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X suspends account of RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya

The X account of RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya has been suspended.

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Rahul Gandhi In US: 'Fear of BJP vanished after 2024 Lok Sabha polls'

Following Lok Sabha 2024 election results, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is currently visiting the US, said that people no longer fear PM Narendra Modi and the BJP. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India is witnessing the slow-motion rise of fascism

Whenever mainstream politicians begin to mutter about infiltrators, fifth columnists and failed assimilation, that smell of sulphur is fascism in the air

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Scottish actor backs campaign to save mobile cinema that serves rural communities

ACTOR Alan Cumming has backed a fundraising campaign to save a mobile cinema service that has served rural Scottish communities for 25 years ...

The National (Scotland)

Lucy Letby: ‘Highly probable’ serial killer is innocent, Tory MP David Davis says

The former Brexit secretary said several doctors and experts had contacted him with their concerns

The Independent UK

Mechanic-turned-photographer: Meet the ‘sadhu’ in the viral water cannon image

Some called him a Hindu sant. The BJP IT cell chief termed him a “symbol of defiance” against the Mamata Banerjee government. And some on social media assumed he was the grandson of former Kolkata mayor Kamal Bose.

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Rahul Gandhi attacks lateral entry in top govt jobs, alleges PM Modi

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has expressed concerns over the lateral entry of individuals into top government positions on Sunday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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First Thing: Chief 9/11 plotter pleads guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal

In exchange for removing the death penalty as a possible punishment, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other accused plead guilty. Plus, extreme heat at the Olympics

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody knows what I know’: how a loyal RSS member abandoned Hindu nationalism

The long read: As a young man, Partha Banerjee was on course to become a senior member of the RSS, the organisation that has pushed Indian politics towards extreme religious nationalism. Then, after 40 years within its ranks, he quit. Why?

The Guardian - UK

Amit Malviya deletes tweet after RSS veteran points to ‘trolling’ of citizens

What are the odds of BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya uniting people across the political spectrum? And what are the chances of him being called out by supporters of the Indian right-wing?

Newslaundry

Ban on Govt employees joining RSS activities lifted; Oppn slams Centre

The decision to allow government employees to participate in RSS activities has led to backlash from opposition leaders. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘7 assaulted’, house vandalised: Hindutva mob attacks Christian prayer meet in Dehradun

It could’ve been a regular Sunday morning for 35-year-old Deeksha Paul as she prepared for weekly prayers at her home in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun with her family, a relative, and neighbours last week.

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BJP leader boycotts Mathrubhumi after front-page piece praises Rahul Gandhi

A front page article in the July 2 edition of Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi has not gone down well with a BJP leader in Kerala, so much so that he has announced that he will not read the newspaper again.

Newslaundry

Frank Duckworth obituary

Statistician who became a household name to cricket fans as the co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method

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"BJP's parent organization captured educational institutions": Rahul Gandhi on 'paper leaks'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi-led central government over the NEET issue and UGC-NET exam cancellation and alleged that the reason behind "paper leaks" is that all the Vice Chancellors, the education system has been captured by the Bharatiya Janata Party's "parent organisation" (RSS). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Why BJP’s Lok Sabha outcome resonates with ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’

Let’s start this one with a small story.

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‘Baseless’: RSS official slams Jagran report on Bhagwat’s ‘clarification’ on Nadda’s comment

An RSS top official has denied Hindi news daily Dainik Jagran’s front-page report on the right-wing body’s chief Mohan Bhagwat’s purported clarification over the comment made by BJP president JP Nadda about the party “running itself”, independent of the RSS.

Newslaundry

BJP tally didn’t dip only due to minorities. But blaming them is both easy and strategic

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was the first. A “certain community”, he said, was responsible for the defeat of the BJP in three northeastern states: Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Sarma, it seemed, was referring to Christians.

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Bhagwat says ‘decorum not followed’, Organiser piece points to ‘reality check for overconfident BJP’

There are signs of disquiet within the RSS over the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll performance.

International Business Times

Modi: The Tea Seller's Son Who Became India's Populist Hero

Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered his country away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades.

Dynamite News

Devendra Fadnavis is villain of Maharashtra's politics: Sanjay Raut

Launching a scathing attack on Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut labelled Fadnavis' urge to relieve him from ministerial duties as a 'gimmick' and blamed him for BJP's abysmal performance in Maharashtra. Read the full report of Dynamite News

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Alliance troubles, Maratha factor: What made Maharashtra the BJP’s Achilles heel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Maharashtra 18 times over the past two months to campaign for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, but the state turned out to be the Achilles' heel for his own party.

Al Jazeera

India’s Modi faces ‘unprecedented’ alliance test after election results

Modi has only ever ruled with large majorities, centralised power and without coalition compulsions. Can he adapt?

International Business Times

Modi: Tea Seller's Son Who Became India's Populist Hero

Once shunned and now eagerly courted by the West, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has steered India away from its secular traditions and towards the Hindu-first politics he has championed for decades.

The Conversation

How Narendra Modi’s cult of personality was formed by a powerful Hindu nationalist group with a dark history

Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to religious polarisation as it tries to rally its Hindu nationalist base in India’s ongoing general election, which ends on June 1.

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