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How Uttarakhand made teenage romance dangerous – especially for Muslims

The state has seen a nearly four-fold jump in cases filed under POCSO, prompting the court to warn the police against arresting teenagers out on dates.

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Gujarat: Mosques, shrines, homes bulldozed in demolition drive near Somnath temple

The action was ‘illegal’ and some of the razed shrines were centuries old, Muslim community leaders claimed.

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BJP expels 8 Haryana leaders for contesting Assembly polls independently

Mohan Lal Badoli, the party’s Haryana unit chief, said that the leaders were expelled for six years with immediate effect.

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Why claims that Bangladesh will become a ‘Taliban state’ do not match reality

Patronage of hardline outfits by the Awami League allowed Islamism to enter the political mainstream. But it lacks widespread appeal.

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Caste, performance and subversive women: What makes Kali iconography distinctive in South India

From Kali of Bengal to Bhadrakali of Kerala or Chamunda in North India, the goddess has extraordinary command over the devotional imagination of her followers.

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Nepal’s third truth commission faces uphill task of reinstilling trust, serving justice

The investigation into sexual abuses and crimes during the country’s 10-year civil war has been strategically prolonged to avoid accountability.

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Keki Daruwalla (1937-2024): A sculptor of words with a keen ear for rhythm and metre

The poet and fiction-writer died on 26 September, 2024 after a long illness.

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Vikramaditya Motwane’s explains why his film ‘CTRL’ was a ‘time-consuming but fun geek-fest’

The screenlife film starring Ananya Panday and Vihaan Samat will be out on Netflix on October 4,

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