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Tash Aw: "Most of us are not comfortable with our bodies"

India, Aug. 30 -- The South was originally conceived as an 800-page epic, but you felt something "hypermasculine about writing a book like that". In writing a novel that deals with a mix of celebrated... Read More


Congress, BJP spar over closure of institutes in HP

Shimla, Aug. 30 -- Political tensions escalated in the Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly on Friday as the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the ruling Congress government of shutting... Read More


Dethroning the US$

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- China is working hard to make the Renminbi (RMB) a widely used currency worldwide and reduce the US dollar's role in global trade. These efforts are having a significant effect o... Read More


Tripura: High drama mars Tripura Cong rally against vote theft

Agartala, Aug. 30 -- Pandemonium over an altercation between police and Congress CWC member and MLA Sudip Roy Barman marred the mood of the anti-vote-theft rally organised on Saturday by the Congress ... Read More


Wolf pack: 80 years since the death of Hitler, why does his legacy endure?

India, Aug. 30 -- Alan Bullock, the British historian who wrote the first comprehensive biography of Adolf Hitler, in 1952, considered the Nazi leader "the most evil man in history". It is a view tha... Read More


CPI(M) secretary placed under house arrest in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Aug. 30 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) Telangana secretary John Wesley was placed under house arrest in Hyderabad on Saturday, August 30 ahead of the "Chalo Assembly" protest. Polic... Read More


Delhi HC directs Centre to appoint woman candidate against unfilled Air Force flying vacancy

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and other authorities to appoint a woman candidate against one of the unfilled 20 Air Force flying vacancies. The order came on a pe... Read More


"Will contest elections when I feel I am ready...": Uma Bharti

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Former Union Minister and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti expressed optimism about fighting elections and said she is ready to contest polls if it aligns with her goals.... Read More


89 Seconds to Midnight

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Death came in quantum timeframes - far faster than things moved in the realm of biological time. What Mrs Aoyama suffered on August 6, precisely at 8.15 a.m. local time in Hirosh... Read More


"Terrorism will finish Pakistan one day...": Uma Bharti

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti warned on Saturday that any nation which supports terrorism will be served with "natural justice" and it will be destroyed from wi... Read More