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India’s enduring patriotic songs: When music becomes the nation’s memory

Picture this scene from the 1957 classic Pyaasa: Guru Dutt’s character Vijay, drunk and dejected, wanders through the narrow lanes of a red-light district.

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In Manipur, I-Day boycott used to be a diktat. This time, it’s about disillusionment

It was the mid-‘80s. Independence Day was a holiday. I wanted to go out, play with my friends. But my mother sternly said, “Don’t go out today…who knows what will happen. Bombs may explode and what not.” That warning still rings in my ears every Independence Day.

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80 साल बूढ़ा 15 अगस्त और 15 साल के टीनएजर सा उन्माद

कैसा अजीब मंजर है आंखों के सामने कि लोकतंत्र के पन्ने-पन्ने उखड़ कर, रद्दी कागजों-से हवा में इधर-उधर उड़ रहे हैं और इन्हीं पन्नों के बल पिछले एक दशक से ज्यादा समय से सत्ता में बैठी सरकार आंखें मूंदे बैठी है. कुछ वैसे ही जैसे बिल्ली सामने से भागते चूहों…

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‘Ghost voters’ in high-rises: Behind electoral fraud allegations in Thrissur

Opposition parties in Kerala have alleged electoral roll manipulation in Thrissur a year after the Bharatiya Janata Party's historic first Lok Sabha victory in the state, though evidence for the claims of large-scale manipulation remains limited. The accusations emerged amid broader national allegations by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about electoral…

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If your food is policed, housing denied, identity questioned, is it freedom?

As India enters its 79th year, the questions of who the Republic belongs to and who belongs in the country stare its citizens in the face in multiple ways. The day has somehow come to be one of enforced vegetarianism, with several municipal bodies across the country ordering the closure…

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SC’s Aug 11 order tears up the rulebook on stray dogs, says lawyer fighting sterilisation legal battle

The sterilisation and vaccination of stray dogs are not just animal welfare measures – they are the centrepiece of India’s legally mandated strategy to manage the street dog population and prevent rabies. The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2023, framed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, require…

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Aug 14, 2025: After downpour, Delhi gets respite from air pollution

The air quality in Delhi improved after heavy rains lashed the city on Thursday.

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The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

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August 15: The day we perform freedom and pack it away

Every August 15, the country wakes up unusually early, not out of patriotism but because every street and apartment block is blaring Mere Desh Ki Dharti and Vande Mataram on loop through Ahuja speakers, which were last repaired when Nehru was still around.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 379: UP’s half encounters, govt ads in J&K dailies

This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Sumedha Mittal.

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Inside Dharali’s disaster zone: The full story of destruction, ‘100 missing’, and official apathy

The flood in Dharali, Uttarkashi, is among the most devastating disasters to hit India in the past decade. On August 5, a sudden surge in the Khirganga river unleashed torrents of water, rocks, trees, and mud, destroying over 80 hotels, the local market, and a large stretch of the Gangotri…

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धराली आपदा की पूरी कहानी, दस दिन बाद भी भटकने को मजबूर हैं लोग

उत्तरकाशी के धराली में आया सैलाब बीते एक दशक में देश के भीतर आई सबसे बड़ी आपदाओं में से एक है. यहां 5 अगस्त को खीरगंगा नदी में आई बाढ़ और मलबे के सैलाब ने तबाही मचा दी है. वैज्ञानिक जहां अभी भी इसके कारणों की पड़ताल में जुटे हैं…

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Experts question EC demand that Rahul Gandhi file statement under oath

The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) response to allegations of voter manipulation has been consistent – denial and seeking statements under oath from those raising the allegations. Days after asking Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to prove the charges through a declaration under oath, the ECI has…

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Independence Day is a reminder to ask the questions EC isn’t answering

As the week leading up to India’s 79th Independence Day dawned, the condition of stray dogs in the country’s national capital made the top headlines following a ruling by the Supreme Court. While the fact of the highest court in the land addressing this issue is certainly unusual, one can…

