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<title>Rush Hour: SC says it did not approve Form 6 changes, medicine Nobel for brain researchers and more</title>
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<title>SIR: Modified Form 6 not approved by Supreme Court, says CJI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last month, the Election Commission issued a statement claiming that the form for registering new voters had been upheld by the court. ]]></description>
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<title>Ex&#45;TMC MP Koel Mallick joins BJP, gets Rajya Sabha ticket</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The actor-politician was among the four Trinamool Upper House MPs who quit the party after it lost the West Bengal Assembly elections in May. ]]></description>
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<title>SC asks Delhi Police to create fear that those committing crimes against women will ‘die’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘If you have to be a little more harsh do not hesitate. There will be people who raise a hue and cry about Article 21, but...do your duty,’ the bench said. ]]></description>
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<title>Karnataka SIR: BJP booth&#45;level agent sought deletion of more than 7,500 voters, says report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A first information report has been registered against the agent for misusing Form 7. This is the sixth FIR in connection with bulk Form 7 in Karnataka. ]]></description>
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<title>SC declines interim order on plea for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s suspension, seeks EC response</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench also issued notice to the Centre, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi and deputy poll chief Maneesh Garg. ]]></description>
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<title>Journalist who alleged she was sexually assaulted by Delhi Police officer detained for a second time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An FIR is yet to be registered into her allegations that ACP Vivek Bhagat had harassed her during protests demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, hotelier Nakul Anand explains how to handle customer complaints</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Night Manager: Memoirs of a Hospitality Student’, by Nakul Anand. ]]></description>
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<title>Food regulator orders Everest to recall cumin powder after finding unsafe levels of pesticides</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ FSSAI found unsafe levels of Azoxystrobin and Thiamethoxam in samples of the pre-packed cumin powder taken from a resort in Goa. ]]></description>
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<title>‘If you are good, people will automatically contact you,’ says mridangam player TS Nandakumar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In August, the US-based percussionist received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Overseas category. ]]></description>
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<title>Process of deleting citizens as voters ‘intrinsically arbitrary’, says SC judge amid SIR concerns</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/process-of-deleting-citizens-as-voters-intrinsically-arbitrary-says-sc-judge-amid-sir-concerns</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Former SC judge Rohinton Fali Nariman also flagged crores of electors being removed from rolls and said that the ‘Election Commission cannot malfunction’. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:03 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Why an anonymous X post about anti&#45;caste readings got the PMO’s attention</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most of the works cited in the X post contain arguments critical of the caste system and, in some instances, Hindutva. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: Freedom songs in ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/start-the-week-with-a-film-freedom-songs-in-the-ballad-of-wallis-island</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Netflix release stars Tom Basden, Tim Key and Carey Mulligan. ]]></description>
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<title>One&#45;party election: BJP looks to sweep Nandigram with help from police and Trinamool turncoats</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/one-party-election-bjp-looks-to-sweep-nandigram-with-help-from-police-and-trinamool-turncoats</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Even Muslim voters seemed to have reconciled to the one-sided nature of the contest – for now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:30:05 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Can a messy person change or are some people just naturally tidier?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/can-a-messy-person-change-or-are-some-people-just-naturally-tidier</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Personality isn’t destiny and changing patterns may eventually change something about the kind of person we are. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:04 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Neha Bora detained in ‘unauthorised vehicle’ on day 3 of protests against CEC, released hours later</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/neha-bora-detained-in-unauthorised-vehicle-on-day-3-of-protests-against-cec-released-hours-later</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The student association claimed Bora was taken away without a female constable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:30:04 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>How a love of gossip could make you a better reader</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-a-love-of-gossip-could-make-you-a-better-reader</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The intimacies and power dynamics navigated through a novel can be decoded by using the same skills we exercise when we gossip. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘A Very Easy Death’ is a moving memoir about her dying mother</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sunday-book-pick-simone-de-beauvoirs-a-very-easy-death-is-a-moving-memoir-about-her-dying-mother</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The memoir was originally published in French in 1964 as ‘Une Morte Très Douce.’ It was translated by Patrick O’Brian in 1965. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:00:03 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Keralam orders probe into 2006 corruption allegations against CEC Gyanesh Kumar</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/keralam-orders-probe-into-2006-corruption-allegations-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The matter is linked to alleged bribery involving an Indo-Malaysian construction company during Kumar’s tenure as the state’s public works pepartment secretary. ]]></description>
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<title>Nestlé’s low&#45;fat dairy whitener sample found ‘unsafe’ at Delhi hotel, says regulator</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nestles-low-fat-dairy-whitener-sample-found-unsafe-at-delhi-hotel-says-regulator</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nestlé India said that the FSSAI report does not account for phosphorus naturally present in milk-based ingredients. ]]></description>
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<title>Jantar Mantar protest: Three journalists allege sexual assault by Delhi Police officers</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jantar-mantar-protest-three-journalists-allege-sexual-assault-by-delhi-police-officers</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several mediapersons gathered outside the Parliament Street police station, demanding that an FIR be registered against the assistant commissioner of police. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Termite’: Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s first novel tapped into urban alienation and existential drift</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/termite-sirshendu-mukhopadhyays-first-novel-tapped-into-urban-alienation-and-existential-drift</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new translation of the Bengali novel presents the protagonist’s acute indifference and his apparent lack of humane feelings. ]]></description>
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<title>Uttarakhand SIR: Around 9 lakh names deleted from final voter list</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/uttarakhand-sir-around-9-lakh-names-deleted-from-final-voter-list</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The voters in the state reduced to 71.5 lakh from 79.6 lakh before the exercise began, a decrease of 10.1%. ]]></description>
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<title>How the Gujarati books of RF Sethna fed India’s appetite for books about Japan in the early 1900s</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-the-gujarati-books-of-rf-sethna-fed-indias-appetite-for-books-about-japan-in-the-early-1900s</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ They were one of the many building blocks that helped Indians develop a better understanding of Japan and the Japanese. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple removes messaging app used by protesters to bypass internet restrictions</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/apple-removes-messaging-app-used-by-protesters-to-bypass-internet-restrictions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In July, youth protesters at Jantar Mantar relied on Bitchat to communicate after mobile internet was suspended in parts of central Delhi. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Opposition parties have not boycotted elections despite poll rigging allegations</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-opposition-parties-have-not-boycotted-elections-despite-poll-rigging-allegations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In their view, not contesting polls would amount to yielding space to the political forces they want to defeat. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: How can India&amp;apos;s climate innovations scale beyond the labs?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/eco-india-how-can-indias-climate-innovations-scale-beyond-the-labs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ According to experts, turning a climate solution into a lasting business requires a real market, willing customers and the ability to keep adapting. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple removes messaging platform that works without internet from India App Store: Developer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In July, youth protesters at Jantar Mantar relied on Bitchat to communicate after temporary internet restrictions were imposed in parts of central Delhi. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Fusion cooking is an extension of imagination, memories, experiences’: Cookbook writer Rohini Rana</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fusion-cooking-is-an-extension-of-imagination-memories-experiences-cookbook-writer-rohini-rana</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Rana is the author of ‘The Rana Cookbook’ and ‘Memories on a Platter’. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramachandra Guha: A century after Gandhi described the four pillars of swaraj, how do they hold up?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ramachandra-guha-a-century-after-gandhi-described-the-four-pillars-of-swaraj-how-do-they-hold-up</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/ramachandra-guha-a-century-after-gandhi-described-the-four-pillars-of-swaraj-how-do-they-hold-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He pressed for equal rights for Dalits, women and minorities, an economic model that is equitable and sustainable, and the cultivation of non-violence. ]]></description>
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<title>Nigerian legend King Sunny Adé took African pop music to the world’s stage</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nigerian-legend-king-sunny-ade-took-african-pop-music-to-the-worlds-stage</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nigerian-legend-king-sunny-ade-took-african-pop-music-to-the-worlds-stage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The ‘King of Jùjú’ embodies an impressive blend of cultural grounding, musical innovation, entrepreneurial insight and global acclaim. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Swan Song’: Princess Diana’s brother’s book is icy in its contempt for the British royal family</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/swan-song-princess-dianas-brothers-book-is-icy-in-its-contempt-for-the-british-royal-family</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/swan-song-princess-dianas-brothers-book-is-icy-in-its-contempt-for-the-british-royal-family</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Charles Spencer casts King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, as a petulant child and ‘bellowing buffoon jealous of Diana’s star power’. ]]></description>
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<title>Kolkata film institute suspends classes for sixth day after campus violence</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/kolkata-film-institute-suspends-classes-for-sixth-day-after-campus-violence</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/kolkata-film-institute-suspends-classes-for-sixth-day-after-campus-violence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Students are continuing their ‘academic boycott’, demanding the arrest of those responsible for injuring six of them on September 27. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai: FIR against CJP leaders, over 400 others for protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/mumbai-fir-against-cjp-leaders-over-400-others-for-protest-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/mumbai-fir-against-cjp-leaders-over-400-others-for-protest-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The police booked them for unlawful assembly and wilful disobedience of lawful order issued by public servant after the demonstration in Shivaji Park on Friday. ]]></description>
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<title>Prashant Bhushan, AISA’s Neha Bora detained at Jantar Mantar on day 2 of protest against CEC</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/prashant-bhushan-aisas-neha-bora-detained-at-jantar-mantar-on-day-2-of-protest-against-cec</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/prashant-bhushan-aisas-neha-bora-detained-at-jantar-mantar-on-day-2-of-protest-against-cec</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal had also marched to the site of the demonstration, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Love, fear, and a pursuit of fun’: What made Diksha Basu write a motherhood memoir</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/love-fear-and-a-pursuit-of-fun-what-made-diksha-basu-write-a-motherhood-memoir</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/love-fear-and-a-pursuit-of-fun-what-made-diksha-basu-write-a-motherhood-memoir</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ‘This book began as my love letter to my daughters, and then it became a love letter to my mother.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Uttarakhand: ‘Mohammed’ Deepak gets bail day after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting trader</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/uttarakhand-mohammed-deepak-gets-bail-day-after-he-was-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-trader</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/uttarakhand-mohammed-deepak-gets-bail-day-after-he-was-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-trader</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Dehradun gym owner was directed to furnish three bonds of Rs 50,000 each, assuring that he would not cause any breach of peace over the next six months. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India, Episode 337: Why India&amp;apos;s green innovations need more than good ideas</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/eco-india-episode-337-why-indias-green-innovations-need-more-than-good-ideas</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/eco-india-episode-337-why-indias-green-innovations-need-more-than-good-ideas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<title>India proposal to end Russia war ‘most comprehensive’, says Ukraine</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/india-proposal-to-end-russia-war-most-comprehensive-says-ukraine</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/india-proposal-to-end-russia-war-most-comprehensive-says-ukraine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi had ‘for the first time’ signalled its willingness to ‘play a role’, said Kyiv. ]]></description>
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<title>October Indian nonfiction: New conversations about the past and the future in these recent titles</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/october-indian-nonfiction-new-conversations-about-the-past-and-the-future-in-these-recent-titles</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/october-indian-nonfiction-new-conversations-about-the-past-and-the-future-in-these-recent-titles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An actor’s memoir, a scientific guide to appetite and eating, the future of Indian languages, and more. ]]></description>
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<title>How a British police officer turned his Indian postings into pulp fiction</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-a-british-police-officer-turned-his-indian-postings-into-pulp-fiction</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-a-british-police-officer-turned-his-indian-postings-into-pulp-fiction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Edward Cox’s tales of detectives and dacoits, which drew on three decades of policing, revealed the prejudices and hierarchies of the colonial state. ]]></description>
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<title>SIR: EC asks BLOs to revisit voter list, add through Form 6 those eligible but deleted</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-ec-asks-blos-to-revisit-voter-list-add-through-form-6-those-eligible-but-deleted</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-ec-asks-blos-to-revisit-voter-list-add-through-form-6-those-eligible-but-deleted</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ However, ex-poll chief SY Quraishi said that officials who ‘force’ voters to fill the form, which is only for new electors, are ‘abetters’ to an offence. ]]></description>
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<title>CJP says Delhi protest on October 10 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cjp-says-delhi-protest-on-october-10-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cjp-says-delhi-protest-on-october-10-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Left parties and their affiliated groups said they will continue their agitation at Jantar Mantar on Saturday. ]]></description>
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<title>SK Bole – the social reformer who mentored Ambedkar but then joined hands with Savarkar</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sk-bole-the-social-reformer-who-mentored-ambedkar-but-then-joined-hands-with-savarkar</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sk-bole-the-social-reformer-who-mentored-ambedkar-but-then-joined-hands-with-savarkar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He helped build the legal ground for the Mahad Satyagraha and ended his career as president of the Hindu Mahasabha. ]]></description>
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<title>When does crowd control become ‘excessive’ police force?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/when-does-crowd-control-become-excessive-police-force</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/when-does-crowd-control-become-excessive-police-force</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India’s police manuals demand restraint and the bare minimum of force. So why do crackdowns from Jantar Mantar to Aarey Colony turn brutal? ]]></description>
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<title>CJP announces Delhi protest on October 10 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cjp-announces-delhi-protest-on-october-10-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cjp-announces-delhi-protest-on-october-10-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Left parties and their affiliated groups said they will continue their agitation at Jantar Mantar on Saturday. ]]></description>
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<title>Cosy charmer ‘Bethlehem Kudumba Unit’ has finally come home</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cosy-charmer-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-has-finally-come-home</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cosy-charmer-bethlehem-kudumba-unit-has-finally-come-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malayalam superhit, directed by Girish AD and starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju, is out on JioHotstar. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Delhi was a warzone, Mumbai a concert’: Protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar strike contrasting notes</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-was-a-warzone-mumbai-a-concert-protests-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-strike-contrasting-notes</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-was-a-warzone-mumbai-a-concert-protests-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar-strike-contrasting-notes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the national capital, 700 protestors were reportedly detained. In the commercial capital, the protest was infectiously festive. ]]></description>
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<title>‘I’m a little cockroach’: The new non&#45;violence of poetry, protest, and imagined communities</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/im-a-little-cockroach-the-new-non-violence-of-poetry-protest-and-imagined-communities</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/im-a-little-cockroach-the-new-non-violence-of-poetry-protest-and-imagined-communities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In its joyous orality, the youth protest poetry cuts across class, caste, and gender precisely because of this mode of expression. ]]></description>
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<title>Nutrients in food mimic calorie restrictions. Can they improve our health?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nutrients-in-food-mimic-calorie-restrictions-can-they-improve-our-health</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nutrients-in-food-mimic-calorie-restrictions-can-they-improve-our-health</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Research in humans has yet to show that compounds reproduce the effects of calorie restriction or extend healthspan. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai: Six allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants arrested</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/mumbai-six-allegedly-undocumented-bangladeshi-immigrants-arrested</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/mumbai-six-allegedly-undocumented-bangladeshi-immigrants-arrested</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ They have been accused of providing forged Aadhaar and other identity documents to Bangladeshi citizens to help them enter India. ]]></description>
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<title>How ‘new’ is the tilcayo, the first cat species to be discovered in a 100 years?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-new-is-the-tilcayo-the-first-cat-species-to-be-discovered-in-a-100-years</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-new-is-the-tilcayo-the-first-cat-species-to-be-discovered-in-a-100-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers knew of a tiger cat occurred in Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, but it had never been formally described. ]]></description>
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<title>Punjab: Two arrested for allegedly spreading rumours of girls missing from university hostel</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/punjab-two-arrested-for-allegedly-spreading-rumours-of-girls-missing-from-university-hostel</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/punjab-two-arrested-for-allegedly-spreading-rumours-of-girls-missing-from-university-hostel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The two persons who were detained are former students, police said. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Delhi, Mumbai hold protests against Gyanesh Kumar, ‘Mohammad’ Deepak arrested and more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-delhi-mumbai-hold-protests-against-gyanesh-kumar-mohammad-deepak-arrested-and-more</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-delhi-mumbai-hold-protests-against-gyanesh-kumar-mohammad-deepak-arrested-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>The reason for Indian democracy’s downslide is collapse of judiciary: Indira Jaising</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-reason-for-indian-democracys-downslide-is-collapse-of-judiciary-indira-jaising</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ‘Sons of judges are judges, the judiciary makes no apologies for being dynastic.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Updates: Opposition leaders detained in Delhi, demonstrators gather in Mumbai to protest against CEC</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/updates-opposition-leaders-detained-in-delhi-demonstrators-gather-in-mumbai-to-protest-against-cec</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/updates-opposition-leaders-detained-in-delhi-demonstrators-gather-in-mumbai-to-protest-against-cec</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Sachin Sharma said that ‘permission has not been granted for any type’ of demonstration. ]]></description>
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<title>Probe by Paris body found no request by Hindu group to remove women staff from Eiffel Tower: BAPS</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/probe-by-paris-body-found-no-request-by-hindu-group-to-remove-women-staff-from-eiffel-tower-baps</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/probe-by-paris-body-found-no-request-by-hindu-group-to-remove-women-staff-from-eiffel-tower-baps</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday, the company that manages the monument said that its chief would step down in the wake of the controversy. ]]></description>
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<title>Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Our City That Year’ is on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist</title>
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<title>‘I brought her up with such loving care’: Tagore writes about missing his daughter after marriage</title>
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<title>Updates: Opposition leaders detained, internet suspended near Jantar Mantar amid protest against CEC</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/updates-opposition-leaders-detained-internet-suspended-near-jantar-mantar-amid-protest-against-cec</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/updates-opposition-leaders-detained-internet-suspended-near-jantar-mantar-amid-protest-against-cec</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deputy Commissioner of Police Sachin Sharma said that ‘permission has not been granted for any type’ of demonstration. ]]></description>
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<title>Karnataka SIR: EC says it will take action against bulk applications to delete voters</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/karnataka-sir-ec-says-it-will-take-action-against-bulk-applications-to-delete-voters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The CM and Congress MLAs protested outside the chief electoral officer’s office, alleging that BJP and JD(S) workers were filing false Form 7s. ]]></description>
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<title>Uttarakhand gym owner ‘Mohammed’ Deepak arrested for allegedly assaulting trader</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/uttarakhand-gym-owner-mohammed-deepak-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-trader</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/uttarakhand-gym-owner-mohammed-deepak-arrested-for-allegedly-assaulting-trader</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The complainant alleged that Deepak Kumar assaulted him after he commented on a post by the gym owner about the demolition of portions of an Ujjain mosque. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi Metro shuts 11 stations ahead of protest calling for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-metro-shuts-11-stations-ahead-of-protest-calling-for-cec-gyanesh-kumars-resignation</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-metro-shuts-11-stations-ahead-of-protest-calling-for-cec-gyanesh-kumars-resignation</guid>
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<title>Futile for Indians to believe they are ‘Aryans’: How Gandhi inspired Du Bois to reimagine the world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The African-American scholar had a long engagement with India and drew on the freedom struggle to forge a grounds for solidarity among people of colour. ]]></description>
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<title>Ujjain: Portion of mosque damaged during road&#45;widening work days after unrest</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ujjain-portion-of-mosque-damaged-during-road-widening-work-days-after-unrest</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/ujjain-portion-of-mosque-damaged-during-road-widening-work-days-after-unrest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A minaret fell on the dome and first floor of the Shahi Masjid after a crane being used to remove it reportedly malfunctioned. ]]></description>
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<title>From Azad Hind Radio to Gandhi: The forgotten Indian story of Surinamese composer Majoie Hajary</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/from-azad-hind-radio-to-gandhi-the-forgotten-indian-story-of-surinamese-composer-majoie-hajary</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The pianist with Indian roots moved from wartime radio and New Delhi to ragas, devotional music and one of the most unusual Gandhi recordings of the 1960s. ]]></description>
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<title>South India’s history: When French and English trading companies fought for control of Cuddalore</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/south-indias-history-when-french-and-english-trading-companies-fought-for-control-of-cuddalore</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/south-indias-history-when-french-and-english-trading-companies-fought-for-control-of-cuddalore</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Carnatic Wars: Great Power Rivalries in Eighteenth-Century India’, by Venkatesh Parthasarathy. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ leads viewers on, like its accused heroine</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/review-pooja-meri-jaan-leads-viewers-on-like-its-accused-heroine</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/review-pooja-meri-jaan-leads-viewers-on-like-its-accused-heroine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Navjot Gulati’s Hindi film on Zee5 stars Mrunal Thakur, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz. ]]></description>
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<title>As a Bengal seat goes to bye&#45;polls, SIR deleted voters are stuck in limbo</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/as-a-bengal-seat-goes-to-bye-polls-sir-deleted-voters-are-stuck-in-limbo</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/as-a-bengal-seat-goes-to-bye-polls-sir-deleted-voters-are-stuck-in-limbo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deleted voters are now left out of the election campaign, fearful of being pushed into Bangladesh as well as losing their welfare benefits. ]]></description>
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<title>The start of a run can feel like a fight against your body – and that is normal</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-start-of-a-run-can-feel-like-a-fight-against-your-body-and-that-is-normal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This sensation is actually caused by a normal feature of human physiology. ]]></description>
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<title>HC directs Delhi Police to provide protection to mother of Uttam Nagar Holi violence accused</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/hc-directs-delhi-police-to-provide-protection-to-mother-of-uttam-nagar-holi-violence-accused</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-directs-delhi-police-to-provide-protection-to-mother-of-uttam-nagar-holi-violence-accused</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The petitioner said that some local residents, including the family members of the deceased, were were throwing stones and bricks at her home. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: The Hatuas navigate a world where ancient traditions are being eroded by modern industry</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fiction-the-hatuas-navigate-a-world-where-ancient-traditions-are-being-eroded-by-modern-industry</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/fiction-the-hatuas-navigate-a-world-where-ancient-traditions-are-being-eroded-by-modern-industry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Gold Sand, Gold Water’, by Nalini Bera, translated from the Bengali by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. ]]></description>
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<title>2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: SC stays death sentence of convict</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/2008-ahmedabad-serial-blasts-sc-stays-death-sentence-of-convict</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/2008-ahmedabad-serial-blasts-sc-stays-death-sentence-of-convict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahmed Bawa Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts, submitted that the case against him was based entirely on ‘conspiracy’. ]]></description>
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<title>Jet fuel prices for domestic airlines hiked by 13%</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jet-fuel-prices-for-domestic-airlines-hiked-by-13</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the third consecutive monthly increase in the price of aviation fuel. ]]></description>
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<title>SC declines to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against freezing of four TMC bank accounts</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sc-declines-to-hear-mamata-banerjees-plea-against-freezing-of-four-tmc-bank-accounts</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench directed the Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing. ]]></description>
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<title>Israel election weeks away, Netanyahu seizes on Flydubai incident to bolster his image</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/israel-election-weeks-away-netanyahu-seizes-on-flydubai-incident-to-bolster-his-image</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/israel-election-weeks-away-netanyahu-seizes-on-flydubai-incident-to-bolster-his-image</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history is hoping he can still restore his image as ‘the protector of Israel’. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, a Hindu priestess writes about her attempts to make rituals more queer&#45;friendly</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/in-a-new-book-a-hindu-priestess-writes-about-her-attempts-to-make-rituals-more-queer-friendly</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/in-a-new-book-a-hindu-priestess-writes-about-her-attempts-to-make-rituals-more-queer-friendly</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Mother’s Home’ by Pandita Pratima Kushmani Shridevi Doobay in ‘Seeing Equally: An Anthology of Progressive Hindu Voices’. ]]></description>
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<title>Monsoon ends with 12.6% rainfall deficit, driest season in a decade</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/monsoon-ends-with-126-rainfall-deficit-driest-season-in-a-decade</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/monsoon-ends-with-126-rainfall-deficit-driest-season-in-a-decade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rains in eastern and northeastern states were the lowest since 1901, the weather department said. ]]></description>
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<title>Flydubai incident: What we know so far</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/flydubai-incident-what-we-know-so-far</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/flydubai-incident-what-we-know-so-far</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The airline said the reason for the Indian pilot being stabbed by his co-pilot was unknown. Netanyahu claimed that the pilot saved the plane from being crashed. ]]></description>
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<title>Eiffel Tower chief to step down after row over Hindu group’s visit</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/eiffel-tower-chief-to-step-down-after-row-over-hindu-groups-visit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An internal probe found that ‘operational flaws’ had led to the ‘unacceptable’ removal of women staff, said the firm that manages the landmark. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian women are on the streets again. Everything has changed but nothing has changed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Women are no longer petitioning for safety but claiming their right to public spaces. Yet, the rest of the country seems willfully ignorant. ]]></description>
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<title>Another Muslim man from Bengal pushed into Bangladesh despite voter ID, passport</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/another-muslim-man-from-bengal-pushed-into-bangladesh-despite-voter-id-passport</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The authorities had not provided proof of Abdul Barek being an allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi and did not consider his identity documents, his son alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: The heart beats extra hard and fast in ‘Dupahiya’ season 2</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/review-the-heart-beats-extra-hard-and-fast-in-dupahiya-season-2</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/review-the-heart-beats-extra-hard-and-fast-in-dupahiya-season-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The eight-episode series is out on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<title>‘No one to protect us’: In Manipur, civilians easy targets as armed groups step up violence</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/no-one-to-protect-us-in-manipur-civilians-easy-targets-as-armed-groups-step-up-violence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 23 unarmed people have been killed in 30 days in ongoing  Naga-Kuki conflict. Residents say the government is missing in action. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Nayyi Navelli’ trailer: Horror&#45;comedy stars Yami Gautam Dhar as a bride with a secret</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nayyi-navelli-trailer-horror-comedy-stars-yami-gautam-dhar-as-a-bride-with-a-secret</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nayyi-navelli-trailer-horror-comedy-stars-yami-gautam-dhar-as-a-bride-with-a-secret</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Balaji Mohan directs Himanshu Sharma’s story. Also starring Addinath M Kothare and with music with GV Prakash Kumar, the film will be out on October 16. ]]></description>
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<title>Arunachal: Vehicle torched, MLA’s home vandalised during protests against Siang dam</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/arunachal-vehicle-torched-mlas-home-vandalised-during-protests-against-siang-dam</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/arunachal-vehicle-torched-mlas-home-vandalised-during-protests-against-siang-dam</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The protests were held during Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s visit to a town in Upper Siang district. ]]></description>
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<title>Rohingya genocide: ICJ will soon issue ruling on case against Myanmar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ruling could strengthen the case for a formal recognition from Myanmar of the Rohingya and the restitution of their citizenship rights. ]]></description>
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<title>Eggs, chicken could cost more as maize shortage due to ethanol blending will worsen amid poor rain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nearly three-fourths of the ethanol produced in India currently comes from grains, particularly maize. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Flight to Israel diverted after violence on board, Khalid and Imam denied bail and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Flydubai flight to Israel diverted after pilots reportedly fight in cockpit</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/flydubai-flight-to-israel-diverted-after-pilots-reportedly-fight-in-cockpit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two unidentified Israeli officials said the co-pilot was believed to have stabbed the captain before cabin crew members entered the cockpit and took control. ]]></description>
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<title>SP fields Reliance executive Dhanraj Nathwani as Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sp-fields-reliance-executive-dhanraj-nathwani-as-rajya-sabha-candidate-from-uttar-pradesh</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sp-fields-reliance-executive-dhanraj-nathwani-as-rajya-sabha-candidate-from-uttar-pradesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He is the son of Upper House MP Parimal Nathwani who was re-elected from Jharkhand as a National Democratic Alliance-backed independent in June. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Clarify if rape took place’: HC seeks Punjab response in Lovely Professional University unrest case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/clarify-if-rape-took-place-hc-seeks-punjab-response-in-lovely-professional-university-unrest-case</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/clarify-if-rape-took-place-hc-seeks-punjab-response-in-lovely-professional-university-unrest-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A student has moved court claiming that the violence on campus was a planned attack rather than a spontaneous protest. ]]></description>
