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Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

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No POSH Act: Why women remain unsafe in India’s political parties

On August 1, a bench of two Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of India, disposed of a writ petition on bringing political parties under the purview of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

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A pollster apologises, BJP calls it proof of Rahul ‘lies’, news TV cheers

Rahul Gandhi’s allegations about voter rolls predate, and never relied on, any data from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

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‘Sitting on a volcano’: Two Indian temples clash as politics and faith mix

The Jagannath temple in Puri has been among Hinduism’s most sacred shrines for 1,000 years. Can an upstart challenge it?

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In Manipur, I-Day boycott used to be a diktat. This time, it’s about disillusionment

It was the mid-‘80s. Independence Day was a holiday. I wanted to go out, play with my friends. But my mother sternly said, “Don’t go out today…who knows what will happen. Bombs may explode and what not.” That warning still rings in my ears every Independence Day.

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‘Ghost voters’ in high-rises: Behind electoral fraud allegations in Thrissur

Opposition parties in Kerala have alleged electoral roll manipulation in Thrissur a year after the Bharatiya Janata Party's historic first Lok Sabha victory in the state, though evidence for the claims of large-scale manipulation remains limited. The accusations emerged amid broader national allegations by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about electoral…

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Experts question EC demand that Rahul Gandhi file statement under oath

The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) response to allegations of voter manipulation has been consistent – denial and seeking statements under oath from those raising the allegations. Days after asking Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to prove the charges through a declaration under oath, the ECI has…

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Backlash after local authorities in India ban meat sales on Independence Day

Opposition parties accuse government of policing people’s dietary choices

The Independent UK

India’s opposition protests against electoral roll revision

Police briefly detain some lawmakers at the demonstration, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

Al Jazeera

India’s election body faces scrutiny as voter list anomalies prompt allegations of ‘vote theft’

Opposition leader accuses election commission of aiding Narendra Modi’s ruling party through mass voter deletion

The Independent UK

‘Phussi bomb’: Rahul Gandhi’s presser buried under TV studio spectacle

Spin over scrutiny. Ridicule over reportage.

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Rahul Gandhi alleges over 1 lakh fake voters helped BJP win Bangalore Central

At a press conference held in New Delhi on Thursday, August 7, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of facilitating widespread electoral malpractice. And to make his point, the Congress leader chose the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat as…

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Arundhati Roy works among dozens of books banned in Indian-administered Kashmir

Censorship order accuses books of promoting ‘false narrative and secessionism’ in disputed territory

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India attacks US and Europe's 'double standards' in their trade relationship with Russia

India criticised countries trading with Russia while targeting India. EU trade with Russia hit €67.5bn in 2024. Trump threatened tariffs on Indian goods, escalating tensions.

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Can INDIA bloc keep pace with Rahul Gandhi’s politics of institutional distrust?

Newspaper reports suggest that the leaders of the national opposition bloc, INDIA, are set to attend a dinner hosted this week by Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi. This is being seen as the first instance of the major bloc partners closing ranks since the parliamentary polls…

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What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

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Kerala bishops steer clear of naming BJP while condemning Chhattisgarh nuns’ arrest

In Thalassery, chants rang out in protest: “We don’t need your cake or ladoo. Do not come to visit Aramana.” The demonstrators, members of the Catholic Congress under the Syro-Malabar Church, were protesting the arrest of two nuns from Kerala — Sr Vandhana Francis and Sr Preethi Mary — in…

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‘Not safe, can’t speak’: Arrest of Chhattisgarh nuns sparks alarm in Christian community

Fear has gripped the Catholic community in Chhattisgarh following the arrest of two nuns under the serious charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion. The incident has triggered a political storm and drawn sharp criticism from Christian leaders and politicians nationwide. Sisters Preeti Mary and Vandana Francis from the…

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Ahead of Bihar polls: Nitish ups media pensions, BJP uses it to revive ‘sootr-mootr’ jibe

With Bihar elections around the corner, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has turned generous for journalists. On Saturday, he announced that the monthly pension for retired journalists would more than double, from Rs 6,000 to Rs Rs 15,000.

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‘Govt officer on wrong side of law’: Ex-bureaucrats to Haryana CM on Vikas Barala’s appointment

Forty-five former IAS officers have written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini requesting that the state government’s appointment of a BJP leader’s son – who is facing a case of abduction and stalking – as assistant advocate general be revoked. They said the appointment can affect the outcome of…

The Independent UK

India is targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims for expulsion to Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch warns

Rights group says expulsions show ‘disregard for due process rights, domestic guarantees and international human rights standards’

Newslaundry

Gurugram again: Homes locked, hundreds leave another locality amid crackdown

A police crackdown on illegal immigrants in Gurugram continues to trigger a mass departure of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant workers – many of whom have lived and worked in the city for decades as domestic workers, drivers, sanitation staff, and daily-wage labourers.

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Luggage by the door, families on edge: Gurugram’s Bengali Market empties out amid police crackdown

Once a tight-knit community of over 500 Bengali-speaking migrant workers, the Bengali Market in Gurugram’s Sector 49 is witnessing a mass departure.

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Protocol snub, impeachment motion: Why Dhankhar called it quits

A few months after he became vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar met then-US president Joe Biden in Cambodia to attend a multilateral summit in November 2022. Biden reportedly told Dhankhar: “Just like you, I was also once vice-president.” Dhankhar said he was following in Biden’s footsteps.

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Gurugram community centre doubles up as detention facility, 74 ‘workers from Bengal, Assam’ in custody

Seventy-four Muslim migrant workers “from West Bengal and Assam” have been detained for the past four days at a municipal community centre in Gurugram’s Sector 10A, which is being used as a makeshift detention facility, Newslaundry has learnt.

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