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Talks in Saudi statement

CAN YOU SPOT THE RAGING FIRE? PM Modi, who took care to hug Saudi Prince MBS more than once since Tuesday night, shares a laugh with the Saudi royal at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Wednesday. On Sunday, Modi had told a rally in Bihar: 'Jo aag aapke dil mein hai, wahi aag mere dil mein hai'

Contents of joint statement were in sharp contrast with the Indian government's aggressive post-Pulwama narrative

By Anita Joshua

Style

In this July 9, 1996 file photo, Karl Lagerfeld is flanked by Canadian model Linda Evangelista (left) and British model Naomi Campbell after the presentation of his 1996-97 fall-winter haute couture fashion collection for Chanel in Paris.

Karl Lagerfeld: The man who put the show in fashion show

By AP

Business

Supreme Court to Anil Ambani: Pay up or go to jail

By R. Balaji

India

Scholar Kancha Ilaiah moots equality prayer for school kids

By Basant Kumar Mohanty

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Modi's speeches are whipping up rage

By The Editorial Board

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According to the report, the effort was pushed by national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was fired in early 2017.

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A view of the Kangla Palace in Imphal. Manipur’s predicament is closely linked to the march of the republic. The erstwhile princely state signed the Instrument of Accession but not the Merger Agreement until 1949, that too under duress.
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Panorama of Rohtas fortress in Punjab, Pakistan.
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An aversion innocent storytelling

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Politicians, when they are in power, feel that they can and ought to govern and rectify everything under their control, from institutions and laws to people’s behaviour and beliefs. It is like Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times who goes berserk with a spanner in his hand.
Israeli musician Shye Ben Tzur composes qawwalis in Hebrew and has a large following. Shye studied in India and performs instrumental and devotional music in Hebrew, Urdu and Hindi.
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The Taliban has only agreed to break its ties with al Qaida and the Islamic State. Violence continues unabated, especially in northern Afghanistan where confrontations between the Taliban and the government forces did not cease even during the cold months.
A herder with his cow at a cow protection centre in Pathmeda Godham, Rajasthan. Narendra Modi made cow-slaughter an election issue while campaigning in 2014, taunting the UPA government with having ushered in the ‘pink revolution’ by which he meant the trade in cattle
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