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Without building bye-laws, there will be only floods and fires, not smart cities

The coaching centre deaths in Delhi aren’t unprecedented. Twenty-seven years back, on a placid summer afternoon in south Delhi, 59 cinegoers perished in a fire at Uphaar theatre because all exits save one were blocked. Extra seating, in contravention of the approved capacity, was created by blocking the exits to…

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Security, foreign designs, new power centres: Delhi’s Dhaka concerns checklist growing bigger

The unceremonious end of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League’s 15-year regime in Bangladesh has meant a delicate set of new equations in India’s northeastern neighbourhood.

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New complaint alleges Taloja prison underbelly: ‘Mutton meals for Rs 8,000 per kg, 40% cuts, zero record’

Fried chicken for Rs 2,000, Hyderabadi-Muradabadi biryani for Rs 1,500, Schezwan rice for Rs 500, prawns biryani for Rs 2,000, mutton masala for Rs 8,000, and mutton curry for Rs 7,000.

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On front pages: Attacks on Hindu homes, Hasina’s phone call, and Delhi impact

From being seen as a miracle economy years ago, Bangladesh on Monday looked like a South Asian tragedy, with Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country and protesters storming her home. The contours of its interim government are yet to be defined while economic problems are likely to worsen.

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No happy endings for India on Hasina’s road to exit

Sheikh Hasina’s abrupt and dramatic exit from Bangladesh after resigning as prime minister, similar to the dramatic departure of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka just two years ago, leaves Delhi with no friends in Bangladesh. Within hours of her exit, mobs tore down a statue of the liberator of Bangladesh,…

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सीएम केजरीवाल को दिल्ली शराब नीति मामले में दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट से नहीं मिली जमानत

सोमवार को दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने दिल्ली शराब नीति मामले में सीबीआई द्वारा गिरफ़्तारी के खिलाफ मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल की जमानत याचिका को खारिज कर दिया.

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10 killed in Bijapur encounter: 2 months on, villagers point to names mismatch, ‘inaction’ over complaint

During the Dussehra break in October last year, Shaiytu Kunjam decided not to return to his residential school in Bijapur’s Basaguda, where he was a student of class 4, from his home in Pidiya village. Seven months later, that decision would cost him his life.

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Sudhanshu Trivedi asked about fake news in RS. Was it an investment in irony?

There seemed to be an investment in irony in the form of an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha last month.

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सुप्रीम कोर्ट: कांवड़ मार्ग पर यूपी और उत्तराखंड सरकार के नेम प्लेट लगाने के आदेश पर रोक जारी

सोमवार को जस्टिस हृषिकेश रॉय और जस्टिस आर महादेवन की बेंच ने प्रोफेसर अपूर्वानन्द, आकार पटेल और टीएमसी सांसद महुआ मोइत्रा द्वारा उत्तर प्रदेश और उत्तराखंड सरकार के नेम प्लेट लगाने के फैसले के खिलाफ सुनवाई कर रही थी. इस दौरान बेंच ने नेम प्लेट न लगवाने के अपने पुराने…

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No FIR, no diagnosis: Can a Rs 10 stamp paper absolve UP cops over death after ‘kanwar assault’?

About six days after he was allegedly “assaulted” and his e-rickshaw “damaged” by kanwariyas for brushing against a kanwar in Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli, e-rickshaw driver Mohit Kumar died on July 28. But no FIR was filed as the police claimed he died due to chest pain due to a pre-existing condition,…

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Fiscal environment, GST: States struggle to raise health spending

Unable to eat, and depending solely on oral rehydration solutions, Ahmed* (40) spent the last 15 days of his life hoping to get an endoscopic procedure at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, 350 km away from his hometown in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. He died on July…

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‘Looks like a man’: Rowling, Kangana, journos post anti-trans misinformation on Olympic boxer

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

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मुजफ्फरनगर में दलित युवक की मौत में कांवड़ियों का हाथ और पुलिस की संदिग्ध भूमिका

23 जुलाई का दिन था. मोहित कुमार हर रोज की तरह खतौली, मुजफ्फरनगर में अपनी ई-रिक्शा पर सवारियां ढो रहा था. इस बीच उसका ई-रिक्शा एक कांवड़िये को छू गया. आरोप है कि इसके बाद कांवड़ियों ने मोहित की बुरी तरह पिटाई कर दी और ई-रिक्शा भी तोड़ दी.

