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War on Bastar

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29-04-201638 STORIES

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C.P. Chandrasekhar

A setback for Tatas

Genesis of Bharat Mata

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Troubled transition

Myanmar is celebrating its first civilian government in over half a century, but internal tensions persist between the various centres of power in th

Letters to the Editor

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Crime as punishment

FL29JOURNALISTSREDDY

Media in Chhattisgarh

No news is bad news

As the conflict between the state and the Maoists escalates, journalists get caught in the crossfire and truth becomes a casualty.

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Police state

Loosely formed vigilante groups are terrorising anyone speaking out against police atrocities in Bastar, with the ulterior motive of forcing people to

FL29BASTARAMBUSH

Deadly strike

FL29HCU1

Caught in a trap

The sudden return of HCU Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile from long leave sparking violence and arrests on the campus shifts public attention away fro

FL29chhatisManish Kunjam

Interview: Manish Kunjam

‘Our troubles are endless’

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Interview: Appa Rao Podile, VC, HCU

‘Complaint won’t stand legal scrutiny’

Interview with Appa Rao Podile, Vice Chancellor, Hyderabad Central University.

Honour for a melody queen

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Documenting India

The book offers a refreshing take on the role of the documentary in Indian society and illustrates its claim on reality.

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Assembly Elections: West Bengal

Mixed prospects

While the Trinamool Congress looks unstoppable in Jangalmahal, its fate seems uncertain in north Bengal. In the next phase of polling a lot will depen

FL29PAKBLAST

Terror in Lahore

Despite stringent emergency laws, Tehreek-e-Taliban militants launch a big terror attack in Pakistan, killing 70 people on Easter Sunday.

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War on Bastar

The Chhattisgarh government’s all-out attack on the poor tribal residents of the mineral-rich region and all sources of support for them, in the guise

FL29ROHIT

Global gaze on caste

The Indian government resists any international scrutiny of the caste system, including a recent U.N. report that condemns caste hierarchy. But no amo

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Doorway to Jaina history

At Artipura in Karnataka the ASI unearths a Jaina centre that flourished during the time of the Gangas and the Hoysalas.

FL29MALLYANEW

Economic Offences

Truant at large

Vijay Mallya, the delinquent borrower on the run from several agencies of the government, now wants to strike a deal, but the banks remain wary.

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Seed time capsule

FL29SAGAYAM

Courting controversy

The Madras High Court suspends a magistrate who acquitted two granite scam accused and sought to prosecute a Collector.

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Assembly Elections: Tamil Nadu

Battle lines

The election scene hots up in Tamil Nadu, with the AIADMK announcing its candidates for 227 of the 234 seats and the DMK springing a surprise by makin

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Sea level rise cannot be pumped away

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Persecuted minority

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Material Science

Carbon nanotubes

FL29BAAHUBALI

National Awards

Starry affair

Regional and alternative cinema get short shrift at the National Awards, with the jury deciding to celebrate mass entertainers and fete only those fil

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Grandchildren of the Holocaust

Son of Saul, the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film, is one of the most unique films on the theme of the Holocaust.

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Targeting women

The southern districts of Chhattisgarh are in a war zone where the state apparently uses brutal sexual assault of Adivasi women as a deliberate intimi

FL29RAMAN

Interview: Raman Singh

‘We are working to reduce isolation of Bastar’

Interview with Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

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Maths prize for Wiles

Sir Andrew Wiles has been awarded the 2016 Abel Prize for “his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem”, a mathematical problem that remained unsolved

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Interview: T.M. Krishna

T.M. Krishna: Reshaping the contours of Carnatic music

Interview with the Carnatic music exponent T.M. Krishna.

FL29MODIPOOJA

Nationalism vs Hindutva

The ideologues of the ruling dispensation believe not in Indian nationalism but in Hindu nationalism, or Hindutva, which is the earliest version of th

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The Panama connection

The Panama Papers expose, the biggest leak ever of a database, made possible by a unique journalistic venture, rocks governments, shines a light on po

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Mapping themes in Adoor’s films

A panoramic and intense study of Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s work in all its diversity and complexity.

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Limits of technological innovations

The book takes into consideration the impact of innovations on social life in the U.S. But not much attention is given to the qualitative changes that

FL29VOTING

Assembly Elections: Assam

Vigorous voting

Assam records a high voter turnout in the first phase of polling as the Congress fights the anti-incumbency factor.

FL29MINE

Mining and quarrying

Battle for minerals

Chhattisgarh is fast turning into a police state where officialdom is trying to clear the path for corporate mining interests.

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Bahubali of Artipura

Is the Gomatesvara statue at Savanappana Gudda older than the world famous statue at Sravanabelagola?

T.S. Subramanian

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