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Jharkhand former CM Champai Soren hints for new political party

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren announced that he will strengthen a new political party. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Hema Malini gets uncomfortable as woman touches her at event; scolds her saying 'Haath Nahi...'

Veteran Bollywood actress and BJP MP Hema Malini found herself in an awkward situation while attending an event in Mumbai on Wednesday, August 21.

The Times of India

India’s alternative facts: how the government of Narendra Modi invents its own kind of ‘experts’ to legitimise its policies

Narendra Modi was reelected as India’s prime minister in June for a historic third term. Yet his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) does not have the privilege of an absolute majority for the first time in a decade. It will head a coalition government that is already rife with disagreement.

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah moves HC against Guv nodding to graft probe

On August 17, the Governor granted the sanction for prosecution of the Chief Minister over the alleged irregularities in land allocation by MUDA. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tussle begins for a powerless legislature in J&K

The meaning of assembly elections was already turned on its head before the announcement for polls in Jammu and Kashmir.

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Karnataka governor sanctions prosecution of CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam

Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Saturday, August 17, granted sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA land scam. The decision allows for an official investigation into the allocation of sites to Siddaramaiah's wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in exchange for land acquired. Karnataka CMO…

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Lok Sabha: New Parliamentary Committees for 2024-25 constituted

The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday named the members of the new Parliamentary Committees. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Indian-administered Kashmir To Hold First Local Polls In A Decade

Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections for the first time in a decade, the head of the electoral commission said Friday, after polls were stalled in the disputed region following New Delhi's imposition of direct rule in 2019.

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Prez Murmu, PM Modi pay tributes to ex-PM Vajpayee on death anniversary

A large number of other dignitaries also offered homage to Vajpayee at his memorial ‘Sadaiv Atal’. Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

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‘They came like protesters…cops asked for shelter’: Inside the vandalism at Kolkata hospital

Two days after the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was vandalised by a 150-strong group, the number of arrests has risen to 19 as protests continue over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the government facility in Kolkata.

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ECI to announce schedule for Assembly elections today

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday at around 3 pm. Elections are due in Haryana, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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BJP MLA slams Rs 50 crore defamation suit against 4 journos, hundreds ‘beg’ to crowdfund, protest

On August 11, locals of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh met with a peculiar sight: about 200 journalists, with their shirts unbuttoned and torn, stood at traffic signals and roamed crowded markets holding out steel bowls, begging for money – and sloganeering “patrakaron ko dabana band karo” or “stop muzzling journalists”.

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In Hindenburg fallout, serious questions cordoned off by the media’s noise

The Modi government is lucky. The latest bombshell from Hindenburg Research landed in India a day after the budget session of parliament had concluded. Had it come a couple of days earlier, one can just imagine the scenes in both houses of parliament, given that the name “Adani”, mentioned by…

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India's Bad Boy Pilgrimage For Hindu God Of Destruction

The Hindu sacred month of Shravan honours the god of destruction Lord Shiva, and in northern India, it has become increasingly associated with mob violence by saffron-clad devotees.

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Priyanka Gandhi: Congress party pins hopes on charismatic member of India’s political dynasty

Sister of the Congress party leader, Rahul Gandhi, is stepping out of the wings to play a bigger role on India’s political stage

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‘No authority to record’: Delhi HC orders India Today, Rajdeep to take down video against Ilmi

Delhi High Court has ordered anchor Rajdeep Sardesai and India Today to “take down” a video posted by Sardesai on X, which purportedly shows BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi allegedly “abusing” a video journalist from the channel, Bar and Bench reported. The court said the video must be removed for interim…

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Activist whose RTI flagged ‘Smriti Irani-linked Goa cafe’ alleges home ministry ‘witch-hunt’

A Goa-based activist has alleged that he is being targeted for taking up public interest issues against “successive governments” and for trying to point to alleged illegalities surrounding BJP leader and former minister Smriti Irani’s daughter’s cafe in Goa through RTI applications.

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What’s Your Ism? First-time MP Sasikanth Senthil on Congress-ism

What are the ways in which the Congress is changing? What do you mean by the Hindu Left? Does the focus on building a larger coalition against the BJP dilute core issues? How does it deal with ideological conflicts within the INDIA coalition?

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What’s Your Ism? Sharda Ugra on sports, BCCI, wrestlers and more

How did the entry of the BJP and Hindutva complicate the already chaotic world of Indian sport? Are cricketers by design less anti establishment than footballers?

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RG Kar Doctor murder case: FORDA announces nationwide halt of elective services on Monday

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association on Sunday announced a nationwide halt of elective services in hospitals on August 12 to show solidarity with the residents of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Unregulated vigilante armies push Indian state of Manipur to brink of civil war

Thousands of rifles are in the hands of civilian militia who freely mobilise every night, with police and the state accused of being powerless

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BJP’s Shazia Ilmi sues India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai over ‘defamation’

BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi has lodged a defamation case against India Today anchor Rajdeep Sardesai over a video posted by him on social media, accusing Ilmi of “abusing” the channel’s video journalist, Bar and Bench reported.

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From Manipur silence to ‘love jihad’ remarks: 5 gems from Rekha Sharma’s tenure as NCW chief

When Rekha Sharma joined the National Commission for Women as a member in 2015, she was winding up a political role as the BJP’s state media in-charge in Haryana. As she wraps up her tenure at the commission this month, she is leaving behind a similar legacy.

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‘Islamophobic, alarmist’: How some India outlets covered Bangladesh crisis

India media make claims linking China and Pakistan intelligence to protests and exaggerate scale of attacks on Hindus.

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Waqf Bill: Akhilesh Yadav lambasts BJP, jeers '...Zameen bechna nishana hai'

The SP Chief said, "BJP is working like a real estate company. It should change its name by adding 'Zameen' instead of 'Janta': Bhartiya Zameen Party." Read further on Dynamite News:

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