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    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
  • Pakistan launched attacks along ‘entire western border’, was effectively repulsed: Indian Army
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    Pakistan launched attacks along ‘entire western border’, was effectively repulsed: Indian Army
  • Punjab schools, colleges closed for three days amid border tensions
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    Punjab schools, colleges closed for three days amid border tensions
  • 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
  • ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
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    ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ review: A bitter pill to swallow
  • UP court dismisses case against singer Neha Singh Rathore for posts about Pahalgam attack
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    UP court dismisses case against singer Neha Singh Rathore for posts about Pahalgam attack
  • Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’
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    Interview: ‘Sceptical that strikes will deter Pak terror’
  • 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
  • How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
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    How false videos blurred fact and fiction after Operation Sindoor
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Watch: On this day in 1947, the act that ended British rule was passed

The British Parliament passed the Indian Independence Act and ceased authority over India.

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