On a cold January morning in 2020, just after the election dates for Delhi had been announced, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal made an unexpected statement to a group of journalists. “Agar meine kaam kiya hai, toh mujhe vote dena, agar kaam nahi kiya toh mujhe vote mat dena (If I have worked, then vote for
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Congress leaders in the BJP-ruled State of Chhattisgarh have alleged a pattern of persecution by the ruling party after a six-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), from the Congress, Kawasi Lakhma was recently arrested in connection to a liquor scam just before the civic body election in the State. This alleged case of corruption
Speaking to media in Mumbai on Wednesday, Murphy highlighted the strength of rural markets, the rising importance of vending, and the company’s approach to competition amid the resurgence of local brands. India’s growth prospects and rural boom Murphy, who visits India almost annually, acknowledged the strength of the country’s rural economy as a key driver
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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP On January 7, just two weeks short of his inauguration, United States President-elect Donald J. Trump restated his intention of adding Greenland to the territory of the US, by force
The utterance of triple talaq was declared “null and void” by a Constitution Bench in a majority judgment in August 2017. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) ordered the Centre to collect the total number of criminal cases registered against Muslim men under a law which
Dreaming a Paradise, written by the photographer and documentary filmmaker Chitvan Gill, takes us deep into the heart of Buland Masjid, an unauthorised settlement on the banks of the river Yamuna in Delhi. Through richly detailed text and photographs, Gill shows us a community that, despite being overlooked and walled off from the city’s wealth,
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For the first time in the country, a World Health Organisation-led (WHO) initiative to impart survival swimming training to children in order to reduce drowning deaths is taking off in the State. The project, Turning the tide on drowning – a school SwimSafe (survival swim training for children) programme, is being piloted in two schools
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New Delhi: Private fuel retailers are cutting prices and eating into the market share of their public sector peers, passing on the benefit of cheaper Russian crude oil to their customers. While government-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) that dominate fuel retailing in India have not touched prices since March 2024, Jio-BP and Nayara, which together
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Tucked away in central Delhi’s winding alleys, with white linen hanging over wires, a community of dhobis has been washing the city’s clothes for generations. Threatened by the constant spectre of demolition, members of the community say welfare measures announced for their benefit can be enjoyed only if their homes and workplaces are protected. Ahead
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Personal visit: President R. Venkataraman with Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam on June 28, 1990. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES When a President makes a personal religious visit, can the expenditure thus incurred be recovered from those holding the high constitutional office? In the early 1990s, the Madras High Court had
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