Rush Hour: ‘Chauhaan’ film teaser sparks backlash, Telangana BJP leader held for assaulting teacher

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...

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