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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

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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:

Dynamite News

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

This is the third arrest in the case

The Hindu

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:

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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 Hindu

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

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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

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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

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ED seizes ₹11.88 crore from Jharkhand CM Soren’s aide Pankaj Mishra, others

The raids were part of an investigation into alleged illegal mining in the State

The Guardian - UK

Summer reading: the 30 best holiday reads – chosen by authors and critics

Novelists including Johny Pitts, Monica Ali and Nina Stibbe – plus Observer critics – on their essential holiday books

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Salon

Russia and the U.S.: Dance of death

Doddering Cold War adversaries are marching toward war: For their decrepit elites, it's literally the last hurrah

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Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra review – a lyrical letter from the new India

The author’s first novel in 20 years explores the modern values of Modi’s India and the transnational lives of its influential elite

The Guardian - UK

‘It felt horrific to be in Britain as a Muslim after 9/11’: Pankaj Mishra and Kamila Shamsie in conversation

The writers discuss problems of representation, class, the culture wars and how fiction is a great way to ask difficult questions

The Guardian - UK

Run and Hide by Pankaj Mishra review – new India, old ideas

An admirable attempt to tackle class, bourgeois greed and nationalism is undone by cartoon characters and a fictional landscape that lacks credibility

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