-The Telegraph  'The petitioners can approach local authorities' The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, Delhi police and the Uttarakhand government on their alleged failure to act against people who had purportedly called for genocide against Muslims at events in Haridwar and Delhi last month. “Heard Mr Kapil Sibal, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners. Issue notice to the respondents. List the matter after 10 days,” a...

-National Herald Reports that at least 42 Sadhus or holy men have been murdered in different districts in Uttar Pradesh have sent shockwaves through the state. In most cases they seem to have been killed by disciples The death of Mahant Narendra Giri, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP), and Mahant of Baghambri Gaddi Math in Prayagraj has opened a Pandora’s box. Sordid details of property, disproportionate assets, temple employees' lavish...

-BBC Economist Jean Dreze's new book makes an increasingly necessary argument that creating a morally good, progressive society is as important as improving traditional development indexes, writes Nilanjana S Roy. The jhola, a sturdy, often exuberantly decorated cloth sling bag, can be spotted all across India. Over time, this precursor to the backpack and the man bag became the accessory of choice for a varied set of Indians, from Sadhus (holy men)...

-The Indian Express An expert panel set up by the green tribunal has said it would take 10 years and Rs 42 crore to revive the Yamuna floodplains, after the damage caused by the World Culture Festival. It was a mela Parvati never saw. The curtains had come up wherever she looked, even around the strip of land where her cows usually graze. “Bandhook leke seedhe khade hue the,” she said about...

-The Hindu Birth certificates not needed any more; grievances will be now handled on Twitter. In a move to speed up and simplify the passport delivery process, the government on Friday announced a series of steps that would help single mothers, orphaned children, and Sadhus obtain passports with ease. Announcing the changes that will relax the need for birth certificates in the application process, Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd.) V.K....