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In a demeaning post on X, the Kerala Congress ridiculed the people of Bihar by comparing them with ‘Bidi’. The post was made in reference to the recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms announced by the Modi government, under which the tax on Bidis has been reduced from 28% to 18%.

For more than three decades, the graveyards of Kashmir have stood not only as places of mourning but also as tools in a larger battle of narratives. Instead of being quiet memorials, they became symbols in an information war. Western NGOs, separatist groups, and Pakistan’s propaganda machine repeatedly promoted a single narrative: that unmarked graves in the Valley were “evidence” of mass atrocities committed by Indian security forces.

On 2nd September, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail plea filed by Tasleem Ahmed, one of the accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Bench clarified that the argument of “delay” raised by Ahmed could not be accepted since the trial record itself showed that the adjournments were repeatedly sought by the co-accused. Many of those co-accused, the Court noted, are already out on bail.

After an exhausting legal battle that stretched over eleven long years, retired professor Anand Vishwanath has finally found justice. The Additional Sessions Court in Thodupuzha has acquitted him of all charges of sexual harassment that were levelled by students belonging to the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong for standing with India during a difficult time. The acknowledgment came in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives earlier this year in April. Speaking after his bilateral talks with Wong in New Delhi, Modi made it clear that India and Singapore face similar threats from terrorism and share a responsibility to confront it together.

Hemchandra Vikramaditya—known widely as Hemu—was a 16th-century warrior-king who briefly ruled Delhi in 1556. He climbed from a modest life as a market vendor to lead armies and confront the Mughal Empire. Many remember him as the last indigenous Hindu ruler to hold Delhi’s throne before Mughal power took firm root. His journey—full of bold decisions, battlefield nerve, and a tragic twist—unfolds like a tense adventure. What follows traces his life step by step, from the first struggles to the moment he faced destiny on the field.

A respected American academic has strongly advised former US President Donald Trump to roll back his aggressive tariff measures on India. He suggested that Washington should not only cut duties to zero but even go so far as to “apologise” to New Delhi, stressing that the existing tariff policy endangers what he described as the United States’ most vital partnership of the 21st century.

On Tuesday, 2nd September, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail applications of two prominent figures linked to the 2020 anti-Hindu riots in Delhi. The two accused are Shifa-ur-Rehman, president of Jamia Millia Islamia’s Alumni Association (AAJMI), and Meeran Haider, a PhD scholar from Jamia and youth leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Both are facing serious charges in the wider conspiracy case related to the violent riots that shook the capital in February 2020.

As Pakistan faces one of the worst flood disasters in recent memory, there comes a moment so unexpected it feels straight from a scriptwriter’s off-beat comedy. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stepped onto that odd stage, steering the conversation from tragedy to… homeware solutions.