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<title>Why are IIT students angry and protesting?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-are-iit-students-angry-and-protesting</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ While student suicides were the immediate focus of the unrest, frustrations had been building on the campuses in recent years. ]]></description>
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<title>On Translation Day, here are 30 translations into English of fiction from Indian languages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ September 30 is celebrated as International Translation Day. ]]></description>
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<title>J&amp;amp;K: Four CISF personnel shot dead by colleague in Kathua</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jk-four-cisf-personnel-shot-dead-by-colleague-in-kathua</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/jk-four-cisf-personnel-shot-dead-by-colleague-in-kathua</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A head constable opened fire after colleagues reportedly objected to him and his wife bringing their child to a power project that they were posted at. ]]></description>
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<title>Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam denied bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/umar-khalid-sharjeel-imam-denied-bail-in-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The activists were arrested in 2020 and the trial is yet to begin. ]]></description>
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<title>Drugs worth Rs 3,000 crore seized on boat in Arabian Sea, five Pakistanis detained</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The confiscated narcotics comprised high-grade methamphetamine and heroin, said the coast guard. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Prahaar’ trailer: Rajkummar Rao plays Ujjwal Nikam, the lawyer in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/prahaar-trailer-rajkummar-rao-plays-ujjwal-nikam-the-lawyer-in-the-2611-mumbai-attacks-case</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/prahaar-trailer-rajkummar-rao-plays-ujjwal-nikam-the-lawyer-in-the-2611-mumbai-attacks-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Avinash Arun’s Hind film also stars Wamiqa Gabbi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sikandar Kher, Lalit Prabhakar and Ritvik Sahore. Out in cinemas on October 16. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Major food crisis’ likely in coming months amid West Asia and Russia wars, warns S Jaishankar</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/major-food-crisis-likely-in-coming-months-amid-west-asia-and-russia-wars-warns-s-jaishankar</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/major-food-crisis-likely-in-coming-months-amid-west-asia-and-russia-wars-warns-s-jaishankar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The conflicts have caused fertiliser shortages and disruptions in grain shipments, which have been ‘very stressful’ for the Global South, he said. ]]></description>
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<title>HC dismisses Congress plea alleging age discrepancy in BJP Nandigram candidate’s bye&#45;poll affidavit</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/hc-dismisses-congress-plea-alleging-age-discrepancy-in-bjp-nandigram-candidates-bye-poll-affidavit</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-dismisses-congress-plea-alleging-age-discrepancy-in-bjp-nandigram-candidates-bye-poll-affidavit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In her poll affidavit, Hasirani Rath had mentioned her age as ‘60+ years’ and claimed that she cleared Class 10 exam in 1965. ]]></description>
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<title>The Indian state has made Bengali Muslims outsiders in their own land</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-indian-state-has-made-bengali-muslims-outsiders-in-their-own-land</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-indian-state-has-made-bengali-muslims-outsiders-in-their-own-land</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Documents are meaningless with ethno-linguistic identity reason enough for arbitrary detention and even deportation of marginal workers across India. ]]></description>
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<title>Scroll’s Rokibuz Zaman wins 2026 Biswajit Roy Memorial Award</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/scrolls-rokibuz-zaman-wins-2026-biswajit-roy-memorial-award</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/scrolls-rokibuz-zaman-wins-2026-biswajit-roy-memorial-award</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He received the prize for his reportage from the North East and West Bengal on citizenship, identity, displacement and the revision of voter rolls. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book recounts the tense days before the 1986 Mizo Peace Accord granting statehood to Mizoram</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/a-new-book-recounts-the-tense-days-before-the-1986-mizo-peace-accord-granting-statehood-to-mizoram</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/a-new-book-recounts-the-tense-days-before-the-1986-mizo-peace-accord-granting-statehood-to-mizoram</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Lal Thanhawla: The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram’, by Sanjoy Hazarika. ]]></description>
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<title>Why India does not have enough caregivers for people with disabilities</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-india-does-not-have-enough-caregivers-for-people-with-disabilities</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-india-does-not-have-enough-caregivers-for-people-with-disabilities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A government scheme launched in 2015 to train caregivers was shut down in four years, with few results to show for it. ]]></description>
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<title>Days to go for polling, Brazil sees a lackluster election campaign</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/days-to-go-for-polling-brazil-sees-a-lackluster-election-campaign</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/days-to-go-for-polling-brazil-sees-a-lackluster-election-campaign</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running against Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro. ]]></description>
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<title>Saurabh Bharadwaj, AAP leaders booked for allegedly assaulting constable</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/saurabh-bharadwaj-aap-leaders-booked-for-allegedly-assaulting-constable</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/saurabh-bharadwaj-aap-leaders-booked-for-allegedly-assaulting-constable</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The FIR was registered after Aam Aadmi Party workers visited the area where a man was slapped by Delhi minister on Sunday. ]]></description>
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<title>In Pakistan, attack on mosque and its fallout reveals evolving landscape of extremist outfits</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/in-pakistan-attack-on-mosque-and-its-fallout-reveals-evolving-landscape-of-extremist-outfits</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The incident has reopened the cycle of Pakistani cross-border action and Afghan retaliation. ]]></description>
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<title>Two home ministry officials arrested for allegedly seeking bribe for FCRA registration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Both the officials were accountants, the ministry stated. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress demands Modi, Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, suspension of SIR</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘An exercise of doubtful constitutional validity cannot be allowed to decide who may vote in the world’s largest democracy,’ the party said in a resolution. ]]></description>
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<title>Short fiction: The deer and hangul are chased out of the forest by killer jackals and wolves</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘A Tale of Animals’, by Moti Lal Kemmu, in a new edition of ‘The Greatest Indian Animal Stories Ever Told’, edited by Sumana Roy. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress Nandigram candidate granted interim bail to campaign for October 6 bye&#45;poll</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/congress-nandigram-candidate-granted-interim-bail-to-campaign-for-october-6-bye-poll</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/congress-nandigram-candidate-granted-interim-bail-to-campaign-for-october-6-bye-poll</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Milan Pradhan was arrested after filing his nomination papers and should be given the opportunity to contest the bye-election, the bench held. ]]></description>
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<title>Online hate against South Asians in US jumped 240% since 2024: Study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The slur ‘pajeet’ and its variants appeared in 30% of all posts on social media platform X and 45% of mentions on fringe websites. ]]></description>
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<title>Gangster Goldy Brar added to US 10 most wanted list</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States law enforcement agency increased the reward to $1 million from $50,000 for information leading to his arrest. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC quashes order barring Red Bull from using ‘energy drink’ label</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s decision was hurting its investments in India, stated the Austrian beverage firm. ]]></description>
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<title>Sambhal violence: SC quashes NSA detention of  alleged organiser, imposes Rs 10 lakh cost on UP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Confessional statement cannot be the sole ground for detention,’ held the bench. ]]></description>
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<title>Cartoonist Satish Acharya’s Instagram account blocked in India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Another cartoonist, Manjul, said that one of his works about the Election Commission had also been restricted to the platform’s users in the country. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A well-implemented visitor levy can indeed have a positive effect on the tourism industry but there are many nuances to consider. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ With bye-elections in two Assembly constituencies scheduled for October 6, an earlier hearing had been sought in the case. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The administration has sought to demolish a portion of the Shahi Masjid to widen the road ahead of a Hindu religious gathering in March 2028. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ There have been at least 13 cases of sexual assault in the national capital this month. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ To truly revitalise a language, it must belong to the messy, everyday realities of its speakers. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agitation had turned violent on Sunday, with students claiming that the university administration had not taken action after the alleged sexual assault. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chinnari village’s negotiations offer a glimpse of the messy aftermath of decades-long conflict in the region. The first part in a new series. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Learning to move your own body, control it and gradually make it stronger is one of the simplest, cheapest ways to start training. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma claimed that the man allegedly abused his family. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘They called us anti-nationals and Naxals and attacked us with knives,’ a member of the students’ union said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Literary geography, which combines physical geography with literary studies, emerged as the novel became popular and grew alongside literary tourism. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ In 24 hours, the feature introduced on July 30 was deployed to distort satellite imagery amid the US and Israel conflict with Iran. ]]></description>
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<title>Punjab Police register FIR over alleged rape after protests at Lovely Professional University</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The university has denied the allegations and said that ‘there is no truth in the rumours presently being circulated’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Set at the turn of the century, the novella covers themes such as the ambition of a new generation and the price that is paid for it. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A two-day Devbhoomi Cultural Festival was organised on September 19 and September 20 in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. ]]></description>
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<title>What are EVs worth five years on? Not much, shows China’s used car market</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is no agreed way to measure the health of the battery, the most expensive part of the car, in a country where EVs are ageing in large numbers. ]]></description>
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<title>FIRs filed against three Gujarat&#45;based political parties for defrauding government of Rs 560 crore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ These outfits had collectively received bogus donations of nearly Rs 1,870 crore, which they routed back to the donors after deducting a commission. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: The superb satire of Rajshekhar Basu aka Parashuram in ‘Selected Stories’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 17 stories in the collection have been translated from the Bengali by Sukanta Chaudhuri and Parash Baran Pal. ]]></description>
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<title>What are IIT students angry and protesting?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While student suicides were the immediate focus of the unrest, frustrations had been building on the campuses in recent years. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam: CJP convenor Ashutosh Ranka, nearly 30 volunteers detained by police</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The action came ahead of a meeting of the political campaign in Dispur. ]]></description>
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<title>Press body condemns Bengal police FIR over ‘Maktoob Media’ report about MP’s allegations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The outlet had reported on allegations raised by TMC’s Mahua Moitra that Muslim IPS and IAS officers were being discriminated against. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: For Chennai home buyers, flood risk is now high on the checklist</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With nearly 97% of Greater Chennai classified as facing moderate-to-high flood risk, homebuyers are factoring flooding and extreme weather to where they live. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Dance is my breathing, my survival, my everything’: Mohiniattam exponent Sunanda Nair</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In August, Nair received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Overseas category for 2024 – the first recipient of the honour. ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra declares drought in 74% of the state</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government ordered the administration to assess the damage to crops and undertake relief measures in 265 of the state’s 358 subdistricts. ]]></description>
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<title>Gyanesh Kumar ‘used to recruit for BJP’, alleges Rahul Gandhi after ex&#45;Keralam IAS officer’s claims</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Former Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson has claimed that in 2016, Kumar, who was not then the CEC, asked him to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as a BJP candidate. ]]></description>
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<title>The bid to improve safety in public parks cannot involve keeping the public out</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-bid-to-improve-safety-in-public-parks-cannot-involve-keeping-the-public-out</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rather than rushing in with stopgap fixes, the authorities must nurture a sense of ownership and respond to the concerns and needs of communities. ]]></description>
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<title>One hundred years of Mahasweta Devi: Stories of subaltern heroes who live on in memory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Devi had once said that ‘a responsible writer, standing at a turning point in history, has to take a stand in defence of the exploited.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Since BJP victory, Bengal’s Christians have faced at least 35 attacks, disruptions of prayer service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Instead of action being taken against the perpetrators, it is the victims who are often taken to police stations, community leaders say. ]]></description>
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<title>Instead of pushing hard at exercise, try ‘slow jogging’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Exercise does not have to be intense to improve health. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Disappearers’: Marlon James’s new novel gives voice to the gay men Jamaica erased</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Booker Prize-longlisted novel reveals the varied and intimate realities of gay men, their backstories, and afterlives. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Opposition accused CM Samrat Choudhary of revealing the minor girl’s identity, saying it violated the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The poll panel said that persons who have been served notices as part of the voter roll revision exercise do not need to attend hearings. ]]></description>
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<title>A gallery of memories: How Kolkata’s citizens are preserving the city’s Chinese heritage</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/a-gallery-of-memories-how-kolkatas-citizens-are-preserving-the-citys-chinese-heritage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Cheenapara Heritage Gallery in Tiretta Bazar is part of an urban revival initiative that also aims to revive the Chinese neighbourhood’s food streets. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-must-be-scrapped-could-make-mockery-of-indias-democracy-say-ex-bureaucrats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The exercise could undermine the commitment to universal adult suffrage and damage the Election Commission’s reputation, said the Constitutional Conduct Group. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sharing the videos resulted in ‘revealing the identity of the girl and could affect social harmony’, the police said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ His remarks came two days after an Indian ship crew member was killed in an attack on a commercial ship off the coast of Oman. ]]></description>
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<title>What fish can teach us about AI: Reflections on reading ‘What a Fish Knows’ alongside ‘Scary Smart</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The two books tackle a common concern: how do we respond when we encounter a form of intelligence that is not a mirror of our own? ]]></description>
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<title>How Krishna Bisht crossed Delhi’s cultural divide to carry the Dilli gharana into a new era</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-krishna-bisht-crossed-delhis-cultural-divide-to-carry-the-dilli-gharana-into-a-new-era</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A disciple of Chand Khan, Bisht became a leading practitioner and scholar of a gharana long shaped by male hereditary musicians. ]]></description>
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<title>HC orders Meta to remove AI&#45;generated photo of Modi with woman, issues notice to CJP leaders</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-orders-meta-to-remove-ai-generated-photo-of-modi-with-woman-issues-notice-to-cjp-leaders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The court noted that the matter was not just about ‘one lady’ but also involved the prime minister. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/bjp-allies-seek-ec-clarification-after-report-that-poll-commissioners-objected-to-sir-decisions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The NDA members said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must ‘dispel misgivings in the minds of the people’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ It was not clear if Justice Satish Chandra Sharma had disclosed this information to the petitioners against the 2023 law. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Balaji Mohan’s Tamil series, written by Nirmal Williams, Sharada Subramanian and Shweta Chakravarty, will be out on Netflix on October 2. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Nashik mayor said she had ordered the administration to prevent the screening after members of the ABVP met her. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The leaves tremble to your tune’: These poems ask enduring questions about mortality and meaning</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Two Pits: New and Selected Poems’, by Siddhartha Menon. ]]></description>