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ब्रॉडकास्टिंग बिल 2024: हम बोलेगा तो बोलोगे कि बोलता है…

मैं क्या बोलूं? कितना बोलूं? और आप क्या सुनें? ये भी अगर सरकार तय करने लगे तो क्या हम वाकई आजाद हैं? क्या वाकई आपको- हमें बोलने की आजादी हुई? क्या सच में लोकतंत्र का कोई मतलब बचेगा?

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In Delhi, Muslim drivers ‘hide identity’, avoid kanwar yatra route ‘fearing targeted violence’

“Mahaul theek nahi hai. Hifazat kare…Jo bhi community stickers laga rahe hai apne mazhab ke, usse bhi kahin na kahin problem ho raha hain. Hum threat mein hain (The environment is not good. Be careful…whoever is putting religious stickers, that too is creating a problem somewhere. We are under threat).”

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 331: Death of UPSC aspirants, trail of kanwariya violence

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

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Gujarat-based fintech Infibeam Avenues to acquire 54% stake in Rediff

Gujarat-based fintech company Infibeam Avenues has struck a deal worth about Rs 50 crore to acquire a 54 percent stake in Rediff, one of the oldest internet firms in the country.

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राजेंद्र नगर: जान का जोखिम, लाइब्रेरी मालिकों की मनमानी और एग्जाम प्रेशर के बावजूद धरना जारी है…

27 जुलाई की शाम राजेंद्र नगर के एक यूपीएससी कोचिंग सेंटर के बेसमेंट में बारिश का पानी वजह से तीन छात्रों की मौत हो गई. मौत के बाद छात्रों ने कोचिंग सेंटर, सरकार और प्रशासन पर लापरवाही के आरोप लगाए और धरना प्रदर्शन शुरू कर दिया. छात्रों का कहना है…

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Recruitment of 69,000 teachers in UP: Why did CM Yogi shift stance on ‘quota irregularities’?

Two years after the Yogi Adityanath-led government admitted to “irregularities” in the reservation process for 69,000 assistant teachers’ recruitment in Uttar Pradesh and selected an additional 6,800 reserved candidates as a “corrective measure”, the Chief Minister has purportedly reversed his stance.

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Hafta letters: Karnataka jobs quota, Indian cities, Trump

I have a question for the future Chief Justice of India, Anand. If you haven't watched the Sansad speech of RG or PM, how do you have such strong opinions of RG’s speech and an acceptable vision of PM’s speech? You have the right to have your bias, but if…

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TV Newsance 261: UPSC aspirants’ deaths bring Godi media anchors to ground zero

This week started off with a tragedy as three UPSC aspirants drowned in the basement library of a coaching institute due to rainwater flooding in Delhi’s Karol Bagh. It soon triggered the usual blame game between the BJP and AAP.

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‘Risk to life, exams’, but students continue protest over Delhi coaching centre tragedy

On July 27, in the wake of the death of three IAS aspirants in the basement library of Rau’s IAS coaching centre in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, the students residing in the area took to the street to protest against administrative lapses that purportedly led to the tragedy.

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In the Olympics race, Jio has a clear edge over DD. It may only get worse from here

Minutes before Indian badminton star PV Sindhu’s Paris Olympics journey ended in a tough pre-quarter final, this writer got an angry phone call from a relative.

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No official questioned, MCD files unseized: Why HC handed over coaching centre probe to CBI

The Delhi High Court has handed over the probe into the death of three IAS aspirants in an illegal basement library to the CBI from the Delhi police, and said the Central Vigilance Commission would supervise it.

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Journalists to boycott Manipur police for 48 hours after TV reporter ‘assaulted’ by cop

Journalists in the valley region of Manipur have decided not to cover the state police for the next 48 hours in protest against an alleged assault on a TV journalist by a sub-inspector on Thursday afternoon.

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