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  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
  • Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
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    Pune student arrested for social media post ‘hurting religious sentiments’
  • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
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    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
  • How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
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    How case against Muslim teen accused of ‘love jihad’ fell apart in UP court
  • In Raj Khosla biography, a portrait of a director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’
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    In Raj Khosla biography, a portrait of a director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’
  • Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
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    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
  • From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
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    From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship
  • Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
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    Interview: India’s options are limited but military strikes are ‘symbolic’, won’t deter terror
  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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