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When Judges Played Generals: How India’s Supreme Court Gambled with Kashmir’s Blood

By Editor - News Desk April 23, 2025

They asked his religion before killing him. His wife, trembling in shock, was told to “go and tell Modi.” This isn’t fiction. This isn’t 1990. This happened in April 2025, in Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam—a region we are told has returned to “normalcy.” Seven Hindus, tourists, were butchered because they were not Muslim. And as their […]

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Anurag Kashyap’s Brahmin Abuse: Maharashtra Government and Mumbai Police’s Inaction Is a National Shamel Shame

By BPN News Desk April 19, 2025

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently made a statement that should have triggered outrage across the nation. In response to a provocative social media comment, he wrote, “I will urinate on Brahmins. Any problem?” This wasn’t a joke, nor was it a moment of cinematic provocation. It was a clear, caste-based slur directed at an entire community […]

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BJP-ADMK Alliance Shakes Up Tamil Nadu Politics Ahead of 2026 Assembly Polls

By BPN News Desk April 19, 2025

Though the Tamil Nadu Assembly election is scheduled for next year, political parties have already begun shaping their strategies. As things stand, the DMK appears to have held its alliance intact, largely due to its alignment with the INDIA bloc formed to counter the BJP nationally. Although the BJP remains a minor force in Tamil […]

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Waqf Boards Are Panicking – But the Court Can’t Be a Tool for Religious Blackmail

By BPN News Desk April 16, 2025

For decades, the Waqf Act allowed a religious board to exercise unchecked powers over land in India with minimal transparency and virtually no accountability. Properties could be declared waqf simply based on “user,” enabling the takeover of even public and private lands without clear title or documentation. Thousands of acres of government land were quietly […]

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Murshidabad Burned, Delhi Waited: Will AFSPA Be the Last Word on Bengal?

By BPN News Desk April 14, 2025

West Bengal is no stranger to political turbulence, but in recent years, it has steadily descended into a pattern of unchecked communal violence, state apathy, and judicial firefighting. The latest eruption in Murshidabad has once again exposed the hollow scaffolding of the state’s law-and-order machinery. What should have been a localized protest against the Waqf […]

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The Politics of Pity: How Congress and Its Cronies Trivialized 26/11 Justice

By BPN News Desk April 12, 2025

In a just world, the extradition of Tahawwur Rana to India would have been a moment of solemn vindication. A dark chapter that began on the blood-soaked streets of Mumbai in November 2008, when 166 innocent lives were snuffed out by Pakistani-trained terrorists, could finally inch toward some semblance of justice. The families who have […]

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India’s Digital Scam Epidemic: A National Shame Fueled by Government Apathy

By BPN News Desk April 10, 2025

There was a time when India’s digital revolution was the pride of its policymakers—UPI became the poster child of fintech innovation, QR codes popped up at paan shops, and financial inclusion got a tech-savvy facelift. But today, the same digital utopia has morphed into a chaotic underworld of fraud, fear, and outright national embarrassment. Scammers […]

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Piyush Goyal’s Startup Sermon Exposes Government Hypocrisy

By BPN News Desk April 6, 2025

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent remarks on Indian startups have managed to ruffle more feathers than a pigeon in a blender. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh 2025, Goyal lamented the state of India’s startup culture, accusing entrepreneurs of indulging in “dukaandari”—a not-so-subtle jab at food delivery apps and gig economy platforms that,

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Before Preaching to the World, Maybe Clean the Graffiti Off Your Temples: An Open Letter to USCIRF

By BPN News Desk March 27, 2025

If irony had a permanent address, it would be headquartered somewhere inside the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)—that paragon of virtue, that lighthouse of moral outrage, that ever-vigilant babysitter of other nations’ soul. And oh, how generous they are with their unsolicited advice. This week, in their annual performance review

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Austerity for Thee, Luxury for Me: MPs Heroically Hike Their Salaries Again

By BPN News Desk March 27, 2025

Rejoice, fellow Indians! At a time when you’re pinching pennies, delaying doctor visits, and selling kidneys (figuratively… we hope) to pay rent, our ever-dedicated Members of Parliament have decided that they deserve a little something extra. After all, who among us hasn’t looked at their ₹2.25 lakh monthly salary and thought, “How does one even […]