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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
  • Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur
    3

    Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur
  • Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app
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    Why Ola and Uber are copying India’s new ride-hailing app
  • How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
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    How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
  • Pahalgam and after: How women are used as instruments of politics and conflict
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    Pahalgam and after: How women are used as instruments of politics and conflict
  • 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
  • Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed
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    Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed
  • Why a maverick Assam activist is pushing Bengali-origin Muslims to boycott citizenship trials
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    Why a maverick Assam activist is pushing Bengali-origin Muslims to boycott citizenship trials
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Watch: The law says you can be arrested for ‘looking poor’ in India

And it is used routinely to make life difficult for the homeless.

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Jun 29, 2017 · 05:40 pm
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