The Latest Breaking News from Aurangzeb

On the basis of a complaint, Thane Police registered a case under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Read further on Dynamite News:

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and The Wire’s Seema Chishti.

Five FIRs were registered. More that 30 police personnel were injured and a civilian critically wounded in communal violence. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb has been at the centre stage even before the Nagpur violence as the Hindu outfits, such as Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), are demanding the removal of Mughal emperor's tomb. Read further on Dynamite News:

Authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city a day after communal clashes that were sparked by protests by Hindu nationalist groups demanding removal of the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Sumeet Mhaskar, professor of sociology at Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, and Ajoy Bose, veteran journalist and author of Behenji: The Rise and Fall of Mayawati.

This week, we dive headfirst into the chaos, because on Indian TV news, spectacle always trumps substance.

“What happens in Kolhapur follows in the rest of Maharashtra.” 

In a huge drug bust, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police confiscated a large consignment of cocaine weighing around 200 kg, worth Rs 2,000 crores. Read further on Dynamite News: