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Bangladesh today stands on the edge of an abyss. The interim regime, once touted as a technocratic alternative to partisan politics, has revealed itself to be every bit as autocratic and brutal as the worst civilian regimes.
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✍🏻 Abul Hasnat
“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian oil, they are then, for much of the oil purchased, selling it on the open market for big profits,” #DonaldTrump said on social media.
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Mumbai Train Blast 2006: Not Guilty — After 19 Years
One accused died in prison. The others lost families, jobs, and nearly two decades — waiting to prove their innocence.
Report by Tabassum Barnagarwala and Aryan Mahtta
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Could the Rani have been photographed?
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#RaniLakshmibai had died in battle on June 18, 1858, but it was entirely possible that she had been photographed. Photography was fairly widespread in India by the mid-1850s.
Ram Rahman writes
The bench has been hearing a petition filed by a Human Rights Trust, demanding an independent investigation into the audio clips purportedly featuring N Biren Singh’s voice allegedly linking former Manipur CM to the ethnic violence in the state
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The Supreme Court expressed disapproval of the “clandestine manner” in which the state government, by filing an application in a civil dispute, secured permission through a May 15 judgement to use temple funds for the development of a corridor.
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#Odisha | ABVP leader Subhat Sandeep Nayak and Jyoti Prakash Biswal were allegedly present when the student set herself on fire outside the principal’s office, police officials said.
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India’s lenient approach toward facial recognition technology regulation, even as there is widespread adoption of the technology by both public & private bodies, suggests a pattern of regulatory restraint when it comes to emerging digital technologies.
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✍️Amber Sinha
"Public opinion in Pakistan could never forget Indian antagonism, and the Rann remained a critical piece in Pakistan’s ambitions, waiting for the right moment to be played."
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An excerpt by Uttam Kumar Sinha.
Penguin India
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A bench of Justices Dipakar Datta and AG Masih made the comments in the context of his petition seeking that defamation proceedings against him be quashed.
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Chief Justice BR Gavai agreed to hear the plea on Wednesday after advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the state, sought an urgent listing, calling the matter “extremely unusual”.
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#TamilNadu
Gaurav Gogoi said it was his duty to fulfill the promise made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to put Himanta Biswa Sarma behind bars.
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The complaint alleges children were being taught phrases like “A for Akhilesh,” “B for Babasaheb,” “D for Dimple,” and “M for Mulayam Singh Yadav”.
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#Saharanpur
#AmyAdams piles on the kilos to play a shambolic woman who yearns to be free from responsibility. Her dedication to Mother’s every outburst, every bit of canine mimicry is unwavering.
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#MovieRecommendation by The Reel
The electoral registration officer asked Yadav to furnish the original voter ID card that he presented during his press conference on Saturday, so that the matter could be investigated.
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#BiharElection2025
“I would have reached home by now had I gone walking, instead of all this waiting,” said a woman. But walking 2 km with her son is not easy.
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However, despite delays, the bus is the only feasible option for many residents.
Vaishnavi Rathore & Tabassum Barnagarwala report
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- Why the number of bus users in Mumbai and Delhi has plummeted
- ‘Vacate Upper Assam in 24 hours’: Amid evictions, Miya Muslims given ultimatums
- The true story behind a ‘real’ photograph of Rani Lakshmibai
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#ShibuSoren was admitted to the Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi for more than a month and was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailments.
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Women voters made up 47.7% of Bihar’s electorate in January this year. In the draft roll after the SIR, this has decreased to 47.2%.
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At 69%, the exclusion of women is highest in Rajpur.
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The Trinamool Congress chief called for protests against the Union government for using “anti-Constitutional language to insult and humiliate” the Bengali-speaking citizens of India.
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This was the seventh eviction carried out in Assam since June 16. Since then, about 5,300 families, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been displaced from their homes.
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Rokibuz Zaman reports
“From 1 August 2025 (3 PM) till 3 August (3 PM), all political parties put together have filed zero claims and objections for the addition of the names of eligible electors and deletion of the names of ineligible electors,” the poll panel said.
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#BiharElections
The film's producer Raj B Shetty, who also stars in the movie, spoke to Scroll's Nandini Ramnath about why the film has struck a chord, and what its success says about small-budget but high-impact productions.
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A spokesperson from the airline said that the Army officer “grievously assaulted” four of its employees at the boarding gate of a flight from Srinagar to Delhi on July 26, ANI reported.
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#Spicejet
Brown closely observes the class system, the hierarchy of suffering, and the debilitating consequences of putting a price on your ideology.
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By Sayari Debnath
The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA claimed that Sanatan Dharma denied 17th-century Maratha ruler Shivaji his coronation.
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#SanatanDharma #MaharashtraPolitics
A security operation codenamed “Operation Akhal” was launched after receiving intelligence inputs about militant presence in the area, The Indian Express quoted unidentified police officials as saying.
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Gandhi, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the party has “100% proof” to support its claims.
“And we will prove to you that the Lok Sabha can be and was rigged,” he added.
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#RahulGandhi
How private are your therapy conversations — when the therapist is a chatbot?
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Karnika Kohli reports on the unregulated world of mental healthcare apps, chatbots and user privacy.
