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हाथरस हादसा: पाखंड, अंधविश्वास और लापरवाही ने ली 121 लोगों की जान

उत्तर प्रदेश के हाथरस में स्वयंभू बाबा साकार विश्व हरि उर्फ भोले बाबा के सत्संग में मची भगदड़ से अब तक 121 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है. दर्जनों लोग घायल हैं. मरने वालों में ज्यादातर महिलाएं और बच्चे शामिल हैं.

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‘Crushed, unable to speak…cops late’: The Hathras horror due to superstition, negligence

The Hathras stampede has left behind at least 121 dead, most of them women and children. And the role played by self-proclaimed godman – Baba Sakar Vishwa Hari alias Bhole Baba – as well as district authorities is under the scanner. The administration had allowed 80,000 people to gather at…

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‘Baba dhongi, no help from govt’: Families search for the missing, ‘dead or alive’, after Hathras tragedy

As a religious event turned into a site of chaos at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, families of hundreds of dead and injured scrambled to locate their loved ones – searching hospitals across the region “without much help” from the administration.

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‘Harassment’: Indian journalists’ videos hit due to South African firm’s YouTube ‘bug’

As independent journalists decoded the general election results on YouTube last month, at least a dozen of them received copyright claims on older videos, rendering those videos ineligible for monetisation.

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उद्धाटन के लाल फीते में बंधा मोदीजी का सदाचार का ताबीज

भारत ने T-20 का विश्वकप जीता तो कई चमत्कार देखने को मिले. भारत रात 11 बजकर 31 मिनट पर विश्वकप का फाइनल मैच जीता. 11 बजकर 40 मिनट पर प्रधानमंत्री का बधाई वाला वीडियो आ गया. नौ मिनट के अंदर. लेकिन प्रधानमंत्री की यह चटकवाही, यह फुर्ती, यह पूर्व प्लानिंग…

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Pro-Modi vs ‘anti-India’ diaspora: For a Labour govt, balancing act will be key in UK-India ties

In September 2019, weeks after the Modi government in India stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status through unilateral constitutional changes, the British Labour Party adopted a resolution at its annual conference condemning “the recent actions of the Government of India to revoke Article 370 and 35A of the…

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Who Owns Your Media: Prabhat Khabar’s rise from the ashes to becoming a regional powerhouse

Post independence, even after the reorganisation of India’s internal boundaries with the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, new states continued to be carved out. Not on linguistic lines as the Act had done, but reportedly to meet regional demands and address inequalities in regional development.

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At least 50 dead, over 100 injured after stampede at Hathras religious event

More than 50 people died and over a 100 are estimated to be injured in a stampede at a satsang, or religious event, in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, as per the Indian Express. The number of those dead, a majority of whom are women, is likely to increase.

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IT Rules amendment: Centre says not preventing fake news would violate basic rights

In the pleas challenging the IT Rules amendment, the centre defended its fact-check unit and told the Bombay High Court that not preventing fake or false news would violate the fundamental rights conferred by Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution, Livelaw reported.

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In Bengal, ‘medical negligence victims’ have a slim chance of justice against private entities

This report is the third instalment of a series on medical negligence. Read the previous parts here.

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Assam ministers return to hate politics

In sharp contrast to the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll campaign, communal remarks have returned to the state’s politics with ministers trying to portray the Congress’s victory in three seats as a boost to criminal elements within the minority community.

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हत्या, हथियार और नशे का कारोबार, फिर भी सनातन संस्था है पाक-साफ?

महाराष्ट्र एटीएस को लिखे 68 पन्नों के पत्र में वामपंथी राजनेता और बुद्धिजीवी गोविंद पंसारे के परिवार ने पुलिस के दस्तावेजों से “सबूत” पेश किए हैं. मालूम हो कि पंसारे की फरवरी, 2015 में उनकी कुछ लोगों ने हत्या कर दी थी.

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Journalist issues notice to OpIndia over ‘threats’ due to ‘malicious articles’

Independent journalist Meer Faisal has issued a cease and desist notice to right-wing platform OpIndia, demanding the removal of allegedly defamatory articles from its website, Maktoob Media reported.

