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Hours after The Wire reported on Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma allegedly spending “crores” of public money to “charter flights for BJP activity and weddings”, Sarma’s office described the report as a “lazy hit job based on selective reading of a handful of tweets”.

शुक्रवार को दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी (आप) और भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) ने एक दूसरे के खिलाफ विरोध प्रदर्शन किया. आप ने चंडीगढ़ मेयर चुनाव में भाजपा की तरफ से धांधली किए जाने का आरोप लगाते हुए प्रदर्शन किया तो वहीं भाजपा ने भ्रष्टाचार, घोटालों और दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री…

The process to auction off United News of India agency has begun. Among the five groups that have lined up to bid for it are Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law Rakesh Ramanlal Shah and BJP MP MJ Akbar.

Shardool and Anand’s perspectives on the inauguration of the Ram temple are disconcerting for non-Hindus. Their assertion that their joy is organic seems myopic, as the Ram Janmabhoomi movement was undeniably political, exploited by the BJP for long-term political gains. 

This is the fourth episode of Pakka Politics, a podcast by The News Minute to make sense of politics and its socio-cultural impact. From local to national events and global issues, we will focus on everything in the political sphere. As disinformation wreaks havoc around the world, host Shabbir Ahmed…

Two journalists from Andaman and Nicobar Islands were assaulted while they were trying to verify the alleged illegal sale of alcohol on January 30 – a dry day on account of Martyr’s Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 

The police are yet to file a case or arrest any suspects over two incidents of mob violence – whose videos were circulated on social media – in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur and Raigarh last week.

छह दशक पहले प्रेस ट्रस्ट ऑफ इंडिया (पीटीआई) के एकाधिकार को खत्म करने के लिए बनाई गई यूनाइटेड न्यूज़ ऑफ इंडिया (यूएनआई) एजेंसी की इस समय नीलामी की प्रक्रिया शुरू हो चुकी है. इसका मालिकाना हक़ गौतम अडाणी के रिश्तेदार राकेश रमनलाल शाह या वरिष्ठ पत्रकार एमजे अकबर के हाथ…

Kapil Kakkar, president of the Jangpura Extension Welfare Association and a psychologist by profession, is a busy man these days. It’s not patients but reporters who are now queuing up outside his clinic. And Kakkar is jotting down the details about the journalists in a diary, categorising them as “pro-”…