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Editorial: When Assam CM points a gun at minorities, the hate has real consequences
The Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come under heavy criticism for posting a video on X that showed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma taking aim with a rifle and firing a…
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T20 World Cup: Three Indian captains will lead foreign teams into battle
The period that we are living in now can be described as the Golden Age of Indian cricket. After the dazzling triumph of the Under-19 team, India’s future dominance in the game…
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India tracks exits, not returns amid brain drain: Sanjaya Baru at History Lit Fest
Hyderabad: India has no credible data on how many of its nationals are actually returning to the country to serve it, even as there is data on how many have left, former…
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Numaish: When Hyderabadi women go on frenzy and men become bag holders
Hyderabad: Numaish and Hyderabad are made for each other. In fact, if Hyderabad ever applied for a soulmate, the All-India Industrial Exhibition – fondly and forever called Numaish – would win hands down.…
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Battleground Iran: China-Russia factor behind US design in West Asia
As the entire Iranian coastline in the Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf) has enormous economic as well as strategic significance for China and Russia, any such (mis)adventure…
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Commando-style training secret behind Abhishek Sharma’s striking power
With 929 points, the slim and handsome Abhishek Sharma is now the world’s number one ranked batter in cricket’s T20 format. These days, Abhishek is being compared to Chris Gayle – the…
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What after Ajit Pawar? Maharashtra politics in conundrum
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president after John Kennedy’s assassination on the very aircraft the slain leader’s body, as per the US laws governing presidential succession. Rajiv Gandhi was made the…
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Mentally unsound person can’t be village head, let alone US President
If a person of unsound mind is not allowed to contest the election for the post of village head even in the most backward country of the planet, how is it that…
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Rethinking Partition: Who among Jinnah and Nehru was more responsible?
Hyderabad: As India marked another Republic Day recently, it is worth revisiting the events that led to its birth in 1947 – and the accompanying trauma of Partition. The division of the subcontinent…
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Judiciary: Delay… deference… drift
In a constitutional democracy, criticism of institutions, particularly the judiciary, must be articulated with restraint, precision and fidelity to constitutional principle. Yet, restraint does not entail silence. Certain developments, when viewed cumulatively…
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Hyderabad sheher ek mehfil hain: Sameer Rahat at HLF 2026
“Hyderabad sheher ek mehfil hain. Poora sheher hi mehfil hain (The entire city of Hyderabad is a gathering). So, when I come to Hyderabad, and even when I am not performing, I…
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Bangladesh’s exclusion creates deep rifts within cricket community
The decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to exclude Bangladesh from the T20 World Cup has created deep fissures within the world cricket community. Opinions are sharply divided on the issue.…
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SC unsure where it stands on key issues, says Justice Muralidhar at HLF
Hyderabad: The Aravallis judgement and its rollback shows that the Supreme Court is unsure about where it stands on certain issues, Justice S Muralidhar said in Hyderabad on Sunday, January 25, drawing on…
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Beginning of a new era: India-EU set to enter a set of productive relations
As New Delhi gears up to welcome the top leadership of the European Union as the chief guest for this week’s Republic Day celebrations and the upcoming summit, the signals from Brussels…
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When Spring unites faiths: Basant Panchami at Hyderabad’s Shaikhji Hali Dargah
Hyderabad: A Hindu festival at a Muslim shrine! Sounds incredible. It may even seem improbable to some. Yet every spring, Hyderabad’s Hazrath Shaikhji Hali Dargah in the old city offers precisely this…
