Political Games
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Enforcement Directorate works without interference of Union government, says PM Narendra Modi
The prime minister claimed that there were close to 7,000 cases registered with the central agency and ‘less than 3% of them were related to politicians’.
Scroll Staff
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DMK did not safeguard Tamil Nadu’s interests when Katchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka: PM Modi
The public had a right to how Katchatheevu was given away to the island nation, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
Scroll Staff
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Explained: The Katchatheevu dispute with Sri Lanka that Modi is raking up this election season
Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the Congress ‘callously gave away’ the island to Sri Lanka in 1974 is not the first time the matter has been raked up.
Nachiket Deuskar
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Is Boris Johnson’s do-or-die stance on Brexit a means to push the EU into brokering a better deal?
Suspending parliament could be a master bluffer's final play in a game of chicken – raise the stakes till the other side backs down.
Abhinay Muthoo, The Conversation
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Trump and Kim can talk all they want, but for results they need to find real common ground
There are several parallel games at play in which the US, North Korea and South Korea have diverging interests.
Benjamin Habib, The Conversation
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Fact check: Yogi Adityanath’s claim of no riots during his tenure is false and misleading
The home ministry report shows that in a total of 195 incidents of communal violence in 2017, 44 people died and 542 people were injured.
Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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For Jay Panda, quitting the BJD was the easy part. His real battle will be to stay relevant
Though influential, the suave Odisha politician lacks mass appeal.
Priya Ranjan Sahu
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Income Tax raids on powerful Karnataka minister bare fissures in the Congress
DK Shivakumar’s supporters wonder why the state intelligence did not alert him.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Political violence returns to Kerala’s Kannur: What happens to the peace process now?
Nine CPI(M) workers were injured in Payyanur town and the RSS office was burnt.
TA Ameerudheen
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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The right way to be Right
The challenge is to find people who have the courage not only to stand up for what they believe in, but also to oppose what they don’t.
Nitin Pai
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Playing the mimic: Rahul Gandhi just took a leaf out of Narendra Modi’s book
His speech at a Congress special convention in Delhi on Wednesday indicates that he is close to taking over as party president.
Anita Katyal
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In his eagerness to be king, will Nitish Kumar come across as the jester?
The Bihar chief minister has made his desire for a national role clear far ahead of the next Lok Sabha elections in 2019. But that might just be his undoing.
Anita Katyal
The Field
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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow
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Badminton: India to host World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to compete in India for first time since Tokyo Olympics
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India