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The Bombay High Court has turned its skeptical gaze on the Maharashtra police’s version of the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault on two minor girls. Early this week, Shinde was shot dead in an alleged encounter by the Thane police. 

Whether or not there is an element of manipulation in the creation of the Engineer Rashid factor in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly elections, it is benefitting the BJP in two ways. 

Manisha is traveling for elections, so we’re back with another gem of an episode from the past! In this special episode of TV Newsance, we take a deep dive into the evolution of Indian primetime news – from the tightly controlled, monotonous days of Doordarshan (DD) to today’s chaotic shouting…

Regarding the CJI-PM pooja meet, I disagree with Shardool. In this case perceptions really matter. It is not the question about freedom to practise religion but rather it is about the public perception that there is a separation between the judiciary and the executive. In a time of growing mistrust…

Days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the ghee used to make the Srivari laddu for Tirupati temple was adulterated with animal fat, the communal politics around it has been escalating, with wild allegations running thick and fast. 

Seven months into his tenure as Tamil Nadu BJP president, K Annamalai launched one of his biggest political campaigns, following the tragic suicide of 17-year-old Lavanya in Thanjavur. Annamalai alleged that Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School, where Lavanya was studying, pressured her to convert to Christianity, driving her to take…

The politics of Jammu have been distinct from that of Kashmir. To grasp the nuances of this difference and the issues in Jammu, Manisha Pande and Atul Chaurasia spoke to the region’s senior journalists – Mohit Kandhari of The Pioneer and Nishikant Khajuria of Daily Excelsio.    

“Such general remarks should not be used,” said the Supreme Court as it expunged the Allahabad High Court’s observation that the country’s majority population would become a minority if religious gatherings facilitating conversions were not stopped, Bar and Bench reported.

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a man accused of sharing an “objectionable post” on WhatsApp, saying that not every controversial social media post should be interpreted as an attempt to incite unrest, Livelaw reported.