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Why an Indian bill removing jailed leaders from office has sparked outrage

Elected representatives jailed for 30 days on serious charges could lose their posts – even without a conviction.

Al Jazeera

‘Flawed, deeply troubling’: Editorials on Bills to remove arrested ministers

In a heated Lok Sabha session on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills aimed at disqualifying central and state ministers – including the prime minister and chief ministers – if they are accused of corruption or serious crimes and have been in custody for 30 days or…

Newslaundry

NCERT’s Op Sindoor primer: Modi quotes, Make In India plug, Shah cameo

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has introduced two modules on Operation Sindoor for the preparatory, middle and secondary stages, aimed at students from class 3 to class 10.

Newslaundry

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Manu Joseph: Hindi cannot colonise the South because Hindi is useless

People who cannot pronounce ‘Kanimozhi’ are trying to unify Indians. Once, the union home minister Amit Shah, who many South Indians think is a North Indian, said that India needs a unifying language, and that language is Hindi. He immediately unified half of India, for that is all it takes…

Newslaundry

Modi govt spent Rs 70 cr on print ads in Kashmir: Tracking the front pages of top recipients

The story of the death of the free press in Kashmir has been extensively reported on by Newslaundry. One major tool of control? Government advertising. But for the first time, we now have a clearer sense of the money being spent.

Newslaundry

Killing of Pahalgam attackers: Face-saver for Modi govt, unanswered questions for nation

The killing by security forces in Kashmir of three men – identified by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament as the terrorists who carried out the ghastly attack in Baisaran – was a breakthrough that security forces and intelligence agencies say they had been working on for over two months

Newslaundry

Gunmen Involved In Indian Kashmir Tourist Attack Killed: Minister

Indian security forces have killed three Pakistani gunmen who were involved in an April attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir that led to an intense military conflict between the two countries, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.

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India says 3 militants behind Kashmir shooting that sparked tensions with Pakistan have been killed

India’s home minister says three suspected militants who were killed in a gunfight in disputed Kashmir a day earlier were responsible for the gun massacre in the region that led to a military clash between India and Pakistan

The Independent UK

Can India stop Pakistan’s river water — and will it spark a new war?

The decades-old Indus Waters Treaty faces its gravest challenge as India suspends it, prompting Pakistan to warn of war.

Al Jazeera

Modiji, the media let you down. We’ll ensure it doesn’t happen again

Today marks 50 years since the Emergency. But worry not – today’s newspapers and broadcast channels, with their responsible, independent-minded, and utterly value-based coverage, will surely remind you.

Newslaundry

India says it will ‘never’ restore Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan

New Delhi put into ‘abeyance’ its participation in the 1960 treaty after 26 people were killed in Kashmir in April.

Al Jazeera

Eradicating India’s jungle insurgency – can it be done and at what human cost?

Critics say the government’s plan to eradicate the country’s decades-long Maoist rebellion comes at a bloody price – and questions whether there are motives other than a wish for peace

The Guardian - UK

ICC chair Jay Shah likes what he sees at Lord’s and that can only be a good thing

MCC is cosying up to Jay Shah during the World Test Championship between South Africa and Australia

The Guardian - UK

Real reasons behind Bengaluru police commissioner’s suspension

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. After the shocking suspension of Bengaluru Commissioner of Police B Dayananda, we spoke to sources in the police and those close to CM Siddaramaiah. One of the…

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Despite media retractions, politics marches on over Operation Sindoor

The Times of India issued a front-page apology on Monday for reporting that Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh will be “faces” of a women-centric BJP campaign launching June 9 to mark the completion of 11 years of the Narendra Modi government.

The Independent UK

Indian forces kill leader of Maoist insurgency in sweeping crackdown on rebels

Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju is the highest-ranking Maoist leader to be killed in nearly 30 years

Newslaundry

Top Maoist leader killed: Editorials hail ‘political will’, Jagran warns of ‘Urban Naxals’

Close on the heels of Operation Black Forest, police claimed to have killed top Maoist leader Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basavaraju along with 27 other Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur in an operation hailed as a “landmark achievement” by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Al Jazeera

‘Warzone’: Why Indian forces have launched a deadly assault on Maoists

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation outnumbered by over 40,000 forces deployed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

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India says Maoist rebel chief killed in ‘breakthrough’ blow

Home minister says Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, is among 27 rebels killed in operation in Chhattisgarh state.

The Independent UK

Indian forces kill 31 rebels in ‘biggest ever operation’ against Maoists

Maoist guerrillas have been waging a rebellion against Indian government for nearly four decades

The Guardian - UK

Cricket paying the price for being ruled by the big stick, and the big cheque

The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machine

The Independent UK

What is India’s long-awaited caste census and why has it sparked outcry from Modi’s followers?

More than two-thirds of country’s 1.4 billion people estimated to be on lower rungs of archaic social hierarchy that grades Hindus by birth

The Conversation

Kashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountability

The horrific targeted attack by militants in Kashmir on April 22, which killed at least 25 Indian tourists and one Nepalese national and injured many more, bears all the hallmarks of terrorism. The timing of the attacks during the high-profile visit of the US vice-president J.D. Vance to India, highlights…

The Independent UK

Deadliest terror attack in decades is a huge blow to Modi’s Kashmir tourism drive

Analysis: Tourism workers say lives they painstakingly rebuilt after Indian government’s 2019 security clampdown and the Covid pandemic are crumbling once again

Al Jazeera

What is The Resistance Front, the group claiming the deadly Kashmir attack?

Founded in 2019, the little-known group has now taken centre stage in the conflict between India and the rebels.

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