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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge fiercely countered BJP's land-grab allegations in Rajya Sabha, vowing "I'll break but won't bend!" He challenged Anurag Thakur to prove claims about Waqf lands or resign. Read more at Dynamite News

DMK MP A. Raja sparked controversy by asking party workers to avoid Hindu religious symbols like tilak and sacred threads, claiming they resemble RSS practices. While Raja clarified he wasn’t against worship, his remarks drew BJP’s criticism, calling them divisive. Read more

Bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage endowments and increase government say in validating properties.

After a 12-hour marathon debate in the Lok Sabha Waqf Bill was passed by 288 votes. Read further on Dynamite News:

Over a tense week in March, the arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar appears to have transformed Assam’s press corps into a unified front against what many describe as a deliberate assault on independent journalism in the northeastern state.

This story contains spoilers for L2: Empuraan.

Lok Sabha is set to witness a marathon debate today after Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju introduces the Waqf Amendment Bill, which has sparked heated political exchanges over the past few weeks. Read further on Dynamite News:

As you step into Auroville, you’re met with roads that emerge suddenly only to vanish just as abruptly. Once a symbol of tranquility, the township now mirrors the bustling transformation of any Indian city – the landscape is punctuated with road construction, trees are reduced to logs and piled along…

He’s been Delhi’s law minister for only a handful of weeks and trouble is already brewing for BJP’s Kapil Mishra.

While the Rekha Gupta government’s “historic” Rs 1 lakh crore budget has seen a substantial rise in allocations aimed at gender equality and women development, a closer look reveals cuts in crucial welfare schemes for girl students, maternal healthcare, nutrition schemes and anganwadi programmes. 

Allegations and counter-allegations of corruption. A management tussle. And a courtroom battle. A mess has been brewing at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti – an institute under the Union culture ministry dedicated to preserving Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy.