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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Zoya Mateen

    Fat dogs of Delhi: The unusual election gripping the Indian capital (opens the original)

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    An unusual election has gripped India's capital, drawing thousands of voters and enthusiastic campaigners to crown Delhi's "chonkiest" dog. The knockout competition began after Fat Dogs of Delhi, an Instagram page dedicated to the city's more generously proportioned canines, invited people to nominate their favourite neighbourhood dogs. But what started as a joke quickly turned competitive, with supporters creating campaign posters, endorsement videos and memes to drum up votes for their favouri

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Zoya Mateen & Azadeh Moshiri

    LPU Phagwara: A rape rumour sends an Indian university into turmoil and empties hostels (opens the original)

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    One of India's largest private universities has suspended classes after an unverified allegation that a female student was raped on campus set off protests that descended into violence. Police say they have registered a case and are trying to verify whether last week's alleged rape at Lovely Professional University (LPU) did happen. The university has categorically denied the allegation. Police say no student has come forward to say she was assaulted, investigators have yet to identify the alleg

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Zoya Mateen

    Angh by Theja Rio at Toronto: The Indian film taking Nagaland to global cinema (opens the original)

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    There is something pleasingly improbable about Angh. The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India's northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal language unfamiliar to most Indians, never mind audiences abroad. It was director Theja Rio's first feature and most of its cast faced a camera for the first time. And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award. The award is

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Zoya Mateen

    Bihar molestation case: India outrage after assault of teen girl and her friend in Jamui (opens the original)

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    A video showing a teenaged girl being sexually assaulted and her male friend beaten by a group of men in India's Bihar state has sparked widespread outrage. The school students, both minors, were stopped in Jamui district on 19 September. Footage shared widely online shows them surrounded and repeatedly pleading to be allowed to leave. The boy is seen being slapped and pulled by his collar, while the girl is touched inappropriately and, in another clip, carried away by a man as the boy tries to

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Zoya Mateen

    Gurugram hit-and-run case: Police detain driver for striking woman motorcyclist (opens the original)

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    Police in India have detained a man after footage appearing to show a car striking a female motorcyclist in the city of Gurugram near India's capital Delhi sparked national outrage. The incident took place on Sunday when Shivani Chauhan was riding with a group of motorcyclists. A video recorded by a camera mounted on her bike appears to show a white car moving close and hitting her motorcycle. Chauhan falls on to the road as her motorcycle skids away, while the car continues moving. The clip, sh

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