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The Morning Wrap: Sania-Martina Win US Open Doubles; RSS Chief Says Hindus Should Weed Out The 'Unscientific'

The Morning Wrap: Sania-Martina Win US Open Doubles; RSS Chief Says Hindus Should Weed Out The 'Unscientific'
Martina Hingis, of Switzerland, left, and Sania Mirza, of India, hold up the championship trophy after defeating Casey Dellacqua, of Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova, of Kazakhstan, in the women's doubles championship match of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Martina Hingis, of Switzerland, left, and Sania Mirza, of India, hold up the championship trophy after defeating Casey Dellacqua, of Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova, of Kazakhstan, in the women's doubles championship match of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Delhi's upscale hospitals are turning away the poor in whose name they got land and subsidies.

Rakesh Kapoor reminisces on surviving Mumbai's 7/11 terror attack.

Admissions to the NITs from next year could be based entirely on JEE-Main scores, with a government-appointed panel likely to recommend scrapping of weightage given to marks obtained in board examinations.

Shylashri Shankar explains why fasting can be an act of deep learning.

Main News

The arrest of managing directors of ponzi firm Rose Valley, Shibomoy Datta and Ashok Saha, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has blown the lid off a Rs 10,000-crore scam.

India's tennis star Sania Mirza bagged her second consecutive Grand Slam title of the season, and fifth overall, as she won the US Open women's doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis on Sunday.

A meeting of local commanders of the armies of India and China is expected to take place on Monday amid a face-off between the two sides in the heights of Ladakh’s Burtse area after Indian troops demolished a hut constructed by Chinese troops on Indian soil.

National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, has stepped in to resolve the Saudi rape row.

India said on Sunday it was taking steps to ensure the safe evacuation of its nationals from Yemen after a sailors' group claimed that 70 seamen from Gujarat were stranded in the war-ravaged county.

Off The Front Page

RSS sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday called for a reassessment of Hindu religious values, saying that unscientific values should be given up.

How Rajasthan's poppy-husk vends are keeping buyers in Punjab happy.

A 5000-year-old archeological settlement in Uttar Pradesh, from the Indus Valley-era faces destruction by the villagers who have flattened the centuries-old structures to expand their cultivable land.

Opinion

Amrith Lal says that the attempt to restrict the Ramayana tradition to one text and squeeze it within a particular religious community is a narrow, political project.

Manu Joseph says that Mumbai's modernity is a myth.

Dhananjay Tripathi says that Europe cannot absolve itself of its share of responsibility for the West Asia migration crisis.

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