India needs to value academic freedom, research in humanities to emerge as power centre
The space for rigorous intellectual conversation that only a free academia can provide is valuable and this is why Western
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Author: Dmanewsdesk
Mamata Banerjee calls HC verdict ‘illegal’ as BJP mounts pressure on chief minsiter, seeking her resignation
If she has any shame she should resign, says Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the BJP candidate from Tamluk, who during his days
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Revealing encounters
Times were different in 1982. The ‘inappropriateness’ of the question cannot be fathomed by today’s Tinder-weaned generation. Terms like same-sex
Read MoreBoeing Crisis: Time for India to step into aircraft manufacturing as demand soars
Boeing’s troubles present an opportunity for India to foray into making large aircraft. It would help India realise its own
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I do not have funds to contest Lok Sabha elections: Nirmala Sitharaman
The minister said that the BJP President (J P Nadda) gave her the option to contest either from Andhra Pradesh
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Manipur: Kuki women threaten to stay away from Lok Sabha elections
The decision was conveyed to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday in a joint petition signed by 18 women
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Election Commission showcauses BJP leader Dilip Ghosh for comments on Mamata Banerjee’s parentage
The BJP’s national general secretary Arun Singh sent Ghosh a notice (in Hindi) stating his remark was ‘improper and unparliamentary’,
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Congress slams BJP’s induction of Janardhana Reddy, says Modi-Shah normalised large-scale corruption
‘Reddy too is an old customer of the BJP washing powder and needs protection from central agencies’ New Delhi, March
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Amartya Sen alarm on freedoms: Nobel laureate leads global academic alert on media gagging
‘Under British rule, Indians were often arrested and imprisoned without trial, and some were kept in prison for a long
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Dover Lane Music Conference — a neighbourhood ‘onusthan’ that grew into a national phenomenon
Smallest by financial outlay, niche by relevance and yet national by influence, it is intrinsically linked to the culture and
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