In this issue

The anti-sedition law has been misused by successive administrations. Is it time to repeal it?

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Mamata Banerjee's Mission Delhi

Mamata Banerjee is eyeing the possibility of leading the anti-BJP alliance nationally. There is growing support from regional parties, which are impressed by her electoral success

5 mins

Frenemy at the gates

Mamata is one adversary the Congress would want to keep close

3 mins

LAW AND BEHOLD

Governments have used the anti-sedition law to quell dissent. Several writers, journalists, cartoonists, politicians, activists and students have got entangled. The Supreme Court has now asked the Union government why it is not repealing the provision

10+ mins

Twin win

Basavaraj Bommai, with his Lingayat link and connect with Yediyurappa, was BJP’s safest pick for chief ministership

6 mins

Too hot to handle

Raj Kundra’s arrest reveals the ugly underbelly of filmdom

4 mins

Troubled shooters

AS THE HIGHLY RATED INDIAN SHOOTERS DREW A BLANK IN THE FIRST WEEK AT TOKYO, TOUGH QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED OF THEIR COACHES

7 mins

Trigger, happy

A NURSE WITH THE PRECISION OF A SURGEON WINS IRAN ITS FIRST SHOOTING MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS—A GOLD

2 mins

Silver lining

MIRABAI CHANU’S MEDAL IS WHAT WEIGHTLIFTING IN INDIA NEEDS AT THE MOMENT

5 mins

Dirty men and dirty looks

WhatsApp university forwards are always obnoxious. But some are first-amongst-equals, or obnoxious-est. And the one that claimed that honour, this fortnight, was something that did the rounds right after Mirabai Chanu’s incredible silver-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

2 mins

A BABY IN MY CART

Kriti Sanon’s latest, Mimi, takes a different approach to surrogacy

4 mins

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