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236 encounter cases, 0 prosecution: The NHRC handbook on looking away from UP’s ‘encounter raj’

This report is part of our investigative series on police excesses. Read the previous installments here . Zeeshan Haider’s phone rang at midnight...

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Pratyush Deep

‘Kids can’t sleep, studies affected’: Eviction fears as hundreds left without power in Delhi slum

Around 1,000 jhuggis, housing 8,000 people, in Delhi’s Jai Hind Camp have had no electricity since Tuesday after the power connection to their...

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Drishti Choudhary

‘He has the right over his daughter’: Father’s kin on Radhika Yadav’s murder

After performing the last rites of Radhika Yadav, the 25-year-old tennis player allegedly shot dead by her father, her relatives and neighbours...

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Sumedha Mittal

Kanwariyas and Hindutva groups cause chaos on Kanwar route

Dipped in devotion, with Kanwars hoisted on their shoulders, Shiva devotees have begun their annual journey from Delhi to Haridwar. But once again,...

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Anmol Pritam

Is Maharashtra’s new security law a blueprint to criminalise dissent?

The Maharashtra Assembly has passed the Maharashtra Public Security Bill, 2024 during the monsoon session, projecting it as a key measure to combat...

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Prateek Goyal

The Thackerays are back on stage. But will the script sell in 2025 Mumbai?

From branding South Indians as “yandu gundu” in the 70s to targeting North Indians as “bhaiyas”, regional identity has long been the Thackeray...

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Prateek Goyal

Byju Raveendran held guilty of contempt by US court, civil sanctions imposed

Byju Raveendran, the co-founder of ed-tech giant BYJU’s, was held guilty of contempt by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court in the US on Monday, July 7....

09.07.2025 3

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Siddhartha Mishra

No FIR despite complaints: Muslim families say forced to leave Pune village amid ‘boycott, threats’

For Fahimuddin Ansari, the scent of freshly baked bread wasn’t just livelihood – it was legacy. Six decades ago, his father would cycle across...

08.07.2025 10

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Prateek Goyal

BJP govt thinks outdoor air purifiers can clean Delhi air, but data doesn’t back official claim

The Delhi government plans to install 150 outdoor purifiers at Nehru Park to filter out PM2.5. Last month, Delhi environment minister Manjinder...

08.07.2025 2

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Ananya Tandon

Long hours, low earnings, paying to work: The brutal life of an Urban Company beautician

Nisha Panwar gets up by 5.30 am, prepares breakfast for her children, gets them ready for school, and drops them on her way to work, either by...

07.07.2025 2

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Suhasini Biswas

Where tribal students are left behind

Nearly every tribal Indian child aged six to 10 years is enrolled in school, but by the age of 14, only three in four go to school, while fewer...

07.07.2025 3

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Vijay Jadhav