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    Pakistan attacks military stations in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur

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

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

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    Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC takedown order in ANI-Wikipedia case

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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

  • 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

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    IPL 2025 suspended for a week amid India-Pakistan tensions

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    Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed

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    ‘The Royals’ review: All dressed up with nowhere to go

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According to the World Bank, locust swarms could cost East Africa and Yemen $8.5 billion this year, news agency Reuters reported.

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