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February 26, 2018
IPA Service
Crime, Law & Order, Politics

Lawless Bounty Killers of Yogi: 1,241 Encounters in 11 Months and Counting

Yogi’s cops are making a killing! They shoot before they ask. They don’t take prisoners. Encounters, they are ‘final’. No room for redressal. Before or after. They are a...

February 19, 2018
IPA Service
Conflict & Resolution, Crime, Identity, Law & Order, Mass Media, Politics, Security, Terrorism, War & Conflicts

Kashmiri Journalists, Real and Unreal: Many of Them Owe Allegiance to Pakistan

Here’s a report on Kashmiri journalists, real and unreal, and how they are indoctrinated against India, for Different Truths. Kamran Yusuf is a Kashmiri photo-journalist. The other day, the...

February 14, 2018
IPA Service
Potpourri

V-DAY is Alien to our Culture: Dating has no Equivalent in Indian Languages

Growing up in India, many born before the millennial years did not need a V-Day to express love, get tied. It was so much more peaceful. The flirting was...

January 28, 2018
IPA Service
Dissent, Gender

Madhya Pradesh Women Fight Closure of Boozing Yards

Maintaining law and order situation is also far easier for police so long as ahatas are there, contended these women as they can reach anywhere easily if a fight...

December 18, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Politics

Exit Polls Predict BJP Victory, AAP questions these Polls

While the News Nation and Today’s Chanakya-News 24 polls predicted the BJP getting a mean of 120 and 135 seats respectively in 182-member Assembly, the Aaj Tak-Axis exit poll...

November 20, 2017
Arun Dash
Poem

Those Industrious Palms

Arun tells us about city life, in this verse, in Different Truths. The gush of light coming Through the window, The chirping of the birds, The bell of the...

November 12, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Music, Religion, Technology

Music to the Ears, (Un)beatable Indigo, Harry Potter Gamer, Robot Sophia one-up on Saudi Women, Pope Berates Mobile Clad Bishops

UNESCO recognises Chennai’s rich musical tradition; in a horrendous act Indigo staffers were caught on camera assaulting elderly passenger at IGI terminal Delhi; Niantic Labs, the developer of the once immensely...

November 8, 2017
Different Truths News Service
History & Culture, Politics

100th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution on Nov. 7 This Year

November 7 is the 100th anniversary of the great earth-shaking event of the Bolshevik Revolution, also known as the October Socialist Revolution of Russia, which advanced human society to...

November 5, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Films, Food, Poem, Politics, Science & Technology, Terror Attack

Uber Uber Ban Ban, AI set to Rule the World, Shah Rukh gets the Moon, Khichdi Promo, and Hookah Bar

A far-right activist was banned from ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft after launching into a vitriolic anti-Muslim tirade in the wake of the New York terrorist attack. Stephen Hawking...

October 5, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and Baka – VLIV

Nilanjana retells the story of Krishna and Bakasura, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Adept in concealing their divinity and prowess, Balarama and Krishna continued walking around...

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