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Wanted: Menacing dogs for TV thumbnails

Picture this: You’re scrolling through your news feed when suddenly, a snarling beast fills your screen. Gleaming fangs, narrowed eyes, ears pinned back in pure aggression. This isn’t some thriller poster – it’s how major Indian news outlets chose to illustrate the Supreme Court's recent order on Delhi’s stray dog…

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चुनाव आयोग का फ़ज़ीता, राहुल गांधी की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस और धराली आपदा का सच

पूरा देश आजादी के उन्यासीवें साल के जश्न में शरीक है. आप सबको स्वतंत्रता दिवस की बधाई. इस मौके पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री का विशेष सब्सक्रिप्शन ऑफर जारी है. एक सब्सक्रिप्शन पर एक फ्री. इस ऑफर का फायदा उठाएं, आजादी के पर्व पर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री का सब्सक्रिप्शन अपने प्रियजनों को उपहार में दें.

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आवारा कुत्तों पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट की सख्ती के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन में गूंजे धार्मिक नारे

दिल्ली-एनसीआर में आवारा कुत्तों की बढ़ती संख्या और उनके हमलों को गंभीर मानते हुए सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सख्त निर्देश जारी किए हैं. कोर्ट ने राजधानी दिल्ली और एनसीआर की सरकारों को आदेश दिया है कि वे आगामी आठ सप्ताह के भीतर यहां के 5 हजार से ज्यादा कुत्तों के लिए…

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Supreme Court’s stray dog ruling: Extremely grim, against rules, barely rational

On Monday, our overworked justice system, which still hasn’t been able to give a verdict on Umar Khalid’s case or hear the case suo motu, found time and inclination to address a far larger problem — the stray dog menace in the capital. You read that right. It appears rapes,…

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Flood came 6 times: The brothers who recorded the Dharali viral video

The first images of the recent disaster in Dharali, Uttarakhand, came from two brothers in the village, Sumit and Manmohan. Filming from their rooftop, they captured scenes that would become the earliest visuals to reach social media and newsrooms.

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It’s not about stray dogs. It’s about a broken system

When stray animals make headlines in India, the narrative often follows a certain script: dog lovers versus those who see them as a menace.

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Mathura CCTV footage blows holes in UP’s ‘Operation Langda’

“Half encounter” – or what the Uttar Pradesh Police call “Operation Langda” – is a practice in which police shoot suspects in the leg to capture them alive. Once hit, the accused collapses, and the police make the arrest.

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India is historical, Bharat is mythical: Aatish Taseer

My parents met in Delhi in 1980. My father had just written a biography of his political idol, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; my mother was sent to interview him. That night they went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant called the House of Ming. Then they disappeared together for a week.…

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FIR on Operation Sindoor article, SC grants Siddharth Varadarajan protection from arrest

The Supreme Court has granted protection from arrest to the Wire’s founding editor Siddarth Varadarajan in an FIR lodged against him under section 152 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita in Assam, LiveLaw reported.

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मथुरा: पुलिस ने 1 मार्च को उठाया 4 मार्च को पैर में गोली मारकर दिखाई मुठभेड़

'हाफ एनकाउंटर', जिसे उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस 'ऑपरेशन लंगड़ा' कहती है, एक ऐसी कार्रवाई है जिसमें पुलिस अपराधियों को ज़िंदा पकड़ने के लिए उनके पैरों में गोली मारती है. गोली लगते ही आरोपी ज़मीन पर गिर जाता है और पुलिस उसे गिरफ़्तार कर लेती है.

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Dharali, 8 days on: Buried homes, ‘60 missing’, roads gone

Eight days after disaster struck, Dharali remains cut off. Road connectivity is still not restored, and according to locals, around 60 people are still missing – most of them labourers from Bihar, Jharkhand, and Nepal. Rescue work continues, but with no success in finding survivors or the dead. Only one…

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