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Gunslingers In The Valley: When Ikhwan Raised War Against Pakistan-backed Militants

The pro-Indian government militia, Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen—that targeted Pakistan-backed militants in Kashmir—was launched in 1993 by popular folk singer-turned militant Kuka Parray

Outlook Bureau
From Goonda Raj To Encounter Raj In Uttar Pradesh

In Uttar Pradesh, especially, encounter killings have become the new normal and have gained wider acceptability among civilians as well as law enforcement agencies in the past few years.

Rakhi Bose
CENTRAL INDIA
Death In Dandakaranya: In Jungles Of Chhattisgarh, Justice Is Served At The Barrel Of Gun

The culture of rifles among Adivasis, aided by the ever-increasing deployment of paramilitary forces, has permanently mutated the central Indian forests in Chhattisgarh.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj
COVER STORY
Here's Why Fake ‘Encounter’ Killings Are Carried Out With Impunity Across India

The highest levels of government keep encouraging police, paramilitary and army units to eliminate "undesirables" even as the public cheers the rogue elements from the sidelines

Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
The Killing Fields: A Photograph That Laid Bare Assam’s Dark Chapter Of 'Secret Killings'

The secret killings are not the first cases of alleged extrajudicial killings in Assam. Since the 1990s, individual cases of extrajudicial killings have been reported in the state.

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Updated: 14 Mar 2018 1:05 pm

Goes As He Likes

Days before Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu decided to pull out TDP ministers from the BJP-led government at the Centre, his MP from Chittoor, N. Sivaprasad had been trying to attract attention to the cause in his own way. Demanding Special Category status for AP, the actor-turned-politician adopted dramatic ways of protest in Parliament: From dressing up like a tantric, bare-chested with a long-haired wig and as Lord Krishna, to staging a street-play and protesting INSide the House with a rattle. He even dressed up like TDP founder NTR. A BJP colleague says: “At this rate he’ll be Kamalahaasan of TDP”!