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I think Harper Collins is just piloting a new business model. Launch the book with minimal edits and fact check and crowdsource the actual grunt work to first set of commentators, both hostile and friendly. I will pick the 2nd edition whenever it's ready. #SoniaGandhiBook
This should not have happened after all the hullabaloo about Penguin’s edits and fact-checks.
It will also be interesting to find out if the book, finally published by Harper Collins, quietly accommodates the concerns originally raised by Penguin or has ignored it all together.
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Sonia Gandhi memoir Belonging flagged for 55 factual and contextual issues - India Today indiatoday.in/india/story/so…
Despite the fact that TVK has been in office barely for 6 months, desperate attempts are being made to pin the blame on it. If only the scam had been exposed during the reign of DMK/AIADMK, the charges/counter charges would've buried the truth fathoms deep. #PeriyarArivulagamScam
'Tamil Nadu’s AI book scam is a massive failure of oversight'
Mukund Padmanabhan @muk22, professor of Philosophy at Krea University & former editor of The Hindu and The Hindu BusinessLine, writes
#BeyondBinaries #ThePrintOpinion
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Our latest issue on policing is out. With some excellent essays and interviews.
Read editorial here:
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NEW | "Bias is inherent in the force": K. Radhakrishnan
The former DGP speaks about the need for fundamental reforms to build public trust in the police, including longer training periods, closer supervision, and stronger accountability mechanisms.
Interview by @Aarohanvasanth.
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NEW | Who governs Manipur three years on?
The state, community bodies, and armed groups each run a part of Manipur, with Assembly elections due in 2027 and the displaced yet to return home.
Suwa Lal Jangu writes.
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Key difference lies in the numbers: 132 seats for the AIADMK and 196 for its alliance. Sacking a few Ministers/MLAs may provide a fleeting publicity boost, but it will only feed the sharks circling a fragile coalition. But V shd act sooner than later. @dsureshkumar #TNPolitics
When Jayalalithaa sacked Ministers even before they moved into their official bungalows. As in the case of Vijay’s TVK, most AIADMK MLAs in 2001 were also first-timers, and most of Jayalalithaa’s Ministers were inexperienced.
Read full article: hindu.u9ilnk.me/d/OXuU1GqkXh
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'India's first AI scam': Around 2,200 AI-generated fake books published by Agal Vilakku Publications have been removed from Tenkasi District Central Library. Staff were shifting the books, most priced above Rs 1,000, to a separate storeroom when we visited today. Library staff, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the books began arriving in mid-December 2025 and were all received before the Assembly election under the previous DMK regime. Tenkasi is among several districts that reportedly received large consignments of these books.
Vote chori, SIR and the rest could make the ECI's drama the longest-running crime series across print and visual media. #SIR #ECI
Exclusive. ECI’s internal records of 2024 elections: On 51 seats of Maharashtra, Haryana and J&K, votes counted differed from votes cast. ECI rules say such mismatch should trigger probe into possible rigging.
@TweetSumedha & @VenkateshNSS report
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It's not the scam itself that's shocking. The temerity with which the 'party' concerned asks for DVAC probe, judicial intervention etc shows us how *+@#ed up the entire system is. #Libraryscam #PeriyarArivulagam
Economist Jean Drèze on Sunday (November 8, 2026) said an English-language book attributed to him as the author and allegedly found in some public libraries of Tamil Nadu is “fake”.
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A blanket of thick smog hangs over the city. Visibility is very very poor. Zero enforcement of curbs. Very disappointing. #ChennaiCity #Diwali @Tnpcbofficial @CMOTamilnadu
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NEW | In this episode of Frontline Conversations, economist and former journalist Niranjan Rajadhyaksha discusses his book, Ideas That Shape Modern India and Economy, and traces the intellectual history of Indian economic policy from the late 19th century to 2017.
Listen to the full interview by @ameytirodkar here:
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படித்தவன் சூதும் வாதும் செய்தால் போவான், போவான், ஐயோ என்று போவான்! #PeriyarArivulagam #library #SCAM
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1st part was scholarly. Given Kurian's/Shetty's brilliance won't be surprised even if 2nd part is ready. If there's still work DMK should help its completion. Party owes it to itself as it's been championing the cause of true federalism for years. @the_hindu @Rajalakshmi2398
Disbanding the committee without even publishing Part II is not a fair decision. Just imagine the amount of hard work the entire team would have put in. The government should have thought twice before taking such a decision. It is a genuine concern, and the efforts of the team deserve to be acknowledged.
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Frontline starts a news series titled DATA ROOM, where @nvgeetha will analyse data across categories to trace the patterns that emerge. In this one, she studies a series of protest movements--when do they succeed and what happens afterwards.
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#Breaking Tamil Nadu government appoints 3 Special Public Prosecutors - K R Sankaran, M. Sandhiya and Swami Subramanian - for trial in the Gem Granites owner R. Veeramani case
Veeramani is facing 7 cases under the #POCSO Act and one case of abetment to suicide of a minor in 2004
Stage set for chargesheet in the sensational cases where at least 11 minor girls were sexual abused, police said
Happy to know we are cruising towards P20. #ethanol
BREAKING: Not E20 fuel , but E 31.2 fuel
Karnataka govt’s petrol tests find ethanol blending above 20% in samples from seven districts.
The state tested 63 petrol samples collected across Karnataka from major oil companies, including IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Shell and Nayara.
After oil marketing companies failed to clearly disclose ethanol content, the government sent the samples to private labs.
Results of Ethanol blend :
IOCL: 31.2%+
HPCL: 30.5%
HPCL: 27%
BPCL: 26.5%
Nayara: 26.1%
Shell: 25.5%
Bengaluru was among the seven districts where samples exceeded the 20% ethanol limit.
Karnataka will send its report to the Centre.
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REPOST | "The most dangerous moment in an AI security incident may not be when an agent escapes its environment, but the period while humans still believe it is contained," futurologist Rocky Scopelliti tells @frontline_india.
Are Indian enterprises ready for autonomous AI threats? @nvgeetha breaks down CERT-In’s latest warnings.
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Rishikanth may look like Rajinikanth, but he is not Rajinikanth. Similarly, the Express story may look like The Hindu story, but it is not The Hindu story. @IndianExpress is this your defence? #Dorothy #Rajinikanth @the_hindu
The @IndianExpress has reproduced and reworked substantial portions of an exclusive interview with actor Rishikanth, conducted by The Hindu's @srinivasjam at our Chennai office. It has also used a photograph from the accompanying photoshoot by our photographer, @thamodharran, without permission or credit.
Quoting an exclusive interview is standard journalistic practice. Reproducing virtually an entire story, even with portions reworded, is not.
We find this disregard for original reporting and photography deeply disappointing. Credit where it is due is a basic tenet of journalism.
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The idea that won in Brazil. @vrsrini writes in Frontline.
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The escapes shouldn't come in the way of much-needed prison reforms. Beef up security by all means, but don't perpetuate a culture of violence that targets prisoners sans political heft and favors gangs/ individuals who run a parallel govt inside. @tnpoliceoffl @CMOTamilnadu
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