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The CBI has taken over the probe into the January 5 attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Sandeskhali, as well as the custody of the main accused Shahjahan Sheikh. This comes after the Calcutta High Court came down heavily on the West Bengal Police, who it called “totally biased”. Within hours, the state government moved the Supreme Court against the HC’s order. Where do things stand now?
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In our opinion section today, Subrata Mitra writes on why there is no end in sight for conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine: “It is high time to look beyond the Manichean categories of democracy versus authoritarianism. And to search for a ground between aggression and capitulation.”
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In the first Indian government response on the new dispensation in Islamabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Shebhaz Sharif, the new PM of Pakistan.
Just hours after resigning from the Calcutta High Court, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay announced he will be joining the BJP.
DMK leader and former Union Minister A Raja has said India is not a nation in conventional terms with one language, one culture and one tradition. It was not a country, but a subcontinent, he said. His remarks, however, met with strong criticism across the board.
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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been winning Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram seat since 2009. However, the BJP feels it has an answer for Tharoor — Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, whose plunge into the capital fray has turned it into a triangular affair. In what would be one of the most watched battles in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the third candidate — CPI leader Pannyan Raveendran — has been positioning himself as the underdog.
Former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba has been acquitted yet again by the Bombay High Court, reversing a trial court verdict. The court, for the second time, has underlined that the prosecution did not follow due procedure in the case — one that invokes the stringent anti-terror law. We explain the case, and what the court has said.
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Four astronauts-designate have been gearing up for Gaganyaan, India’s first crewed space mission. From yoga to simulators, here’s all that their rigorous training regimen involves.
Delhi Confidential: Instead of meeting the simultaneous polls panel, the Election Commission sent them a response in writing. According to sources, this decision was made because the poll panel’s stance on the matter hasn’t changed over time.
🎧 In today’s episode of the ‘3 Things’ podcast, we bring you a conversation Dr Ambuj Roy, professor of cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, on what causes heart problems and what we can do to prevent them.
Until tomorrow,
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