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Topic: Kheda

Gujarat flogging: Muslim villager’s affidavit blames Kheda DSP, BJP MLA, Undhela sarpanch

Affidavit says organising garba at village chowk was 'preplanned conspiracy'. Advocate representing Muslim accused says court accepted affidavit & asked Gujarat DGP to submit report.

New sarpanch vowed to start garba in village, sparked clashes, Undhela’s Muslim residents say

On 4 October, 10 men were caned for stone pelting that allegedly happened a day before. Muslim villagers claim trouble started when the sarpanch decided to organise ‘garba’. 

Congress top rung’s ‘sagacity’ fixed Rajasthan mess, says Urdu press as Bharat Jodo remains focus

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Why it’s easier to call Kheda police violence ‘Talibanisation’ than ‘Hindutvaisation’

A refusal to call the wrong by its name is more a sin of omission than commission. Look at the police flogging of Muslim men in Gujarat’s Kheda.

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Pahalgam attack needs calculated, decisive response from India. This is not the era of war

India must avoid being dragged into a two-front war—both east and west. Such a conflict would serve the interests of its enemies and derail its development goals.

Hints of thaw in US-China tariff war—as Trump says duties to ‘come down’, China open to talks

Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a tariff agreement ‘pretty quickly’, while Xi said that tariff & trade wars undermine the legitimate rights and interests of all countries.

‘All can see where we stand’: Message to the nation by fallen hero Havildar Jhantu Sheikh’s father

Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh was inducted into elite 6 Para at age 19. His village in West Bengal now mourns the young soldier who died in exchange of gunfire with terrorists Thursday.

Pakistan ISI is killing Hindus for 45 years. To turn India into a nation at war with itself

At some point, Pakistan’s calculation has been, Hindus will rise in reprisal against their own minorities. That’s a crisis ISI has been conjuring up in India. A nation at war with itself.