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This week the host Basant is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Newsreel Asia’s Tej Bahadur Singh.

Millions flock to see return of actor Shah Rukh Khan, despite rightwing calls for a boycott

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi, the independence movement leader shot dead by a Hindu opponent on this day 75 years ago.

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Two days after the story broke about a New York-based Hindenburg Research’s report placing Adani group in the dock for “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, leading newspapers carried front page ads from the group.

As India celebrates Republic Day, 52-year-old Rahul Gandhi, heir to the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, is due to complete a march of more than 3,500 kilometres across India next week. His aim is to put the opposition Congress Party back on the political map after a string of scandals and political defeats.…

The celebration of Vasant Panchami, also known as Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, heralds the beginning of spring. Depending on the locality, the event is observed in various ways by Indian religions. Vasant Panchami also signals the beginning of the forty-day countdown to Holika Dahan and…

The Hindu festival of Basant Panchami, also known as Vasant Panchami, Shri Panchami, and Saraswati Panchami, is celebrated on the first day of spring and falls on the fifth day of the month of Magha. Read full story on Dynamite News:

India has used emergency powers to block airing of the documentary that questions the India PM’s role in the 2002 riots.