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South Central 64: Karnataka’s ban on teenage mobile use and Kerala Story 2’s divisive agenda

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the Karnataka government’s plan to ban teenagers from using mobile phones. They are joined by policy researcher Tara Krishnaswamy, child psychologist Sama Adil, and Adhira S Magesh, a teenager who is a black belt in Karate…

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Plot twist! The ‘Real Kerala Story’: Keralites converting to Hinduism more than Islam

The plot of the upcoming film The Kerala Story 2 revolves around the two-decade-old conspiracy theory about a Jihadist scheme to marry Hindu women and convert them to Islam. The first film in 2023, which claimed that 32,000 women had been converted by Jihadists in Kerala, was hauled up by the Supreme…

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Beef force-feeding claim not heard in Kerala: RSS member and former DGP Jacob Thomas

“I have never heard of beef being force fed in Kerala,” said Jacob Thomas, Kerala’s former Director General of Police (DGP) who is currently an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was referring to a controversial scene in the teaser for the upcoming The Kerala Story 2, in…

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ABVP members enter Azim Premji University, assault student, deface campus over Kashmir event

Chaotic scenes unfolded at Azim Premji University on Tuesday, February 24, after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – the student wing of the RSS, barged into the campus and vandalised property over an event on state violence in Kashmir. Later in the evening, the police removed the…

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Hafta Letters: On ‘insensitivity’ of NL hosts, app issues, and advice for RaGa

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From banned to behemoth: Unpacking the 100-year legacy of the RSS

In an era of high-octane Bollywood hagiographies – the latest example being Shatak featuring Ajay Devgn – and endorsements from film celebrities, the RSS is often presented through the lens of “selfless service”. But behind the nostalgia of khaki knickers and nationalist fervour lies a complex, century-old evolution.

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The making of Galgotias: An expansion powered by land deals and media blitz

A Chinese robodog dressed up as indigenous innovation. Students going viral outside the Congress headquarters in 2024, unable to explain the protest they were part of. For Galgotias University, spectacle has a way of recurring.

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The RSS: 100 years, 2,500 organisations

For over a century, the RSS has operated not just as an ideological movement, but as a vast organisational network embedded in everyday life. From schools, hostels, labour unions, media houses, charities, and cultural forums, its reach extends into education, work, and communities.

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In India, Christmas is marked by reports of Sangh-linked organisations attacking Christians

With Christmas around the corner, festivities for Christians in India have been overshadowed by reports of targeted attacks on the community by Hindutva right-wing groups. Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and other states saw mobs harassing or assaulting Christian groups during prayer meetings and carol processions. In Kerala, a group of carolling…

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Fact check: Resident doctors’ pay and AI-generated soldier video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Press Club of India elections: Battle to reassert ‘democratic-secular values’ vs RSS influence

“We will not succumb to this attack. Today, the world should know what Hindustan is doing to Kashmir. The world should know that this is Modi’s India, not Gandhi’s,” declared Sheikh Abdul Rashid – then an independent MLA, today a sitting MP – his voice steady even as black ink…

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The Constitution we celebrate isn’t the one we live under

“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.”

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Let Me Explain: Inside the RSS US lobbying mystery

Did the RSS hire US lobbyists? Official disclosures in the US list the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a client of one of America’s most prominent lobbying firms. And in just the first three quarters of 2025, that firm received $330,000 to lobby elected officials in the United States Congress…

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RSS Racing shifts entire driver lineup for NASCAR finale after Mayer suspension

RSS has made some mid-week adjustments following the suspension of the Haas Factory Team driver

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Inside India's RSS, The Legion Of Hindu Ultranationalists

Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country's millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.

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South Central 47: Dashwanth’s acquittal in rape-murder case, the role of RSS in South India

In this episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Anisha Sheth are joined by TNM’s head of Breaking News Azeefa Fathima, TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal, and historian V Geetha.

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Hafta x South Central feat. Josy Joseph: A crossover episode on the future of media

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri and Manisha Pande, and The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and Sudipto Mondal áre joined by senior journalist Josy Joseph for a special Hafta and South Central crossover episode on the future of media.

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A unique October 2: The RSS at 100

What does it mean when the Government of India, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, releases a coin and a stamp to imprint the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh into history?

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PC Gamer

Remember Boaty McBoatface the polar research vessel? Now we have Ctrl Alt Deleaf the leaf cleaning train

The British public has given yet another vehicle a perfect, goofy name.

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From Doraemon to Sanjay Dutt: The new grammar of DU’s poll season

The roads of Delhi University’s North Campus are no longer buried under heaps of political flyers, but the 2025 Students’ Union election still carries the same tether to national politics.

The Independent UK

Indian prime minister Modi turns 75 – the unofficial retirement age for his ruling party

Modi’s own career benefitted from other BJP veterans stepping aside at the age of 75. Opposition parties are asking whether India’s leader since 2014 will now practise what he preaches. Namita Singh reports

The Independent UK

World’s most populated country told to have more children

With a population of 1.46 billion, India is the world's most populous nation, over China and United States

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Meet the complainants behind the Assam FIRs against journalists

In Assam, three recent FIRs have turned the spotlight on a pattern: journalists critical of the government hauled up under a new sedition-style law. There’s another trend – the complainants in at least two of the FIRs ostensibly had links to the BJP or the RSS student wing ABVP.

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Apologise on social media for ‘objectionable’ cartoon in 7 days: SC to MP cartoonist

Cartoonist Hemant Malviya informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he would issue an apology on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms for publishing an objectionable caricature of the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bar and Bench reported.

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What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

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