This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal were joined by Anisha Sheth, associate editor of The News Minute, and Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of Kashmir Times.

On the slew of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir last month, Anuradha asks why are locals so dissatisfied that they aid terrorists. “There's scepticism over the future of the J&K legislative assembly…we can see a symbolic government with limited power over municipal issues and centre-controlled projects.” Abhinandan compares it to the Delhi government vs lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena equation.

On Karnataka refusing to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Anisha notes that the water-sharing dispute has cropped up despite normal rainfall. “No Chief Minister has ever taken an openly cooperative stand even though they quietly make under-the-table arrangements to share water among the states.” Manisha says it could be a strategy to deflect attention from the criticism of the Karnataka Reservation Bill for jobs quota.

The panel also discusses the allegations made in the Muda land scam and  Muzaffarnagar police’s order to eateries on the Kanwar yatra route, asking them to display the names of their owners and staff.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:50 - Headlines 

00:06:13 - Panel discusses Kanwar Yatra 

00:11:08 - Back to headlines

00:17:13 - Terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir

00:30:33 - Anuradha’s recommendation

00:32:01 - Cauvery water dispute

00:41:40 - Karnataka bill for reservation in jobs

00:54:35 - MUDA land scam

00:58:58 - Anisha’s recommendation

01:02:40 - Letters

01:26:30 - Panel recommendations 

References

NL Sena: NEET Exam Controversy

NL-TNM joint subscription

A Dismantled State : The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370

SC asks NTA to publish centre-wise NEET results

IIT-Delhi expert questions IIT-M claim of ‘no abnormality’ in NEET-UG 2024

Impact on Amarnath yatra, assembly poll plan: J&K attacks pose early test for Modi 3.0, opposition

Why Karnataka’s Bill on quota for locals in private sector should be dropped

Cauvery Chronicles

People’s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Karnataka, Volume 14, Part II

33,000 trees to be felled for proposed Kanwar pilgrimage route

To Amar, Akbar, Anthony

Why Anant Ambani is so unique? by Shobha De

Siddaramaiah claims innocence in MUDA land scam: Why it’s not so simple

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

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Produced and recorded by Aryan Mahtta, edited by Hassan Bilal  and Umrav Singh.