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‘Need to recognise that violence is not spontaneous but orchestrated', says sociologist Dr Raheel Dhattiwala
March 25, 2019 8:39 am
Dr Raheel Dhattiwala's upcoming book ‘Keeping the Peace: Spatial Differences in Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat in 2002’ dwells on the mechanisms of peacekeeping during mass violence. In this interview, she explains how spatial layouts dictate patterns of violence.
Communal clash in Lucknow: SP, BJP corporators accuse each other of leading mobs
May 31, 2015 3:40 am
At the centre of the clash are a Hanuman temple, barely 20 steps away from a mosque in a narrow bylane, and two local leaders — one from BJP and the other from SP.
Rear View: How Rajiv had a great fall
January 05, 2015 12:00 am
He didn’t learn from past mistakes. Instead, he opened new battlefronts, made new enemies.
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Post-Operation Sindoor chill, Gor message underlines Delhi stand, signal to Pakistan too
Updated: August 20, 2026 06:29 IST
A close confidant of President Donald Trump, Gor is also his special envoy to South and Central Asia. His meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah signals both acknowledgement and engagement with J&K’s first elected government post the 2019 constitutional changes.
Sergio Gor’s remark, Pakistan’s protest, and the changing US stance on Kashmir
Updated: August 20, 2026 06:25 IST
What exactly is the US’s position on Jammu & Kashmir? The answer has shifted with every decade, depending on Washington’s strategic goals.
Cancel with caution, livelihoods are at stake
Updated: August 20, 2026 06:02 IST
The cancellation of exams that have undergone judicial scrutiny is arguably a blunt instrument that scores political points without addressing the deeper issues that have to do with dysfunctional systems and dwindling employment.
Ministers get social media fame check, asked to engage with Gen Z
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:45 IST
Sources said each minister was handed an envelope after the Cabinet meeting. The envelope contained details of their activities from May 1 to August 15, assessing their performances across X, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
‘Congress will sing only first two stanzas’: CWC sharpens stance on Vande Mataram
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:44 IST
Congress Working Committee meeting firms up party's strategy for its countrywide campaigns against BJP govt over exam paper leaks and Ram temple 'theft'.
Felt hurt that not many CWC members condemned ‘purification’ ritual: Mallikarjun Kharge
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:43 IST
Kharge was referring to a ‘purification’ ritual organised in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani after his visit some days ago.
In Punjab fray, buzz grows: Can Amritpal Singh contest polls from Malwa, Majha
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:43 IST
Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) insiders say while Amritpal is set to contest the 2027 elections from his home turf Khadoor Sahib in Majha, he may also take on CM Mann in Malwa's Dhuri.
Noida workers jailed for 53 days on average. Then courts stepped in
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:39 IST
April protests in Noida met with police crackdown; courts granted relief in 84% bail pleas on FIRs with substantive allegations: ‘mere presence not enough to deny bail, specific evidence needed, can’t equate workers with instigators’
Bail offers cold comfort, Noida workers face debt, fear: ‘What if police pick him up again?’
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:39 IST
The three accused and their families told The Indian Express that they did not take part in the protests — and requested anonymity to discuss their cases. These are their stories:
Behind bail denial to Noida protesters: NSA invoked, book, articles cited
Updated: August 20, 2026 05:38 IST
Those denied bail include activists, a former journalist and a Delhi University graduate — the latter two held under the draconian National Security Act (NSA), which permits detention of up to a year without trial.
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