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'Many people killed at Kumbh': Abhishek Banerjee's defence against Kolkata stadium chaos during Messi's tour

India, Dec. 17 -- Trinamool Congress leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee, while defending the West Bengal government over the chaos that erupted during footballer Lionel Messi's GOAT India tour's first le... Read More


2025 IPL auction: Uncapped but very much in demand

India, Dec. 17 -- Half (39 out of 77) the sold players in the IPL 2026 mini-auction on Tuesday were uncapped players. Three of them - Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer and Auqib Nabi - were among the top 1... Read More


From sedition to UAPA: Policing dissent in India

India, Dec. 17 -- Few laws reveal the Indian State's unease with dissent as starkly as sedition. Drafted in 1870 to protect the British Crown from political unrest and infamously wielded against figur... Read More


The end of MGNREGS

India, Dec. 17 -- The Union government sprang a surprise in Parliament this week by introducing the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, to replace the two-... Read More


A remit too wide: Personality rights without a rulebook

India, Dec. 17 -- Celebrity actors, singers, and even sportspersons, are rushing to court to stop the unauthorised use of their name, face, voice or likeness. The surge in these "personality rights" c... Read More


America-first compass for new security strategy

India, Dec. 17 -- Not even the most blase among us can complain of boredom in international politics. Events are moving so swiftly that it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the latest... Read More


Karoline Leavitt lips: Experts weigh in on plastic surgery buzz; before-after pics go viral after Vanity Fair photo

India, Dec. 17 -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's photo, taken by Christopher Anderson for a Vanity Fair profile, has gone viral, sparking a range of reactions. The entertainment magazi... Read More


MP government withdraws land pooling act

India, Dec. 17 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the Land Pooling Act in Ujjain after the Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, announced a protest aga... Read More


'Fly on the wall': Young Indians' benefit factor in a chess league

India, Dec. 17 -- In a post-match evening inside the dinner hall of a five-star hotel in the city where teams competing in the Global Chess League (GCL) are put up, two large tables were connected tog... Read More


Men with toy gun chase school bus in Gurugram, nabbed

India, Dec. 17 -- Four men were arrested from Gurugram on Tuesday for allegedly intercepting a school bus on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway near Signature Tower and terrorising its driver with a toy pist... Read More