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SAD turmoil spotlights newspaper editor’s ‘influence’ in Punjab politics

The rebellion within the Shiromani Akali Dal has spotlighted the influence of regional papers in Punjab, especially Barjinder Singh Hamdard, the owner and editor-in-chief of the Jalandhar-based daily Ajit.

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Overhaul laws, protect sources: 10 recommendations by RSF, 3 Indian organisations for NDA govt

Reporters Without Borders, the Network of Women in Media, India, Free Speech Collective, and the Internet Freedom Foundation, have “10 urgent recommendations” for the NDA government to protect journalists, guarantee media independence, amend laws that restrict the right to information, and safeguard access to the Internet and digital media.

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यूएपीए, बुलडोजर एक्शन और मौजूदा राजनीति पर क्या बोले देश के सबसे युवा एमपी पुष्पेंद्र सरोज

पुष्पेंद्र सरोज भारतीय संसद के सबसे युवा सदस्य हैं. यहां तक की उन्होंने मार्च में लोकसभा चुनाव की घोषणा से 2 सप्ताह पहले ही 25 साल की उम्र पूरी की, जो लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ने के लिए जरूरी है.

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‘BJP using UAPA as tool’: India’s youngest MP on political agenda, poll victory

Samajwadi Party leader Pushpendra Saroj had turned 25 years old just two weeks before the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls. He managed to win UP’s Kaushambi seat by defeating the BJP’s Vinod Sonkar, a two-time MP, with a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

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सीबीआई की गिरफ्तारी और रिमांड के खिलाफ दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट पहुंचे सीएम केजरीवाल

लाइव लॉ की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, कथित आबकारी नीति घोटाला मामले में मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल सोमवार 1 जुलाई को दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट पहुंचे. उन्होंने सीबीआई की गिरफ्तारी और हिरासत के खिलाफ याचिका दायर की.

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Murders, drugs, arms, Sanatan Sanstha ‘a holy cow for cops’: Pansare family’s letter after HC direction

In a 68-page letter to the Maharashtra ATS, the family of slain rationalist Govind Pansare has submitted “evidence” from police documents to point to a strategic plan allegedly by the Hindutva outfit Sanatan Sanstha to kill rationalists and intellectuals in Maharashtra and Karnataka. It alleged negligence on part of investigators…

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How unseasonal rains are extending malaria transmission windows

“Jab machhar sab khoon pi lela, jab beemari ho jala, tab dawai chidki ka baa? [What is the use of spraying insecticide after the mosquitoes are done feeding on our blood and giving us the disease?].” Eighteen-year-old Seeta Devi’s voice cuts through the heat, as she talks from the doorway of…

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Ignorance and apathy: Why one Indian woman dies of cervical cancer every 7 minutes

This piece is supported by the Pulitzer Center.

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Delhi airport collapse: Deceased cab driver was working overtime to save up for daughter’s wedding

Ramesh Kumar, the cab driver who died in the Delhi airport roof collapse on June 28, had breathed his last even before he was taken to the hospital, as per a complaint filed in the matter.

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दिल्ली एयरपोर्ट हादसा: बेटी की शादी के लिए पैसे जोड़ रहे थे मृतक कैब ड्राइवर रमेश कुमार

28 जून की सुबह करीब 5:00 बजे भारी बारिश के कारण दिल्ली अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा के टर्मिनल 1 का छत का एक हिस्सा गिर गया. जिसकी वजह से आठ लोग घायल हो गए और एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई. मृतक का नाम रमेश कुमार था, जो दिल्ली के रोहिणी…

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Who’s responsible for Delhi’s rain mess? Answers from 5 of the worst-hit spots

As rain lashed the national capital in the early hours of Friday, the roads were submerged in water from overflowing drains, inundating several areas – from the affluent neighbourhood of Lutyens to the densely populated villages.

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Farmhouses, unacquired land, ‘alternate route’: On the road to DDA’s green cover blunder

The Delhi Development Authority as well the Lieutenant Governor’s office are under fire from the Supreme Court over the hacking of around 1,100 trees for the widening of a 2.2-km stretch – part of the road from Chattarpur Main Road towards Fatehpur Beri.

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