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There’s a cloud hanging over the Badals, and this report is the reason why

The report held Dera Sacha Sauda men responsible for the 2015 desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab. It has also put the Badals in the dock.

Professors, poet, lawyers: The 10 ‘Maoists’ arrested for Bhima-Koregaon violence

Clashes between Dalits and upper-caste Marathas this January had left one dead in Bhima-Koregaon, Maharashtra.

Arun Jaitley says Congress is peddling untruth on Rafale deal

Finance minister in a Facebook blog posed 15 questions to Gandhi and said he is seriously compromising national security.

He’s making a list of ‘Urban Naxals’, but who is Vivek Agnihotri?

Agnihotri has lately gained attention for his ‘anti-Maoist’ ideology, and for propagating an idea that there is ‘institutionalised terrorism’ in Indian society.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee files defamation suit against Amit Shah

On 13 August, Abhishek Banerjee sent a legal notice to Amit Shah demanding an apology for allegedly making defamatory statements against him.

Chidambaram slams govt after RBI says 99.3% demonetised notes returned

About Rs 15.21 lakh crore of the demonetised Rs 15.41 lakh crore in circulation have been returned to banks, says RBI.

Shivpal Yadav finally takes an exit route from SP, forms Samajwadi Secular Morcha

Disgruntled SP leader says outfit not a party yet, to address a rally at Muzaffarnagar on 31 August.

10 activists arrested for Bhima-Koregaon violence. Nine names weren’t even in FIR

The only person named is Sudhir Dhawale, one of the organisers of Elgaar Parishad, the event said to be at the root of the January clashes.

Rahul Gandhi finally finds the time to visit Kailash Mansarovar

The Congress president had said he wanted to go on the pilgrimage after his plane nosedived during a trip to Karnataka during campaigning.

Ashutosh says AAP got him to use his caste name in 2014

Tweet by Ashutosh comes a day after it was reported that another leader, Atishi Marlena, was made to drop her surname because it sounds Christian.

On Camera

Indian influencers reclaim desi aesthetics at Coachella—jhumkas, dupattas to mehendi

By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.