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Hafta letters: CJP criticism, World Cup rant, and podcast feedback

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Jantar Mantar: As Modi govt steps up outreach, what do students think about the road ahead?

Despite two rounds of talks with the government, Sonam Wangchuk ending his 26-day hunger strike, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi promising tougher laws against exam paper leaks, the anger at Jantar Mantar has not subsided.

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‘Mad respect’: From Colombo to Karachi, South Asia cheers the Indian Gen Z many had written off

“Kahin pyaar na ho jaye…India ki Gen Z sey eik request hai, ab bas! itna accha karoge toh main nafrat kaisey karoongi.”

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Modi replaces TV anchors with a reel but the crisis isn’t scrolling away

“Here comes PM Modi’s video! This is BIG!” tweeted Sudhir Chaudhary.

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Delhi metro closures are hurting more than just commuters

For the third consecutive day, 16 Delhi Metro stations remain closed, disrupting the daily commute for thousands across the capital.

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Gen Z is protesting. Here is the economics behind the rage

Ek chhoti si naukri ka talabgar hoon main – Shailendra, Naukri (1954)

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They got beaten at the Parliament march. But they returned to Jantar Mantar

Protesters had gathered for a march to Parliament on July 20, stating that the demonstration would be peaceful. When it began at 9 am, the atmosphere was calm. However, after barricades were breached and protesters started moving forward, the police resorted to a lathi-charge and tear gas shelling.

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The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice

There were broken heads and broken limbs, but their spirit remained unbroken. If there is anything we can conclude about the ongoing student protests in New Delhi and other cities like Mumbai, is that there is a churning amongst India’s youth that has taken everyone by surprise – politicians, mainstream…

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Fourth pellet-like injury after July 20 march: DU student’s family says he may lose an eye

Sahil Lochab, a 22-year-old from Najafgarh, is undergoing treatment to save vision in his right eye. A student at Delhi University who works part-time and is preparing to sit the Delhi Police recruitment exam, he was part of the July 20 march, carrying the Tricolour, when – by his own…

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First a prankster, now a policeman: When smart glasses come to India’s protest sites

Shubnam, who identifies as transfeminine, said they were in the middle of moving house in Delhi’s scorching 40 degrees Celsius-plus summer when they found out that a video of them telling a social media content creator to “f*** off” had gone viral.

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CJP protest and how Delhi Police broke the law

Lathi charge. Protestors being hit mercilessly. Plain-clothed police officers unleashing brute force. Nails embedded into lathis. Police officers without name tags.

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From ‘Godi media’ taunts to assault: The reporters caught in Jantar Mantar’s anger

Four days after a young NDTV reporter covered the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, her mother was surrounded in a neighbourhood park by people demanding to know why her daughter had lied.

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Pizzas, parathas and solidarity: Supporters from Mumbai to Dubai are feeding Jantar Mantar

Jantar Mantar has seen an unusual show of solidarity over the past two days – not in the form of slogans, but pizzas, parathas and water bottles.

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Fact check shows Delhi police used baton with nails at Jantar Mantar

After participants from the July 20 march in Delhi put up videos on social media saying that police were carrying batons with nails fixed on them during the crackdown on protesters, Delhi police called the claims misleading and false. Two videos surfaced on social media showing such batons and protesters…

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The story of the Parliament march, told hour by hour

From the first signs of a swelling crowd after Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly shifted by the Delhi Police on Saturday, to the dramatic scenes outside Parliament on Monday, this video reconstructs the protest hour by hour.

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‘Told my father to quit police job’: Inside Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the Parliament march

At 1 am, the emergency building of Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has not gone quiet. One man waits outside the ICU for his sister to regain consciousness. On the floor below, others groan with an arm or a leg in a cast. A few hours ago, all of them…

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Nepal reference, Pak ‘link’, and opposition conspiracy theories: How TV anchors spun the July 20 march

By late afternoon on July 20, the images from Delhi were difficult to ignore: protesters marching from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament were met with tear gas shells, lathi charge, and mass detentions, while internet services were suspended around central Delhi. But anyone switching on primetime television that evening would have…

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A flagship 2024 promise, a 99% shortfall: PM internship scheme spent nearly as much on ads as interns

It was the summer of 2025. The advertisements about the Narendra Modi government’s new internship scheme were splashed across newspapers, TV channels and social media. Like lakhs of others, P Adarsh*, 22, noticed them from his hometown Bhilai in Chhattisgarh. After finishing his degree in agricultural engineering a while ago,…

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Delhi HC allows Sonam Wangchuk’s shift to private hospital after medical advice

The Delhi High Court has allowed Gitanjali Angmo to immediately shift her husband Sonam Wangchuk from government-run Safdarjung Hospital to the private Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. It allowed Angmo unfettered access to her husband at the hospital in accordance with medical protocol.

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Lathis, tear gas and injured protesters: The ‘Chalo Sansad’ crackdown in pictures

Ramit Verma was still bleeding when he turned around to face the officer who had hit him.

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11 dailies, differing narratives: How front pages covered the CJP march on Parliament

Eleven newspapers, one Monday of chaos in central Delhi.

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South Central 84: INDIA bloc’s drift towards BJP and how India perceives child abuse

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the churning in the country’s political Opposition, with several allies of the Congress now warming up to the ruling BJP. They are joined by senior journalist and author Neerja Chowdhury and journalist Arvind Gunasekar. In the second…

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‘This is about the future’: At Parliament march, students who came without fear

They came from several states – students, some still in school, who had skipped classes or slipped away without telling their parents to be at Jantar Mantar on July 20. Many were teenagers. Some had lost a year to NEET preparation, some had watched siblings fall into depression after the…

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Under shadow of lathis and barricades: The day the Modi govt finally engaged the CJP

Thousands of protesters marching towards Parliament as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) demonstration were met with barricades, tear gas, lathi blows and detentions as a heavy police deployment tried to contain the march.

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‘With Wangchuk gone, cops thought hope would die’: The weekend that changed the CJP protest

Thousands have turned up for the Cockroach Janta Party’s march to Parliament on Monday, filling the road from Jantar Mantar to the Tolstoy Marg–Sansad Marg intersection. Police are trying to block the march with barricades and used batons after some protesters tried to push through.

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