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As outsiders swamp party, BJP cadre in UP struggle to keep the faith

The party has expanded by opening doors to influential leaders from Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. This has left older workers disillusioned.

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In Maharashtra’s crowded field, Opposition could stand out by tapping state’s progressive tradition

The state’s culture of mystics, Shivaji’s secular credentials and the holy trinity of Phule-Ambedkar-Shahu is a strong ideological counter to the Mahayuti.

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Nearly 70% killed in Israel’s war on Gaza are women and children: United Nations

The data showed that a ‘high number of babies and young children, women, older persons, and families were killed together in residential buildings’, it said.

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UP CM Adityanath calls for caste-based reservation in AMU a day after SC paved way for minority tag

‘How can an institution which runs with the taxes of Indians not give any reservation to the people of SCs, STs and OBCs,’ said BJP leader.

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Ahead of elections, Mauritius’s attempt to ban social media reflects dwindling rights

Democratic liberties have been eroding since the past decade but the trend has accelerated since 2019.

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Family history: A writer investigates why her great-grandfather chose to sail to South Africa

An excerpt from ‘The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire: A Personal Journey into History’, by Amrita Shah.

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Konnichiwa, India: Can Hello Kitty assimilate into the subcontinent’s diverse art aesthetic?

The icon of Japan’s ‘kawaii’ culture has long featured on Indian merchandise – unofficially. Is her official India launch the start of a new, daunting, journey?

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Start the week with a film: In ‘Donnie Brasco’, betrayal is hard when Al Pacino is around

Johnny Depp plays an undercover agent infiltrating a Mafia gang in Mike Newell’s movie.

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