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  • From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with
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    From the fall of Islamabad to an attack on Karachi: 5 fake stories that Indian TV news ran with

  • ‘Blatant censorship at a critical time’: ‘The Wire’ says its website blocked by Centre
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    ‘Blatant censorship at a critical time’: ‘The Wire’ says its website blocked by Centre

  • Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app
    3

    Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app

  • Rush Hour: India alleges Pakistan used civilian planes as shield, ‘The Wire’ website blocked & more
    4

    Rush Hour: India alleges Pakistan used civilian planes as shield, ‘The Wire’ website blocked & more

  • Blackout imposed again in Jammu, explosions heard
    5

    Blackout imposed again in Jammu, explosions heard

  • Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur
    6

    Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur

  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow

  • How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
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    How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor

  • Rabindranath Tagore at 164: Translator Sharmistha Mohanty on the writer’s profound empathy for women
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    Rabindranath Tagore at 164: Translator Sharmistha Mohanty on the writer’s profound empathy for women

  • Shortlisted for 2025 International Booker Prize: An excerpt from ‘Small Boat’ by Vincent Delecroix
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    Shortlisted for 2025 International Booker Prize: An excerpt from ‘Small Boat’ by Vincent Delecroix

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‘Graves are disappearing’: For the right price, burial space is being ‘created’ in Karachi

As the Pakistani city runs out of space to lay its dead to rest, old graves are illicitly being demolished to make way for new ones.

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Apr 18, 2022 · 05:28 pm
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VIDEO: In the teeming metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, graveyards are filling up and the dead are running out of space to rest. But for the right price, a plot can be "found" for the body of a loved one by crews who demolish old graves pic.twitter.com/RqUnChx1bN

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    Rush Hour: India alleges Pakistan used civilian planes as shield, ‘The Wire’ website blocked & more

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