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Justice Varma Inquiry: Cleaning, Calls and the Missing Cash Trail

Vivek Bhavsar -
The statutory inquiry does not identify who physically removed the currency. But it reconstructs the crucial hours after the fire — an unsealed storeroom,...
Investigation

Cash Seen, Never Seized: What the Justice Varma Inquiry Report Really Establishes

Vivek Bhavsar -
All three charges against Justice Yashwant Varma were proved. But the 150-page report also records that the cash was never seized or counted, no...

Nation

Nation

₹12 Crore Elephant Habitat Proposed for Tilari to Address Human–Elephant Conflict

Rajan Chavan -
Forest Minister Ganesh Naik directs preparation of detailed plan; separate ₹90 crore ‘Elephant Village’ proposal considered for Kolhapur’s Ajra region Sindhudurg: Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik...
Nation

Why Is China Allegedly Blocking Indian Army Patrols in Arunachal Pradesh? What We Know So Far

TheNews21 Bureau -
A fresh controversy has emerged along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, with Congress leaders alleging that Chinese forces have restricted Indian Army patrols...

The News21 Pulse

The News21 Pulse

The Last Saffron Generation? Who Will Grow Kashmir’s Saffron?

Parsa Tariq -
PAMPORE: By mid-August, the elevated tablelands of Pampore look like dry, sun-baked stretches of pale earth. To anyone driving down the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the...
The News21 Pulse

Immersion or Interrogation: How Do We Choose to Watch Fiction?

Meher Malhotra -
As audiences become increasingly conditioned to dissect films for logic, ideology and technical flaws, are we losing our willingness to surrender to imagination —...

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A Child of My Own Review: Netflix’s True-Crime Documentary Asks How Motherhood Pressure Can Distort Reality

For the first fifty minutes of A Child of My Own, you could almost forget you are watching a documentary. Professional actors play out a woman’s...
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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Cases Against Samay Raina, 4 Others Over ‘India’s Got Latent’ Remarks

The Supreme Court on Friday, August 14, 2026, closed criminal proceedings against comedian and YouTuber Samay Raina and four other comedians in connection with...
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Kangana Ranaut Defends ‘Lomdi’ Remark Against Naseeruddin Shah, Says Bollywood Is ‘Obsessed’ With Pakistan

BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut has defended her controversial “lomdi” (fox) remark against veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, escalating an ongoing public exchange over...
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The Real Story Behind Sonu Nigam’s Viral Surgery Video

By now, you’ve probably seen the clip: Sonu Nigam, mid-surgery, singing Mohammed Rafi’s Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki while a team of doctors works around him. It is...
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Bobby Beauty Parlour Review: A Quiet Ode to Growing Apart

Noida: Watching Bobby Beauty Parlour reminded me how quietly most friendships actually end — not on a stormy note, but through the ordinary drift of two...
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Guru Randhawa Brushes Off ‘Fine Shyt’ Backlash, Calls It “a Silly Little Slang”

Noida: Guru Randhawa has responded to the growing online criticism surrounding his new single Fine Shyt, days after the track’s release triggered trolling, memes and...
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