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Forest fires have refused to die down in Uttarakhand for the past 10 days, with four people reportedly dead so far and the Supreme Court set to hear petitions linked to the state government’s role on Wednesday. 

Zee founder Subhash Chandra has said that “it’s unfortunate that India ranks 159 among 180 countries in press freedom” and that he feels similar to how he did 33 years ago when a central bureaucrat told him that he could surrender his network to the government over his “dead body”.

प्रधानमंत्री का भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ अभियान विवादों के घेरे में आ गया है. एजेंसियों के दुरूपयोग के आरोप लगाए जा रहे है. लोगों में इस धारणा को बल मिला है कि विपक्ष के मत्थे सारा आरोप मढ़ दिया जाता है भले ही खुद भाजपा किसी भी खराब रिकार्ड वाले दल…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s supposed crusade against corruption is mired in controversy. There have been allegations that agencies have been misused, reinforced by a perception that the opposition has been made to shoulder all the blame while the BJP readily accepts anyone who can help it despite a chequered record.