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Kashmir: Vote For Hope After A Long Decade

It's just not about selecting a candidate. It's not about helping some candidate win.It's about expressing emotion, after ten years, that could reach out to larger India and beyond it, notes Sheela......

If Dawood is in Pak, he should be hounded, arrested: Shahryar

Islamabad's point man for track-II dialogue with India, Shahryar Khan, has made a U-turn on his earlier remarks, when he acknowledged the presence of India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in......

Dawood has been chased out of Pakistan: Shahryar Khan

For the first time, Pakistan has admitted to the presence of one of India's most-wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim, but said he has been "chased out" and could be in the "UAE". "Dawood (Ibrahim) was......

COVID, political violence await Mamata as she strides back to office

The "Bangla nijer meyekei chay" slogan underpinned her aggressive election campaign that helped her outsmart the Bharatiya Janata Party. On Wednesday, Bengal's own daughter she firmly pitched......

Why BJP Targets Congress All The Time

The BJP believes that the only party still capable of leading a credible challenge against it is the Congress.Please note how BJP campaigners in states where the Congress may count for a cipher or......

Why India should lose to Pakistan

"So there we are, all tangled up together, the old barriers breaking, the new ones not yet established, a time of transition, always and inescapably turbulent. In the inevitable integration into a......

Full text of the BRICS declaration in Sanya

Leaders of BRICS -- China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa -- issued a joint declaration at the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in Sanya (China) on Thursday.The joint declaration lists the......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

7 Underrated Performances of 2023

Even as we tip our hats to the best performances of 2023, there are quite a few that may have gone unnoticed. Subhash K Jha lists the actors who deserve the spotlight. Abhishek Chauhan in......

Review: Mahatma is verbose and preachy

The Telugu film Mahatma directed by Krishnavamsi talks about the relevance of Gandhism, and is actor Srikanth's 100th film. Krishnavamsi sets his film against a political backdrop -- the times of......

Darkest Hour Review: Exuberant bear. Shrewd fox. Vociferous lion

'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

Review: Heroine never rises above the superficial

There's nothing innovative about Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, writes Sukanya Verma.Formulas have a shelf life too. And styles fade. But if Madhur Bhandarkar thinks by tweaking his standard format......

Exclusive! Pakistan cricket, as never been revealed before!

'One of the boys who was caught in match-fixing comes from a village near Rawalpindi, where he lived in very basic conditions. Suddenly this boy becomes rich, he has two houses in Lahore, he is a......

Saluting Sport in the times of COVID-19

'Revisit old footage, perhaps: Your favourite Messi goal, your most memorable Tendulkar century, your dearest Manchester United comeback.''Only then will we be able to grasp the lost meaning of why......

Hamilton's raised fist revives memories of Mexico 1968

'It is going to be a lifelong thing for me.' IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton raises a fist after winning the Styrian Grand Prix in Spielberg, July 12, 2020. Photograph: Joe Klamar/Pool via Getty Images......

Napoli game make or break for Setein's Barca

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, Arturo Vidal and Ousmane Dembele share a laugh during practice. The Catalans will be without the suspended Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal for the Napoli tie.......

Contrasting fortunes: Another tale of two cities

Barca not taking winning run for granted, says Valverde IMAGE: Lionel Messi with Barcelona teammates. Photograph: Twitter Barcelona must appreciate matching the club's record of nine wins......

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