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UP Polls: Priyanka has appeal and crowd-pulling ability, but will that be enough?
Kalyani Shankar Every leader takes advantage of a crucial moment to settle down. The current UP Assembly elections will be a decisive moment for the political future of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Once…
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BJP weaves cobwebs in Jat minds in hope of stalling SP spread in western UP
Kulsum Mustafa It is another of those queer political ironies that arrest one’s attention. The ‘just one seat’ winner of the 2017 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh -Rashtriya Lok Dal, is being…
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Dangerous connotations of controversy over Padma award to Ghulam Nabi Azad
Arun Joshi By Arun Joshi A needless controversy over Padma Bhushan award for Ghulam Nabi Azad, a leading national leader with his roots in Jammu and Kashmir where he was born and…
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Mahatma Gandhi lived and died for Hindu-Muslim unity
Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 this year assumes enormous significance, as it happens to be the year of Amrit Mahotsav or 75 years of Indian Independence. Gandhiji articulated the…
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Specially-abled girl to become first doctor from remote TN village
Chennai: Specially-abled Shamsiya Arfin will become the first doctor from the remote Merpanaikkadu village in Tamil Nadu. Shamsiya cleared the counselling on Friday and got admission to MBBS at the prestigious Government…
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Film songs of India and Pakistan: A book to treasure –– about a treasury
Javed Jabbar The film songs of Pakistan and India which first emerged about 90 years ago with “Alam Ara” in 1931 and particularly those produced in the four decades from the 1940s…
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Ukraine crisis updates: What to know as tensions rise
Warsaw: The United States and NATO have made no concessions to the main Russian demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine, including giving Moscow a guarantee that Ukraine can never join the…
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The feet of eyes
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Sindh’s saints and savants are dust. Even its living are slowly dying. The Endowment Fund Trust in Karachi however ensures that Sindhi culture survives. The EFT ignored warnings about COVID-19 and Omicron by holding a public launch on…
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Vote hamara, raj tumhara will not work, declares Dalit-Muslim, SC, ST Forum
J.S. Ifthekhar Hyderabad: The 73rd Republic Day anniversary saw Dalits, Muslims, SCs and STs demanding their share in the fruits of democracy. They asked for socio-economic and political justice declaring ‘vote harama aur…
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Mulayam’s presence at SP’s R-Day function adds magic to Akhilesh’s poll campaign
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa The presence of Mulayam Singh Yadav at the Samajwadi Party‘s Republic d Day function today at the Party office in Lucknow has injected a new life into…
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Hamid Ali Khan: Celebrating 100 years of legendary actor from Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Birth centenary celebrations of the legendary actor Hamid Ali Khan will begin with a floral tribute and prayers at his grave situated at Jamali Kunta graveyard, near Golconda Fort, on Thursday.…
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Explained: How Omicron is able to evade antibodies, remain contagious
New York: An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the Omicron variant. Their observations explain how the virus is able to evade antibodies…
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Hindus, Muslims together had thrown out colonialists; they can defeat divisive forces through unity once again
As every history textbook informs us, in 1757 the East India Company won a decisive victory by defeating Siraj-ud-Daulah, the then Nawab of Bengal, in the Battle of Plassey. The company was helped by the…
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Hard to reconcile I will never return to Secunderabad Club, writes Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming By Andrew Fleming The Secunderabad Club is undoubtedly an establishment where its reputationprecedes it. In illustrating this observation, I offer two examples. First, when I was offered the role in…
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Kairana’s ‘Hindu exodus’ theory is an RSS plank to strengthen Hindutva Nation plan
By Kulsum Mustafa The 80-20 (Hindu- Muslim) polarization formula for UP Elections may have been declared publically by Yogi Adityanath, but it is a fact that it is actually the base of …
