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'Right now, it looks like a technical error'

'We don't know how and why this happened as the route interlock signal works fine millions of times every day across India.' IMAGE: Restoration work underway at the train accident site in......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

'The situation in Manipur is hopeless'

'The central government forces are supporting one group and the state government forces are supporting another group and this is resulting in non-stop cross-firing, which has resulted in the......

'Parliament must be inaugurated by the President of India'

'There is no law or Article in the Constitution that says the prime minister must inaugurate the new Parliament, but Article 79 of the Constitution says the President of India is the competent......

'Shivakumar is not a traitor like Jyotiraditya Scindia'

'Shivakumar is an andhbhakt of Congress ideology and principles.' IMAGE: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with D K Shivakumar, left, and Siddaramaiah, New Delhi, May 17 2023. Photograph: ANI......

'Do 81 crore Indians deserve highly subsidised food grains?'

'The decision to supply free food grains is not an economically sound decision because the government will find it very difficult in future to charge anything for food grains.' Kindly note the......

'Govt has taken the right step of banning export of atta'

'We cannot afford to be complacent about our food security needs.' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters After......

'If you lose $5 billion to $7 billion every week...'

'... as has been happening in the last three weeks, then the foreign exchange reserves will not be comfortable to ensure that the rupee does not fall drastically.' Illustration: Uttam......

What The RBI Can Do About The Rupee

'To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country's interests.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Rather than letting the rupee......

'We had surplus wheat stocks till last year, where has it gone?'

'All imaginary figures are pushed by government bureaucrats.''They never showed that the production of wheat was less this time.' IMAGE: A worker sifts wheat at the market yard of the Agriculture......

PS 2: Why Does Nandini Want To Finish The Cholas?

The Ponniyin Selvan 2 trailer has everything you were looking for: Suspense, action, drama, plotting and vengeance, cheers Syed Firdaus Ashraf. If you have not seen Mani Ratnam's historical drama......

Taj: Divided By Blood: History In A Mess

This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf. The Janissaries were members of an elite corps of the Ottoman army, the first to lay down......

The Man Who Gave Pathaan Its Heartbeat

'Every story has a heartbeat of its own.''Sometimes you want to go thak thak thak and finish the screenplay fast.''In other stories, you go thak (pause), thak (pause), thak (pause). That also......

Is Pathaan Copied From Skyfall?

'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.''The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.' IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in Pathaan. The man who gave Pathaan its......

Pooja Blows A Kiss!

It may boast of being an Angoor remake but Rohit Shetty's Cirkus is anything but! The film is not getting good reviews -- you can read Sukanya Verma's review here and Syed Firdaus......

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