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सूनी सड़कें, पसरा सन्नाटा और पुलिस की गाड़ियों के सायरनों की आवाज. अभी उत्तर प्रदेश के पश्चिमी जिले संभल की स्थिति कुछ ऐसी ही है. शहर में चप्पे-चप्पे पर पुलिस तैनात है. यहां दो कंपनी आरएएफ और करीब 8 से 9 कंपनी पीएसी समेत आसपास के कई जिलों से भी…

Media association DIGIPUB has condemned the Uttar Pradesh police’s action against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, calling the FIR filed over his social media posts an “escalating harassment” and demanding its revocation. 

मुरादाबाद की मुस्लिम बहुसंख्यक कुंदरकी विधानसभा सीट के उपचुनाव में भाजपा की जीत एक दिलचस्प नतीजा है. यहां पार्टी के उम्मीदवार रामवीर ठाकुर ने 11 मुसलमान उम्मीदवारों को 1.2 लाख से ज्यादा मतों के अंतर से हराया है.

A Gujarat sessions court has granted anticipatory bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in an FIR lodged against him by an ad agency owner for “cheating” him of Rs 28.68 lakh and threatening “with negative publicity using media influence”, Livelaw reported.

On the eve of elections, you might expect news channels to focus on coverage that helps voters make an informed choice. 

In episode 28 of What’s Your ISM?, Sudipto Mondal speaks with Nadira Khatun about identity politics, cinema and new her book Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity: Production, Representation, and Reception. They discuss Bollywood’s layered depiction of Muslim identities, its evolution since independence, and how cinema reflects broader societal narratives.

Several Congress leaders have questioned the electoral process while claiming that a village in Maharashtra’s Dhule district, which traditionally votes for the party, has strangely clocked zero votes for the party this time.

The BJP’s victory in the assembly bypoll in Moradabad’s Muslim-majority Kundarki segment has emerged as a curious case, with its candidate Ramveer Thakur defeating 11 Muslim candidates with a margin of over 1.2 lakh votes.

Israel’s cabinet has reportedly voted to sanction the nation’s oldest newspaper Haaretz citing its critical coverage of the country’s ongoing military operations and comments by the outlet’s publisher calling for sanctions on senior government officials.