India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders free after a week in jail
Two top leaders of India’s Cockroach Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, have been released after a week in jail.
Two top leaders of India’s Cockroach Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, have been released after a week in jail.

Andhra Pradesh’s governing party weaponised data to wrongfully deny welfare benefits to opposition-inclined voters.
US-based Hindu American Foundation has laundered Modi gov’t’s track record on minorities, championed its interests.

Muslims in India say a new era of inclusiveness failed to materialise after this year’s elections.
Authorities in BJP-governed states responded to the electoral setback by inventing novel methods to attack Muslims.
Economists had blamed the distress in rural areas and a weak job market for a poor poll showing that cost BJP majority.
BJP leaders accused Asaduddin Owaisi of violating the Indian Constitution by chanting for Palestine.
Om Birla installed via a vote due to rare lack of consensus, illustrating the deep political divide following elections.
It’s unlikely, say analysts. India has little incentive to seek to improve ties with Pakistan at the moment.
In Kashmir and Punjab, candidates jailed for being alleged national security threats have won. What does that say?
In riot-hit state, hopes of change following the governing party’s defeat are shortlived as deadly clashes continue.