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Kolkata murders: Bizman confesses to murder of kin

Kolkata, March 1 -- One of the men undergoing treatment following what appeared to be an accident in Kolkata on February 19 has confessed to killing his wife and sister-in-law by slashing their wrists... Read More


'Forged signatures' used in back-dated appointments

LUCKNOW, March 1 -- More details have emerged in connection with irregularities in the recruitment of 179 teachers, clerical staff and office assistants (peons) on the basis of suspected forged signat... Read More


IMD predicts early summer

New Delhi, March 1 -- Most parts of India are likely to experience above-normal temperatures and increased heatwave days between March and May after what was the warmest February on record since 1901,... Read More


Of Gaza, namaste etiquette, and vanishing tents

India, March 1 -- A literary pilgrimage akin to the Mahakumbh was how the annual Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) was described during the inauguration ceremony. Though, over the years, it has spread ... Read More


When the storyteller becomes the story

India, March 1 -- In 16th-century India, warrior Amar Singh, tracker Jingu, artist Qamaruz Zaman and fire-scarred scholar Ferdows travel through a land teeming with clans, tongues and deities, stealth... Read More


Speaking truth to power

India, March 1 -- The Urdu newspaper Pratap - and its Hindi counterpart Vir Pratap - had a long and eventful history. Launched by Mahashay Krishan on March 30, 1919, and ably later led by his son Vire... Read More


'I found sources in unlikely places'

India, March 1 -- 1You write that scholars have not examined the middlebrow and lowbrow publications featured in your book in either English or Hindi. Why is that? I want to emphasise the period I wo... Read More


Offensive defence and other ideas in sync with reality

India, March 1 -- Military historian Arjun Subramaniam's meticulously researched book, Shooting Straight, is a gripping biography of Lt Gen (Retd) Rustom K Nanavatty of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Go... Read More


Call for polls gets louder in Dhaka

India, March 1 -- Bangladesh army chief General Waker-uz-Zaman this week called for holding elections within the year, a demand that came against the backdrop of emerging fractures in the grouping of ... Read More


The desired and the despised

India, March 1 -- Donald Trump's talk of a Gold Card for accelerated citizenship is a troubling contrast to his administration's treatment of illegal immigrants who fled poverty, conflict, and natural... Read More