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On February 9, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh handed in his resignation to the governor of the state. A little over a day later, 20 armed men barged into the home of a senior journalist in Imphal, abducted him, and held him captive.

Bustling with shops of all kinds and packed with cars that never seem to stop honking, the crowded streets of Gautam Colony, a neighbourhood in North Delhi’s Narela, are chaotic and loud. But tucked away in one of its lanes, a shroud of sorrowful quiet has taken over the Singh…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be proud of his “culture” of avoiding press conferences when he’s in India. But now that he’s in the United States meeting President Donald Trump, he attended a press briefing where a journalist asked him a question anyway.

जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया में बीते कुछ दिनों से प्रदर्शन कर रहे छात्रों को गुरुवार तड़के दिल्ली पुलिस ने हिरासत में ले लिया. पुलिस की इस कार्रवाई पर रोष जताते हुए जामिया, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय, अंबेडकर यूनिवर्सिटी और जेएनयू के छात्रों ने दिन में कालकाजी पुलिस स्टेशन के बाहर प्रदर्शन किया. 

Last week, people – especially Gen Z – suddenly discovered a strange fact: India is not America. And this country is L and not W. (Out of pity for non-Gen Z readers, here’s what L and W mean.)

The mutilation and killing of a pregnant cow in a village in Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka has given fresh blood to the narrative voiced by Hindutva groups that cow smuggling and illegal cattle transport are rampant in the region – loaded with insinuation that Muslims are behind these incidents.

For episode 26 of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited India Gate to take stock of the Capital’s air quality. 

Last year was the “deadliest year for journalists” in the history of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Israel was responsible for almost 70 percent of all journalists killed. 

Nearly 21 months after ethnic conflict erupted in Manipur, N Biren Singh resigned as chief minister on Sunday, February 9, plunging the state into a leadership crisis. Over 250 deaths later, with thousands displaced, the strife-torn state remains on edge, and the possibility of President’s rule looms large.

निर्वाचन आयोग ईवीएम में दर्ज मतदान के आंकड़ों को जांच और परीक्षण के दौरान मिटा नहीं सकता. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को एक मामले की सुनवाई के दौरान ये आदेश दिए. भारत के मुख्य न्यायाधीश संजीव खन्ना और न्यायमूर्ति दीपांकर दत्ता की पीठ ने कहा कि चुनाव आयोग, माइक्रोकंट्रोलर की…

Over the last six months, I’ve been relearning how to write. It’s mostly because I now teach writing, and seeing writing through the eyes of fresh recruits is refreshing. I had five batches of students last term, and with each, I walked around a neighbourhood, asking them to look around…