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'Firing Lasted 10 Mins, Saw Smoke Rising': Eyewitnesses Recount Pahalgam Horror

1 day ago | thequint.com | Shakir Mir |Faizan Mir

'We thought someone burst crackers, or maybe a fight had erupted. Later, we saw smoke rising,' said one eyewitness. Rohit Kumar Singh, a tourist from Uttar Pradesh, was just 20 feet from the site of the deadly attack in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam on 22 April, Tuesday. “We didn’t even look over the shoulder to see what was happening,” he told The Quint.
'Urdu Belongs Here': SC Reminds Us That India Speaks in Many Tongues

4 days ago | thequint.com | Areeb Uddin Ahmed

In times when Urdu has been targeted for being a language of a particular community, the Supreme Court batted for respect for linguistic diversity. In Mrs Varshatai vs State of Maharashtra and Ors, the Supreme Court has held that let us make friends with Urdu and every other language.
Post Communal Violence, Murshidabad Crawls Back to Normalcy Amid Lingering Tensions and Polarisation Politics

5 days ago | thequint.com | Arka Bhaduri |Rakhi Bose

Over 250 people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence in Murshidabad which left three dead. Days after communal violence rocked several parts of West Bengal's Murshidabad district, the usually busy Dhuliyan market area bore a subdued look. On Tuesday, 14 April, the day of Nobo Borsho (Bengali New Year), only a few sweet shops opened their shutters in the morning.
Video of Congress Leader in Tripura Falsely Shared as TMC Leader Threatening Cop in West Bengal

6 days ago | thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma

The man was identified as Md Badruzzaman, the Congress party's district president for Unakoti, Tripura. A video showing a man arguing with a police officer, talking to her about how she was "threatening" him when she spoke about taking action against those responsible, is being shared on social media.
Old, Unrelated Video Passed Off as One of Bajrang Dal Arriving in West Bengal Amid Murshidabad Violence

1 week ago | thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma

The video dates back to February 2025 and shows bikers returning after a pilgrimage in Sangli, Maharashtra. A video showing a large group of bikers riding past police guiding them is being shared on social media, where users have claimed that it shows members of the Bajrang Dal arriving in West Bengal amid the violence in Murshidabad. (Archived versions of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here, here, here, and here.)Is it true?: No, neither is the video recent, nor is it from West Bengal.
'Being Punished For Govt's Corruption': Bengal Teachers After SC Scraps 26K Jobs

1 week ago | thequint.com | Joymala Bagchi |Aakriti Handa

"Why are we in this situation? Who is responsible for the consequences we are facing? This is certainly not our fault, so why are we being made to suffer due to the state government's tainted mechanism? What about our families?” These concerns were echoed by hundreds of teachers, who have taken to the streets in Kolkata, West Bengal after the Supreme terminated their jobs in government-run and government-aided schools.
Caste, Leather, Pollution: A Tale of Ganga That No One Wants to Hear

1 week ago | thequint.com | Rahul Verma

You can't fix the environment without fixing society. Otherwise, it's just not fair, writes Rahul Verma. You don't see it at first. You smell it. That chemical reek, hanging heavy in the air in Jajmau, a suburb of Kanpur It's the smell of injustice, plain and simple. This is where the tanneries are, where communities live and work, and where the cost of progress is measured in polluted water, sick lungs, and jobs that disappeared. Kanpur's story?
Old, Unrelated Video Viral as 'Bengal MLA Mansoor Mohammad Dimir' Assaulting Cop

1 week ago | thequint.com | Aishwarya Varma

The video is an old one and does not show a Bengal MLA assaulting a policeman in West Bengal. A video of man assaulting a policeman has gone viral on social media, where users have claimed that it shows visuals from West Bengal's Murshidabad. The claim: The video is being shared with text in Hindi, which loosely translates to "Look at Bengal MLA Mansoor Mohammad Dimir.
Work Hard, Live Poor: The Broken Economics of India’s Hustle Culture

1 week ago | thequint.com | Deepanshu Mohan |Ankur Singh

An Indian worker already clocks an average of 46.7 hours per week—a number much higher than the US, the UK, and even China. And yet, India’s labour productivity stands at a meagre $8 per hour, which is dwarfed when compared to the UK’s $56.9 or Germany’s towering $73.05. What makes this disparity even starker is that while India’s corporate profits soared by an astonishing 22.3 percent in financial year 2023-24, employment has barely risen by 1.5 percent, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25.
Beyond the 38th Parallel: A Tale of Hope and Empathy in South Korea

1 week ago | thequint.com | Shelly Walia

"We are the same—we all love kimchi," a local says, highlighting the similarities between North and South Koreans. “But India and Pakistan were divided along religious lines,” remarks Vassil Sotirov, a veteran journalist from Bulgaria. "London did not give up on using its last remaining trump cards to perpetuate this division with its familiar divide-and-rule approach..."Sotirov is trying to "comfort" me by recalling the Partition of India in 1947.