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"Serious allegations": SAD's Harsimrat Badal on NHRC notice to Bhagwant Mann's wife

The National Human Rights Commission has intervened in serious allegations against the Punjab Chief Minister's wife. These allegations involve an attempt to suppress a rape case for a bribe. The commission has directed the Punjab Chief Secretary and DGP to investigate. An Action Taken Report is expected within two weeks…

The Economic Times

These Five Sacred Temples Prove That Shiva's Divine Presence Has Never Left India

Kedarnath: The Mountain Does Not Care If You BelieveYou arrive at Kedarnath after sixteen kilometres of altitude that strips everything from you, your comfort, your breath, your sense of what your body can do. The stone shrine sits at 3,583 metres, surrounded by peaks that have no interest in human…

Times Life

These Small Himalayan Villages Near Dharamsala Are Nothing Like Crowded McLeod Ganj

The Road That Stops Being a RoadYou leave McLeod Ganj on foot, or in a shared jeep that drops you somewhere the tarmac gives up, and within twenty minutes the sound profile changes completely. The chai stall music fades. The Israeli backpacker negotiating a room rate fades. What replaces it…

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‘A revolutionary act to watch it’: the film India’s censors do not want you to see

Director Honey Trehan decries ‘dystopian’ opposition to his film depicting crackdown on Punjab’s separatist movement

The Guardian - UK

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh out on 30-day parole, marks 16th release since conviction

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, jailed for sexual assault, has received a 30-day parole. This is his sixteenth temporary release since his conviction. He was released from Sunaria Jail early this morning. Ram Rahim will stay at his Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa during this parole period.…

The Economic Times

‘Pocket-sized symbol of colonial loot’: how New York’s mayor revived Koh-i-noor diamond debate

Zohran Mamdani’s suggestion King Charles should return diamond to India has reopened old wounds

The Guardian - UK

Uber driver Michael was assaulted by passengers. He says the platform’s response added insult to injury

Drivers booted off the platform say they have little recourse to appeal as rideshare giant increasingly relies on automated systems

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Abolished indefinite jail term is an ‘embarrassment’ to Britain, prison officers union chief says

Exclusive: The leader of the Prison Officers’ Association said some people trapped on ‘grossly unjust’ IPP sentences should not be in jail

The Independent UK

How poachers targeted areas outside protected zones to traffic 100 tigers to Myanmar

Poachers have, of late, been targeting tigers outside protected areas instead of the core zones. Involvement of Myanmar-origin traffickers on either side of the border has enabled seamless coordination between traders. The arrest of serving and former personnel from enforcement agencies has heightened concern among authorities. Authorities need to keep…

Newslaundry

The challenges in UP’s wetland conservation

Sanjaya Singh knew that most bureaucratic decisions last only until a transfer order is issued, or a new official takes charge. So, when it came to the conservation of Uttar Pradesh’s 1.24 million hectares of wetlands, Singh – then principal chief conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden – led with an…

Newslaundry

Poora Sach: The story of the journalist who exposed Gurmeet Ram Rahim & paid with his life

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017 after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. It has been republished this week as he has been cleared in a 2002 journalist murder case.

Newslaundry

In Defence Colony’s shrinking footpaths, signs of official inaction

White potted plants glare in Delhi’s summer sun outside a white bungalow. A security guard sits in a booth. Both of these on what was once a public footpath – now absorbed into the aesthetics of elite living.

Newslaundry

Punjab: Three nabbed for cross-border drug trafficking, illegal money transactions

An FIR has been registered and further investigation in going on. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC issues notice to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, others on CBI plea in 2002 murder case

A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar issued notices, seeking the responses of those acquitted in the case. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Evening Standard

Things to do in London this weekend (August 16 – 18)

Leather? Beers? Crisps topped with mussels? Here’s everything to do in London this weekend

Evening Standard

South Asian Heritage Month 2025: where to celebrate in London

The city will celebrate South Asia’s rich culture over the course of the next few weeks

Dynamite News

Gurmeet Ram Rahim, 4 others acquitted in Ranjit Singh murder case

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and four others were acquitted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the murder case of former Dera manager Ranjit Singh. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

X-ray visions, stately sculptures and swelling seas – the week in art

Tony Cragg’s cosmic forms grace a Yorkshire manor, while the Lion of the Punjab roars back to life – all in your weekly dispatch

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Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at the Wallace Collection review – a glorious show about the Lion of Punjab

Military prowess takes centre stage at this exhibition, which explores the splendor and violence of the Lion of Punjab’s reign

The Hindu

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 50-day parole

Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources said.

Newslaundry

Delhi HC asks YouTube journalist to delete video on Ram Rahim over ‘defamation’

The Delhi High Court today directed journalist and YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh to delete his video on Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh – who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for rape – in a defamation case.

The Times of India

Haryana: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim walks out of Rohtak jail on furlough

CHANDIGARH: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda and a rape convict, was released on Tuesday from Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak district after being granted a 21-day furlough. This marks his third temporary release from prison this year.

The Hindu

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gets three-week furlough

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Dera Sacha Sauda chief, granted 3-wk furlough from Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana. Will visit sect's Ashram in Barnawa, U.P.

The Guardian - UK

UK officials seeking to deport asylum seeker mistook him for three other men

Home Office officials rejecting Ranjit Singh’s application confused him with others of same name

The Hindu

A stitch in time: How heritage conservationists are preserving culturally and historically significant artefacts and monuments

How heritage conservationists are preserving culturally and historically significant artefacts and monuments

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