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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…

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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’

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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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Book excerpt: How Vajpayee family courted journalists, PMO hounded magazines

These are excerpts from Abhishek Choudhary’s book ‘Believer’s Dilemma: Vajpayee and the Hindu right’s path to power (1977-2018)’.

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History must be taught through many lenses

In the early months of 2010, I had a brief stint with the editorial team of a Delhi-based private publishing house, which brought out school textbooks. Working in the social science section of the company, I found that a part of the job’s brief was to avoid references to what…

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Death of Indian student who set herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint sparks national outrage

Woman, 20, dies days after accusing a professor of abuse and college staff of inaction

The Independent UK

Meet BJP’s ‘Bihar ke yuvaon ki aawaaz’: Misogynistic posts, vulgar remarks, ‘black magic’ claims

Last week, a man from Bihar was booked in three separate FIRs – for morphing Rahul Gandhi’s face onto a sanitary pad in a video mocking a Congress campaign to distribute pads across the state.

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The Indian state where people are being beaten up for speaking the wrong language

New rules for schools have ignited street protests and unrest, exposing a nationwide conflict over language and regional identity. Shahana Yasmin reports

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TV Newsance 305: Sudhir wants unity, Anjana talks jobs – what’s going on in Godi land?

This week on TV Newsance, Godi anchors suddenly discovered the value of unity, real issues, and development. Why? Because for once, the violence wasn’t communal… yet.

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Politics of ‘Marathi asmita’ skips half of Maharashtra

Over the past few months, Maharashtra has seen a renewed wave of Marathi identity politics – or asmita, as it’s known. It began when the Devendra Fadnavis-led government issued a government resolution (GR) making Hindi a compulsory third language in schools. Following backlash, the government quietly revised the order, saying…

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Why is India forcing 80 million people to justify their right to vote?

Amid raids targeting Muslims, an electoral roll revision in India’s poorest state has become a political flashpoint.

International Business Times

India Electoral Roll Revision Sparks Fear And Fury

Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement fears.

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The Thackerays are back on stage. But will the script sell in 2025 Mumbai?

From branding South Indians as “yandu gundu” in the 70s to targeting North Indians as “bhaiyas”, regional identity has long been the Thackeray brand’s go-to political weapon – first with Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, then with Raj Thackeray’s breakaway Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Decades later, with both Uddhav and Raj politically…

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Powertrip: Karnataka’s ‘misinformation’ bill was plagiarised

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. What happens when a Congress-led government lifts language from a BJP MP’s bill to fight fake news? Karnataka just gave us the answer.

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BJP govt thinks outdoor air purifiers can clean Delhi air, but data doesn’t back official claim

The Delhi government plans to install 150 outdoor purifiers at Nehru Park to filter out PM2.5. Last month, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that the decision was based on “successful” trials in four locations in the city.

The Independent UK

Delhi government forced to withdraw plan to scrap old cars after public backlash

Plan to deny fuel to older vehicles sparks anger among middle-class car owners

Al Jazeera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York primary win sparks the ire of Modi’s supporters

Experts say Mamdani, a mayoral candidate, has attracted criticism on the Hindu right for his faith and outspoken views.

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How Muslims struggle to buy property in Gujarat

After the conflict between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Vadodara city in Gujarat and held a roadshow. Colonel Sophia Qureshi’s entire family was invited to the event, showering the PM with flowers as he passed.

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A flurry of new voters? The curious case of Kamthi, where the Maha BJP chief won

Since last year, Newslaundry has been tracking lists of voters – how many are added, how many are removed, and whether all these processes make sense.

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