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<title>SC seeks response from Goa to journalist Tarun Tejpal’s appeal against conviction in 2013 rape case</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/sc-seeks-response-from-goa-to-journalist-tarun-tejpals-appeal-against-conviction-in-2013-rape-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The court also issued notice to him on the state’s plea seeking to increase his 10-year prison sentence to life imprisonment. ]]></description>
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<title>Translated fiction: Four young women navigate a rapidly&#45;changing Kolkata in the 1970s</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/translated-fiction-four-young-women-navigate-a-rapidly-changing-kolkata-in-the-1970s</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/translated-fiction-four-young-women-navigate-a-rapidly-changing-kolkata-in-the-1970s</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Four Angry Women’, by Kabita Singha, translated from the Bengali by Shamita Das Dasgupta. ]]></description>
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<title>Student leaders, activists detained for Jantar Mantar protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/student-leaders-activists-detained-for-jantar-mantar-protest-against-cec-gyanesh-kumar</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Neha Bora, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)’s Dipankar Bhattacharya, and activists Yogendra Yadav and Anjali Bharadwaj were among those detained. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/chhattisgarh-church-notices-ask-non-christians-to-enter-at-own-risk-amid-hindutva-backlash-fears</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Community leaders said it was a ‘precautionary measure’ after the state’s anti-conversions law took effect. ]]></description>
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<title>Women wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan’s acquittal, say ‘ideal victim’ standards applied</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/women-wrestlers-challenge-brij-bhushans-acquittal-say-ideal-victim-standards-applied</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/women-wrestlers-challenge-brij-bhushans-acquittal-say-ideal-victim-standards-applied</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The order was based on ‘archaic and stereotypical assumptions’ about the ‘expected’ behaviour of victims of sexual assault, they said. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/us-panel-says-india-is-misusing-anti-terror-law-to-jail-minorities-seeks-release-of-khalid-imam</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/us-panel-says-india-is-misusing-anti-terror-law-to-jail-minorities-seeks-release-of-khalid-imam</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The US Commission on International Religious Freedom urged Washington to help secure the release of ‘freedom of religion or belief’ prisoners in India. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/after-teens-rape-bsf-personnel-deployed-in-park-in-delhis-diplomatic-enclave</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ‘This park gets many visitors, especially foreigners...If anything happens here, it will be all over the news,’ an official told the ‘Hindustan Times’. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/bsf-personnel-deployed-at-park-in-delhis-diplomatic-enclave-after-teens-gang-rape</guid>
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<title>President returns Bengal bill allowing preventive detention for ‘anti&#45;social’ activities</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/president-returns-bengal-bill-allowing-preventive-detention-for-anti-social-activities</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/president-returns-bengal-bill-allowing-preventive-detention-for-anti-social-activities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This came after the Union government flagged an overlap with a preventive detention framework under a central Act. ]]></description>
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<title>CJP to start nationwide protest on October 2 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cjp-to-start-nationwide-protest-on-october-2-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cjp-to-start-nationwide-protest-on-october-2-if-cec-gyanesh-kumar-does-not-resign</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The agitation would begin in Mumbai and be taken to other cities, the political campaign’s founder Abhijeet Dipke said. ]]></description>
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<title>Assembly polls: BJP spent more in Bengal than Congress did in four states, one UT</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/assembly-polls-bjp-spent-more-in-bengal-than-congress-did-in-four-states-one-ut</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bharatiya Janata Party’s expenditure in West Bengal was more than half of its total spending in all five elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Why didn’t the Supreme Court stop the SIR?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-didnt-the-supreme-court-stop-the-sir</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Bakaiti’ season 2 review: New problems and volume control</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bakaiti-season-2-review-new-problems-and-volume-control</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bakaiti-season-2-review-new-problems-and-volume-control</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The seven-episode Hindi series is out on Zee5. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/for-indias-gen-z-being-young-is-no-longer-the-all-powerful-force-it-once-was</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/for-indias-gen-z-being-young-is-no-longer-the-all-powerful-force-it-once-was</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Being young in India has always meant being demographically dominant. That is changing fast. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Australia has tightened visa, immigration rules for foreign students</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-australia-has-tightened-visa-immigration-rules-for-foreign-students</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-australia-has-tightened-visa-immigration-rules-for-foreign-students</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The government aims to crackdown on ‘visa hopping’ and stop students from bringing family members. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal again: Muslim man and three sons picked up from home. Police say they have been ‘deported’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bengal-again-muslim-man-and-three-sons-picked-up-from-home-police-say-they-have-been-deported</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bengal-again-muslim-man-and-three-sons-picked-up-from-home-police-say-they-have-been-deported</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two of the four had featured on the electoral rolls of West Bengal after the special intensive revision exercise and voted in the 2026 Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Wendell Berry spent his life farming, writing. His legacy is an ethic of care for the natural world</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Caring for the planet, the poet believed, means recognising your own place in it. He died on August 31, aged 92. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Rahul Gandhi tells CEC to ‘turn approver’, journalist Ravi Nair gets bail and more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-rahul-gandhi-tells-cec-to-turn-approver-journalist-ravi-nair-gets-bail-and-more</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-rahul-gandhi-tells-cec-to-turn-approver-journalist-ravi-nair-gets-bail-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Podcast: How a Jain merchant family navigated business, from Mughal India to modern Ahmedabad</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/podcast-how-a-jain-merchant-family-navigated-business-from-mughal-india-to-modern-ahmedabad</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/podcast-how-a-jain-merchant-family-navigated-business-from-mughal-india-to-modern-ahmedabad</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Jhaveris of Ahmedabad stayed in business despite more than five centuries of political churn? ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/cec-gyanesh-kumar-should-resign-turn-approver-says-rahul-gandhi</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cec-gyanesh-kumar-should-resign-turn-approver-says-rahul-gandhi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Congress leader said that PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah ‘will be investigated’ for ‘stealing the votes’ of ordinary Indians. ]]></description>
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<title>Folktale: Newlywed Jai becomes a goddess after her boat capsizes in Chilika Lake during a cyclone</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/folktale-newlywed-jai-becomes-a-goddess-after-her-boat-capsizes-in-chilika-lake-during-a-cyclone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Devi Kalijai’ by Monalisa Jena in ‘Stree Sutra: Demi-Goddesses of Indian Myth and Folklore’, edited by Koral Dasgupta. ]]></description>
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<title>HC says ‘surprising’ that Congress Nandigram candidate arrested in sixth case while in custody</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-says-surprising-that-congress-nandigram-candidate-arrested-in-sixth-case-while-in-custody</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Milan Pradhan alleged that he was implicated in another 2007 case despite the state saying on Tuesday that he was not wanted in any other matter. ]]></description>
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<title>How newspapers covered report about election commissioners’ objections to SIR decisions</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-newspapers-covered-report-about-election-commissioners-objections-to-sir-decisions</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-newspapers-covered-report-about-election-commissioners-objections-to-sir-decisions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many newspapers highlighted the investigation. But some highlighted the Supreme Court’s decision on the 2023 appointments law and the Opposition’s reactions. ]]></description>
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<title>Noida workers’ protest: SC revises order, revokes stay on quashing of activist’s NSA detention</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/noida-workers-protest-sc-revises-order-revokes-stay-on-quashing-of-activists-nsa-detention</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/noida-workers-protest-sc-revises-order-revokes-stay-on-quashing-of-activists-nsa-detention</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The High Court’s direction for District Magistrate Medha Roopam to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the student Akriti Chaudhary remains set aside. ]]></description>
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<title>YouTuber Ajeet Bharti denied anticipatory bail by HC for remarks about Bhim Army chief</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/youtuber-ajeet-bharti-denied-anticipatory-bail-by-hc-for-remarks-about-bhim-army-chief</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The bench held that offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act had been made out against Bharti. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The seven-episode Hindi series is out on Netflix. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian seafarer killed in attack on commercial vessel off Oman coast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This was the 11th death of an Indian ship crew member in the Strait of Hormuz since the war in West Asia began. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ In her poll affidavit, Hasirani Rath has mentioned her age as ‘60+ years’ and claims that she cleared Class 10 exam in 1965. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The city has been destroying its ecological systems but will now spend more money to artificially create natural interventions as climate buffers. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi restricts entry to public parks after sunset following teen’s gang rape</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Delhi Development Authority will also conduct safety audit of all parks within a week, officials said. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi history: How Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘beautification’ drive cost the Congress its goodwill</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-history-how-sanjay-gandhis-beautification-drive-cost-the-congress-its-goodwill</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Shortest History of Delhi’, by John Zubrzycki. ]]></description>
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<title>Before election commissioners flagged ‘centralisation’ of voter rolls, it was done in Bengal SIR</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The issue of centralisation came up repeatedly in political debates and courtroom hearings during the roll revision process in Bengal. ]]></description>
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<title>Far&#45;right AfD tops second state poll in Germany, chancellor Friedrich Merz faces uncertain future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Almost nobody expects him to lead the Christian Democratic Union  into the next federal elections. ]]></description>
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<title>How John Coltrane is my bridge between two loves – jazz and Carnatic music</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is something distinctly Indian about his approach to modal jazz. ]]></description>
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<title>Court grants default bail to six Ukrainians arrested for suspected links with Myanmar armed groups</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Although they had been arrested under UAPA, the NIA chargesheet accused them only of immigration offences. ]]></description>
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<title>Noida workers’ protest: SC stays Allahabad HC order quashing NSA detention of activist</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Directives asking Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to 25-year-old Akriti Chaudhary were also set aside. ]]></description>
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<title>India rejects Organisation of Islamic Cooperation remarks on J&amp;amp;K as ‘unwarranted’</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/india-rejects-organisation-of-islamic-cooperation-remarks-on-jk-as-unwarranted</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The bloc had stated that it was committed to supporting the ‘inalienable right of the Kashmiri people to self-determination’. ]]></description>
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<title>Orangutans in Odisha signal India is emerging as a destination for illegal primate pet trade</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/orangutans-in-odisha-signal-india-is-emerging-as-a-destination-for-illegal-primate-pet-trade</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Experts say most of these animals are caught in the wild, which means separating them their mothers, raising serious welfare concerns. ]]></description>
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<title>How John Coltrane built the bridge between my two loves – jazz and Carnatic music</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-john-coltrane-built-the-bridge-between-my-two-loves-jazz-and-carnatic-music</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-john-coltrane-built-the-bridge-between-my-two-loves-jazz-and-carnatic-music</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is something distinctly Indian about his approach to modal jazz and Indian classical strategies of improvisation. ]]></description>
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<title>Meghalaya: Eight United Democratic Party MLAs join ally BJP</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/meghalaya-eight-united-democratic-party-mlas-join-ally-bjp</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/meghalaya-eight-united-democratic-party-mlas-join-ally-bjp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bharatiya Janata Party and the United Democratic Party are part of the state’s ruling coalition. ]]></description>
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<title>Speaker’s three&#45;month delay in deciding disqualification of rebel TMC MPs a ‘red flag’: SC</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/speakers-three-month-delay-in-deciding-disqualification-of-rebel-tmc-mps-a-red-flag-sc</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Lok Sabha speaker was expected to take an ‘expeditious decision’, the court said, but did not set a deadline. ]]></description>
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<title>SIR explained: Why the voter roll revision has become so controversial</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-why-the-voter-roll-revision-has-become-so-controversial</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-why-the-voter-roll-revision-has-become-so-controversial</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Concerns have been raised that the exercise could remove genuine voters from the electoral rolls and shape electoral outcomes. ]]></description>
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<title>Adani firms settle SEBI cases linked to Hindenburg report for Rs 1.5 crore</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/adani-firms-settle-sebi-cases-linked-to-hindenburg-report-for-rs-15-crore</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/adani-firms-settle-sebi-cases-linked-to-hindenburg-report-for-rs-15-crore</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The conglomerate’s companies have not admitted or denied the market regulator’s findings. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-why-the-voter-role-revision-has-become-so-controversial</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-why-the-voter-role-revision-has-become-so-controversial</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Concerns have been raised that the exercise could remove genuine voters from the electoral rolls and shape electoral outcomes. ]]></description>
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<title>SC refers pleas challenging election commissioner appointment Act to larger bench</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/sc-refers-pleas-challenging-election-commissioner-appointment-act-to-larger-bench</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to the law, the Centre enjoys a 2:1 majority over the Opposition leader in the selection panel, if there is a difference of opinion. ]]></description>
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<title>SIR explained: What has happened since the voter list revision began</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-what-has-happened-since-the-voter-list-revision-began</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-explained-what-has-happened-since-the-voter-list-revision-began</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Concerns have been raised that the exercise could remove genuine voters from the electoral rolls and shape electoral outcomes. ]]></description>
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<title>This book traces the restoration and transformation of Delhi’s Sunder Nursery and its surroundings</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/this-book-traces-the-restoration-and-transformation-of-delhis-sunder-nursery-and-its-surroundings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Gardens Within a Garden: Sunder Nursery, New Delhi’, edited by Geeta Wahi Dua and Archana Saad Akhtar. ]]></description>
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<title>Two election commissioners objected 14 times to SIR decisions: ‘Indian Express’ report</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/two-election-commissioners-objected-14-times-to-sir-decisions-indian-express-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SS Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded that in the last 10 months several decisions were taken without their knowledge, an investigation by the newspaper found. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/cec-ruling-like-a-dictator-opposition-on-report-that-poll-commissioners-objected-to-sir-decisions</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cec-ruling-like-a-dictator-opposition-on-report-that-poll-commissioners-objected-to-sir-decisions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Opposition leaders demanded that Gyanesh Kumar be removed and urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the matter. ]]></description>
