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Why are students in Jharkhand angry? JPSC-JSSC protest enters 14th day

The protest by students in Jharkhand, who are alleging irregularities in recruitment examinations, is growing by the day.

Newslaundry · Aug 7

TV Newsance 349 | Godi media presents: Good protester vs bad protester

This week on TV Newsance: thousands of students in Ranchi are protesting a genuine scandal- JPSC recruitment exams with no published cut-offs, a merit list nobody signed, leaked OMR sheets, a blacklisted agency mysteriously rehired, CID raids, 14 arrests and counting. This has once again shed light on the corrupt…

Newslaundry · Aug 7

TNM investigation on ONGC funds to Sangh-linked orgs mentioned in JPC on Corporate Laws Bill

The News Minute’s investigation that exposed how 14.7 percent of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was given to organisations linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was mentioned in front of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Newslaundry · Aug 7

2013 rape case: HC convicts former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, reverses 2021 acquittal

The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Thursday found former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal guilty of rape, setting aside the sessions court verdict that had cleared him four years ago. Tejpal has asked the bench to take a lenient view before it pronounces the quantum of sentence in the afternoon.

Newslaundry · Aug 6

Jharkhand paper leak protest: Student leader says hunger strike still on, no stepping back

The student agitation over alleged paper leaks and recruitment irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC exams is gaining momentum in Jharkhand. Its leader, Devendra Nath Mahto, has dismissed reports that he has called off his hunger strike.

Newslaundry · Aug 5

Advocate ‘for Hindus’, celeb-commentary influencer: Meet the latest complainants against CJP

Rinki Chatterjee Singh’s account of her own career is a long ledger of cases – ones she has filed, and ones filed against her. An FIR was registered against Mamata Banerjee in May on her complaint, she claims, and she filed another against the former West Bengal Chief Minister in…

Newslaundry · Aug 5

Rs 2.3 crore a day, 8 years: Yogi govt outspends Modi govt when it comes to ads

Eight years, and more than Rs 2.32 crore a day.

Newslaundry · Aug 5

PTI apologises to Priyank Kharge for misreporting remarks on police constable exam

The Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday, August 4, apologised to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge after admitting it had misinterpreted his remarks on the controversy surrounding the police constable recruitment examination in Karnataka. The news agency withdrew its earlier social media post, but Kharge said the apology could…

Newslaundry · Aug 5

Modi govt spent Rs 910 crore on print ads in 5 years; Times of India biggest beneficiary

The Narendra Modi government spent Rs 910.4 crore on print media advertisements between 2020-21 and 2024-25, according to information shared by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) in the Lok Sabha. The data was furnished in a written reply to a question by Congress MP Radhakrishna.

Newslaundry · Aug 4

One year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya

A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The market, once bustling with tourists during the yatra season, now wears a lifeless look. Most shops and houses still remain buried under debris.…

Newslaundry · Aug 4