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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
After the split in Shiv Sena and NCP, the Election Commission awarded original party symbols to the breakaway factions. Not all voters are aware of the change.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
In Prime Minister Modi’s constituency, poll officials and candidates linked with BJP-RSS are alleged to have impeded others trying to file their nominations.
Ayush Tiwari
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
The prime minister has not been pressed on key matters such as the electoral bonds controversy, his anti-Muslim statements or the allegations against Revanna.
Abhik Deb
Video
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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IMD announces onset of southwest monsoon over southern Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands
The weather agency predicted above-normal rainfall in the four-month monsoon season.
Scroll Staff
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Sunday book pick: In Geetanjali Shree’s ‘The Roof Beneath Their Feet’, women defy definitions
Originally published in the Hindi as ‘Tirohit’ in 2001, the novel was translated into English by Rahul Soni and published in 2013.
Sayari Debnath
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. It has aged remarkably well.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
The bracelet worn by the central figure in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘The Beloved’ (1865) embodies the traffic between Britain and the jewel in its Crown.
Kamayani Sharma
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
One of Kolkata’s most exciting talents stars in the upcoming film ‘Athhoi’. He would rather keep calm and carry on working.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
In a tragic irony, a lifelong Congressman has become the symbolic property of the BJP.
Ramachandra Guha
The Field
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Badminton, Thailand Open, as it happened: Satwik-Chirag win second men’s doubles title of the season
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings to take the final playoffs spot
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag enter fourth final; Tanisha-Ashwini exit
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen, Minakshi secure gold medals for India
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Shooting, Olympic Trials: Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar win 50m Rifle 3 Positions event
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
The soft-spoken politician is drawing crowds with his no-holds-barred approach and galvanising workers in the three parties of the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Smitha Nair
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
An excerpt from ‘India’s Most Legendary Restaurants’, edited by Ruth Dsouza Prabhu.
Om Routray
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What does the increased Srinagar voter turnout really mean?
Amit Shah is on shaky ground if he believes voters have endorsed the abrogation of Article 370.
Safwat Zargar
Magazine
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With dance, music and humour, a hit play has brought to life the legend of Tansen
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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‘One of the greatest statesmen’: When Canada celebrated an Indian prime minister’s visit
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‘Hand of God’: How a young Indian Navy sailor returned from the dead in Australia in 1951
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music