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No varsity in Nuh despite locals’ demand, govt proposal, 7 years of Aspirational Districts Programme

In 2018, the Niti Aayog identified Haryana’s Nuh as one of the most backward districts in the country and added it to the Aspirational Districts Programme. But seven years on, little has changed in the district’s economy and educational infrastructure.

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India’s Kashmir holds first regional election since losing autonomy

At stake are seats in the region’s 90-member legislature, which will make laws and oversee local governing decisions.

Al Jazeera

Despite prison, torture, this Kashmiri politician won’t give up on India

As Kashmir votes in its first regional elections in a decade, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para battles his own demons to contest.

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India's Disputed Kashmir Votes After Special Status Scrapped

Indian-administered Kashmir votes on Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.

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‘Utter disillusionment’: Kashmir sees first election since 2014 as chance to reject Modi

Unusually high turnout expected in what is also first vote since Indian PM stripped region of statehood five years ago

The Guardian - AU

Ruckus outside police station, changed statements: The curious chronology of Ratlam SP’s transfer

➨ In May 2022, a local BJP leader’s nephew was booked for vandalising statues at a temple a day before Eid-ul-Fitr. Hindutva footsoldiers had tried to blame Muslims for the incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district.

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Kashmir elections 2024: Who’s in the fray and what’s at stake?

These are the first regional elections in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped its semi-autonomous status in 2019.

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J&K: First phase Assembly polls for 24 seats on Wednesday

This is the first time Assembly election is being held in the J&K since the abboration of Article 370 and the conversion of the state into UT. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India reacts with outrage after Iran’s supreme leader raises concerns for Indian Muslims

Khamenei says Muslims should not be oblivious to sufferings of those in India, Myanmar, and Gaza

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"BJP ended democracy in J&K, running Governor rule," says Sanjay Singh

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Monday reached Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for his party. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Blog: Wind of change in Haryana Assembly polls?

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the BJP and the Congress won five seats each out of 10 seats in the state. Must follow the story on Dynamite News Blog:

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Kashmir election: Are separatist candidates change agents or Trojan horses?

For decades, the Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted elections. Now, the banned group has upended its position—and the campaign.

Al Jazeera

Intrigue and independents: All the possibilities that might unfold in Jammu and Kashmir

In the 2014 assembly elections, when Jammu and Kashmir was still a state, the Bharatiya Janata Party got its highest tally of 25 out of 37 assembly seats. In 2019, the region lost its autonomy and was cleaved into two demoted union territories (Ladakh not having an elected assembly).

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‘Shocked by my arrest’: PDP leader Waheed Para on media, youth, militancy

People’s Democratic Party leader Waheed ur Rehman Para, who has been the party’s youth face, was booked under the stringent UAPA in 2020 and spent two years in incarceration. Now, he is fighting the assembly poll from Pulwama.

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Engineer Rashid: Kashmir’s new leader or BJP’s new ‘pawn’?

Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has been the talk of the town ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The Kashmiri politician, in jail for over five years in a terror funding case, won the Baramulla seat in the Lok Sabha polls with a big margin…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 337: Rift within BJP in UP, Yogi vs top leadership

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by independent journalist Sunil Kashyap.

The Guardian - UK

Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail

Delhi chief minister had been in jail since being arrested in March in corruption case he says is politically motivated

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India’s top court grants bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

Supreme Court says while Delhi chief minister’s arrest was lawful he should be freed while contesting the charges.

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India's Top Court Frees Jailed PM Modi Opponent On Bail

A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was granted bail on Friday after months behind bars on accusations his party took kickbacks in exchange for liquor licences.

Dynamite News

Indore Gangrape: Rahul Gandhi - 'Law and order non-existent' in MP...

Rahul Gandhi said that law and order is almost nonexistent in BJP-ruled states. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gunmen fire ‘10 rounds’ at home of Biren Singh critic in Imphal

The house of Yambem Laba, a journalist with The Statesman and long-time critic of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh, was shot at by unidentified assailants at Uripok Yambem Leikai in Imphal West in the early hours of Wednesday. Laba, who was unhurt, subsequently filed a police complaint with the Imphal…

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BJP announces 2nd list of 21 candidates for Haryana assembly election

The BJP has fielded Captain Yogesh Bairagi against Congress candidate Vinesh Poghat from the Julana assembly seat in their second list. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'Lalbaug Ka Raja will be taken to Gujarat': Sanjay Raut swipes at BJP

Raut then expressed his concerns that the BJP might even move the Ganesh festival celebrations to Gujarat. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Rahul Gandhi In US: 'Fear of BJP vanished after 2024 Lok Sabha polls'

Following Lok Sabha 2024 election results, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is currently visiting the US, said that people no longer fear PM Narendra Modi and the BJP. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - US

India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism

Whenever mainstream politicians begin to mutter about infiltrators, fifth columnists and failed assimilation, that smell of sulphur is fascism in the air

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