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<title>J&amp;amp;K: 21.8 lakh books screened, 4,812 withdrew from college libraries since July, says government</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jk-218-lakh-books-screened-4812-withdrew-from-college-libraries-since-july-says-government</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/jk-218-lakh-books-screened-4812-withdrew-from-college-libraries-since-july-says-government</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Only 518 of the withdrawn books are banned. ]]></description>
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<title>Two election commissioners objected 14 times to SIR&#45;related decisions: ‘Indian Express’ report</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/two-election-commissioners-objected-14-times-to-sir-related-decisions-indian-express-report</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/two-election-commissioners-objected-14-times-to-sir-related-decisions-indian-express-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SS Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded that in the last 10 months several decisions were taken without their knowledge, an investigation by the newspaper found. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2026 announces longlists in fiction, nonfiction, debut categories</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/ramnath-goenka-sahithya-samman-2026-announces-longlists-in-fiction-nonfiction-debut-categories</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The winners will be announced at the award ceremony late this year. ]]></description>
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<title>Another court grants ‘rights’ to an Indian river but that doesn’t address our disconnect from nature</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/another-court-grants-rights-to-an-indian-river-but-that-doesnt-address-our-disconnect-from-nature</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/another-court-grants-rights-to-an-indian-river-but-that-doesnt-address-our-disconnect-from-nature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Legal personhood for nature should recognise and help reimagine our interconnected relationship with the world we live in. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Illegal, arbitrary’: Why experts say detention regime in Bengal has fewer safeguards than Assam</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/illegal-arbitrary-why-experts-say-detention-regime-in-bengal-has-fewer-safeguards-than-assam</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The BJP government in the state has adopted a process that allows the police to be ‘judge, jury and executioner of citizenship’ all at once, they said. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: 17&#45;year&#45;old gang raped in park allegedly by three men posing as police personnel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Lady Shri Ram College for Women cancelled regular classes and shifted them online after the incident which took place near its back gate. ]]></description>
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<title>Centrally located, no distractions: Why Syed Ahmad Khan chose Aligarh to establish a university</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Aligarh: History of the City from Antiquity to Present Day’, by Atif Syed. ]]></description>
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<title>How lunch and sleep pressure can cause the ‘3pm slump’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-lunch-and-sleep-pressure-can-cause-the-3pm-slump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A better way to push back against the afternoon dip is using natural light, or even taking a short nap. ]]></description>
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<title>Ghaziabad ‘love jihad’ case: Family can’t decide who an adult chooses as life partner, says HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Allahabad High Court allowed a Hindu woman to live with her Muslim husband saying that there was no indication that she was under any coercion or influence. ]]></description>
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<title>In Brazil, giant data centre plan sets off worry in town once abundant with water</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The project in Paracatu will be larger than the combined total of all data centres currently installed in the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Activist Sharjeel Imam gets interim bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Imam will be out on bail from October 4 to attend his cousin’s wedding. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar minor harassment case: Main accused shot in leg ‘while fleeing’, arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nandan Yadav and his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday, while three minors were held a day earlier. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi SIR notices seem ‘machine&#45;generated’, clarity needed on ‘logical discrepancies’, says SC</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-sir-notices-seem-machine-generated-clarity-needed-on-logical-discrepancies-says-sc</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 33 lakh voters in the national capital had been served notices on ‘flimsy reasons’, petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: Sarayu’s family and neighbours have strong opinions about her skin colour</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Why Is My Skin Brown?’, by Lakshmi Iyer. ]]></description>
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<title>Odisha SIR: Over 17 lakh names deleted from final voter list</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The voters in the state reduced to 3.1 crore from 3.3 crore before the exercise began, a decrease of 5.2%. ]]></description>
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<title>Ex&#45;judge quits Maharashtra UCC panel, cites involvement of official from outside the state</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The member raised concerns about the functioning of the committee, claiming that meetings were being concluded without substantive discussions. ]]></description>
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<title>Not singing all six stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ should not attract criminal action, says SC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Centre was asked to respond to a plea filed by Carnatic singer TM Krishna challenging the validity of the law criminalising insults to the national song. ]]></description>
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<title>Rajya Sabha polls for 12 seats in UP, Uttarakhand and Bengal on October 16</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/rajya-sabha-polls-for-12-seats-in-up-uttarakhand-and-bengal-on-october-16</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to retain nine seats in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and gain one in West Bengal. ]]></description>
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<title>Tavleen Singh’s debut novel: An actor joins a political party committed to the ideals of secularism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Actor’, by Tavleen Singh. ]]></description>
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<title>Two babies die in Telangana hospital fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two nurses and several staff were injuries while rescuing 28 infants. ]]></description>
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<title>Ram temple donations case: SIT finds 105 instances of alleged theft</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This marks an increase from the 70 alleged instances of embezzlement recorded in the interim report of the first Special Investigation Team. ]]></description>
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<title>10&#45;year&#45;old Namibian cheetah dies in Kuno National Park while being treated</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He was among the first batch of eight cheetahs brought to India from Namibia in September 2022, of whom only two remain now. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Srishti’s crime is empathy’: Who is the young artist jailed for supporting Noida workers’ protest?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Srishti Gupta has spent more than five months in jail. Her friends say all she did was care for the poor. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book examines how socially entrenched food biases in India can endanger health</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Meat of the Matter: How the Politics of Food Shapes Our Health’, by Sylvia Karpagam. ]]></description>
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<title>Journalist Ravi Nair to remain in jail as Gujarat HC gives Adani more time to respond to his plea</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/journalist-ravi-nair-to-remain-in-jail-as-gujarat-hc-gives-adani-more-time-to-respond-to-his-plea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He was taken into custody on September 17 and sent to jail for failing to appear personally in a defamation case filed by the Gautam Adani-led company. ]]></description>
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<title>Who is Durga’s mother? Assam elephant’s transfer to TN temple raises troubling legal questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Indian law accords elephants the highest protection. But a contradiction allows the national heritage animal to be held in private captivity. ]]></description>
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<title>Women were excluded from decades of scientific studies based on a mistaken assumption</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ These practices have continued to inform, perhaps mistakenly, our understanding of issues ranging from athletic performance to the benefits of exercise. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar: Three arrested after videos show minor girl, boy being harassed and assaulted in Jamui</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Those arrested so far are also minors while the other suspects were being identified through the videos, said the police. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: IIT&#45;Bombay removes professor as dean, forgery case against Sonia Gandhi revived and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Exotic’ pets are a growing health risk for humans and wildife</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Poor traceability, inadequate surveillance and close human-animal contact can make viral and bacterial spillovers difficult to detect. ]]></description>
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<title>Court sets aside order refusing FIR against Sonia Gandhi for ‘forgery’ in her voter list inclusion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court directed the magistrate to hear the petition afresh and pass a ‘reasoned order’. ]]></description>
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<title>‘I learn not to carry the hurt / like a loaded gun’: These poems are diverse manifestations of home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Call Me Home’, by Harman Kaur. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: A man’s descent from respectability to despair after he resigns from his job in humiliation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Termite’, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, translated from the Bengali by Tapas Kumar Sen. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Flawed’ SIR process hurting even BJP leaders, says Mallikarjun Kharge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On what basis were voting rights being ‘stripped away’ as 93% appeals decided in Bengal had led to inclusions in the electoral rolls, asked the Congress chief. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Wild witch hunt’: HC rejects plea seeking CBI probe into unaccounted cash at Justice Varma home</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An inquiry committee formed by the Lok Sabha had in August said that all the charges framed against Varma had been proven. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The state alleged that the Union government had not given any reason for rejecting the applications ahead of the September 25 event. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/iit-b-student-suicide-professor-accused-of-caste-discrimination-suspended-as-dean</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The instructor, Suryanarayan Doolla, will continue as a member of the teaching faculty. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Dupahiya’ season 2 trailer: Bhugol and Amavas are back for more mayhem</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/dupahiya-season-2-trailer-bhugol-and-amavas-are-back-for-more-mayhem</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Prime Video show stars Sparsh Shrivastava, Bhuvan Arora, Gajraj Rao, Renuka Shahane, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Yashpal Sharma. Out on October 1. ]]></description>
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<title>This book tries to understand why sportspersons make the most popular role models</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Why Kenyans Win Marathons and Estonians Build Unicorns: Excellence, Opportunity And Development in the 21st Century’, by Anirudh Krishna. ]]></description>
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<title>UP shows of comedian who mimicked PM Modi at Rahul Gandhi event cancelled</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/up-shows-of-comedian-who-mimicked-pm-modi-at-rahul-gandhi-event-cancelled</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pulkit Mani said that his events had been called off because of ‘repeated threats from goon activists’. ]]></description>
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<title>Nagaland SIR: Over 11% voters removed from draft list</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nagaland-sir-over-11-voters-removed-from-draft-list</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than 1.5 lakh persons were removed from the provisional electoral roll. ]]></description>
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<title>Italy plans to ban burqas in schools, limit foreign students per class</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The proposed measures would also require parents of immigrant students facing ‘difficulties integrating into school system’ to attend Italian language classes. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian writer Ruthvika Rao wins £10,000 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for ‘The Fertile Earth’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/indian-writer-ruthvika-rao-wins-10000-wilbur-smith-adventure-writing-prize-for-the-fertile-earth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Prize celebrates the outstanding adventure fiction written in English by authors of any nationality. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi SIR: MP Kapil Sibal asks why he received ‘unmapped’ notice despite matching 1998 voter record</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Rajya Sabha MP is among 33 lakh electors, including foreign minister S Jaishankar, to receive notices. ]]></description>
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<title>Turtles nested in record numbers at Great Nicobar project site: RTI reply confirms Scroll report</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/turtles-nested-in-record-numbers-at-great-nicobar-project-site-rti-reply-confirms-scroll-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Turtle nesting sites qualify for the highest levels of coastal protection, contradicting the NGT’s assertions about environmental clearance for the project. ]]></description>
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<title>National law school Bengaluru cancels Umar Khalid documentary screening, 2 days after IIIT Hyderabad</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/national-law-school-bengaluru-cancels-umar-khalid-documentary-screening-2-days-after-iiit-hyderabad</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/national-law-school-bengaluru-cancels-umar-khalid-documentary-screening-2-days-after-iiit-hyderabad</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The censor board has flagged that the film, ‘Prisoner No: 626710 is Present’, has not been certified. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: In winning comedy ‘Best of the Best’, friendship needs delicate footwork</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/start-the-week-with-a-film-in-winning-comedy-best-of-the-best-friendship-needs-delicate-footwork</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Lena Khan’s movie, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, is out on Netflix. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Indian zoos are unsafe for staff</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-indian-zoos-are-unsafe-for-staff</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As a recent tragedy in Jaipur showed, the country does not have standardised guidelines to ensure the safety of those who work with dangerous animals. ]]></description>
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<title>Canada’s overqualified immigrants suffer at work but companies pay the price too</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/canadas-overqualified-immigrants-suffer-at-work-but-companies-pay-the-price-too</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/canadas-overqualified-immigrants-suffer-at-work-but-companies-pay-the-price-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Managers cannot fix broader systemic causes but can influence what happens once an overqualified immigrant is on the job. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi SIR: Election Commissioner SS Sandhu, CM Rekha Gupta among 33 lakh issued notices</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-sir-election-commissioner-ss-sandhu-cm-rekha-gupta-among-33-lakh-issued-notices</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-sir-election-commissioner-ss-sandhu-cm-rekha-gupta-among-33-lakh-issued-notices</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Those who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the number of voters included in the draft electoral rolls. ]]></description>
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<title>Why it is important to teach students what AI cannot do when it comes to writing</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-it-is-important-to-teach-students-what-ai-cannot-do-when-it-comes-to-writing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Students should be taught to distinguish AI’s pattern recognition skills from its inability to inhabit human perspectives and authentically express itself. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengaluru’s Hebbal tunnel is a risk to groundwater and could worsen flooding, say experts</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bengalurus-hebbal-tunnel-is-a-risk-to-groundwater-and-could-worsen-flooding-say-experts</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bengalurus-hebbal-tunnel-is-a-risk-to-groundwater-and-could-worsen-flooding-say-experts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A part of the tunnel road will run close to the Hebbal Lake, one of the city’s few remaining flood buffer zones. ]]></description>
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<title>Toll in Nepal&#45;China flash floods may reach 10,000, says minister</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/toll-in-nepal-china-flash-floods-may-reach-10000-says-minister</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/toll-in-nepal-china-flash-floods-may-reach-10000-says-minister</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As of Saturday, the toll had reached 1,411 and 5,875 were missing. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Dechoma and the Women of Mahe’: This novel maps girlhood between beauty and its absence</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/dechoma-and-the-women-of-mahe-this-novel-maps-girlhood-between-beauty-and-its-absence</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ J Devika’s translation of Fathi Salim’s Malayalam novel preserves a densely local world while revealing the universal tensions of girlhood. ]]></description>
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<title>Chhattisgarh: 19 Bengali workers detained on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshis released</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/chhattisgarh-19-bengali-workers-detained-on-suspicion-of-being-undocumented-bangladeshis-released</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The records of four others who had been picked up were being checked, said the police. ]]></description>
