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Aryan Khan (left) being taken to Arthur Road jail, Mumbai, after his arrest on October 8.

Aryan Khan denied bail for the fifth time, his lawyers approach Bombay High Court

Aryan Khan, the 23-year-old son of Hindi film actor Shahrukh Khan who was arrested on October 3 on charges of possession and consumption of illegal dr

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Kanhaiya Kumar and Jignesh Mewani (right), at the Congress party headquarters in New Delhi, on September 28.

Kanhaiya Kumar joins Congress, Jignesh Mevani extends support

Jignesh Mevani, independent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Gujarat and Dalit rights leader, has extended his full support to the Congress

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Sabarmati Ashram. Every year, approximately seven lakh people visit the ashram.

Un-Gandhian makeover: Proposal to redevelop Sabarmati Ashram invites criticism

The Gujarat government’s Rs.1,200 crore project to redevelop Sabarmati Ashram comes in for criticism from Gandhians and eminent personalities as ‘Disn

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Activists of the Nationalist Congress Party at Manpada Police Station demanding justice for the 15-year-old rape victim, on September 23.

Special team formed to investigate rape of minor girl in Thane, 26 persons arrested

In a shocking and brutal case of rape, a 15-year-old girl from Dombivali in Thane district of Maharashtra registered a complaint with the Thane Police

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Bhupendra Patel, the new Chief Minister of Gujarat, after taking the oath of office at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on September 13.

New Gujarat model

The BJP replaces its Chief Minister in Gujarat—bringing in a member from the resourceful Patidar community—and the entire Cabinet in a damage-control

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Bhupendra Patel after he was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on September 13.

Bhupendra Patel is the new Chief Minister of Gujarat

The central high command of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Bhupendra Patel, a senior BJP leader in Gujarat, as the State’s new Chief M

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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani submits his resignation letter to Governor Acharya Devvrat at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar on Septemeber 11.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns “in the larger interest of the State”

In an unexpected development, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has resigned. Stating he was following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) tradition

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Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha.

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Crisis has engulfed agrarian society’

Interview with Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha.

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Chief Minister Vijay Rupani (left) with Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. Rupani has said his government will appeal against the High Court ruling in the Supreme Court.

‘Love jehad’ law: An Act of bias in Gujarat

While the Gujarat High Court’s stay on crucial provisions of the State’s amended anti-conversion law comes as a relief to interfaith couples, it has p

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Jignesh Mevani (extreme right) at the inauguration of the plant.

Jignesh Mevani inaugurates Gujarat’s largest oxygen plant

Jignesh Mevani, an independent Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Vadgam, inaugurated Gujarat’s biggest oxygen plant in his constituency

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Sudha Bharadwaj. A file picture.

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files draft charges against 16 arrested persons and six others

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a list of draft charges against the 16 persons imprisoned in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case

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Health-care staff attending to a complicated case in a COVID-19 ICU on August 6 at Government Medical College in Malappuram in Kerala. The State has been aggressively testing and vaccinating and undercounting of COVID deaths is reportedly minimal.

Why counting the dead matters

The Million Death Study, done between 1998 and 2014, was meant to throw up data on the leading causes of death in India. Had the study been allowed to

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