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Why the world wants only the ‘cop’ stories from a police officer

As a police officer with over three decades, and the author of a dozen books—including poems, romantic fictions, murder mysteries, and non-fictional works exploring policing and life realities—I’ve come to accept a peculiar pattern. Often found myself at the crossroads of duty and expression. People seem to have this neatly boxed idea of what I…

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‘Every time I breathed, I saw him beside me’: The love, fear, and endurance behind this Bengaluru couple’s 11-hour, 22-km swim from Sri Lanka to India |

At 4:30 a.m., somewhere between Sri Lanka and India, the sea was pitch-black.The only thing visible ahead was a blinking light in the distance.Around them was nothing except dark water and silence.Every few strokes, something brushed past their bodies in the water. At one point, flying fish began colliding with them in the dark. They…

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After its Bengal campaign success, Yogi-led UP BJP team to attend Suvendu’s coronation today | Lucknow News

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Parmarth Niketan spiritual head Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev during the ‘Murti Pran Pratishtha’ and ‘Shri Vishnu Mahayagya’, in Panchur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand Lucknow: It will be a moment of Mission Accomplished for BJP on Saturday when CM Yogi Adityanath-led UP team, which executed an intensive ground-level…

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Axar Patel begins ‘next year’ talk as Delhi Capitals IPL playoff hopes fade after KKR loss | Cricket News

Axar Patel admitted that both the batting and bowling units let Delhi Capitals down after their eight-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026 on Friday. The defeat left DC’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread, with the captain also hinting that the team had already started thinking about next season.Delhi Capitals managed only…

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Tamil Nadu HSC Result 2026: Autorickshaw driver’s daughter scores 595, aims for Chartered Accountancy

Chennai student secures 595 marks, aims for Chartered Accountancy CHENNAI: V Sandhya, daughter of autorickshaw driver R Saravanan, broke down in tears on Friday after learning that she had emerged as the school topper in the Tamil Nadu Class 12 board examinations with 595 out of 600 marks. A student of Government Girls Higher Secondary…

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Quote of the day by Queen Victoria: “Then, dear Mamma, I hope you will grant me the first request I make to you, as Queen. Let me be by myself for an hour.” | World News

Queen Victoria (Image: Wikipedia) History remembers rulers often for their wars, their political reforms, their royal ceremonies and their powerful speeches. But sometimes one quiet sentence can tell you more about a person than years of official records. One such moment came from Queen Victoria, who, upon becoming queen, reportedly said, “Then, dear Mamma, I…

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Who controls the world’s economic arteries?

The Cold War of the twentieth century was visible. It marched in uniforms, tested missiles, and divided maps with ideological clarity. The Cold War of the twenty-first century is far harder to photograph because it hides inside semiconductor fabs, shipping routes, cloud infrastructure, battery minerals, undersea cables, and algorithmic trade systems. It reveals itself not…

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‘I’d be the most hated man in Kolkata’: Cameron Green reveals how he helped Finn Allen complete IPL century | Cricket News

Finn Allen, Cameron Green Cameron Green said being at the non-striker’s end during Finn Allen’s century against Delhi Capitals was one of those moments a player gets to experience only a few times in a career.Allen’s unbeaten 100 off 47 balls helped Kolkata Knight Riders register their fourth straight win in IPL 2026 on Friday….

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