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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.

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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?

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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.

Reuters

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…

France 24

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

The Guardian - UK

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

“Mera Abdul aisa nahin hai.”

Newslaundry

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

The Independent UK

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…

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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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India faces deepening demographic divide as it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country

India’s entrenched north-south divide is growing as its population changes, with serious social and political consequences

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Government doesn’t reply to plea on seizure of electronic devices, fined Rs 25,000

The Supreme Court has fined the Narendra Modi government Rs 25,000 for not replying to a petition asking for investigating agencies to specify guidelines for seizure, examination and preservation of electronic devices and their contents, the Hindu reported.

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Islamic institute in Kerala sets example by teaching Sanskrit

Students in long white robes and white head-dresses in an Islamic institution unwaveringly reciting 'slokas' and 'mantras' in Sanskrit under the watchful gaze of their Hindu gurus, is what sets apart a Muslim educational organisation in Thrissur district of central Kerala. Read more on Dynamite News:

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OpIndia is caught peddling fake news. Again

The Hindu nationalist news website OpIndia has been caught publishing fake news – again. This time the “news” was about veteran journalist Sucheta Dalal, managing editor of the news website Moneylife.

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Good idea or pointless plan? Hindu and Mint comment on I&B public service broadcasting guideline

The Guidelines for Uplinking and Downlinking of Satellite Television Channels in India, 2022, released by India’s IB ministry this week, require all private television channels in the country to undertake public service broadcasting for at least 30 minutes per day on themes of “national importance” and “social relevance”.

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In Pakistan's Sindh province, Hindu culture fights the odds

Pakistan's Sindh province retains the imprint of the Hindu minority, which makes up just 1.9% of the population in this country of 225 million people

Dynamite News

All you Need To Know About Dev Uthani Ekadashi 2022

Dev Uthani Ekadashi, also known as Prabodhini Ekadashi or Dev Uthhana Ekadashi, is one of the most important occasions in the Hindu religion. Read more on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Concerns as US DHS hires leader of Hindu nationalist-linked group

Chandru Acharya’s appointment to the DHS body shows ‘ignorance’ of the US government, activists and academics say.

Newslaundry

50 days later, verification of bail sureties still pending in Siddique Kappan’s UAPA case

In Uttar Pradesh, the process to verify journalist Siddique Kappan’s bail sureties has still not been completed, the journalist’s lawyer told the Hindu. Fifty days have passed since the bail sureties were provided.

Manchester Evening News

Internal review launched by NHS trust after 'hurtful' Diwali email sent to staff

The message sent on the morning of this year's festival made reference to the 'insidious growth of Hindu right wing nationalist ideology'

The Guardian - UK

Leicester unrest: Hindu groups to boycott review over fears of bias

Letter to mayor says community has ‘little confidence’ in process after Dr Chris Allen’s comments ruling out Islamist extremism

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of mosques targeted as Hindu nationalists try to rewrite India’s history

Shamsi Jama Masjid, an 800-year-old mosque in Uttar Pradesh, is the latest flashpoint in a dispute that could eventually turn violent

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