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Weather LIVE Updates: A cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal area triggered a flash flood-like situation in the area on Saturday while a three-story building collapsed in Navi Mumbai killing one person. Heavy rainfall continued to batter several states and cities across India as the monsoon continues with its active phase. As the spell of extreme rainfall prevails in the western state of Maharashtra, the Met Department has issued a yellow alert and an orange alert accordingly for Mumbai and several other districts.
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Here are all the Indians that will be in action today, July 27. Find the full detailed scheduled of events in which they will participate with IST timings right here
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This development came a day after former president Barack Obama endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate. The 59-year-old US politician launched her presidential campaign last week hours after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race for a second term.
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After over a hundred devotees died at Bhole Baba’s satsang in Hathras recently, we explored why people believe in godmen and godwomen, examining their branding and attending satsangs to witness without judgement
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The space in which self-proclaimed godmen/women function is crowded and competitive, compelling them to adopt creative means to stand out and build their brands
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In its implied collusion and complicity with gurus, the pseudo-secular Indian state detaches its moorings and deposits in the individual
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Gurus and the willing suspension of their devotees’ disbelief
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Are godmen here to stay?
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Surajpal Singh Jatav alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Baba Bhole Nath’s “miracles” outnumber his many names, but behind the white facade of his “immortal” divinity and magic realism is a man mired in materialistic controversies and an empire worth crores.
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A major attribute of deras is their capacity to provide succour to those tossed aside by the mainstream
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Church ministries headed by charismatic and controversial figures gain a devout following in Punjab
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Unafraid and unbothered about the fate of other godmen, gurus and babas, Radhe Maa says she is content with her followers
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Neither light, nor outside air reaches the women trapped in Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya centres across India. Their guru is charged with human trafficking, but many remain
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Demystifying the world of deras and babas
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After the Hathras tragedy, a national anti-superstition law is the need of the hour
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Godmen as conmen has become a common trope in Indian cinema
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Often cases involving Muslim women are framed as a fight between secular and personal laws. In doing so, we ignore larger, more interesting questions
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In honour of Kargil Diwas, Outlook takes a comprehensive look at the Kargil War—a conflict that concluded an eventful century for Indo-Pak relations and gripped the nation's attention through unprecedented media coverage
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India's shooting contingent will be in focus as they eye for the country's first medal at the 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Pistol events. Later on, the lens will fall on the men's hockey team as they take on New Zealand in their opener
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What makes Guide stand out among the very many films that feature godmen of various hues, is the fundamental reluctance of its protagonist to embrace his role as a spiritual guide of the village that he comes across on his journey from jail to nowhere
Ranveer Singh, on July 27, made an official announcement of his next film with Aditya Dhar. It will also star Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Akshaye Khanna And Arjun Rampal.
'Deadpool And Wolverine' Box Office Collection Day 1: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starrer hit the theatres on July 26.
Bryan Adams will return to India with his 'So Happy It Hurts' World Tour, which is a 5-city tour scheduled for December 2024.
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The Ayushman Bharat scheme provides health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to 55 crore individuals, or 12.34 crore families.
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