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Oppn up in arms over women journalists barred from Taliban press meet

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October 12, 2025

COMING down heavily on the Modi government over the exclusion of female journalists from a press conference of visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, the opposition on Saturday termed the incident 'shocking and unacceptable', saying it dishonored Indian women by allowing the Taliban minister to do so.

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sought PM Modi to clarify his position on the incident. "If your recognition of women's rights isn't just convenient posturing from one election to the other, then how has this insult to some of India's most competent women been allowed in our country, a country whose women are its backbone and its pride," she posted on X. Sharing her post on X, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said that by allowing "exclusion" of women scribes from a public for

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HC asks TN to pay booze revenue as fine

IRKED by the delay in disbursal of compensation to people whose lands were acquired in 2017 for four-laning and strengthening of Oddanchatram-Dharapuram-Tiruppur Road (SH-37) as ordered by it, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the state government to deposit the entire sale amount of Tasmac shops in Dindigul district to the credit of the Principal District Court, Dindigul, every day.

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October 12, 2025

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Easier norms for NRIs investing in Indian shares

SECURITIES and Exchange Board of India Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday that the markets watchdog is easing regulatory processes to help NRIs to invest in equity markets in India.

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October 12, 2025

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The Last Artisanal Winery of Valladolid

In a quiet Spanish village, time slows, stones press grapes, and wine is made by muscle and memory

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October 12, 2025

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BLURRING LINES BETWEEN PUBLIC & PRIVATE

Sour digital personas grow and real-life ones shrink, the divide between what is public and what is private is blurring. As of now, it is leading to confusions, conflicts, outrages. Sometimes their magnitude drags the authorities to places where they do not belong naturally.

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October 12, 2025

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Kantara: Chapter 1 in ₹500 cr club, sets pan-India benchmark

RISHAB Shetty's Kantara: Chapter 1 has emerged as a boxoffice phenomenon, redefining the reach of Kannada cinema across India.

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October 12, 2025

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WHODUNNIT

Dashwanth acquittal in rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl exposes sloppy probe, mishandling of evidence and poor understanding of forensic techniques

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October 12, 2025

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Facing the Tape Trap

Face taping promises a quick snatched look, but experts say it's all stick and no substance

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October 12, 2025

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The New Indian Express Tiruchy

The Outsider’s Paradox of Prashant Kishor and the Curse of Power

By now, it's clear that Prashant Kishor doesn't do half-measures.

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October 12, 2025

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No audit in 8 municipal bodies holding ₹2L cr

EIGHT major municipal corporations in Gujarat controlling over ₹2 lakh crore of public money have not been audited for 4 to 7 years, a government reply to an RTI query says, exposing collapse of accountability.

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October 12, 2025

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The Sign of the Times

In a world of clicks and swipes, penmanship refuses to die.

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October 12, 2025

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