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Why a former SC judge and a sitting one are wrong on SIR
Why a former SC judge and a sitting one are wrong on SIR
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Apprehensions that the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) creates two classes of citizens, one which can vote and one that is disenfranchised, and that the process is distorting el ...
Supreme Court Declines to Suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Seeks Election Commission’s Response
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A plea alleges unilateral decision-making in the poll panel; the ECI maintains that decisions on the electoral roll revision schedule were unanimous
‘First Trade Deal With a European Bloc’: India, Switzerland Seal Pacts as Modi Eyes $100 Bn Investment
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The Prime Minister cited a $100 billion investment target and 10 lakh direct jobs over 15 years, as two agreements on mobility are signed
Who is Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Pandya’s Replacement in India A’s ODI Squad?
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The 23-year-old replaces the injured Pandya for the three-match series against Australia A in Puducherry, which starts Tuesday
India-US Trade Talks Hit ‘Plateau’; Russian Oil Did Not Dictate EU Deal: Sitharaman
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Further concessions to Washington may be difficult, the finance minister says, while highlighting European market access and safeguards for sensitive Indian sectors
Delhi Riots: HC Rejects Independent Probe, Says No Evidence of Compromised Investigation
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The court found no grounds to transfer the investigation or order FIRs over alleged hate speeches, but clarified that police personnel remain answerable for misconduct in individual cases
Whose War, Whose China? Why Xi’s WWII Remarks Have Reopened the Taiwan Debate
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Xi invoked an old alliance with America. Critics pointed to the government missing from his account. Behind the dispute lies a bigger contest over Taiwan, Japan and who inherits China’s wartime legacy
Flydubai Co-Pilot Planned Ben Gurion Airport Crash, Surveyed Site: Reports
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Investigators are examining alleged advance planning and earlier extremism warnings as new accounts detail how Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers helped avert disaster aboard the Dubai–Tel A ...
Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Opens to Just $8 Million, His Lowest Debut in 19 Years
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Made on a reported $160–180 million production budget, the black comedy faces a steep recovery challenge as ‘Verity’ leads the North American box office with $32.6 million