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AP politics witnessing political family soap opera
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh politics is witnessing an unusual political family soap opera. It pertains to jailed Telugu Desam supremo and ex-CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu, his family, extended family and members of N…
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IIIT H—A golden run in 25 years
In 1998, September 4, the iconic Google Inc., now Alphabet was started in Menlo Park, California by two brilliant techies from Stanford-Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Closer home in Hyderabad on September…
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Here and Now
Say it Maulana before it is too late Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Chairman of the All India Muslim Personal Board, has spoken to a senior journalist recently. I found some confusion in…
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Disgraceful language used in Indian Parliament
It is more than a week since Ramesh Bidhuri, a BJP member of the Lok Saba abused a fellow parliamentarian Danish Ali from the Bahujan Samaj Party, BSP, on the floor of…
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Pandit Nehru and G D Sondhi played key roles in setting up Asian Games
Indian players at the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in China are reaping a rich harvest of medals. Amidst all the joyous celebrations it is fitting to remember the men who were instrumental…
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Huge jump in Scheduled Castes, and not Muslim, population in Bihar
The most surprising aspect of the Bihar Caste Survey is that the population of the Scheduled Castes—undoubtedly the weakest of all the social groups–witnessed a huge jump when compared to the 2011…
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Why Opposition in J&K is so desperate for polls
Why Opposition Parties in Jammu and Kashmir are desperate for all sorts of elections? If some think that it is due to their urge to clinch the electoral battles in their favour, it…
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The Nizam and Swaraj: Osman Ali Khan’s ‘Indianness’ was never in doubt
By Mohammed Ayub Khan Toronto (Canada): The characterization of Hyderabad’s integration into the Indian Union as ‘liberation’ is a problematic proposition. It is based on a selective and simplistic understanding of history…
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Frequent elections do not impede pace of development in democracies
If frequent elections come in the way of development of any country and distract the attention of the government machinery (as is being argued by the Bharatiya Janata Party bigwigs) then the…
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Hyderabad’s M R Baig who coached many of India’s famous cricketers is no more
A pall of gloom descended upon cricket lovers of the twin cities when news broke that one of the most widely respected and senior most cricket coaches of Hyderabad, Mirza Rahmatullah Baig…
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ICC World Cup: Pakistan has the potential to reach the sky if they regain confidence
Can Pakistan find its winning touch is the question on all minds as the team prepares to launch its campaign in the 2023 ICC World Cup tournament? It is the number two…
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Challenge in Kashmir is to preserve normalcy
At this point in time when the narrative about Kashmir is that it is just inches away from complete peace and the dividends that are on the way to change the whole…
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Led by Kane Williamson, New Zealand could be the dark horse in ICC World Cup
New Zealand could be the dark horse of the ongoing ICC World Cup cricket tournament. Surprisingly not many of the former players and experts have mentioned the Kiwis in their list of favourites but it is…
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Musi floods: The mystery chest awaits its owner
Hyderabad: Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to hold onto memories that hurt. But it’s also the only way to heal. Come September 28 and many Hyderabadis have a flood of…
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Cops groove on Ganesh immersion: social media remains divided
Hyderabad: Amidst heightened security concerns on Thursday, celestial alignment brought together two significant religious events: Milad-un-Nabi and the Ganesh immersion procession. On this day, observers of the procession were treated to an…