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Don't say "gifts" please; citizens are entitled to better facilities

Hyderabad, Aug. 18 -- One word in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on the Independence Day from the Red Fort's ramparts has been problematic to me. It was a "gift" of reduced GST rates come Diwal... Read More


Pigeons, stray dogs, and an elephant; is defiance correct?

Hyderabad, Aug. 14 -- The courts ruled that a female elephant, Mahadevi, which was kept by Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a Jain math in Kolhapur which had kept her since ... Read More


Maharashtra: Rightists seek ban on film on Shivaji; government backpedals on its word

Hyderabad, Aug. 9 -- It was Ashish Shelar, Maharashtra's minister for cultural affairs, who had announced that four Marathi movies would be screened at the Cannes Film Festival - Sthal, Snow Flower, K... Read More