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**Exclusive** Manipur’s forests did not vanish due to poppy—as former BJP CM Biren Singh claims— sparking 3 yrs of conflict. Using 24 yrs of satellite data+RTIs+reporting in 5 districts, @jeegujja & I found it was preceded by logging with political support article-14.com/post/manipur-…
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Anti-dam activists #EboMili and #OtulJerang, who are in #Pasighatpolice custody, have gone on a hunger strike. They reportedly started the strike this morning. The duo #surrendered after violence surrounding the #SiangUpperMultipurposeProject escalated on Friday night.
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President Trump escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a ‘shit house country’ and saying Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee, based in the capital Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize reut.rs/3U1joSt
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Iran has been Myanmar's primary supplier of jet fuel - enabling the airstrikes that have killed thousands of people, many civilians, per the UN. @Reuters @JusticeMyanmar reveal how Myanmar secretly disguised imports of sanctioned Iranian jet fuel.
reuters.com/business/energy/…
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According to a report by the Press Trust of India (#PTI), the Central Government has dispatched two companies of the specialized anti-riot Rapid Action Force (#RAF) to #Pasighat, #ArunachalPradesh, following violent protests against the proposed 11,200-MW #SiangUpperMultipurposeProject. The Ministry of Home Affairs directed the airlift of approximately 250 RAF personnel from #NaviMumbai aboard an #IndianAirForce transport aircraft for deployment by Sunday.
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Tajong Talom, one of the prominent faces of the Pasighat #GenZmovement against the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (#SUMP), was reportedly detained by the #AssamPolice in Sivasagar, Assam, last night. Talom stated that he was intercepted while on his way to #Delhi to address a press conference regarding the ongoing mega-dam issue. A family member mentioned that he was subsequently handed over to the #ArunachalPradeshPolice, but they remain unaware of his exact current location.
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In September, @IndianExpress' investigation revealed that two Election Commissioners had written separately to the Cabinet Secretary seeking action against a senior officer inside the EC.
What happened to those letters is now on record.
File notings obtained under RTI by Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd) show the Cabinet Secretariat discussed the letters on August 3 & 4, then decided to do nothing beyond acknowledging them.
The reasoning? Sandhu and Joshi had written in their individual capacity, not as the Commission.
“In the absence of any official communication from the Commission as a whole, any action at this stage may be inappropriate. It may also be construed as interference in the functioning of the Constitutional Body.”
The Commission, as our investigation has shown, had not met as a full body for FOUR months.
indianexpress.com/article/in… via @IndianExpress
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Meta employees say Instagram restrictions affected Brazil President Lula’s accounts during the election. Internal messages also said the platform recommended rival Flavio Bolsonaro’s profile and WhatsApp channel.
Meta denies political interference.
🔗 aje.news/9gesof
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Kuki woman killed, two missing after gunfight breaks out in Manipur’s Kamjong: Police
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#BREAKING Delhi High Court allows Natasha Narwal, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, to travel to United Kingdom for an academic conference and research work.
Court asks her to give undertaking that she will return back to India, will not seek asylum there.
Court also bars her from speaking anything on merits of pending case.
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The ERO NET app, used by the ECI to process electoral roll deletions, appears to be obscuring a crucial detail: the reason for the objection. When ordinary voters file Form 7, the reason is listed online. When EROs/AEROs appear as objectors, it often isn’t. Story by @AnjanaMeenakshi
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A silent march was held around the Press Club of India to protest the harassment and detention of journalists.
Videos by Shahid Tantray (@shahidtantray) and Puja Sen (@psen9)
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Just spoke to Aditi, another independent journalist who was detained today. She was detained post-6 pm (illegal) and let out only by 9:30 pm. Listen to her speak about her ordeal.
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Remember Faizan, the 23-year-old who was beaten to death by the Delhi police during the 2020 riots while being forced to sing the national anthem? His siblings have now been struck off the voter rolls because they’re more than six and mapped to the same parent. “Our brother was forced to prove his Indianness until his last breath. Now, after his death, the rest of us are having to prove it by running around with documents to show that we are in fact Indian,” his sister told me.
Reporting for @newlinesmag
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Members and supporters of the Bhim Army stage a protest at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Visuals: @shashiskashyap
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Delhi Police detained at least 37 journalists. Beat a reporter with gun for not deleting footage. Grabbed many on camera.
Lawyers chased buses across the city. One argued for hours to free a minor whose Aadhaar the cop refused. Another’s car tyres were slashed outside a PS. ⬇️
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#UPDATE | A total of four FIRs registered so far in connection with the INDIA bloc protest on 12th October. Two FIRs registered at Tilak Marg Police Station and one each at Mandir Marg Police Station and Barakhamba Road Police Station. The FIRs mention a violation of BNSS Section 163 at Connaught Place during the protest: Delhi Police Sources
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To look big at Burari, protesters need 80,000. Jantar Mantar needed 3,000 indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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#Bengaluru police detained dozens of people protesting against #SIR & #GyaneshKumar in a state with a ruling Congress govt, whose leaders claim to be against SIR too. Their reason? A technicality. That protests are only allowed in Freedom Park, not even 10 metres outside it.
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