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Sunday, June 16, 2024

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Vikas Dubey put Kanpur on the map, but many in city hadn’t even heard of him until shootout

Vikas Dubey only controlled Chaubeypur, a tiny kasba with a population of just 4,000. And yet, he will now be remembered as 'Kanpur don'.

The itch of mainland Indians to ‘civilise’ northeast hasn’t gone. Dog meat ban another example

There needs to be a ban on hypocrisy in India. To eat chicken or pork and tweet rabidly against dog-meat eating in northeast is a bit much.

Brahmin pride and pain flood Facebook after Vikas Dubey’s encounter killing

For many social media users, gangster Vikas Dubey was first and foremost a Brahmin — a ‘tiger’ whose killing is just another ‘atrocity’ on the community under 'Thakur' CM Yogi Adityanath.

Delhi University has one obsession and it’s making a mess of it. Exams

After months of back-and-forth over the much-criticised online Open Book Examinations, Delhi University has postponed its exams once again.

Your creative talent won’t get you into DU anymore. Keep obsessing over marks marks marks

Delhi University’s sports quota remains, but the Extra-Curricular Activities quota is scrapped due to Covid. If classes & exams can go online, why can’t trials for ECA?

Fan of Mia Khalifa? Then you should support her right to withdraw consent from porn

Mia Khalifa’s request to have her porn videos removed is expanding the meaning of consent. Do former pornstars not have the right to be forgotten?

What’s common between Gwalior admin and Indian parents? Love for punishment, Covid or not

Gwalior announced that those breaking Covid rules will have to volunteer at a hospital or police check-post. But it's not the only city that loves absurd ‘punishments’.

Tale of 2 Indian fathers — one who stands by his daughter in jail, another who disowned his

Natasha Narwal was arrested for ‘conspiring’ Delhi violence and Amulya Leona for saying ‘Hindustan Zindabad, Pakistan Zindabad’. But how their dads reacted tells a lot about India today.

20 days since soldiers’ death in Galwan, ‘patriot’ Ajay Devgn decides it’s movie material

India’s stand against Chinese aggression is at best foggy, with military talks still underway. But actor-producer Ajay Devgn couldn't wait lest Akshay Kumar claimed the subject.

Millenials love discussing Mercury retrograde on Instagram, but scoff at jyotish predictions

If you’re a millennial and everything is going wrong at work, in love, and in life — it’s probably just Mercury retrograde, which began in June and ends mid-July.

On Camera

Elections showed that Manipur still has faith in democracy. Will new govt deliver?

The people of conflict-torn Manipur will have every right to feel betrayed if the new government doesn’t break its silence and show its commitment to addressing the state's issues.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.