The teaser of the Hindi film Chauhaan faced criticism from a Kshatriya group, which remarked that it was “irresponsible and disrespectful” to use a Rajput clan name as a title to inflame caste and communal sentiments. The Kshatriya Parishad said it “rejects every attempt to weaponise Rajput history or appropriate Rajput identities for electoral or ideological purposes”.

The film, directed by Neeraj Yadav and starring Ajay Devgn, will be released on October 1, 2027. The teaser depicts scenes from a 2018 demonstration in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, with a voiceover by Devgn saying pellet guns and water cannons caused only “limited damage” and were merely “temporary solutions” against protesters who throw stones.

The video sparked criticism from many Kashmiris on social media, several of whom questioned the description of pellet guns as causing only “limited damage”, and noted that thousands were injured by such guns in Kashmir, especially between 2016 and 2019. Read on.

The Telangana Police arrested a Bharatiya Janata Party leader for allegedly assaulting the principal of a private school in the Nizamabad distirct over claims that he undertook unauthorised Urdu lessons for 25 students. The BJP leader who was arrested was Mandula Balu, the Armoor town president of the party.

A group of men led by Balu allegedly assaulted the principal of the Bharat Chandra High School, also known as Bhavishya Darshini School, in the Perkit village of Nizamabad on Saturday.

The police registered two cases after the incident. One of them was filed against Balu and others for allegedly trespassing on the school premises and assaulting the teacher. The other FIR named principal Ameer Khan, the school’s administrative official Mallaiah and teacher Huma Hania for the allegedly unauthorised classes. Read on.

The Central Board of Secondary Education said that the current batch of Class 10 students will not have to follow its new language policy. The new rules, which will take effect on July 1, will make it mandatory for Class 9 students to learn three languages, of which two must be Indian ones. English will be counted as a non-native language.

The CBSE said that while there will be no change for the current Class 10 batch, students who are presently in Class 7 to 9 will be given relaxations to enable the transition to the new policy. Students currently in Classes 7 to 9 will be evaluated on their third language through a school-level assessment, instead of a board examination, when they progress to Class 10.

The three-language policy will apply in full to the batch of students currently in Class 6, who will not be given a transitional relaxation. Read on.

The national honour granted by Seychelles to Prime Minister Narendra Modi left social media users puzzled after spelling errors were visible in the presidential citation that accompanied the award. The document misspelt ‘republic’ as ‘repubblic’ and Seychelles as ‘Seycheeles’.

The errors led some social media users to question the authenticity of the document.

Seychelles President Patrick Herminie conferred Modi with the Guardian of the Blue Horizon award on Sunday during the Indian prime minister’s visit to the island nation. The honour, described by the Seychelles government as the country’s highest presidential distinction, was instituted on June 24, three days before Modi’s visit.

The Congress said that there was “so much haste” that the name on the award was printed wrong. “Seychelles created the award four days back, and Modi ji rushed over to collect it,” party leader Supriya Shrinate said on social media. Read on.

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