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One of India’s most exclusive private clubs is facing eviction. What’s behind the fight that has upset Delhi’s elite?

The Delhi Gymkhana Club has attracted the attention of Narendra Modi’s government. It is now suddenly under threat

Narendra Modi’s government has ordered one of India’s most exclusive private clubs, the Delhi Gymkhana Club, to vacate its sprawling premises – the latest move against institutions seen as symbols of Delhi’s old world establishment.

The club has long been synonymous with India’s upper echelons, although before Independence in 1947 it was largely a preserve of the British colonial elite, admitting only a select few Indians.

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© Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images

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Canada’s Carney to meet Modi in India amid trade uncertainty with US

Canada’s prime minister and Indian prime minister will meet Monday in visit that marks diplomatic shift

It’s not often that the leaders of two countries which have traded accusations of murder, extortion and terrorism meet only months later on friendly terms.

But amid what he had described as a “rupture in the world order”, Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, will on Monday meet Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, to repair strained ties between their nations.

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© Photograph: Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images

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