Daily Brief: In Assam, over a thousand Muslim families evicted from railway land – but not their Hindu neighbours, and more

In Assam, over a thousand Muslim families evicted from railway land – but not their Hindu neighbours

A Congress MP has alleged that the state government demolished their homes to punish Muslims for not voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.

As Nepal government loses trust vote, the country enters another period of political uncertainty

The price of this instability is paid by the Himalayan country’s citizens, who lack the opportunity to find stable jobs at home.

How India’s crackdown on NGO funds has crushed key grassroots services and ended livelihoods

The cancelation of foreign funding licences of civil society groups has affected employees and created a gap in healthcare work and other crucial sectors.

Arrests can’t be made on whims and fancies, says Supreme Court in Arvind Kejriwal interim bail order

Investigating officers cannot ‘selectively pick and choose’ material implicating the person to be arrested, the bench said on Friday.

BJP-led government says June 25 to be observed as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’ to mark Emergency

Indira Gandhi, the prime minister at the time, ‘strangled the soul of Indian democracy’ by ‘showing her dictatorial mindset’, said Union minister A...

Listen: The role of tabla players in accompanying taranas

Most taranas are in the madhya or drut laya and employ taals like the 16-matra Teentaal and the 12-matra Ektaal.

‘Rosarita’: Anita Desai’s new novel shows she is still at the top of her game

This is the author’s first book in a decade.

‘Hindustani 2’ review: Kamal Haasan returns in a bloated and redundant follow-up

Shankar directs a sequel to the 1996 movie.

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