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B.LINE:Ram Nath Kovind, NDA's candidate for the 13th President of India along with PM ,Narendra Modi on their way to file the Nomination for President Election at Parliament House , in New Delhi on 23.6.17, Pic: Kamal Narang

Symbolic contest

The opposition fails to put up a show of unity ahead of the presidential election, while the BJP attempts to foil the criticism about its upper-caste

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Shajapur: Farmers throwing onions and other vegetables on the road during their protest in Shajapur of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. PTI Photo (PTI6_8_2017_000250B)

Rural revolt

Farmers in the BJP-ruled States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, distressed by demonetisation and government inaction, rise

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Mandsaur_Agitated farmers staging chakkajam with a deadbody of farmer, killed in police firing on Mhow-Neemuch Highway in Mandsaur Disstrict of Madhya Pradesh on wednesday. ------ photo by Special Arrangement (07/06/2017)

Mayhem in Mandsaur

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government remained complacent as resentment was building up among the farmers of Madhya Pradesh over the unremunerative pri

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New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Visitors' Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla(PTI11_5_2015_000047A)

In for a surprise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide who the BJP’s nominee for the post of President will be. Insiders say it could be someone with impeccable cre

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An earthmover is used to level the surface for traffic movement at the site of World Culture Festival organised by Indian guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living foundation on the flood plain of Yamuna River in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Art of defiance

The Art of Living Foundation is challenging the National Green Tribunal’s authority to impose a fine on it for the irreparable damage its cultural ext

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Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 19/04/2017:ADVANI-JOSHI-UMA-BABRI MASJID CASE :: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that senior BJP leaders including LK Advani, Uma Bharti and MM Joshi will face criminal conspiracy charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The bench comprised Justices PC Ghose and RF Nariman.
The apex court has directed the sessions judge in Lucknow to conduct the trial in the Babri demolition case on a daily basis, and that the judge will not be transferred. It also ruled out a fresh trial in the case. The Supreme Court has also ordered the CBI to ensure that witnesses are produced in court everyday so that there is no delay in the Babri demolition case trial. The trial will have to be completed in two years. (This photo was taken during swearing-in- ceremony of BJP Government of UP led by Yogi Adityanath on 19th March 2017). Photo Rajeev Bhatt

Time for trial

The law appears to have finally caught up with L.K. Advani and other senior BJP leaders with the Supreme Court ordering their trial for their alleged

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MEDAK, Andhra Pradesh,05/02/2013:Many hands few to address large number of applicants waiting at the Aadhaar centre at Beeramguda in Medak district on Tuesday in Medak. ----PHOTO:MOHD ARIF

Huge concerns

It has been mathematically proved that the unique identification number need not be unique at all. Besides, the way biometric data of the country’s hu

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Kashipur : Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat during an election campaign road show in Kashipur on Thursday. PTI Photo (PTI2_2_2017_000243B)

‘Modi magic’ on test

The overall stakes are very high for the BJP in Uttarakhand, where the party’s mascot is the Prime Minister himself. But for the Congress, it will onl

PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Uttarakhand

BSF jawans seen relaxing taking food at the BSF Border outpost along the western border in Raan of Kutch in Rajasthan and Kutch in Gujarat , two western Indian border States.The paramilitary Border Security Force personnel along the western border live with their eyes `peeled' open. Rising above topographical and other constraints, they do their duty - checking infiltrators and preventing smuggling.

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Food for thought

A video on social media showing substandard food being served to BSF jawans draws national attention to discrimination the non-officer cadre faces in

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand,May, 10, 2016: Harish Rawat Along with BJP MLA Bimlal Arya (R) congress MLAs After the Floor Test at Assmbly in Dehradun,SC will give the decision tomorrow on Tuesday,May,10, 2016.photo. Virender Singh Negi

Errors of judgement

The BJP’s failed attempts to topple the Rawat government and its overt support to Congress rebels could sound the death knell for the party’s prospect

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NEW DELHI, 16/11/2016: Muslim women seen waiting in queue for exchanging the money at one of the Banks, at the Daryaganj Area in New Delhi on November 16, 2016.
Photo: R.V. Moorthy

Well worth a try

The hardship faced by the Muslim community in the wake of demonetisation has given rise to demands for Shariah-compliant banking instruments.

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KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, 13/12/2013: Major General Bipin Rawat, General Officer Commanding (GOC), Eastern Command press conference in Kolkata on December 13, 2013 ahead of the Vijay Diwas celebration.
Photo: Sushanta Patronobish

Farewell to norms

The appointment of the next Army chief superseding two commanders has become a contentious issue.

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