The Latest Breaking News from Newslaundry

All 29 air quality monitoring stations of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) are currently closed. 

हरियाणा राज्य प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड (एचएसपीसीबी) के सभी 29 एयर क्वालिटी मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशन वर्तमान में पूरी तरह बंद हैं. हमने गुरुग्राम स्थित चार प्रमुख मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशनों का दौरा किया, जिनमें विकास सदन, टेरी ग्राम, सेक्टर 51 स्थित गुरुग्राम यूनिवर्सिटी और ग्वाल पहाड़ी स्थित राष्ट्रीय सौर ऊर्जा संस्थान (एनआईएससी) शामिल है.…

Madhuri, a 36-year-old elephant living at a Jain monastery in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has found herself at the centre of a jumbo-sized controversy. The Bombay High Court recently ordered that she be relocated to Vantara – the plush private animal sanctuary in Gujarat run by Anant Ambani of Reliance Group.

जज्बाती अंकल को सुबह-सुबह हैप्पी फ्रेंडशिप डे का एक वीडियो प्राप्त हुआ था. वह वीडियो दोस्ती की मौत का पैगाम था. अंकल उसे बार-बार देखे जा रहे थे और देख-देख कर निराशा और गुस्से से भर जा रहे थे. लेकिन हम जज्बाती अंकल की कहानी पर हम बाद में आएंगे.…

The News Minute has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging two separate gag orders that have been used to curb its reportage on the Dharmasthala mass burial case. The court is likely to hear the matter next week.

कुछ दिनों पहले महाराष्ट्र की एक हथिनी माधुरी उर्फ महादेवी खूब चर्चा में रही. बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट के आदेश के बाद इसे रिलायंस समूह के चश्मेचिराग़ अनंत अंबानी के निजी अभ्यारण्य वनतारा में पहुंचा दिया गया था. इसे लेकर एक तबका विरोध पर उतर आया. लोग प्रदर्शन करने लगे. हथिनी को…

This episode was shot on July 31. There have been more developments in the case, which you can read here.

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017 after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. We are republishing it today as he gets parole for the 14th time in five years. 

The Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge of Bengaluru Urban district has transferred the Dharmasthala mass burials gag order case to another court. The move comes after a journalist and one of the respondents in the case pointed out that the judge who was hearing the case had earlier worked…

In the village of Shukrawasa, tucked deep inside the jungle in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, a quiet transformation was underway. A group of young professionals – a NEET topper, an MBA graduate, a filmmaker, a dancer, two students, and two journalists – had come together with one goal: to change…

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his followers, was released from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on Tuesday after being granted a 40-day parole by the Haryana government, The Indian Express reported.