An excerpt from ‘India after Nonalignment: The Quest to Become a Pole in International Politics’, by Happymon Jacob.

As Indian students are forced to view medieval history through a polarised lens, the country’s democratic fabric faces a deep philosophical crisis.

The Congress accused the home minister of using ‘bombast, bluff and bluster’.

The administration said that boat operations at night were restricted and that the circumstances surrounding the accident would be investigated.

The site ‘belongs to the people’ and ‘we will reclaim it’, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

An excerpt from ‘Life in the Time of Polycrisis’, by G Madhusoodanan.

MLA Dinesh Rai Munmun alleged doctors were absent at night and nurses were not trained to operate ventilators for infants with breathing difficulties.

However, he died a mere seven weeks later, leaving unwritten the books he had planned on making the religion ‘respectable to the masses of the country’.

The former Bangladesh prime minister said it was ‘deeply unfortunate’ if her presence in India was the reason behind Tarique Rahman not attending the event.

Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was convicted in September for an allegedly derogatory comment he had made about Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

An excerpt from ‘At Her Beck and Call’ by Flora Annie Steel in ‘The Raj in Ghostly Light: Supernatural Stories from British India’, edited by BC Dutt.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said that nearly 32 lakh passengers travelled in the trains that day, compared with around 58 lakh on a normal second Saturday.

The divestment would bring the ‘largest foreign direct investment so far’, said the Ministry of Finance.

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Under the Mecca pact, Islamabad has committed only to the defence of holy cities in the Gulf country while Turkey has yet to ratify the agreement.

‘Your whole purpose is to hold an election, and you need to have a document,’ said the bench.

A first information report has been registered against the journalist.

Lawyers pointed out that the Supreme Court has not passed any significant order against the Delhi Police and Centre despite multiple petitions.

The interweave of emotion and colour stands out in a restoration carried out by Film Heritage Foundation along with Kamal Amrohi’s family.

Bhandari’s family was demanding that BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam not be appointed as a governor till a probe into his alleged role in the matter concludes.

An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘Becoming Agarwal: The Manufacture of a Close-Knit Mercantile Caste’, by Ujithra Ponniah.