Topic: Mob lynching
In world of govt compensation, Akhlaq & Akbar aren’t same, nor are Pulwama & Sukma soldiers
One might argue that families of soldiers deserve better compensation than farmers because the latter don't die in the line of ‘duty’. But what about sanitation workers?
Satish Deshpande on ‘critical injuries’ to universities, Soli Sorabjee celebrates Palkhivala
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.
‘Mobocracy’ versus democracy, a ‘sliding’ economy & Congress’ ‘Maratha sub-nationalism’
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.
Cow smuggling case against Pehlu Khan, his sons & truck driver quashed
The Rajasthan High Court quashed the case on the grounds there was not enough evidence of cow smuggling. Pehlu Khan and his two sons were attacked by a mob in 2017.
FIR against Ramachandra Guha, Mani Ratnam, Aparna Sen & others for their open letter to PM
In an open letter to PM Modi in July, nearly 50 celebrities, including Anurag Kashyap and Shyam Benegal, raised concern over incidents of mob lynching and the govt's response to dissent.
How a tribal custom, a rumour and a ‘video’ played a role in Jharkhand mob lynching
ThePrint travels to two villages in Jharkhand's Khunti district, and speaks to lynching 'witnesses' & villagers who recount the sequence of events.
Not Salman Khurshid, not Owaisi, Indian Muslims need a Shashi Tharoor
The space for Muslim leadership is vacant and wide-open. It’s only a matter of time that we will see a new crop of Muslim leaders come up.
Mob lynching in Jharkhand again: Beaten up for ‘selling beef’, tribal man dead, 2 critical
5 held so far. Police say mob came from neighbouring villages after news of alleged cow slaughter spread through text & WhatsApp messages.
Indian Muslims are silent over Tabrez Ansari because of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam impacts the lives of Indian Muslims today more deeply than any other pre-Independence leader ever has.
The ‘gravity’ of India’s economic slowdown and Piyush Goyal does it again
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.
We must not return to work for now. Covid’s not over yet, says a virologist in letter to son
If everyone goes back to work as soon as the ‘curve bends downwards’, it's guaranteed you'll get a second wave of infections in Europe.
Is forcing private labs to make Covid-19 tests free the only way to stop spread of infection?
The Supreme Court directed the central government to make Covid-19 testing by private laboratories free of charge Wednesday.
Defence
Col Navjot Singh Bal, Shaurya Chakra awardee and icon for many, loses battle with cancer
Despite losing an arm to cancer, Col Navjot Singh Bal continued to serve in 2 Para as the commanding officer and even learnt to fire with his left hand.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.