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<title>How AI could influence our understanding of mathematics: A computer scientist&#45;novelist’s reflections</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-ai-could-influence-our-understanding-of-mathematics-a-computer-scientist-novelists-reflections</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps the new age of mathematics will favour a mind that delights in speculation, leaps of the imagination and a deep sense of aesthetics. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Protests break out in Kangpokpi after six Kuki men detained</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/manipur-protests-break-out-in-kangpokpi-after-six-kuki-men-detained</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agitators alleged that security personnel had detained the men without providing any reason. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: A murder is announced in Gabriel García Márquez’s ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/sunday-book-pick-a-murder-is-announced-in-gabriel-garcia-marquezs-chronicle-of-a-death-foretold</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ First published in Spanish in 1981 as ‘Crónica de una muerte anunciada’, it was translated by Gregory Rabassa. Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1982. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal SIR: EC says it may increase number of appellate tribunals to 42 from 19</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Of the 38.2 lakh appeals filed against decisions taken during the voter roll revision process, only around 1.2 lakh had been decided by Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Following a Goan photographer across empires and a global war</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/following-a-goan-photographer-across-empires-and-a-global-war</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/following-a-goan-photographer-across-empires-and-a-global-war</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Moving between Portuguese Goa, British India, princely Gwalior and wartime Mesopotamia, Victor Pereira navigated several worlds. ]]></description>
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<title>HC directs Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to Hindu&#45;Muslim lesbian couple</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-directs-uttar-pradesh-police-to-provide-protection-to-hindu-muslim-lesbian-couple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The court noted that the petitioners were adults and had the freedom to live together without interference from their families. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi SIR: Rekha Gupta, Arvind Kejriwal among 33 lakh voters issued notices to validate details</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-sir-rekha-gupta-arvind-kejriwal-among-33-lakh-voters-issued-notices-to-validate-details</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-sir-rekha-gupta-arvind-kejriwal-among-33-lakh-voters-issued-notices-to-validate-details</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Those who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the number of voters included in the draft electoral rolls. ]]></description>
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<title>Being an Indian woman biker isn’t easy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Men tend to show their machismo by constantly riding either next to me, or trying to overtake me,’ a woman biker said. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: How urban foraging is a step toward protecting our green spaces</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ankita Pandey’s recently published ‘Becoming Allies’ explores the role of those who support a cause without being directly affected by its injustice. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Only 3.1% of the total appeals filed have been decided upon, the poll panel submitted before the Supreme Court. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ How can fascism in the present help explain contemporary technological, social and political dynamics? Two recent books attempt to diagnose these conditions. ]]></description>
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<title>Snakebite treatment: Promising research on nanobody antivenoms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A shared set of nanobodies could potentially be combined and adapted for different geographical regions. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mamata Banerjee questioned the timing of Milan Pradhan’s arrest and said that it was the ‘usual BJP formula’ to ‘dig out an old case’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anindita Kar’s translation does not simply transpose language but preserves the tonal grain and ecological timbre of Narah’s poetry. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/murder-of-democracy-rahul-gandhi-on-nandigram-bye-poll-candidates-arrest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mamata Banerjee questioned the timing of Milan Pradhan’s arrest and said that it was the ‘usual BJP formula’ to ‘dig out an old case’. ]]></description>
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<title>‘And I Am the Arrow’: Pia Ghosh&#45;Roy’s debut novel has a deeply generous heart despite minor flaws</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The winners will receive a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/mumbai-police-searched-activists-home-for-flying-kites-in-palestine-solidarity-alleges-group</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine group alleged that the police searched the residence of the woman volunteer without a warrant. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-do-the-forever-friends-of-our-20s-become-strangers-in-our-30s</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Friendship is a shared present that lasts as long as two people occupy the same stretch of time together. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Santosh Davakhar’s Marathi-language psychological drama will be re-released in cinemas over the coming months. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ New novels by John Gree, Min Jin Lee, and Louise Kennedy too release this month. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A coordinated safety pause could be a convenient public reason for a plateau in AI model performance. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/the-far-right-afd-just-won-big-in-germany-but-most-indian-migrants-think-theyre-safe-are-they</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Many Hindu migrants believe that Alternative for Germany is a problem for Muslims – not for them. ]]></description>
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<title>‘I am dancing. Because Ma couldn’t’: Poems that recount a daughter’s experience of emotional abuse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It referred to a story by the factchecker that mentioned Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/congress-candidate-for-nandigram-bye-poll-arrested-hours-after-mamata-extends-support</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/congress-candidate-for-nandigram-bye-poll-arrested-hours-after-mamata-extends-support</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Minutes before the announcement, the candidate from Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had withdrawn her nomination for the elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra FDA suspends license of Nair Hospital canteen, Olympia Coffee House in Mumbai</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The hospital’s Dean told ‘Scroll’ that they were yet to receive a report from the agency about the alleged food safety violations it had found. ]]></description>
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<title>Marathi musical ‘Gondhal’ is India’s official entry to Oscars 2027</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ First-time feature director Santosh Davakhar’s thriller has music by Ilaiyaraaja. ]]></description>
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<title>Food safety regulator takes legal action against Nestlé India for alleged nutrition rules violation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The cases were filed over three products, including one for a baby found sample found to be ‘substandard’, the authority said. ]]></description>
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<title>Mamata Banerjee’s TMC, rebel faction get new names and symbols ahead of bye&#45;polls</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/mamata-banerjees-tmc-rebel-faction-get-new-names-and-symbols-ahead-of-bye-polls</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The group led by the former chief minister has been named ‘Mamata All India TMC’, while the other faction was assigned ‘Democratic Trinamool Congress’. ]]></description>
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<title>EC says only 2.6% Bengal SIR appeals decided</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ec-says-only-26-bengal-sir-appeals-decided</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The data submitted to the top court did not provide a classification of appeals by deleted voters and pleas against inclusions. ]]></description>
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<title>IIIT Hyderabad cancels screening of documentary about Umar Khalid after censor board objection</title>
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<title>Surendra Koli, accused in Nithari killings case, dies by suicide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Koli spent nearly 19 years in jail till the Supreme Court held him not guilty in the last pending matter in the murder and rape case. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Lust Stories 3’ review: Mild mischief and generous comedy</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/lust-stories-3-review-mild-mischief-and-generous-comedy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj direct four segments about sexual desire. ]]></description>
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<title>EC bars both Mamata Banerjee, TMC rebel group from using party name, symbol for bye&#45;polls</title>
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<title>EC says only 2.6% Bengal SIR appeals decided: Report</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ec-says-only-26-bengal-sir-appeals-decided-report</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The data submitted to the top court did not provide a classification of appeals by deleted voters and pleas against inclusions, ‘The Indian Express’ reported. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: The overall vibe in ‘Vibe’ is indulgence</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/review-the-overall-vibe-in-vibe-is-indulgence</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kunal Kemmu directs and stars in the Hindi film alongside Sparsh Shrivastava and Preity Zinta. ]]></description>
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<title>Interview: ‘BRICS is attempting to break the dollar’s hegemony’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/interview-brics-is-attempting-to-break-the-dollars-hegemony</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/interview-brics-is-attempting-to-break-the-dollars-hegemony</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The age of Western dominance is coming to close, argues former UK cabinet member, Vince Cable, in a new book. ]]></description>
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<title>In France, Marine Le Pen’s demand for hijab ban is legally flawed and at odds with secularism</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/in-france-marine-le-pens-demand-for-hijab-ban-is-legally-flawed-and-at-odds-with-secularism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The far-right party’s justification is that there is a link between headscarves and Islamism. ]]></description>
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<title>SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by son of Muslim woman forced into Bangladesh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sahida Fakir, who hails from West Bengal and had been working in Mumbai for about 20 years was detained on July 19, ‘Scroll’ had reported. ]]></description>
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<title>Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital of the world’ is being destroyed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Singkil peat swamp is one of three extraordinary peatlands being cleared for agriculture and palm oil. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: India assures energy security amid tariff threat, police questioned on protest ban &amp;amp; more</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-india-assures-energy-security-amid-tariff-threat-police-questioned-on-protest-ban-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/chhattisgarh-nia-court-sentences-10-persons-to-death-for-2013-jhiram-valley-maoist-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ They have been convicted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to criminal conspiracy and murder. ]]></description>
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<title>A journalist exposing rape claims against Dera chief was killed. His son awaits justice 24 years on</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/a-journalist-exposing-rape-claims-against-dera-chief-was-killed-his-son-awaits-justice-24-years-on</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court will soon hear a plea against the overturning of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction in the 2002 murder of Ram Chander Chhatrapati. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Vvaan’ trailer: Folk horror film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Tamannah Bhatia</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-vvaan-trailer-folk-horror-film-stars-sidharth-malhotra-tamannah-bhatia</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-vvaan-trailer-folk-horror-film-stars-sidharth-malhotra-tamannah-bhatia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deepak Kumar Mishra’s movie also stars Sunil Grover, Maniesh Paul, Shweta Tiwari, Anup Soni and Milind Gunaji. Out in cinemas on September 25. ]]></description>
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<title>At BRICS summit, why Vladimir Putin went on diplomatic blitz with Global South leaders</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/at-brics-summit-why-vladimir-putin-went-on-diplomatic-blitz-with-global-south-leaders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The sanctions war between Russia and the West has made its economic and trade relations with the Global South pivotal for the country’s survival. ]]></description>
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<title>Allahabad HC sets man who voluntarily converted to Islam free from his Hindu family’s custody</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/allahabad-hc-sets-man-who-voluntarily-converted-to-islam-free-from-his-hindu-familys-custody</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There was ‘no lawful justification’ for Ayush Malik’s continued restraint. ]]></description>
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<title>Chhattisgarh: NIA court sentences 10 persons to life term for 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/chhattisgarh-nia-court-sentences-10-persons-to-life-term-for-2013-jhiram-valley-maoist-attack</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/chhattisgarh-nia-court-sentences-10-persons-to-life-term-for-2013-jhiram-valley-maoist-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ They have been convicted under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to criminal conspiracy and murder. ]]></description>
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<title>In Assam, eye testing at post offices is helping many see clearly again</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The early results of a pilot project show that basic vision care is an unmet need among many. ]]></description>
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<title>Crossword Book Awards 2026: Longlists of ten books in five categories announced</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/crossword-book-awards-2026-longlists-of-ten-books-in-five-categories-announced</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The shortlists will be announced in October, and the awards ceremony will be held in Mumbai in December. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ She shared a video on social media showing eggshells entangled in her hair. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre hikes fee on gold certification by 67%, industry body protests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The increased operating cost might lead to jewellers opting to add fake hallmarks to jewellery, warned the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Bhausaheb Kinikar is rejected by his own community of Mahars for becoming ‘brahminised’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Vande Mataram’, by Sharankumar Limbale, translated from the Marathi by Vilas Salunke. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Have a spine’, roll back charges on UPI payments, Rahul Gandhi to Modi</title>
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<title>Readers’ comments: Ahmedabad was never a welcoming city</title>
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<title>India, Pakistan Navy ships collide, New Delhi registers protest</title>
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<title>Youth protests: SC refuses to reconstitute panel probing police excesses</title>
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<title>Travel memoir: Assamese political activist Khairun Nessa Choudhury recalls her Hajj trip</title>
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<title>‘Gimmicks and hoodwinking’: India on Pakistan raising Masood Azhar bounty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Islamabad should arrest the terrorists ‘because they themselves know where these people are’, said the Ministry of External Affairs. ]]></description>
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<title>Supporting acts on Ed Sheeran US tour quit after rapper removed for pro&#45;Palestine remarks</title>
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<title>Mumbai: Licences of Café Mondegar, three other outlets suspended due to food safety violations</title>
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<title>Rapper Macklemore removed from ED Sheeran’s US tour for making pro&#45;Palestine remarks</title>
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<title>Centre introduces UPI charges of 0.4% on merchant transactions above Rs 2,000</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Banks have been advised to ensure that the charges are not passed on to the customers, the Ministry of Finance said. ]]></description>
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<title>Why parents prefer private schools over government schools – despite similar learning outcomes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conversations in Tamil Nadu provide a snapshot of the fears and hopes that are driving Indian parents to move their children away from government schools. ]]></description>
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<title>Divide among BRICs nations exposed as Houthi rebels seize oil chokepoint in Red Sea</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The New Delhi declaration has no mention of the issue which expands Iran’s control leaving Saudi Arabia exposed, though both countries are part of the grouping. ]]></description>
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<title>Arunachal environmental activist booked by CBI for allegedly receiving illegal foreign funds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bhanu Tatak has been protesting against the Siang Multipurpose Project, a proposed 12,500-megawatt power unit on the Siang river in the state. ]]></description>
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<title>Muslim man detained on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshi released from Bengal jail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jalil Akhtar was picked up from his home in June and the police made at least one attempt to deport him, despite his family submitting land records from 1967. ]]></description>
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<title>UPI charges of 0.4% on merchant transactions above Rs 2,000</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Banks have been advised to ensure that the charges are not passed on to the customers, the Ministry of Finance said. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Hindutva influencer gets bail, CBI books Arunachal activist in FCRA case and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Hindutva influencer who allegedly assaulted CJP protester’s father gets interim bail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Swatantra Bharadwaj had been arrested after outrage over his purported claim that he had avoided detention because of a phone call from the BJP’s Kapil Mishra. ]]></description>
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<title>Canada deports four Indians in extortion crackdown</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than 100 foreign citizens had been deported and 188 were issued a removal notice as of September 3 for alleged links to organised crime and violence. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: A college lecturer is caught in the machinery of state repression during the Emergency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Diary of an Unseen Witness’, by Ampassayya Naveen, translated from the Telugu by Kalpana Kannabiran. ]]></description>
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<title>CBI mentions Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray in Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager death case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Actors Dino Morea and Rhea Chakraborty, ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh have also been named. None of the persons have been listed as an accused. ]]></description>
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<title>Canada deports four more Indians in extortion crackdown</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than 100 persons had been deported and 188 were issued a removal notice as of September 3 for alleged links to organised crime and violence. ]]></description>
