MIM: Minority communalism gets its new face

The Super Saffron Sunday verdict, which saw the BJP emerge out of Shiv Sena's shadows as the single largest party in Maharashtra, also saw a new entrant in the state. Asaduddin Owaisi's Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM) won two seats and came second in as many constituencies, officially moving out of its stronghold in Hyderabad, which it has represented in the Lok Sabha for the last three decades. A debut of this nature is...

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How Kochi innovator Arvind Sanjeev saved you Rs 1 lakh

When Arvind Sanjeev was 10 years old, he took apart his new gift, a remote-controlled toy Ferrari. It exasperated his parents, Central Industrial Security Force scientists, Dr Sanjeev and his wife Usha.But there were other signs that Arvind was going to become an inventor — visitors watched in awe as a hovercraft the schoolboy built during a local electronics exhibition took to the skies. Arvind's insatiable curiosity is still alive at...

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Defused Grenade Found on Air India Flight That Was on Standby for PM Modi's US Visit

Defused Grenade Found on Air India Flight That Was on Standby for PM Modi's US Visit New Delhi:  A defused grenade was found last night on the business class of an Air India jumbo aircraft flying to Jeddah, sparking a security scare. The Boeing 747-400 had been kept as a standby for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent five-day US visit. The grenade was reportedly found by the Air India crew...

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Superwoman Mary Kom Wins Historic Asian Games Gold

  India's M.C. Mary Kom punched her way to a historic gold medal on Wednesday. The world number five defeated Zhaina Shekerbekova of Kazakhstan to win her first gold in an Asian Games. This is India's seventh gold at Incheon, South Korea. (Day 12 Blog | Medal Tally) Mary was at her magnificent best in the final bout of women's flyweight (48-51 kg) division. While Shekerbekova - six years her junior - looked to put up a...

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Chetan Bhagat’s Half Girlfriend releases on October 1

Half Girlfriend will be available in the UAE at DC Books and Jashanmal Book Stores Bestselling Indian author Chetan Bhagat is releasing his seventh novel Half Girlfriend on October 1 in the UAE and India. Half Girlfriend is the story of Madhav and Riya, students at New Delhi’s St Stephen’s College, and deals with the twists and turns of their love life. Bhagat is the writer of novels such as Five...

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