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HISTORICAL FACTS: Pankaj mishra - The Untold Story

Salman Rushdie among 170 figures to sign open letter over Barbican arts lead departure

Exit of Devyani Saltzman, described as Barbican’s ‘driving force’, announced a few weeks after arrival of new CEO

The Guardian - UK

Barbican arts director to leave, months after revealing creative vision for centre

Shock departure of Devyani Saltzman comes weeks after new CEO joined and before major refurbishment

The Guardian - UK

The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra review – legacies of violence

The shadow of colonialism looms large in this erudite yet flawed analysis of the Gaza war and Israel’s place in the world

The Guardian - UK

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Boy receives 'revolutionary' robotic surgery in London first

Robotic system reduces pain and increased precision for surgeons

Evening Standard

SC allows CBI to continue probe in Sahibganj illegal mining case, but bars it from filing chargesheet

The Supreme Court on May 3 allowed CBI investigation into allegations of illegal mining in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand by Pankaj Mishra, a “close associate” of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and others to continue.

The Hindu

Two artists withdraw work from Barbican show in row over Gaza talk

Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit ask for art to be removed from exhibition after venue pulled out of hosting speech about war

The Guardian - UK

Barbican under fire for censorship, leaked emails reveal

The Gaza conflict is proving too hot a topic for bosses to handle

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Monday briefing: Why is Arts Council England clamping down on political statements?

In today’s newsletter: Artists reacted with fury to the warning that ‘overtly political or activist’ statements could lead to a withdrawal of funding. But it is just the latest example of the paucity of support for the arts

The Guardian - UK

Barbican backs away from hosting talk about Gaza war

London Review of Books ‘disappointed’ at venue’s decision not to host lectures, including one by Pankaj Mishra

The Guardian - UK

Pankaj Mishra: ‘VS Naipaul taught me you can write about your country with honesty’

The Indian writer on Hobsbawm, Russian fairytales – and the complete works of Jackie Collins

The Guardian - UK

Love, grieving, intimacy and enduring war: what is the role now for books and writers in Ukraine?

The Lviv BookForum was vibrant this year, but still there is the backdrop of conflict and the need to find a place for storytelling, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

In Patrick French, the world has lost an important chronicler of lives

It was in the second half of 1997 that I first came across Patrick French’s work. I was a bit late; French was already two books old by then. Oddly, I learned of his work through an interview with him published in the Sunday supplement of an English daily. It…

Newslaundry

Five men ganged together through Telegram group to commit credit card fraud in Delhi, arrested

NEW DELHI: Two engineering graduates, two Aadhaar enrolment centre employees and a private firm worker ganged together through a Telegram group and duped a Pune-based fintech startup after procuring credit cards using names and PAN details of celebrities like M S Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit, the Delhi Police…

The Times of India

Will refusal to cooperate with ED be ground for Hemant Soren arrest?

NEW DELHI: By refusing to appear before ED despite summons, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren may have constricted his options. Under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), ED has been empowered to be a quasi-judicial authority having the same powers as vested in a civil court with…

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ED summons Hemant Soren in mining case, JMM threatens economic blockade

NEW DELHI: Already facing disqualification proceedings in the Election Commission in an office-of-profit case, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren has now been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on Thursday at its Ranchi office in the wake of allegations of running illegal mining operations in the state through his…

Dynamite News

ED Summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren In Illegal Mining Case On 3 November

Soren has been asked by the agency to appear before its Jharkhand's Ranchi based regional office by 11.30 am. Read on for details:

The Hindu

Jharkhand illegal-mining case: ED arrests 'middleman' Prem Prakash

This is the third arrest in the case

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ED arrests Jharkhand CM close aide Prem Prakash in illegal mining case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the Ranchi-based businessman and Jharkhand Chief Minister close aid Prem Prakash in connection with an illegal coal mining case. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Jharkhand Illegal Mining Case: AK-47 rifles seized from house in Ranchi

The AK47 guns were recovered from inside an almirah of the house which allegedly belongs to Prem Prakash who is an alleged middleman and said to have strong political connections. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Jharkhand illegal mining case: ED recovers 2 AK rifles, 60 bullets in fresh raids

The searches were carried out after fresh information came to the fore following the questioning of Pankaj Mishra, a political aide of CM Hemant Soren.

The Guardian - UK

On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past

Since 1947, India and Pakistan have shared profound affinities across ferociously policed borders, say Indian novelist Pankaj Mishra and Pakistani writer Ali Sethi

The Hindu

Jharkhand illegal mining case: ED seizes inland vessel worth ₹30 crore

The vessel named M.V. Infralink-III was being operated illegally from Sukargarh Ghat in Sahebganj

The Times of India

ED quizzes Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's aide for 8 hours amid buzz of arrest in illegal mining case

RANCHI: Pankaj Mishra, chief minister Hemant Soren's representative in Barhet assembly constituency, was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for nearly eight hours on Tuesday and later taken for a medical check-up amid a buzz that he has been arrested, though there has been no official confirmation yet, sources said.

The Hindu

ED arrests Jharkhand CM’s close political aide

It had also seized ₹11.88 crore from 37 bank accounts of Mr. Mishra, Dahoo Yadav and their associates in connection with an alleged illegal mining case

The Times of India

ED finds illegal cash trail of Rs 100 crore in probe against Hemant Soren’s aides

NEW DELHI: Trouble continues to mount for Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, already busy battling a tough office-of-profit case, with the ED on Friday seizing Rs 12 crore cash from the bank accounts of his close aides Pankaj Mishra and Dahoo Yadav, taking the total cash seizures in the case to…

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