Zubair’s bail is a bright spot – but India’s judiciary nee...
July 22, 2022
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair leaves from Tihar Jail after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, in New Delhi on July 20. | PTI Pho...
Is the Trinamool’s Muslim vote bank in Bengal now shaky?
March 2, 2022
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
In the early hours of February 19, a young man, Anish Khan was allegedly thrown off the roof of his own house by police personnel. Twenty eight-year-o...
What does the unchecked rise of violent Hindutva groups me...
February 22, 2022
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
India’s democracy is going through some troubled times. Exhibit 1: On Wednesday, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Uttar Pradesh who holds th...
Are political consultants like Prashant Kishor harming Ind...
February 16, 2022
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Less than a year after its stunning win over the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress is in a state of tumult. After its win,...
What Gurgaon namaz attacks, Modi’s Kashi puja tell us abou...
December 23, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
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In 1958, while inaugurating the construction of the Bhakra Nangal Dam, India’s first prime minister, Jawharlal Nehru proc...
BSF's expanded jurisdiction underlines India's current mom...
December 14, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Banerjee met Modi in November to raise objections to the BSF, among other things. Credit: PMO.
In 1981, the United States government changed...
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December 2, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
The Trinamool started this year in crisis. Multiple reports indicated that it was going to collapse in West Bengal in the face of a massive assault by...
Why Bangladesh warned India over anti-Hindu riots, even as...
October 21, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi. | Prakash Singh/AFP.
For nearly a week, India’s eastern neighbour Bangladesh has been rocked by communal v...
Minister Puri is wrong – CAA has played no role in helping...
August 26, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Sikhs at Kabul airport carry copies of the Guru Granth Sahib on their flight to India. | @HardeepSPuri via Twitter
The Taliban’s lightning...
India is now a parliamentary democracy without a functioni...
August 14, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Opposition MPs protest outside parliament on August 12. | PTI
As the directly elected federal legislature for 1.3 billion people, India’s P...
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On July 25, the Tripura police detained 23 members of the Indian Political Action Committee in the state capital of Agartala....
What will be the political impact of some BJP leaders call...
June 22, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Political temperatures in West Bengal are yet to cool even more than a month after Assembly election results were announced. Since then, the Central B...
Why BJP’s labelling of Bengal post election violence as co...
May 5, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
BJP state president Dilip Ghosh surveys a ransacked house. | Dilip Ghosh/Twitter
As the Trinamool Congress won the 2021 Assembly ele...
Abbas Siddiqui might struggle against TMC – but represents...
March 19, 2021
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
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Bangladesh alleges existence of separatist camps in Mizora...
December 28, 2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
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Why is BJP downplaying CAA as election campaigning kicks o...
December 22, 2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
The 2019 Lok Sabha election was an inflection point for the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. After decades of being a minor party in the state,...
Has Bangladesh’s economic rise taken the wind out of the N...
October 26, 2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
For more than five decades now, fear of migration from Bangladesh (and earlier Pakistan’s East Bengal province) has influenced the politics of A...
Coronavirus: Why is Pakistan doing so much better than Ind...
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
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Why the allegations about Facebook favouring the BJP are s...
August 19, 2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s social media workers in Rajasthan in September 2018, Amit Shah made startling revelations about how the...
Why is India spending money showering petals on hospitals?
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
When Narendra Modi announced India’s harsh lockdown starting from March 25 to combat the spread the coronavirus, migrant workers were the worst...
Coronavirus gives Dhaka an excuse to avoid the embarrassme...
March 11, 2020
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By: Shoaib Daniyal
On Monday, India’s external affairs ministry announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had deferred a visit to Bangladesh planned for next wee...
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