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A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do little to clear the air.

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Tories invited UK representative of fugitive Hindu guru to party at House of Lords

The delegate for the controversial ‘godman’ Nithyananda, who fled India in 2019, was invited to the Diwali party by two senior Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

How Kerala and Delhi media covered the protest against Adani’s Vizhinjam port project

After four and a half months, Kerala’s fisherfolk on Wednesday “temporarily halted” their protest against the expansion of the Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram. The fisherfolk fear the Rs 7,525-crore project, controversially awarded to a Gautam Adani company by the previous Congress-led state government in 2015, will ruin their ecology, livelihoods…

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Indian PM Modi’s BJP scores landslide win in Gujarat state

The BJP retained its 27-year control of Gujarat with a commanding election victory but lost power in Himachal Pradesh.

Al Jazeera

Indian PM Modi's party heading for big win in his home state

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party looks set to retain control in his home state of Gujarat following a record state legislature win, but it is trailing behind its rival Congress party in northern Himachal Pradesh state

The Independent UK

PM Modi's party set for record win in India's Gujarat state election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to win the biggest majority by any party at elections in his home state of Gujarat on Thursday, a big boost to the Hindu nationalists ahead of general elections in 2024.

Reuters

Mathura On High Alert, After ABHM Calls For Recital Of Hanuman Chalisa

Security in Mathura has been beefed up amid the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha's (ABHM) call to recite the Hanuman Chalisa at Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex-Shahi Idgah Masjid maidan in Mathura. Read on for details:

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Mother's womb cannot be viewed as 'farm land': Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Badruddin Ajmal's comments

GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit out at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal on Monday, three days after his controversial comments on women and the Hindu community and said a mother's womb cannot be viewed as a "farm land". He urged Muslim women not to be"swayed" by statements of…

The Times of India

Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over ‘Jai Shri Ram’, party takes dig at his ‘limited knowledge’

NEW DELHI: Several BJP leaders on Sunday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi as they claimed he had “limited Knowledge” about Hindu mythology and traditions after the Congress MP made a statement, questioning why BJP and RSS chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ instead of ‘Jai Siya Ram’.

The Times of India

Morning Show: What do MSU students think of the ‘Gujarat model’ of education?

In this episode of Morning Show from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, we talk to students about key issues this election. While those who support the BJP speak of Ram Mandir and the need for a Hindu party, many feel it is not the main issue. Paper leak problems loom…

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Hugh’s hat, Hindu gods and the whole of the moon – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Modi's home state Gujarat votes, seen as easy mid-term test for India's leader

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat began voting on Thursday with his Hindu nationalist party expected to win a seventh straight term, but any unexpected slip could herald a tighter contest in national polls due by 2024.

Reuters

Gujarat election: AAP’s CM candidate on freebies, soft Hindutva and BJP’s 'media management'

In his campaign speeches, Isudan Gadhvi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate, emphasises a pair of words that encapsulate the party’s core pitch for the impending Gujarat assembly election. The words? “Zero” and “free”. In the main, they refer to the party’s promise to provide 300 units of free electricity…

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Cardiff’s New Theatre drops 'culturally insensitive' ballet La Bayadère after criticism from Hindu leader

Scheduled for January, 2023, the ballet has come under criticism due to its 'appropriation' of traditions

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An Israeli director sparks outrage in India over a film about Hindu persecution

Controversy has erupted at one of India's top film festivals over the screening of a movie with Hindu nationalist themes. Were the jury head's comments an artistic critique or political commentary?

Reuters

Hindu group hold rally for Adani port stalled by Indian fishing community

Hundreds of people from a Hindu group marched on Wednesday in support of the construction of a $900 million port in southern India, shouting slogans against a local Catholic church that is trying to stall the project.

Reuters

Israeli ambassador to India apologises after filmmaker's remarks spark uproar

An Israeli filmmaker's criticism of a film depicting the exodus of India's majority Hindu population from the disputed region of Kashmir has sparked an uproar in India and prompted an apology from the Israeli ambassador.

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A ‘march to unite India’, led by Congress, reaches half-way mark

The nationwide march on foot, led by India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, has reached its 80th day.

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Indian media stoke religious tension over brutal murder instead of focusing on femicide

The murder and dismemberment of a 26-year-old woman in India in May and the recent arrest of her boyfriend has gripped the nation and media. But instead of focusing on the issue of femicide, a journalist and an activist say that Indian media is using the fact that the victim…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Modi’s India: the danger of exporting Hindu chauvinism

Editorial: New Delhi’s foreign policy won’t be insulated from its domestic politics, which demonise India’s 200 million Muslims

Newslaundry

‘Love jihad’, ‘business jihad’, and the Abduls adored and hated by Hindu supremacists

“Mera Abdul aisa nahin hai.”

The Independent UK

Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status

India’s 110 million indigenous tribespeople are scattered across various states and fragmented into hundreds of clans, with different legends, different languages and different words for their gods

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Misogyny, bigotry and everything else that went wrong with Shraddha Walkar case coverage

A scant unassuming apartment in the tight lanes of Delhi’s Chhatarpur and the dense neighbouring forest of Mehrauli transformed into a stage to play out a macabre story of murder and madness. Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, a trained chef and Instagram food influencer, used his dexterity with knives on his live-in…

The Times of India

Bengal Partition literature offers more than a stereotypical discourse

It's a question that has continued to haunt till today, even after 75 years of the Partition. Cyril Radcliff, whose fateful line of demarcation divided the Indian territory into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan, had never before been to India, nor had he the necessary skills for drawing…

Newslaundry

Hindu joins over 30 leading dailies to call for climate tax on fossil fuel firms

While climate finance remains among the most contested points at the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt, several media organisations across the globe have now released a joint editorial urging governments to boost climate funding by imposing high taxes on fossil fuel majors.

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