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<title>SC junks ex&#45;Delhi mayor plea against UP Police raid at home in search of Ram temple case journalist</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court told Farhad Suri to approach the police in the national capital to file a case against Uttar Pradesh officers. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The police have added attempt to murder charges to the first information report registered after she shared a video of the collision. ]]></description>
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<title>Arunachal environmental activist booked by CBI for allegedly receiving unlawful foreign funds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bhanu Tatak has been protesting against the Siang Multipurpose Project, a proposed 12,500-megawatt power unit on the Siang river in the state. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal withdraws approval for Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide mid&#45;day meals in 4 districts</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the government did not specify a reason for the decision, heads of several schools flagged difficulties in serving boiled eggs separately to students. ]]></description>
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<title>This book examines nonbinary thinking and Christianity in the late Roman Empire and the Middle Ages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Humans: A Monstrous History’, by Surekha Davies. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The statement came a day after Union minister Amit Shah said that NDA governments in 21 states would introduce a common personal law before 2029. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Some social media accounts had criticised the officer for using Islamic greetings in a social media video instead of saying ‘Vande Mataram’ or ‘Jai Hind’. ]]></description>
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<title>US judge blocks Trump’s new rules limiting visa duration for students, journalists</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A day before the rules were to take effect, the court said that Washington was adopting the policy based on ‘exceptionally weak’ rationales. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC rejects Vimal Elaichi’s plea against FDA notices to Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff</title>
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<title>In India, the battle to love and the fundamental right to making a family</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/in-india-the-battle-to-love-and-the-fundamental-right-to-making-a-family</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Appreciating choices made out of love can build enduring legacies. Others instead just live with ideas of honour and regret. ]]></description>
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<title>Gurugram: After woman biker shares video of car ramming into her, police file rash driving case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-after-woman-biker-shares-video-of-car-ramming-into-her-police-file-rash-driving-case</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The woman alleged that the vehicle pursued her for some distance before deliberately hitting her and speeding away. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book recounts events leading up to the first Kashmir war fought immediately after Partition</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/a-new-book-recounts-events-leading-up-to-the-first-kashmir-war-fought-immediately-after-partition</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘1947: The Battle of Badgam and Shalateng’, by Ajay Kumar Raina with Shiv Kunal Verma. ]]></description>
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<title>A new irrigation project threatens to displace both cheetahs and humans in Kuno</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/a-new-irrigation-project-threatens-to-displace-both-cheetahs-and-humans-in-kuno</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Around 1,200 families living around Kuno National Park will be uprooted by the project. ]]></description>
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<title>AI has made it harder to find reliable information</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ai-has-made-it-harder-to-find-reliable-information</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Many websites are blocking scraping tools while AI results now depend more on low-quality websites. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Deviously devoid of all language’: Five poems on the absurdity of suffering and the cosmic machine</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/deviously-devoid-of-all-language-five-poems-on-the-absurdity-of-suffering-and-the-cosmic-machine</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Night breaks apart, like pomegranate seeds in my palm’, by Aakriti Kuntal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Retail inflation rises to 4.8%, wholesale inflation to 9.9% in August</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/retail-inflation-rises-to-48-wholesale-inflation-to-99-in-august</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The wholesale inflation has also been rising since the beginning of the financial year because of the war in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Tarun Tejpal surrenders, Thackerays named in Disha Salian death case and more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-tarun-tejpal-surrenders-thackerays-named-in-disha-salian-death-case-and-more</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>20 TMC MPs who had merged with Tripura&#45;based NCPI to join BJP, claims rebel leader</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Since more than two-thirds of the 20 members will be moving, the anti-defection law will not apply to us,’ said Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. ]]></description>
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<title>Gurugram: After video shows car ramming into woman biker, police file rash driving case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-after-video-shows-car-ramming-into-woman-biker-police-file-rash-driving-case</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-after-video-shows-car-ramming-into-woman-biker-police-file-rash-driving-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The vehicle pursued her for some distance before hitting her and speeding away, the woman alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Madhusudan’s life changes when he encounters Amir, a mysterious revolutionary, in Germany</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fiction-madhusudans-life-changes-when-he-encounters-amir-a-mysterious-revolutionary-in-germany</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/fiction-madhusudans-life-changes-when-he-encounters-amir-a-mysterious-revolutionary-in-germany</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Imitation Englishman’, by Devki Pande. ]]></description>
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<title>CBI names Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray in Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager death case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cbi-names-uddhav-aaditya-thackeray-in-sushant-singh-rajputs-former-manager-death-case</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cbi-names-uddhav-aaditya-thackeray-in-sushant-singh-rajputs-former-manager-death-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Actors Dino Morea and Rhea Chakraborty, ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and suspended police officer Sachin Vaze have also been named. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Adkitta’ review: Film about working parents and their son’s nanny falls between the cracks</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/adkitta-review-film-about-working-parents-and-their-sons-nanny-falls-between-the-cracks</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashutosh Parandkar’s Marathi movie on Zee5 stars Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Chandekar and Sakhi Gokhale. ]]></description>
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<title>20 rebel TMC MPs who had merged with Tripura&#45;based NCPI to join BJP</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/20-rebel-tmc-mps-who-had-merged-with-tripura-based-ncpi-to-join-bjp</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/20-rebel-tmc-mps-who-had-merged-with-tripura-based-ncpi-to-join-bjp</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ‘Since more than two-thirds of the 20 members will be moving, the anti-defection law will not apply to us,’ said Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. ]]></description>
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<title>Allahabad HC stays suspension of teacher for allegedly forcing Islamic practices at school</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/allahabad-hc-stays-suspension-of-teacher-for-allegedly-forcing-islamic-practices-at-school</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mohammed Anzar Ahmad was booked in May after allegations that he had forced girls to wear hijab and boys to wear skull caps at a school in Sambhal. ]]></description>
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<title>Journalist Tarun Tejpal surrenders before Goa court in 2013 rape case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/journalist-tarun-tejpal-surrenders-before-goa-court-in-2013-rape-case</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court had in August agreed to list his appeal against his conviction, provided he submits his surrender certificate by September 22. ]]></description>
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<title>MP: Man accused of brewing spurious liquor that killed 16 held after alleged gunfight</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/mp-man-accused-of-brewing-spurious-liquor-that-killed-16-held-after-alleged-gunfight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The police claimed that the 21-year-old opened fire at the security personnel who had been searching for him near Kathua Nala forest. ]]></description>
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<title>Food history: How the French ‘stole’ and transplanted cloves in their colonies in the 18th century</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/food-history-how-the-french-stole-and-transplanted-cloves-in-their-colonies-in-the-18th-century</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Spices: A Global History’, by Fred Czarra. ]]></description>
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<title>China ‘significantly reduced’ Army deployment along northern border in 2025, says New Delhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir remains ‘firmly under control’, the defence ministry said in its annual report. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal to shut 252 madrasas for allegedly violating regulations</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bengal-to-shut-252-madrasas-for-allegedly-violating-regulations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ About 100 more unaided madrasas were sent show-causes notices following a survey conducted in July. ]]></description>
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<title>In Pune, noise pollution debate raises the pitch ahead of Ganesh festival</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 10-day public celebrations are integral to the city’s cultural and social history. ]]></description>
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<title>Cricket: Indian women’s team refuses to accept Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan’s Mohsin Naqvi</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cricket-indian-womens-team-refuses-to-accept-asia-cup-trophy-from-pakistans-mohsin-naqvi</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The decision was taken by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Indian coach Amol Muzumdar said. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Four Kuki civilians killed in suspected militant attacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The two attacks on Sunday occurred in the Tamenglong and Noney districts. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: ‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ brings back the charm of the original show</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The film version of the popular French series is out on Netflix. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Disappeared’: In Bengal, Muslims picked up from homes in midnight raids, sent to detention centres</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Family members say they were given no opportunity to prove their citizenship and refute the police claim that they were Bangladeshis. ]]></description>
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<title>Eating a serving of nuts can help lower risk of hypertension, say researchers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Plant foods share a few key characteristics, which may explain why they’re beneficial for the heart. ]]></description>
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<title>UCC will be introduced in 21 BJP, ally&#45;ruled states before 2029, says Amit Shah</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The code is in force in Uttarakhand. Gujarat, Assam and Madhya Pradesh await assent, while Maharashtra, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan are drafting it. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Notes on the Rock of Job Charnock’: Kolkata emerges as a site of psychic inheritance in these poems</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Poet Jaydeep Sarangi also sustains the marginal voices and their subjective histories that modernity’s enlightenment project tends to disregard. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Opposition party asked whether Modi’s ‘infamous clean chit’ to China about the Ladakh stand-off had weakened India’s negotiating position. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: In ‘The Others’, immigrants’ fates hang in the balance as the Berlin Wall teeters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Indian origin writer Sheena Kalayil’s fourth novel was longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction. ]]></description>
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<title>Appalled at Delhi Police detaining former civil servant, violating Constitution, say ex&#45;bureaucrats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashish Joshi had been picked up by plainclothes police personnel and interrogated for several hours on September 2 in connection with a case about a tweet. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Under Water’: Tara Menon’s fragmented debut on grief and climate change never quite comes together</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The novel has a clear thesis about grief and climate change, but its scattered, trivia-heavy prose keeps it from proving it. ]]></description>
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<title>Weaponising critical minerals, technology can hinder progress, warns PM Modi at BRICS summit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Although he did not name any country, the remark came amid concerns about increasing Chinese export controls on rare earth elements. ]]></description>
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<title>TMC rebels says they will not field candidate if Mamata Banerjee contests Nandigram bye&#45;poll</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The statement came amid a tussle between the two Trinamool Congress factions for the party’s name and electoral symbol. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The reclamation of the figure in the 1980s was part of a radical, democratic intervention in India’s art history. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gyorgy Palfi’s Greek film ‘Hen’ is out on BookMyShow Stream. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Your enjoyment should not be a punishment for a few others,’ said the Pune resident. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: How urban kitchens are driving the return of Kerala’s indigenous spices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A social enterprise in Idukki is closing the gap between spice farms and home kitchens through a market-ready model. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The technology can have a profound impact on democracy around the world when it is embedded in the systems that administer elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Snow will vanish forever from East Africa’s iconic mountain peaks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The glacier retreat on Mt Kenya, Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania and Rwenzori is unprecedented, says an expert. ]]></description>
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<title>Peace along India&#45;China border essential to development of ties, Modi tells Xi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The two leaders ‘expressed commitment to a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable resolution of the boundary question’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The novelty of ‘Taipei Story’ is that it seems to be Kuang’s first liaison with comedic writing, which she executes with impeccable timing and taste. ]]></description>
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<title>BRICS leaders condemn Pahalgam terror attack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is the second consecutive year that the multilateral grouping’s declaration has condemned the attack. The joint declaration did not name Pakistan. ]]></description>
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<title>September global nonfiction: Six new titles about humankind’s greatest stories</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Why does Australia not acknowledge its slave trading past? Can AI replace human relationships? Who was Thomas Cochrane, the adventurer? ]]></description>
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<title>Assam: Ex&#45;IAS officer gets BJP ticket for Nagaon bye&#45;poll a week after taking voluntary retirement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Congress has asked the Election Commission to ‘scrutinise’ all poll-related actions taken by Devashish Sharma while he was Nagaon deputy commissioner. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Phoolan’, led by Sneha Kumari, is being screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court said that the act should be used very sparingly in very clear cases of public disorder or for the maintenance of public order. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India, Episode 334: How India&amp;apos;s green riches need sustainable models to grow and thrive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ However, the former Uttarakhand chief minister said he had ‘absolutely no faith’ in the allegations against his personal assistant, Chandan Singh Jeena. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The mission was meant to serve India’s growing trade with the Soviet Union, but it soon became a hub for sailors, students and cultural exchange. ]]></description>
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<title>Saharanpur mosque demolition: HC stays Rs 6.41 crore recovery, seeks government reply</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The petitioner contended that the government had acted hastily in demolishing the mosque, which was located at the collectorate. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ An interview with R Benedito Ferrão, author of ‘Across Continents: Writing Goans, Making Worlds.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Size matters: Why India has a stake in the African&#45;led campaign to decolonise world maps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Mercator map that is now most familiar distorts the size of Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania and inflates landmasses towards the poles. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sreeti Mukerji’s film stars Aarushi Bajaj, Piyush Khati, Bianca Arora, and Ansh Duggal with Anurag Basu and Neha Dhupia. Out on September 25 on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ All Kenyans are now expected to register with the new Social Health Authority and contribute 2.75% of their income. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several teachers’ associations and academics warned that the legislation could be used to target professors critical of the government. ]]></description>
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<title>From the memoir&#45;travelogue: Manav Kaul writes about meeting an enchanting stranger at a London cafe</title>
