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  • ‘Special Ops 2’ trailer: Kay Kay Menon returns as RAW agent Himmat Singh
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    ‘Special Ops 2’ trailer: Kay Kay Menon returns as RAW agent Himmat Singh
  • How reliable are the rankings of India's top IITs and IIMs?
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    How reliable are the rankings of India's top IITs and IIMs?
  • Goa’s ‘taxi mafia’: What tourists need to know
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    Goa’s ‘taxi mafia’: What tourists need to know
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    Cook, clean, pray: An essay on what it means to be an ordinary working-class woman in Srinagar
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    ‘Frequently, heaven erupts’: A new book of poetry takes readers across 37 Indian cities
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    The unravelling of Byju’s billion-dollar empire
  • Photo essay: Nine ways of seeing deserts as landscapes of richness – not symbols of failure
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    Photo essay: Nine ways of seeing deserts as landscapes of richness – not symbols of failure
  • Starlink: India’s new satellite internet rules are a fresh hurdle – what five experts think
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    Starlink: India’s new satellite internet rules are a fresh hurdle – what five experts think
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    Start the week with a film: Why ‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ is and isn’t about boxing
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    ‘The Last Time I Saw You’: A compelling portrait of an artist grappling with the loss of his muse
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Video: Why residents of this village in Madhya Pradesh are having to prove their patriotism

Fifteen men were arrested from Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district for bursting firecrackers after India’s loss in the Champions Trophy final.

Mridula Chari
Jun 28, 2017 · 05:48 pm
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