The India Cable: India, China Were on Brink of War; ‘Ramshackle’ Judiciary Buries Gogoi Scandal

Plus: Minor Dalit girls fatally assaulted in UP, Modi blames Congress for high fuel prices, Sikh jatha can’t go to Pakistan, Tablighis can go home, ministry issues ‘algorithm’ to frighten travellers

From the founding editors of The Wire—MK Venu, Siddharth Varadarajan and Sidharth Bhatia—and journalists-writers Seema Chishti, Sushant Singh and Tanweer Alam. Editor: Pratik Kanjilal