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Palestinians trapped as Israeli settlers besiege West Bank village

Jerusalem: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli…
Independence Day: For Telangana’s rebels, azadi was a dual fight

Hyderabad: Nearly eight decades ago, when India was formally declared an independent sovereign nation, Hyderabad was cautiously silent. Not that independence did not matter to Hyderabadis. It was that freedom had not arrived…
What have I done: Jinnah’s reported reaction to Partition

New Delhi: As Partition tore through the subcontinent in 1947, millions were forced to flee across a newly drawn border amid communal violence, killings and looting, and it was against this backdrop…

Siraj likely to play leading role as India’s top pacer in Lanka

Hyderabad’s Mohammed Siraj is expected to spearhead India’s pace attack during the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting August 15. As a senior member of the fast-bowling unit, his primary responsibility…
WhatsApp rolls out 5 new group chat features: what to know

Hyderabad: WhatsApp announced five new group chat features this week, and one of them will be felt by every user who has ever muted a noisy family or housing-society group. Here is…
J-K fast bowler Auqib Nabi gets his long-awaited reward

The long wait is over for Auqib Nabi. His tireless efforts in the Indian domestic cricket set up, including the Ranji trophy, have at last been rewarded. The 29-year-old seamer from Jammu…
Editorial: PM Modi can’t claim to ‘forgive’ as police file FIRs

Late on Friday night, July 31, the Prime Minister chose to be merciful, or to perform mercy, which is not the same thing. In an Instagram video, Narendra Modi said he and…

How the Congress govt in Telangana is enabling Hindutva and hate

Hyderabad: I think the headline is enough to understand where I’m going with this piece. All of us expect and know what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindutva groups stand for in…
Tiger Day: Big cat count is rising, but finding room is harder

New Delhi: India’s tiger conservation story has a new chapter. It is no longer just about saving the big cat from extinction; it is about finding enough room for a population that is,…
Beyond the paper leak: Deadly price of India’s exam obsession

The NEET paper leak has rightly triggered nationwide outrage. Equally shocking, however, is the tragic loss of young lives that have followed in its wake. Reports indicate that about 20 students across…
You cannot delete Bluetooth: India’s war on Bitchat’s code

Hyderabad: Late on July 23, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an arm of the Union Home Ministry, sent GitHub an ultimatum: remove three repositories of the messaging app Bitchat within…
Keep the bulldozers away from Jauhar University

While attending the first Round Table Conference in London in 1930, writer-poet and freedom fighter Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar boldly told the British Raj, “If you do not give us freedom in…
Baigan takes centre stage: When Hyderabad turned it into poetry

Hyderabad: What’s in a name? Shakespeare may have believed that a rose would smell as sweet by any other name, but he clearly never visited Hyderabad. Had he done so, he would have…
Sir Garfield Sobers was cricket’s greatest all-rounder: A tribute

The cricketing world lost one of its most legendary stars with the passing of Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers at the age of 89 on Friday. His death marks the end of…
Dear Wangchuk, why silence on Jauhar University’s demolition?

Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has, for nearly a month now, been witness to slogans, posters and hunger strikes. Leftist comrades, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists and Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk have been vigorously…