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They Smelt The Turf
With 8,000 members and a say in the BCCI, the cricketers’ association can be the game’s Praetorian Guard
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September 02, 2019
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Last Lap On Bitter Coffee
The Cafe Coffee Day founder’s death leaves behind unanswered questions
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September 02, 2019
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Russia Unpacks A Matryoshka Doll For Pak
Russia’s decision to hold military exercises with Pakistan in disputed PoK marks a shift in regional balance . Now, India can’t take oldest ally for granted.
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October 10, 2016
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What The Market Thinks About Baba Ramdev's New Product- Jeans
Next in line in Baba Ramdev’s swadeshi substitutes is a ‘modest’ pair of jeans.
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October 17, 2016
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How They Make The Ledger Lie
Hole-in-the-wall accountants, Tier-2 CA firms and the Big Four—all share a professional DNA of trickery. From there, it’s a tiny step to fraud. In the case of foreign firms, their very presence in India hinges on that.
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August 14, 2017
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How's Kashmir?
With an elaborate spread of several well-crafted measures on the table, the Modi government is rustling up a plan for Kashmir...
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August 12, 2019
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Bank Roll & Tumble Plan
Governor stirs a hornet’s nest over J&K Bank, leading to protests and then a step back.
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December 17, 2018
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Reclaiming The Neighbourhood
On Modi’s watch, India has evolved a softer, defter touch with its neighbours. This course-correction could usher trust and prosperity.
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December 31, 2018
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Whiskey For The Man, Beer For The Horses
Vijay Mallya’s stud farm in Karnataka is going through trying times and his ‘hobby horses’ may be put out to pasture.
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December 31, 2018
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Rafale Deal- Sealed With An Error
Incorrect fact’ may not change the SC’s call on the jets deal.
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December 31, 2018
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Ground Reports On How India Will Vote
Nationalism reigns over much of Modi’s home state, giving BJP a post-Pulwama glow. But there are sullen sections of society that stand aloof.
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March 25, 2019
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London: The New Safe Haven For Scamsters From India
£5 mn can buy permanent UK residency for wanted crooks. No wonder arms dealer Sudhir Choudhrie, defaulter Vijay Mallya and scamster Lalit Modi live honourably in London.
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November 14, 2016
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Flourish In Suspension
A self-made community of gymnasts draws inspiration out of their own Dipa’s valiant attempt at Rio
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August 29, 2016
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The First Election At JNU After The 'Sedition' Incident
The SFI-AISA alliance in JNU polls is an admission of their weakness in a Left citadel
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September 19, 2016
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Post URI Attack: Modi And Party Hardening The Knuckle
Post­-Uri, the prospects of Modi and party hinge on walking the talk on freedom from terror.
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October 03, 2016
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What He said Was In The Past
Trump’s volte face on Pakistan startles India. But impetuosity apart, harder realities may have forced the presidential tweet.
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October 30, 2017
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No Curl Yet Over The Wall
Federational bungling for decades and lack of structure turned India, a proud footballing nation, into perpetual minnows. To harness the positive charge of the U-17 World Cup, Indian football needs a determined, tactical overhaul.
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October 30, 2017
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Another 1983, For Football
The tricolour flew high in Asian football. Early stirrings of a recovery can be felt now.
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October 30, 2017
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Populism To Kill The Best
The fuss over Delhi Metro’s fare hike is a test case of how to run such fast-spreading networks
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October 30, 2017
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The Hint Of A Forked Tongue
The Dalai Lama’s proposed visit to Tawang elicits a warning and tough talk on the border issue from China
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March 20, 2017
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How Start-Ups Die!
They were to inherit the earth. Start-ups, the playfield of the young and the restless, have had a hard reality check. What gives?
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March 20, 2017
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The Election Is Not A Funeral
The seven per cent turnout in the Srinagar bypoll marks a new low for Kashmir’s pro-India parties.
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April 24, 2017
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Cash-for-votes That Marred An Election
RK Nagar leaves a dirty spot on Tamil Nadu’s poll scene, signalling it’s all about power to the moneybags.
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April 24, 2017
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All Red in the Rear View Mirror
Former Naxalite Ashim Chatterjee looks back at the rebellion that made him.
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April 24, 2017
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New Maoist Revolts Didn't Identify Enemy, Have Plan for Land Capture
Santosh Rana was a 23-year-old student at Calcutta’s Presidency College in 1967 when the Naxalbari rebellion erupted. Having immediately plunged into the movement, he later went on to question a few of its methodologies and tactics. As the movement turns 50 in May this year, the 74-year-old, who is a cancer-survivor, reminisces in an interview with Dola Mitra.
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April 24, 2017
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The Balladeer's Mutiny
For decades, the shirtless bard’s stirring songs lent punch to a class struggle. Gaddar may carry on singing, but his opting to be a voter implies the mutation of a rebel note.
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April 24, 2017
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Rubble of Heritage
Shoddy clean-up of a 12th-C shrine digs up artefacts. Some have been damaged.
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April 24, 2017
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Few Biopics Stand the Test of Time...you Have to Get It Right
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who recently stirred the social media with his picture as Saadat Hasan Manto, continues to do interesting projects that have him making characters come alive in a way that only he can. At his work-cum-house space at Yari Road in Mumbai, he speaks to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber about the processes that an actor must go through, his choices ranging from small films like Haramkhor to a lavish series with BBC, the Hindi film ind ustry and his brother’s short film on triple talaq. Excerpts:
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April 24, 2017
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Has The Start-up Story Ended?
The much-touted start-up scene is cracking up. Is the boom over then? No, say experts. It’s necessary course-correction.
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October 03, 2016
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A Riddle of Hill and Valley
As two national parties battle it out, the faultlines that run through the north-eastern state only come out sharper.
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