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Supreme Court slams Centre for ‘brazen’ response in Tablighi Jamaat case

October 8, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court pulled up Thursday the Centre for filing an affidavit short on details in a plea. ...

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Power of contempt of court misused to stifle free speech: Prashant Bhushan

September 3, 2020

New Delhi: Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan has been convicted and fined by the Supreme Court for contempt of court. However, ...

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Kashmir group calls India’s internet ban ‘digital apartheid’

August 25, 2020

Srinagar:: A prominent rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir Tuesday described a communications blackout imposed by India following its scrapping of ...

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Donald Trump signs executive order targeting social media giants after Twitter row

May 29, 2020

Washington: The war of attrition between US President Donald Trump and social media platform Twitter took a new turn Thursday. ...

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In self-isolation boxer MC Mary Kom finds freedom

March 20, 2020

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has isolated her from the world outside but iconic Indian boxer MC Mary Kom says ...

Women smoke publicly at a coffee shop in north Riyadh on January 25, 2020. - Like Western feminists of the early 20th century, in an era of social change in Saudi Arabia some women are embracing cigarettes, shisha pipes or vaping as a symbol of emancipation. The sight of women lighting up in public has become much more common in recent months, an unthinkable prospect before the introduction of sweeping reforms in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Women are now allowed to take the wheel of cars, go to stadiums to watch sports and concerts, and obtain passports without the approval of a male guardian (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)

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Saudi Arabian women smoke cigarettes in public to ‘complete’ their freedom

February 16, 2020

Riyadh: Rima settles in a chair at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks around carefully, and seeing no one she recognises, ...

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We have done nothing wrong, police harassing students

February 5, 2020

Even as the police Tuesday intensified investigation in the sedition case against the management and staff of Shaheen Primary and ...

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Congress asks BJP to expel Anantkumar Hegde, Pragya Thakur over Mahatma Gandhi comments

February 4, 2020

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP of having ‘hatred and contempt’ for Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress said Tuesday if the ruling ...

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Narendra Modi exhorts people to promote indigenous products

December 29, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon people Sunday to promote indigenous products for the next three years till ...

Simon Joel has questioned the expulsion of Steven Butler

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Pakistan blacklists, expels global journalists’ group leader Steven Butler

October 18, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the ‘Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ), ...

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Road To Peace?

Putin-Trump summit: India welcomes progress

August 18, 2025

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s much-anticipated summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 August was warm...

August 17, 2025

We celebrated Independence Day this month, the culmination of our freedom struggle. Independence and freedom from what? From alien rule...

August 13, 2025

The effects of US President Donald Trump’s imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods have started to...

August 12, 2025

Companies have long justified sustainability initiatives as a way to boost their reputation, comply with external and internal standards, or...

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