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The Uttar Pradesh government has officially claimed 30 deaths during the stampede at the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj last week. The Adityanath-led administration was already under fire for the curious delay in announcing the death toll, and for mismanagement that allegedly precipitated the stampede. 

प्रयागराज में एक दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण हादसा हुआ. भगदड़ में बहुत से लोगों की मौत हो गई है. मरने वालों की तादाद पर अभी भी संदेह बना हुआ है. जो नेता आगे बढ़-चढ़ कर लोगों को कुंभ में आने के लिए उकसा रहे थे, वो इस हादसे की जिम्मेदारी लेने में सबसे पीछे…

The Madras High Court on Tuesday, February 4, criticised the nature of a questionnaire given to four journalists by a Special Investigation Team investigating the Anna University sexual assault case. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan questioned why the personal details of the journalists were being collected when it was the police who…

Over the last decade we have read many an obituary about the Right to Information Act. Let me add to that long list of obituaries by narrating how I lost eight out of nine cases before one Information Commissioner – Heeralal Samariya, a former IAS officer who was first appointed…

When you hear people complain about Delhi’s air, and you don’t live there yourself, you give yourself a little pat on the back. Well done, you think, for not living in a shroud of toxic air. How clever of you to have unwittingly made choices that led you away.

Two editorials in the last two days spotlighted growing concerns about the media. 

The union budget presented last week was not expected to steer clear of the allure of electoral politics, even if the next big state polls are as far away as autumn. And so, with Bihar set to vote in November, a slew of budgetary announcements were made for the state. 

एक और चुनावी शो के इस एपिसोड में अतुल चौरसिया और मनीषा पांडे ने युवा वोटरों से बात की. इस बातचीत का मकसद युवाओं वोटरों के मुद्दों को समझना और राजनीति में ये लोग किस तरह का बदलाव देखना चाहते हैं, इस पर चर्चा करना था. इस दौरान न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के…

In this episode of Another Election Show, Atul Chaurasia and Manisha Pande speak to young voters to understand their issues and the changes they would like to see in Indian politics. They are joined by Meghnad S, their former Newslaundry colleague who is now a YouTube creator and also an…

For episode 23 of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry went to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s residence at Safdarjung Road on Monday.

2020 के विधानसभा चुनाव में आम आदमी पार्टी के पांच उम्मीदवार 50 हजार से ज़्यादा मतों के अंतर से जीते थे. इसमें से एक ओखला विधानसभा सीट से अमानतुल्लाह खान भी थे. अमानतुल्लाह ने भाजपा के ब्रह्म सिंह को 71,827 वोटों से हराया था. इस बार भी ‘आप’ ने अमानतुल्लाह…