The videos of violence and intimidation emerging from AP over the last few days raise serious questions about the conduct of the ruling NDA and the state machinery it administers. @ayesha_minhaz reports
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NEW | Citizens have two months to save democracy
Gyanesh Kumar will not resign, and the BJP won’t let him. The opposition can’t boycott the ECI or the elections. The window to prevent electoral authoritarianism is closing fast.
Ajaz Ashraf writes.
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REPOST | "I could not let them forget about him."
It’s been ten years since JNU student Najeeb Ahmed went missing. An excerpt from @nilanjanab's new book details his mother Fatima Nafees’ unyielding fight against institutional apathy.
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REPOST | From the silver screen’s "encounter specialists" to real-world impunity: How did popular media and political culture turn police violence into a spectacle of virtue? Kanav Gupta examines the dangerous myth of the law-breaking hero.
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1 Thousands of voters in UP’s Pilibhit Assembly constituency found their names had suddenly changed even after successfully making it to the final electoral rolls. Completely new identities attached to their voter IDs in the electoral database.
Full investigation dropping soon.
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Either Delhi 2025 state elections were a fraud, or the Delhi SIR is a fraud.
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This is heartbreaking. Trees over 50 metres tall are living monuments and vital habitat, and I worry fragmenting the forest around them defeats the whole point of protecting them.
Satellite data shows thousands of giant trees, some over 50 metres in height, in the area earmarked for the Great Nicobar project. This is invaluable green heritage and it is unclear if the trees will be safeguarded.
T. Ramachandran writes.
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REPOST | Removing Gyanesh Kumar carries stakes that go far beyond standard Cabinet reshuffles. While replacing Ministers allowed the government to pivot, stepping down the CEC threatens to validate opposition claims of compromised elections, damaging overall institutional credibility.
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REPOST | Article 19(1)(b) does not say "subject to the mood of the officer on duty." The Constitution guarantees the right to assemble peaceably and without arms. The only legal test is whether a gathering is peaceful, not whether authorities are pleased.
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REPOST | From 11 lakh donated books to over 5,800 vibrant rural hubs. Karnataka’s Arivu Kendras have transformed into safe spaces for children, digital labs for youth, and community zones for women. A shining model of decentralised education.
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Ladakh is still waiting for the Article 371(K) draft. It's been a year after four protesters were shot dead in Leh, and leaders say the distrust is growing. @Zaidbinshabir writes
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Satellite data shows thousands of giant trees, some over 50 metres in height, in the area earmarked for the Great Nicobar project. This is invaluable green heritage and it is unclear if the trees will be safeguarded.
T. Ramachandran writes.
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Why the magistrate order extending the judicial custody of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka by two more days is outrageous. @Apoorvanand__
NEW | The continued detention of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka exposes the wide discretion available to state authorities to decide when peaceful public assembly becomes a threat to order. @Apoorvanand__ writes.
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🚨MASSIVE BREAKING : Delhi's SIR numbers brutally EXPOSED Traitor Gyanesh & dictator Modi 🔥
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Either Delhi's 2025 election was a fraud, or this SIR is a fraud. Gyanesh Kumar can't have it both ways.
→ Delhi had about 1.56 crore voters in the January 2025 list.
→ Before SIR even started, 11 lakh names were deleted.
→ In SIR's first round, 47 lakh more were put on the "absent, dead or shifted" list.
→ On top of that, 33 lakh people got notices: show your documents or your name goes.
→ Total at risk: 91 lakh out of 1.56 crore.
→ That's nearly 60% of Delhi's voters.
Now connect the dots.
→ In February 2025, Delhi voted using that same January 2025 list.
→ BJP won. Rekha Gupta became CM.
→ Now ECI says nearly 60% of that list may be wrong.
→ So which one is the lie?
→ If the list was wrong, BJP's Delhi win stands on a fake list.
→ If the list was right, then SIR is wiping out real, living voters.
And it's not just Delhi.
Across the country, around 13 crore names are alleged to have been deleted through SIR, and it could touch 15 crore.
Bro, imagine.
You voted in February 2025. Your finger had ink.
A year later, the same ECI says you are "dead or shifted".
Your vote counted when they needed to win. Your name is gone when they don't.
That's not a voter list cleanup.
That's a voter list wipeout.
Gyanesh, was your list right in 2025 or is it right now? Pick one.
Modi, if 60% of the list was fake, will your Delhi government resign? 🔥🔥🔥
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NEW | Giant forest trees threatened by Great Nicobar mega project
Satellite data reveals the existence of thousands of tall trees in the earmarked area of the Great Nicobar Island Development Project. It is unclear how many of them will be safeguarded.
T. Ramachandran writes.
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NEW | Anwar Shaikh (1945–2026): The real economist
He believed that economics cannot be separated from power, class, conflict, and history, and rebuilt the classical tradition through what he called Real Economic Analysis, based on real competition.
Trishna Sarkar writes.
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REPOST | C.P. Chandrasekhar (@cpc01) argues that tech giants are not trying to stop AI development; they are using safety alarmism to raise regulatory barriers and eliminate low-cost open-source alternatives.
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Breaking: Nicobarese tribal leaders move Calcutta HC to be party to ongoing challenge against proceedings under Forest Rights Act which led to diversion of 166 sq km of forest land for Great Nicobar mega project. Centre and A&N govt oppose petition
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