Morning, Jaya here. One development we’re watching closely today is how land deals in Ayodhya have yielded rich returns for relatives of politicians. We also have a report on former AAP minister Satyendar Jain’s arrest in an alleged Delhi Jal Board corruption case, and a complaint filed in India against an Israeli soldier vacationing in the country. Further down: a report on the government issuing nearly two lakh orders to take down online content, a piece on why the freedom to disagree is politically and economically valuable, and stories on India’s uneasy image in Sweden in the 1960s and Shanta Gokhale’s reading life.
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Among those who profited from selling land to the Ram temple are an ABVP leader, a ward candidate of the Samajwadi Party, and associates of a former BJP mayor.
The bidding process for upgrading sewage treatment plants was manipulated to favour one firm, the Anti-Corruption Branch claimed.
The unidentified soldier, who documented his deployment in Gaza, ‘may have been involved in war crimes’, the Hind Rajab Foundation said.
Instagram received the highest number of blocking directives, at nearly one lakh, ‘The Indian Express’ reported.
A country confident in its institutions does not need to fear every dissenting idea. It can allow the argument to take place and trust its citizens to judge.
India’s diplomats blamed British media for Sweden’s unflattering coverage, even as a press attaché argued that Swedish journalism had its own logic.
An excerpt from ‘Of Ancestors and Friends: A Life With Books.’
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