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(The Wire) In every Bihar village, it is not uncommon to see groups of young men doing rigorous exercises early in the morning. For them, the respect and financial security of Army jobs had made the forces the top choice.

SHREEGIREESH JALIHAL AND TAPASYA   On May 5, 2022, the WHO estimated that 100.51 lakh people died in India in 2020. Of this, it estimated 8.30 lakh were COVID-linked deaths. In its May 5 press release rejecting the WHO figures, the Union health ministry claimed that 81.20 lakh people died …

Zenaira Bakhsh On the night of June 11, when 19-year-old Sumaiya Fatima told the police that her sister, Afreen Fatima was an activist and a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the police changed their tone. What followed was a long night of questioning and harassment against the alleged involvement …

(The Wire) From the 'key conspirator' named by police to those arrested, respective families have alleged that those who had little to do with the violence have been picked up simply because they were Muslim. Police said, 'Those who are innocent will be let off.'

Malik Nisar and Sajad Hameed “We wish to stay back in our homeland but the situation is not conducive. Our people are getting killed regularly. We were kept confined to one place and in such a choked environment it’s difficult to survive,” says 33-year-old Amit Bandoo, exhausted with the situation. …

(Scroll.in) The judge blamed the prosecution for negligence in presenting evidence against the policemen in the Meena Khalko case.

(The Wire) Since the communal violence and demolition drive in April, cops have allegedly been picking up Muslim men and threatening the women in their families.

(The Wire) AAP minister Satyendar Jain was on May 31 arrested in a case connected to hawala transactions. The next day, Congress's Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

(The Wire) As Moose Wala was cremated amidst hundreds of his fans in his hometown of Moosa, up came the memories of Chamkila, another famous Punjabi singer who was gone too soon.

(Maktoob Media) Based on the 2011 census, the new suggested redrawing of Kishtwar constituency will have 39,500 Hindus and 27,700 Muslims.