Protesters moved from Azad Maidan due to a High Court order, but relief followed soon.
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Kerala’s higher education is in the doldrums, as the chancellor-government tussle drags on.
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There are concerns that if police are allowed to provide testimony via video conference, it would shake faith in the justice system.
Marathas secure assurances from state government of inclusion in OBC quota, say future depends on promises being fulfilled.
The Delhi High Court has said that all accused have different roles in the conspiracy and so parity doesn’t apply.
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Democracy itself is allowed to rest in the hands of the Election Commission.
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Who is winning the battle of perceptions matters the most: at least until it is known who has won the election.
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Democracy itself is allowed to rest in the hands of the Election Commission.
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Is the 'vote chori' allegation of the Opposition kindling voter memories of past anti-corruption campaigns?
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By presiding over processes that narrow democratic participation, the Election Commission of India betrays the very idea of universal adult suffrage
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From Jawaharlal Nehru to TN Seshan, India’s democratic health always hinged on institutional autonomy. Today, that legacy stands endangered.
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At ground zero of Rahul Gandhi’s campaign against ‘vote theft’, electoral rolls have long been an arena of political contest and controversy
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Letters to the Election Commission of India, election petitions in court and Right to Information queries—the opposition bloc has done it all since the Maharashtra Assembly polls last year
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In the 1980s and 90s, booth capturing in Bihar was a threat to democratic functioning. Men with their faces covered and holding guns told people their votes had been cast.
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A remarkable travelogue across Indian cities through the years.
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Religion and mental health need not be adversaries. One speaks the language of spirit, the other of science. But both seek the same thing: healing.
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The translation of Kannada writer-activist-lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s work is not just an aesthetic act, but a public intervention.
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The growing silence between father and son becomes a theme in Jey Sushil’s work.
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Several airlines, including Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo, and Akasa Air, have issued warnings about possible delays as roads leading to airports remain waterlogged and visibility is low.
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Clashes between protesters and security forces have led to casualties and widespread arrests.
Ravichandran Ashwin Likely To Become First Indian Cricketer To Play In Big Bash League 2025: Reports
Ravichandran Ashwin is reportedly in talks for a historic Big Bash League 2025 debut, possibly becoming the first Indian cricketer
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Venice Film Festival 2025 | India’s Orizzonti selection, centering two women sharing a flat in Mumbai, invokes uncertainties and equivocations only to leave them dangling
The screenplay of her new film, The Last of Them Plagues, sealed her admission
Vipin Radhakrishnan, director of Angammal, discusses the film’s wins in New York and Melbourne, the hurdles of distribution, the craft behind its storytelling, and the ethos driving his work.
Alongside films like Thelma and series like Only Murders in the Building, The Thursday Murder Club offers something we need more of—silver sleuths as protagonists.
The screenplay of her new film, The Last of Them Plagues, sealed her admission
Vipin Radhakrishnan, director of Angammal, discusses the film’s wins in New York and Melbourne, the hurdles of distribution, the craft behind its storytelling, and the ethos driving his work.
Alongside films like Thelma and series like Only Murders in the Building, The Thursday Murder Club offers something we need more of—silver sleuths as protagonists.
The Roses Review | Olivia Colman And Benedict Cumberbatch’s Film Is Wickedly Humorous, Softly Bitter
The film’s success lies in deriving an absurd tenderness from dark humour to construct a refreshing form that dissects the breakdown of relationships by conducting a fascinatingly gentle post-mortem.
Renzu’s Kashmiri influence on the cinematography and storytelling is undeniably authentic, although it feels quite refined for the larger audience. The immovable faith within the film’s direction not only makes it predictable, but also makes it lose complexity.
In an industry still governed by myth, compliance and market arithmetic, Vidya Balan proves that stardom is not inherited, it is claimed, in all its fraught contradictions.
Cultures collide in an early contender for the year’s worst film
'The Voice of Hind Rajab', directed & written by Kaouther Ben Hania, premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 3. Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara and Alfonso Cuarón join hands to support the Gaza-spotlight film.
Venice Film Festival 2025 | Trimala Adhikari and Adil Hussain wrap and reveal enigmatic, empowering transformations
Renowned sound designer and editor Resul Pookutty, in a recent statement during the IDSFF Kerala emphasised the importance of speaking up for Gaza, calling it a global issue irrespective of geography.
The two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker evades all politically pointed enquiries at the jury press conference
For those who like things less cluttered, Season 3 of Fisk is now showing on Netflix
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films often feel like returning home—films filled with a belief that people are inherently good and want the good. They are seemingly simple, yet poignant, deep, political and soft.
The preview of Aryan Khan’s Netflix debut The Ba***ds of Bollywood dropped on August 20. The star son steps out of his father’s shadow, scripting his own story with wit, restraint, and a cinematic eye for reinvention.
The producer and director opens up about his father, Gulshan Rai’s astute foresight and the rich history of their production house on the occasion of fifty years of 'Deewaar'.
The IPC has declared famine in northern Gaza which will billow out further within weeks
The Singaporean director of Stranger Eyes discusses surveillance, flipping perspectives, and the politics in the act of looking
In this fortnightly column by Outlook India, we revisit Bollywood tropes and cliches of yore that are sorely missed. This time, it’s the lost-and-found formula.
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In a world overrun by aesthetic and useless objects, Gibson’s poetry stood out as a guide for humanity.
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We spoke to actors, authors, and chefs to know about their Ganesh Chaturthi memories and how they celebrate it.
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