With the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) of voter list underway in poll-bound Bihar, several reports have emerged highlighting irregularities and flaws in the said exercise. Employees at multiple…
In the first week of July, several media outlets misreported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was introducing a new nomination-based Golden Visa. According to these reports, Indians could enjoy…
On July 15, the Supreme Court granted Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya interim relief from arrest. The top court’s direction comes a day after it reproached the cartoonist over an “inflammatory”…
On July 10, 2025, 25-year-old Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father, Deepak Yadav, in her own home in Gurugram. Yadav shot at her three times with his…
BJP leader and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on July 10 urged Bengalis not to visit Kashmir owing to the northern state’s majority Muslim population. Adhikari’s comments came…
This story was originally published on Bellingcat and has been republished by Alt News as part of an editorial collaboration between the two organisations. They describe themselves as “cow protectors”…
Incidents of violence by so-called cow protection groups affiliated to Hindutva outfits have been on the rise in several north Indian states. Now, one such incident has come to light…
On July 5, 2025, the Press Information Bureau (PIB)—the official media and public relations arm of the Indian government—published a press release titled “World Bank Places India Among World’s Most…
Trigger Warning: Details of sexual assault, reader’s discretion advised. After the alleged rape of a student in Kolkata’s South Calcutta Law College came to light, leaders of the ruling Trinamool…
On June 16, amid the exchange of fire between Israel and Iran, Iranian state TV journalist Sahar Emami’s live broadcast had to be cut short. Israel had attacked the studio of…