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<title>IRCTC scam case: Court frames money laundering charges against Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court observed that during Lalu Prasad Yadav’s tenure as the railways minister, officials allegedly manipulated a tender to award leases for two hotels. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The petition alleged that children were not receiving adequate medical care, with around 400 children being treated in a hospital that has only 50 beds. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book traces landmark cases that have tried to ensure equality for women in marriage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Courting Equality: Landmark Cases in the Battle for Women’s Rights’, by Mihira Sood. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Revolutionaries’ review: A pacy, stirring and glam take on armed resistance to British rule</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nikkhil Advani’s eight-episode series is out on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tigmanshu Dhulia’s film, led by Arshad Warsi and Pratik Gandhi, is out on Zee5. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The political consensus that emerged in little under a decade is for the country to maintain restrictive migration policies. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ All six stanzas will be sung during functions attended by the president, vice president, prime minister or governor, the state government said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Close to publication, speculation about its subject matter began to brew, with reports that the title character was based on film star Natalie Portman. ]]></description>
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<title>From a Kashmir anthology: From childhood to death, a man watches his mother struggle with loneliness</title>
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<title>Xi Jinping to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi, China confirms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This will be the Chinese president’s first visit to India in nearly seven years and since the 2020 military standoff. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Suvendu Adhikari said that the ‘saint’ was only sharing his views and not imposing them on anyone. ]]></description>
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<title>National law school Bengaluru reverses decision to cancel convocation for 2026 batch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The university had scrapped the event after students and alumni objected to the chief justice and Bar Council chairman being invited. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The counsel appearing for Cockroach Janta Party’s Saurav Das said that the tweet had already been deleted. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Killing the messenger’: HC stays FIR against journalist who flagged Lucknow school’s poor condition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court said that the authorities should have addressed the problems rather than viewing the report as an ‘ego issue’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last week, members of the party had allegedly vandalised the premises of Relief Hospital, accusing the institute of charging excessive fees. ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra: HC questions police’s ‘casual approach’ in probing Palghar hospital assault</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-hc-questions-polices-casual-approach-in-probing-palghar-hospital-assault</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-hc-questions-polices-casual-approach-in-probing-palghar-hospital-assault</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last week, Shinde Sena workers had allegedly vandalised the premises of Relief Hospital, accusing the institute of charging excessive fees. ]]></description>
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<title>Karnataka SIR: Nandan Nilekani, Zerodha co&#45;founders’ names flagged for discrepancies</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/karnataka-sir-nandan-nilekani-zerodha-co-founders-names-flagged-for-discrepancies</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/karnataka-sir-nandan-nilekani-zerodha-co-founders-names-flagged-for-discrepancies</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nilekani’s family was classified as ‘unmapped’ with the 2002 special intensive revision list. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/nehr-who-moves-hc-against-blocking-of-x-account-alleges-repeated-targeting-by-centre</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nehr-who-moves-hc-against-blocking-of-x-account-alleges-repeated-targeting-by-centre</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Political commentator Kumar Nayan, who runs the profile, alleged that he had not been provided any reason and that the action violated his fundamental rights. ]]></description>
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<title>How Ahmedabad became an unwelcoming city</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-ahmedabad-became-an-unwelcoming-city</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The city has a history of political organising and public debate. So why was a group who had gathered to read books in a park attacked by Hindutva supporters? ]]></description>
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<title>An activist writes how the Chipko Movement inspired him to conserve forests in South India</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/an-activist-writes-how-the-chipko-movement-inspired-him-to-conserve-forests-in-south-india</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/an-activist-writes-how-the-chipko-movement-inspired-him-to-conserve-forests-in-south-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘50 Years of Chipko: The Movement and Its Afterlives’, edited by Murali Sivaramakrishnan. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Killing the messenger’: HC stays FIR against journalist who reported school’s ‘poor condition’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/killing-the-messenger-hc-stays-fir-against-journalist-who-reported-schools-poor-condition</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/killing-the-messenger-hc-stays-fir-against-journalist-who-reported-schools-poor-condition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The court said that the authorities should have addressed the problems pointed out by the journalist rather than viewing his report as an ‘ego issue’. ]]></description>
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<title>How will the victory by Germany’s far&#45;right AfD in a state election affect the country’s politics?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-will-the-victory-by-germanys-far-right-afd-in-a-state-election-affect-the-countrys-politics</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-will-the-victory-by-germanys-far-right-afd-in-a-state-election-affect-the-countrys-politics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There will be close scrutiny of the extent to which the party can implement its hard-right manifesto. ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of three ISKCON food outlets after finding rodent droppings</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-fda-suspends-licences-of-three-iskcon-food-outlets-after-finding-rodent-droppings</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-fda-suspends-licences-of-three-iskcon-food-outlets-after-finding-rodent-droppings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The licence of an Indian railways-linked kitchen was also suspended after inspectors found live cockroaches in storage areas. ]]></description>
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<title>William T Vollmann has written a 3,000‑page novel when the world appears to be done with big books</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/william-t-vollmann-has-written-a-3000page-novel-when-the-world-appears-to-be-done-with-big-books</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/william-t-vollmann-has-written-a-3000page-novel-when-the-world-appears-to-be-done-with-big-books</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Vollmann’s new novel, ‘A Table for Fortune’, explores what happens when the response to the horrors of 9/11 becomes an arena for perpetration of more crimes. ]]></description>
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<title>FDA suspends licences of three ISKCON food outlets after finding rodent droppings</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fda-suspends-licences-of-three-iskcon-food-outlets-after-finding-rodent-droppings</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/fda-suspends-licences-of-three-iskcon-food-outlets-after-finding-rodent-droppings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The licence of an Indian railways-linked kitchen was also suspended after inspectors found live cockroaches in storage areas. ]]></description>
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<title>SIR: Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao sent notice for spelling mismatch, says report</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-bharat-ratna-awardee-cnr-rao-sent-notice-for-spelling-mismatch-says-report</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-bharat-ratna-awardee-cnr-rao-sent-notice-for-spelling-mismatch-says-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ However, the Election Commission claimed that the scientist was not served a notice. ]]></description>
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<title>Nepal floods halt contentious hydropower exports to Bangladesh via India</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/nepal-floods-halt-contentious-hydropower-exports-to-bangladesh-via-india</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nepal-floods-halt-contentious-hydropower-exports-to-bangladesh-via-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The disruption comes amid load-shedding in Bangladesh and a few months after an Indian power trading company declined Nepal’s request to export 20 MW more. ]]></description>
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<title>Five infant orangutans found in Odisha forests, trafficking probe launched</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/five-infant-orangutans-found-in-odisha-forests-trafficking-probe-launched</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/five-infant-orangutans-found-in-odisha-forests-trafficking-probe-launched</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The apes are native to Indonesia and Malaysia and are trafficked for sale as exotic pets. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Afgar, orphaned in childhood, will one day depart for Cambridge in pursuit of a doctorate</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fiction-afgar-orphaned-in-childhood-will-one-day-depart-for-cambridge-in-pursuit-of-a-doctorate</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/fiction-afgar-orphaned-in-childhood-will-one-day-depart-for-cambridge-in-pursuit-of-a-doctorate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Wandered the Traveller’, by Nisar Aziz Butt, translated from the Urdu by Daisy Rockwell. ]]></description>
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<title>Telangana: 20 Opposition MLAs suspended for remainder of Monsoon Session</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/telangana-20-opposition-mlas-suspended-for-remainder-of-monsoon-session</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/telangana-20-opposition-mlas-suspended-for-remainder-of-monsoon-session</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The order came after a confrontation between legislators of the ruling Congress and the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi. ]]></description>
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<title>How ‘dare’ Greater Noida magistrate issue notice to student over youth protests, asks SC</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-dare-greater-noida-magistrate-issue-notice-to-student-over-youth-protests-asks-sc</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-dare-greater-noida-magistrate-issue-notice-to-student-over-youth-protests-asks-sc</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The executive magistrate had issued notice to a law student on Friday for allegedly campaigning for participation in the demonstrations. ]]></description>
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<title>SIR: Bharat Ratna awardee CNR Rao sent notice for spelling mismatch</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/sir-bharat-ratna-awardee-cnr-rao-sent-notice-for-spelling-mismatch</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/sir-bharat-ratna-awardee-cnr-rao-sent-notice-for-spelling-mismatch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The 92-year-old was asked to establish his identity after his professional title ‘Prof’ had an extra ‘f’ in the new voter list, ‘The Hindu’ reported. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: Saru is excited about the craft fair, but worried about a festival that’s coming soon</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/for-children-saru-is-excited-about-the-craft-fair-but-worried-about-a-festival-thats-coming-soon</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/for-children-saru-is-excited-about-the-craft-fair-but-worried-about-a-festival-thats-coming-soon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Saru and Sorry’, by Vibha Batra. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Lust Stories 3’ trailer: Directed by Kiran Rao, Vishal Bhardwaj, Shakun Batra, Vikramaditya Motwane</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/lust-stories-3-trailer-directed-by-kiran-rao-vishal-bhardwaj-shakun-batra-vikramaditya-motwane</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/lust-stories-3-trailer-directed-by-kiran-rao-vishal-bhardwaj-shakun-batra-vikramaditya-motwane</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The cast includes Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sana Thampi, Vijay Varma, Ali Fazal and Gurfateh Pirzada. Out on Netflix on September 18. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:30:03 +0530</pubDate>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/matter-between-entities-concerned-mea-on-eiffel-tower-row</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/matter-between-entities-concerned-mea-on-eiffel-tower-row</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The monument was shut on Monday as its staff went on strike against the removal of women colleagues from their workstations during a visit by a BAPS delegation. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/nia-chargesheets-7-foreigners-arrested-for-suspected-links-with-myanmar-armed-groups</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/nia-chargesheets-7-foreigners-arrested-for-suspected-links-with-myanmar-armed-groups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Although they had been charged under the UAPA after being arrested in March, the agency agency has now only accused them of immigration violations. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/why-an-old-demand-to-release-sikh-prisoners-is-gathering-political-force-in-punjab</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-an-old-demand-to-release-sikh-prisoners-is-gathering-political-force-in-punjab</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The call to release nine prisoners still in jail has become a rallying cry for new political outfits in Punjab who are championing Panthic issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:04 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘Remain’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal stars in new M Night Shyamalan suspense thriller</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/remain-trailer-jake-gyllenhaal-stars-in-new-m-night-shyamalan-suspense-thriller</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/remain-trailer-jake-gyllenhaal-stars-in-new-m-night-shyamalan-suspense-thriller</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Also starring Phoebe Dynevor, Ashley Walters, Julie Hagerty and Jay O Sanders, the supernatural film co-written by Nicholas Sparks will be out on February 3. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ trailer promises a  battle to end all battles</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/watch-godzilla-minus-zero-trailer-promises-a-battle-to-end-all-battles</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/watch-godzilla-minus-zero-trailer-promises-a-battle-to-end-all-battles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Takashi Yamazaki’s sequel to ‘Godzilla Minus One’ stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Jun Kunimura and Masami Nagasawa. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress seeks FIR against Dhirendra Shastri for asking Hindus to avoid non&#45;veg during Durga Puja</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/congress-seeks-fir-against-dhirendra-shastri-for-asking-hindus-to-avoid-non-veg-during-durga-puja</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/congress-seeks-fir-against-dhirendra-shastri-for-asking-hindus-to-avoid-non-veg-during-durga-puja</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The head of the Bageshwar Dham temple had insulted West Bengal’s culture and traditions, said the party. ]]></description>
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<title>Can you teach yourself to detect AI writing? Maybe</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/can-you-teach-yourself-to-detect-ai-writing-maybe</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/can-you-teach-yourself-to-detect-ai-writing-maybe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has found that the spread of LLMs is associated with lower variation in writing style. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Degrading demand’: French leaders on removal of Eiffel Tower women staffers for Hindu group’s visit</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/degrading-demand-french-leaders-on-removal-of-eiffel-tower-women-staffers-for-hindu-groups-visit</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/degrading-demand-french-leaders-on-removal-of-eiffel-tower-women-staffers-for-hindu-groups-visit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ France’s ‘civilisational values are not negotiable’, said the chief of the far-right National Rally party. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Assam told to compensate woman forced into Bangladesh, SC questions UP about NSA and more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-assam-told-to-compensate-woman-forced-into-bangladesh-sc-questions-up-about-nsa-and-more</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-assam-told-to-compensate-woman-forced-into-bangladesh-sc-questions-up-about-nsa-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Manjar’ trailer: In Marathi comedy, four friends get into big&#45;time trouble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Susshil Mahadev’s film stars Siddharth Menon, Onkar Bhojane, Tejas Raut, Bhagyashree Limaye, Sayaji Shinde and Ashwini Kalsekar. Out in cinemas on September 18. ]]></description>
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<title>HC asks Assam to pay Rs 2 lakh to another woman forced into Bangladesh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court had, the same day, passed a similar order in the case of a woman who had also been ‘pushed’ into the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Vimal Elaichi moves Delhi HC against FDA notices to brand ambassadors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/vimal-elaichi-moves-delhi-hc-against-fda-notices-to-brand-ambassadors-shah-rukh-khan-ajay-devgn</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration had issued notices to the actors in connection with an advertisement of the product. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:00:05 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘Enough is enough’: Calcutta HC says it may bar more FIRs against Abhishek Banerjee</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/enough-is-enough-calcutta-hc-says-it-may-bar-more-firs-against-abhishek-banerjee</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The observation came after the TMC leader’s counsel said that criminal complaints were being filed despite the court having granted interim protection. ]]></description>
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<title>CJI asks Aravallis panel if it is waiting for him to retire; SC declines six&#45;month extension</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cji-asks-aravallis-panel-if-it-is-waiting-for-him-to-retire-sc-declines-six-month-extension</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The chief justice told the committee to ‘work day and night’ and submit the report on defining the mountain range by November 30. ]]></description>
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<title>How India and China managed the Kailash&#45;Manasarovar pilgrimage in the 1950s</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-india-and-china-managed-the-kailash-manasarovar-pilgrimage-in-the-1950s</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An agreement in 1954 allowed passport-free travel for Indian pilgrims to Tibet, while extending the same privileges to Tibetans to visit Sarnath and Gaya. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Very, very pathetic’: HC criticises Delhi University, civil body over building collapse</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/very-very-pathetic-hc-criticises-delhi-university-civil-body-over-building-collapse</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court directed the civic body to find out whether the collapsed building had been constructed with the required permissions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Eiffel Tower shut as staffers protest women being removed for Hindu group’s visit</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/eiffel-tower-shut-as-staffers-protest-women-being-removed-for-hindu-groups-visit</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Staff members at the Paris landmark said that female employees had been instructed ‘to make themselves invisible’ to welcome a delegation of the group BAPS. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:00:04 +0530</pubDate>
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