#Caste | Despite Supreme Court orders to protect inter-caste couples, honour killings continue. Why have the Central and State governments not enacted special laws? Justice (Retd) K. Chandru writes. frontline.thehindu.com/politics/honou…

I really hope someone can help them take this to court - thehindu.com/news/cities/ch…

A BJP member in Rajya Sabha has raised concerns about ‘GAY’ as the International Air Transport Association identifier code for Gaya international airport in Bihar. Suggesting name change to anything & everything must be at the top of the job description. thehindu.com/news/national/…

ECI's official handle, rather than simply dismissing or accepting the claims put before the public by Rahul Gandhi, wants to make the process opaque and comes up with a meme-worthy response.

In his post-2024 LS results speech, the Prime Minister, in an unbelievable departure, said "Jai Jagannath" instead of "Jai Shri Ram". Poor Lord Ram was sidelined after the party's rout in Faizabad.

"Unable to bear the burden of 50% reciprocal tariff, an estimated 80% of the small Indian apparel exporters supplying to the US are expected to incur losses and get wiped out, while bigger players will be forced to offer discounts." thehindubusinessline.com/economy/us-tar…

CCTV footage of someone at the office penning the fact-check

Can always expect a BJP person to bring a Hindu-Muslim angle into any issue.

I remember this seat in particular because of how suddenly the vote flipped in the end to PC Mohan. Possibly explainable by the machines counted last being Hindu neighbourhoods but even then it was quite suspicious. Rahul Gandhi is alleging that 100,000 votes were stolen

Independent institutions that are supposed to protect constitutional values are racing to the bottom in the process of proving their loyalty to one party while ruthlessly destroying the tenets of democracy, public trust, and electoral hope.

The framing is itself wrong: "Will the Cong leader take up the challenge?"? The challenge is for the ECI to come out clean and for the BJP to take a step back and allow for the independent functioning of the electoral body.

The US imposes 50% tariffs on India, over 65 lakh voters left out of draft rolls in Bihar, LoP raises a serious concerns about the functioning of ECI, ex-Trump advisor says in his book India is run by 15 oligarch billionaires. Somehow BJP supporters think these are trivial.

I'm afraid there are more Ambani fanbois in India today than the Tata fanbois.

Former USTR Robert Lighthizer: “When I was in negotiations with Indian officials, I kept a copy of the biography of each of the country’s fifteen or so billionaires on my desk. In predicting Indian govt positions, I'd look to the interests of these men.” theprint.in/diplomacy/15-b…

A Chinese embassy spokesperson in India publicly endorsed an editorial from The Hindu that sharply criticized U.S. and European pressure, emphasizing that “India’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.” Signs telling us to take BRICS and SCO seriously. businesstoday.in/india/story/in…

"Either sign the Declaration or apologise to the Nation for raising absurd allegations against ECI." Such a strongly worded statement has to be attributed to an individual, leadership, or the institution. What is "ECI sources"?

Knowing what is "carelessness" and what is not is more important than having a wide-ranging vocabulary.

If the Congress is correct about these manipulations (and their work looks meticulous) then, even with such tricks, the BJP only managed 240 seats. Which begs the obvious question: how deep (or shallow) does support for the party run?

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is furiously typing a rebuttal to allegations of election fraud couched in his usual liberal jargon that such allegations destroy the institutional integrity of Indian democracy & how they don’t hold up under scrutiny where the opposition performs well.