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    How Kharge’s slip of the tongue handed fresh ammo to a defensive BJP

    Cong chief’s ‘Modi ka baap’ remark shifts national spotlight away from Opposition’s questions on SIR and EC, provides BJP opportunity to embark on manoeuvre it revels in – diversionary tactics

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    Israel election tests Netanyahu as war, conscription, ethnic tensions shape campaign

    5 people shot dead at Guwahati hotel over property dispute; 1 arrested

    5 people shot dead at Guwahati hotel over property dispute; 1 arrested

    Cyclone Arnab: Odisha, Andhra target zero casualties; schools shut, evacuations underway

    Cyclone Arnab: Odisha, Andhra target zero casualties; schools shut, evacuations underway

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    5 people shot dead at Guwahati hotel over property dispute; 1 arrested

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    Banking on women: Welfare turns into a BJP-SP cash-promise war ahead of UP polls

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    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    Why parents of boys feel they are missing a manual

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      Public investment powers India’s GDP growth; structural reform must sustain it

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      Watch | Jio IPO subscribed 22 times: Who drove India’s biggest-ever issue?

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      Israel election tests Netanyahu as war, conscription, ethnic tensions shape campaign

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      Israel polls: Oct 7 becomes Netanyahu’s Achilles' heel; can he cobble the numbers?

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      400,000 protest in France in fresh wave of demonstrations and clashes across Europe

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      Watch | Is Modi govt yielding to Trump’s arm-twisting tactics?

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