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Odisha’s modern capital swallows its ancient urban hub

The nationally protected 2,700-year-old Sisupalgarh, a fort city on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, is being bulldozed by the land mafia, even as official notifications are ignored, and the State government and ASI point a lazy finger at each other

Satyasundar Barik

Why are Israelis protesting against PM Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul proposals? | In Focus podcast

Human life, above all: On the Rajasthan Right to Health Act and the stance of doctors

A hardhanded response that strikes at the root of rights

K.R. Shyam Sundar

Lok Sabha passes Competition Amendment Bill without debate amid disruptions

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Minister of State (Minister for Immigration) Robert Jenrick walks on Downing Street in London, Britain

Britain moves ahead with plan to house migrants in military bases

Explained | What does Muslim personal law say on inheritance?

Morning Digest | Prices of essential medicines set to see a hike from April 1; Congress mulls motion against Lok Sabha Speaker for ‘bias’, and more

Protesting the disqualification of Mr. Gandhi, in New Delhi

A disturbing example of the normalisation of lawfare

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Tactical retreat: On Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s judicial overhaul Bills

‘Neglecting existing regulations and establishing a new framework would undermine the considerable effort invested in their creation’

The need for sector-specific safeguards in ‘techade’

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Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking to ban convicts from forming, running political parties in May

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Traditional tribal bodies threaten to boycott Nagaland civic polls

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Congress party activists hold placards at a silent protest in support of Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai on March 26.

The disqualification conundrum

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‘In focus also is the President of India performing adjudicatory and declaratory functions’

Making sense of the disqualification of a Lok Sabha MP

Janata Dal United (JDU) MP Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh in Lok Sabha during the second phase of the Budget Session of the Parliament.

Centre played active role in ensuring hasty disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from LS: JD(U)

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Rahul Gandhi is a victim of his own actions: Assam CM on Congress leader’s disqualification

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Supreme Court of India.

Supreme Court gives States, UTs and High Courts three months to set up online RTI portals

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File picture of Rahul Gandhi speaking in the Lok Sabha. The Congress MP was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after he was convicted for defamation by a Surat court.

Supreme Court urged to remove criminal defamation as grounds for automatic disqualification of lawmakers

Krishnadas Rajagopal

Odisha proposes tweak in OBC law to include castes in State list by notification

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Chilling effect: On defamation, free speech and the Rahul Gandhi case

‘The act of questioning the state is not a case of being ‘anti-national’”

A chilling remark and the ‘price to pay’

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaves Parliament House on March 24, 2023.

Top news of the day: Rahul Gandhi may have to vacate Lutyens bungalow; Supreme Court says mere membership of banned organisation enough for liability under UAPA, and more

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BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi. File photo

Modi surname remark | Rahul Gandhi has ‘pathetic and casteist mindset’, says BJP chief J.P. Nadda

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