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In this ground report, Special Correspondent Himanshi Dahiya takes you to Khairi Village, Janipur Colony, Trewa, and other parts of North Jammu, where families are still grappling with the devastating aftermath of intense Pakistani shelling.
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The Uttarakhand administration and police have sealed around 180 Madrassas, however there is more to it than meets the eye. Since Waqf became law, there has been an official crackdown on allegedly "illegal" Madrassas in Uttarakhand. But documents accessed by The Quint, testimonies of a Madrassa's caretaker, among others in the state paint a complex picture.
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In this exclusive interview carried out in writing from across the bars that ensnare him at the Tihar Central Jail, Sharjeel Imam reflects on all the years he has spent in judicial custody. He writes about lost time, ageing mother, forgotten dreams, and his lonely life in prison. In the company of two cats, and all the books that he is reading, Sharjeel reminisces about the academic pursuits that remain abandoned as consequence of his incarceration, the town he grew up in and the brother he grew up with. In January 2025, he completed five years behind bars as a UAPA accused in the Delhi Riots (larger conspiracy) case. In response to Mekhala Saran’s questions, he writes: “This struggle, this incarceration, this is not a personal struggle - I am just one representative of a larger phenomena spanning decades”.
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From Himachal to Madhya Pradesh, protests over the Pahalgam terror attack are rapidly turning into flashpoints of hate. Across northern India, anti-Muslim sentiment is surging, with calls for boycotts and evictions echoing through the streets.
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"I was in complete shock. I couldn't believe this could happen after so many years. I thought things had come to a point where, probably, normalcy is returning. But I was wrong," Dr Farooq Abdullah, three-time chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of the National Conference (NC) told The Quint, breaking his silence on the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 dead. Even as he expressed his grief at the tragedy, he praised the unprecedented public response across J&K as well as in Ladakh, where citizens stood united in grief and anger. "They came out, saying 'enough is enough'," he added.
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NOTE: This interview was filmed in the week preceding the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir.
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Ever since the violence last year, new politics around the mosque have emerged. Amid ongoing arrests, police's role in question, locals attempting to restore communal harmony to families of victims, scarred and demanding justice: What is the real Sambhal story? Watch our ground report for the answer.
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Hindutva Ideologues VD Savarkar and MS Golwalkar used words like "drunkard", "debauched" and "incapable" for Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. What's the reason behind this?
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How Not to Get Raped — A Guide for Women, by Indian Judges.
Spoiler: It’s impossible. But the courts still expect you to try.
We go through real High Court judgments from across India that tell women how not to invite their own rape — and fail to hold perpetrators accountable.
From moral policing disguised as legal reasoning, to the ever-present disbelief in women’s testimonies, this is a look at a system that often doesn’t understand consent at all.
We also bust the myth that “80% of rape cases are fake” — a number that’s often thrown around to silence survivors. The truth? It’s fiction. And the data proves it.
Sources:
• Allahabad High Court Judgement
• NCRB 2022 Report: file:///C:/Users/acer/Downloads/1701607577CrimeinIndia2022Book1.pdf
• NCRB 2020 Report: file:///C:/Users/acer/Downloads/CII-2020Volume3%202020.pdf
• Other cited judgements
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