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Fadnavis vs facts? EC data doesn’t match CM’s claims

After Rahul Gandhi tweeted a Newslaundry report on a sharp rise in voters in Nagpur South West, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis responded with data to shut all the criticism. He claimed there were at least 25 constituencies that saw voter numbers go up by more than eight percent between…

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TN, Maharashtra, Bihar and WB police cite contested law to take down tweets

The Tamil Nadu Police Department has sent X (formerly Twitter) two notices to remove tweets mocking the state government, Chief Minister MK Stalin and Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. These notices were sent on April 23, 2025, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, a contested provision.

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Did Prada ‘steal’ Indian sandal designs without giving credit?

The luxury brand faces accusations of cultural appropriation after models wore Kolhapuri sandals without giving credit.

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Rahul cries foul, Fadnavis says ‘lies’. But will EC put its detailed report in public?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “shooting arrows in the dark” after the latter’s remarks on “vote theft” in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 373: JP Nadda’s rise, Maharashtra voter roll

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Sumedha Mittal.

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In 6 months, Fadnavis seat added 29,219 voters. Poll staff claim lapses

In just six months between the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the Maharashtra assembly polls, Nagpur South West – the seat held by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis – added 29,219 new voters. About 162 voters everyday. That’s a sharp 8.25 percent increase, more than double the 4 percent threshold that…

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Indian Activists Seek To Save Child Brides

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.

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2 killed and 32 injured after a bridge collapses at a tourist destination in western India

At least two people have died and 32 others are injured after an iron bridge over a river collapsed at a popular tourist destination in India’s western Maharashtra state

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Acquitted in 2 cases, but a former terror suspect is a lifetime prisoner of suspicion

At 12.48 pm on May 13, 2025, Abdul Wahid Shaikh stood at the threshold of academic triumph. After years of struggle, the 47-year-old school teacher was finally submitting his PhD thesis on “prison literature” at Mahatma Gandhi Mission University in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. A man who had spent nine years…

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At least 5 killed as passengers fall off overcrowded train in India

Incident occurred when passengers hanging from open doorways of Pushpak Express collided with others doing the same on a train approaching from the opposite direction

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Unseasonal rains defy forecasts, damage crops, disrupt lives

In a year when India braced for blistering heat waves, May 2025 unleashed unprecedented rainfall activity, catching the country off guard with almost double or 85.7% more rainfall than usual. In fact, central India has seen five times the usual rainfall this month (by May 27) and south India crossed…

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Bombay HC grants Kunal Kamra interim protection from arrest

The Bombay High court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to stand-up comic Kunal Kamra in the case linked to his remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, LiveLaw reported.

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Urdu language isn’t alien to India and can be freely used, top court rules

Top court rejects petition demanding removal of Urdu from public signage in Maharashtra

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Maharashtra: Rs 5 lakh payout for kin of jail inmates who die of unnatural causes in custody

The Maharashtra government will provide a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of a jail inmate who dies due to unnatural causes while in custody. Read further on Dynamite News

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Bombay HC asks Maharashtra to respond to Kamra’s plea to quash FIR

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to respond to stand-up comic Kunal Kamra’s plea seeking the quashing of the FIR against him for his remarks on Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Bar and Bench reported.

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Rahul Gandhi must practise in Hyderabad what he preached in Dharavi

In the narrow, crowded lanes of Dharavi – both before and after the Maharashtra elections – Rahul Gandhi framed his visits as a fight for the soul of India. Declaring the battle over Adani’s controversial redevelopment plan as one between crony capitalism and social justice, he accused Prime Minister Narendra…

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What’s Your Ism? Ambedkar in Europe, and a Roma school’s fight against segregation

From Maharashtra to Miskolc, What’s Your Ism travels to Hungary where a Roma activist found hope in Ambedkar. János Orsós, founder of the Dr Ámbédkar School, speaks with Sudipto Mondal and Prajwal Bhat about Hungary’s racial segregation, state complicity, and how Ambedkar’s legacy of education and justice offers a way out.

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‘Unchecked powers’: Journalist bodies mount protests against Maharashtra public security bill

Ten press associations from Maharashtra demonstrated in Mumbai and Pune on Thursday, expressing concerns that the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, will impact press freedom.

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From Kunal Kamra to Mohanlal to a long-dead emperor, India is the Republic of Intolerance

Between Aurangzeb and Kunal Kamra, we are now fully qualified to call ourselves “The Republic of Intolerance”.

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Maharashtra: Two killed after overspeeding car crash on Senapati Bapat Marg

At least two people were killed after an overspeeding car caused a fatal crash on Senapati Bapat Marg in Mumbai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Woman’s body found in suitcase in Bengaluru, husband detained; Click for inside story...

The deceased has been identified as Gauri Anil Sambrekar alias Gauri Khedekar of Maharashtra. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Maharashtra Police arrests journalist from Telangana for anti-Shivaji Maharaj comment

Journalist Prashant Koratkar was boked for making derogatory remarks about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC seeks Maharashtra's response over property demolition

The plea demanded contempt case over the demolition on an alleged anti-India slogans raised during a cricket match in the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy. Read further on Dynamite News:

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FIR over Kunal Kamra’s Shiv Sena joke, another over vandalism at Mumbai venue

The Mumbai police have filed a case against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Monday over his remarks on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde after a complaint by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel.

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India’s 11 richest states allocate only 4% of budget for police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid

India’s 11 richest states allocated Rs 1.97 lakh crore in 2024-25 for the functioning of their justice systems – including the police, judiciary, prison and legal aid – which was 36 percent more than the spending in 2022-23, according to a new report by India Justice Report, a collective that…

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