, Deoband, that Late Haji Mastan had approached the authorities of Darul Uloom Deoband for permission to shoot some scenes in the world-known Islamic…
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Hyderabad’s famous Numaish had a humble beginning
Hyderabad: All big things have small beginnings. It is no different with Numaish, the most popular consumer fair of Hyderabad. As its 82nd edition is all set to be inaugurated on Sunday evening,…
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Tribute to Pele: End of a magnificent era
Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as Pele, one of the greatest sports icons in history, has departed from our midst leaving a void that can never filled. Whenever we see a…