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A village panchayat in Rajasthan's Jalore district has prohibited daughters-in-law and young women from 15 villages from using phones with cameras starting January 26 which is also India’s Republic Day, the day the Indian Constitution came into force. Instead, they will only be allowed to use keypad phones instead of smartphones; explaining the rationale, Sujanaram Chaudhary said the community believes that excessive smartphone use by women leads to prolonged screen exposure for children living with them

The Editors Guild of India has unequivocally condemned the physical assaults and incidents of mob attacks, vandalism and arson against prominent media persons and media establishments in Bangladesh.

Once again, Christians are under brute and specific attack on the eve of the Christmas season

Media reports state that the state Local Self Government Minister MB Rajesh alleged that the man from Chhattisgarh had been ‘attacked after being stigmatised as Bangladeshi’

Incidents recorded between September and November 2025 point to a recurring pattern of assaults, intimidation, identity policing, religious disruption and state action affecting Muslim and Christian communities across multiple states

As the state heads toward the 2026 elections, the battle lines have shifted. The issue is no longer just about who gets to vote, but the validation of the voter themselves, with the data proving that those accused of being “outsiders” are, in fact, the most settled insiders of all.