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A (very long) response to this abominable piece by a pseudonymous police officer, endorsed by his journalist editor demonising an undertrial political prisoner.
1/5 Sharjeel Imam has given an interview detailing his Islamist manifesto. Surprisingly, no storm has been kicked up over pronouncements that are so unapologetically anti-liberal, anti-secular, anti-democracy, anti-Constitution—in a word, anti-national.
2/5 He openly calls the Constitution fascist, labels secularism a trap, and denounces democracy as a contrivance to deny Muslims their political rights.
3/5 The piece is a litany of indictments against the liberal class. Imam rejects any difference between liberals and Hindutvadis. In his essentialist worldview, all Hindus are the same, unanimous in denying Muslims political power they claim as a divine right.
4/5 Inadvertently, Sharjeel has recognised something that liberals have been fighting shy of acknowledging: that Hindutva’s idea of India is anchored in the same “overarching nationalist framework”— that Muslims are Indians above all else.
5/5 For more, read this Opinion article by Ibn Khaldun Bharati, who looks at Islam from an Indian perspective:
Sharjeel Imam’s Islamist manifesto will be forgotten. The silence of liberals will not
theprint.in/opinion/sharjeel…
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Concerned citizens hv urged Central & Delhi govts to focus on reviving the Yamuna & protecting its floodplain rather than pursuing the proposed 52-km Sabarmati-style riverfront project in Delhi. They hv cautioned that the YRFD project cld harm Yamuna... sandrp.in/2026/10/31/priorit…
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Farmers say they have only got part compensation and that construction started before environmental clearance at the site of Adani Power's upcoming power plant in Bihar. Reporting with @anotherayush and Mohd Imran Khan for @newslaundry
newslaundry.com/2026/10/28/t…
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@Ebo_Mili_Linggi ended his hunger strike on Friday after six days. Ebo, Otul Jerang and Tajong Talom continue to be in judicial custody in Pasighat. Since Oct 9th, Adum Tayum, Okut Palloh, Oson Paron, and Omak Paron detained under the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. All of them are imprisoned for defending the Siang River and the rights of indigenous people. Meanwhile, the militarisation of the land has not stopped, as roughly 3,000 personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces, Arunachal Pradesh Police, and Assam Police remain deployed in the Siang Valley. #SaveSiang #IndigenousRights
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Vedanta's Threat to Niyamgiri Is Part of a Larger Plan: Selling Odisha's Resources to Feed Global Wars
Felix Padel, Malvika Gupta report
thewire.in/rights/vedantas-t…
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All 28 electors in one area of Delhi’s Mustafabad against whom deletions have been sought by a BJP BLA, were found at their addresses. The voters & long time residents, said they had not heard the name of the objector and feel "targeted". @the_hindu .1/4 (story's gift link below)
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The Hindu’s investigation in Delhi’s Mustafabad has found hundreds of applications seeking to delete Muslim voters from electoral rolls during the SIR, even though those targeted continue to live at their registered addresses. At one polling booth, all 28 voters named in the objections were found to be living at home. Our correspondent @suruchiarchives reports on the findings.
Host: @sonikkalogan
youtube.com/watch?v=zFKg7Rtr…
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The Press Club of India is shocked by the Arunachal Pradesh Police including the
name of senior journalist and deputy editor of The Arunachal Times, Tongam Rina
in their requests for search warrants in connection with the October 23 violence in
Pasighat.
PCI also condemns all attempts by state authorities to intimidate and harass journalists who are reporting on the ongoing protests against the Siang dam project.
@ArunachalPolice @PemaKhanduBJP
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This report provides key information about the Bhutan's Oct 29 2026 GLOF event. It is good to see that Bhutan had kept this GLOF under watch and took prompt advance action to evacuate the people from harm's way and also alerted downstream India.
sandrp.in/2026/10/30/oct-202…
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Taba Reema an award winning Arunachalee actress have exposed NHPCs 10.9 Crore paid PR. Apparently she received emails from PR team on making reels on the advantage of Dam in siang. The PR team tried to collaborate with many creators from Arunachal but everyone reportely declined.
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By linking the opposition of the indigenous communities with foreign funding, CNN-News18 is basically saying that the people of the Siang Valley are up for sale. Such a disrespectful media trial of the people of the Siang Valley who have protected their river from the state’s greed for 40 years and continue to stand up against state oppression and the Centre’s armed forces is unacceptable. Your narrative will not work because, unlike you, the people who want to save their river are not up for sale. The true anti-nationals and paid agents are those of you who use your medium and power to suppress and spin pro-government narratives against indigenous communities the very people who guard India’s border.
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Swedish academic Andreas Malm has been denied entry to the UK over his plans to appear on a panel alongside Palestine Action cofounder Huda Ammori because the gov't says his “presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good”.
🔗: aje.news/rvo1e1
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BREAKING: Madras High Court issues notice on plea seeking investigation into the identity and background of journalist Saurav Das, including his parents, and cancellation of his passport and Aadhaar card if allegations are established.
@SauravDassss @Cockroachisback
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Gen Z Takes to Streets in Arunachal Pradesh Against BJP Govt's Crackdown on Anti-Dam Activists
Hundreds march in Itanagar against arrests of Siang dam protesters, who fear losing ancestral land and tribal heritage to the proposed project.
@manwithaquill reports
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This was organized and led by Vanchit Bahujan Agadhi in Mumbai who invited everyone
No CJP no AISA
No India alliance no INC
So Media didn’t give any coverage
But huge crowd of common people more that what you’ve seen so far
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While SP rallies are flop shows, @AnandAkash_BSP pulls huge crowd with his Bulandshahar rally on Oct 28, his 1st after coming back as National Convenor of the party (equal no of people outside the tent that can’t be captured ) @DnnHindi #बहनजी_का_संदेश
#बहन_जी_का_शासन
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A 48-hour shutdown will begin across Manipur’s Kangpokpi district at 5 pm on Thursday, October 29, following the alleged abduction of two Kuki youths on Wednesday.
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) announced the shutdown in an official notice, demanding the immediate, safe and unconditional release of the two youths.
The committee identified them as Tinginlun Chongloi, 21, and Paoginlal Hangsing, 20, both residents of Taphou Kuki village.
According to CoTU, Naga militants intercepted and abducted the youths between Hengbung and Taphou Kuki village.
Read more: nenow.in/north-east-news/man…
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