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TopicThe Kerala Story

Topic: The Kerala Story

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against West Bengal govt ban on The Kerala Story

Mamata-led govt had imposed an immediate ban on the screening of the film to avoid any incident of 'hatred and violence' in the state.

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea against West Bengal govt ban on The Kerala Story

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 a plea by the producers of controversial multilingual film 'The Kerala...

Karnataka elections sideline Manipur violence & fuss over ‘40% commission’

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The Kerala Story—It’s time Muslims give up their medieval ideal of conquest, conversion

The liberal-secular patrons of the Islamic preachers neither talk about conversions nor let others do the talking. They are devoid of integrity and lack tools to analyse the phenomenon.

Kohinoor remains ‘untouched’ in the crown & roadshow continues on tax payer’s money

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West Bengal bans ‘The Kerala Story’, producer threatens legal action

Tamil Nadu theatres have also cancelled screenings of the controversial film, which shows how several women from Kerala are allegedly converted and leave their homes to join ISIS fighters.

Tamil Nadu multiplexes cancel screening of ‘The Kerala Story’, cite ‘law-and-order problems’

'The Kerala Story' has led to a polarised reaction, with critics including Kerala CM dismissing it as propaganda, while others — including BJP members — have said it comes with a message.

‘Congress backs soundless terrorism as shown in film The Kerala Story,’ Modi in Karnataka

Directed by Sudipto Sen, the film released Friday, and is about a group of women in Kerala who are converted to Islam and made to join ISIS.

The Kerala Story is comically exaggerated propaganda made worse by graphic scenes, poor writing

Sudipto Sen used multiple graphic scenes of rape, gore, and mutilation, which were not just uncomfortable but also unnecessary. Bad CGI only made it worse.

‘Market will decide’ — SC, Madras HC refuse to stay release of ‘The Kerala Story’

Controversial film, to be released Friday, claims to depict alleged conversion & recruitment of women in Kerala by ISIS. SC cites CBFC approval, Kerala HC's refusal to issue stay.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.