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CM Mamata Banerjee (File Photo:IANS)

Security breach mars Mamata’s Dooars march

A brief security scare marked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s padyatra in the Dooars on Wednesday when two youths allegedly breached the security cordon and approached her during the march.

The Grammar of Grace: Odissi in Full Bloom

The fourth edition of the Treedhara Festival, held at Triveni Kala Sangam, offered a thoughtfully curated evening of Indian classical dance, where tradition and youthful promise came together, with Odissi dancer Srishti Debroy emerging as a particularly striking presence.

Wars are affecting the environment

One of the worst environmental disasters Tehran experienced recently was when its oil refineries and depots were hit by US and Israeli jets.

IIT graduate arrested for raping a student in Mathura

Myth of consent

India’s refusal to criminalise marital rape rests on a premise that is rarely stated plainly but widely enforced: that consent, once given at marriage, is permanent.

Strategic Veto

When a mid-sized power negotiates the transfer of territory tied to a critical military asset, sovereignty becomes a secondary question.

Mess made by the West~II

The League of Nations mandate system was designed to guide former Ottoman territories toward independence.