(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.
Read More »Feature: To rubbish WHO’s 2020 COVID death estimates, India used flawed data, analysis
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 …
Read More »Feature: “You will be killed for being Muslim”: JNU activist Afreen Fatima’s sister shares ordeal during detention
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 …
Read More »Feature: Kanpur Violence: ‘Muslims Being Picked Up Indiscriminately,’ Say Families of Those Arrested
(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.'
Read More »Feature: Fear for life: Pandits want to flee from Kashmir to “safer places”
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. …
Read More »Feature: Their daughter’s killing was a test case in Chhattisgarh. A shoddy probe let policemen off the hook
(Scroll.in) The judge blamed the prosecution for negligence in presenting evidence against the policemen in the Meena Khalko case.
Read More »Feature: Muslim men leaving Jahangirpuri out of fear of police harassment, say locals
(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.
Read More »Feature: A list of Indian opposition leaders raided or arrested since 2017
(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.
Read More »Feature: Sidhu Moose Wala’s death evokes memories of the tragic end of Amar Singh Chamkila
(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.
Read More »Feature: “Saffronizing Jhelum through Chenab across Pir Panjal”: BJP benefits from delimitation
(Maktoob Media) Based on the 2011 census, the new suggested redrawing of Kishtwar constituency will have 39,500 Hindus and 27,700 Muslims.
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