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Tillu Tajpuria murder case: Delhi HC grants custody parole to gangster Yogesh Tunda for marriage

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted six hours of custody parole to Gangster Yogesh, alias Tunda, a member of the Gogi Gang, to perform his marriage. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 5, 2024

Another Election Show: MGKVP students discuss hijab row, corona ‘bomb’ and hate news on TV

With the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election coming to an end, listen to this conversation with students from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in Varanasi as they discuss their major issues, the party they like, and the leaders they admire. They also talk about Yogi Adityanath’s communal politics…

Newslaundry · Mar 7, 2022

Another Election Show: A journey into the heartland with voters

Another Election Show took a train ride from Gorakhpur to Varanasi and spoke to passengers about the politics of Uttar Pradesh. They told us about the law and order situation, their favourite leaders, unemployment, and the crisis in Ukraine.

Newslaundry · Mar 7, 2022

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Big names, bigger influence: Why so much hinges on the last two phases of the UP poll

The seven-phase assembly election in Uttar Pradesh has reached its last leg. So far, the fate of candidates in 349 seats has been sealed, with the final 54 seats going to the poll on Monday.

Newslaundry · Mar 5, 2022

Morning Show Ep 22: Operation Ganga, or why no one has been able to clean the river

Team Newslaundry is joined by Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, a professor at Banaras Hindu University and mahant of the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.

Newslaundry · Mar 3, 2022

Morning Show Ep 21: On Maha Shivratri, BHU students discuss 4 years of Yogi

Amid the festivities of Maha Shivratri, Team Newslaundry spends the morning at Banaras Hindu University. Students explain what they like about Adityanath's four years as chief minister and why they think Akhilesh is the best challenger. They speak on issues of women's safety, infrastructure, jobs, and also their expectations from…

Newslaundry · Mar 2, 2022

A divided house: Why Manipur might see the rise of a new chief minister

On February 25, voters in the hill areas of Manipur received an “appeal” on which party to vote for. It came in the form of an open letter reported in the media from an umbrella organisation of militant outfits known as the Kuki National Organisation which has an armed wing…

Newslaundry · Feb 28, 2022

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Morning Show Ep 19 ft Manoj Singh: What's the mahaul in Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur?

Back with the Morning Show, Atul, Manisha and Megnad are in Gorakhpur today with Manoj Singh, who runs the website Gorakhpur Newsline. The four sit at Premchand Park in front of the writer’s home, discussing his legacy and his relationship with the city of Gorakhpur. They also discuss the syncretic…

Newslaundry · Feb 26, 2022

Morning Show Ep 18: Politics of Punjabi newspapers, Dalit voters, AAP’s Hindu-Sikh narrative

In our last episode from Punjab, Shiv Inder Singh, founder and editor of Suhi Saver, and Rajeev Khanna, journalist with the Citizen, join the team to offer poll perspectives from different regions of Punjab – Manjha, Malwa and Doaba.

Newslaundry · Feb 19, 2022

Meet the ex-IPS officer with a ‘solution’ to Punjab’s drug problem

Another Election Show travels to Amritsar North constituency to track AAP candidate and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh’s campaign. The 52-year-old tells Manisha and Meghnad about his decision to join politics, and how he thinks Punjab’s drug problem can be tackled. Voters tell us about the issues that…

Newslaundry · Feb 18, 2022

Morning Show Ep 17: The issues that matter for Amritsar voters

Manisha, Atul and Meghnad are joined by Ashwine and Ayush as they speak to voters in Amritsar about what they think are the most pressing issues in the Punjab elections this year. They discuss drugs, unemployment and party politics.

Newslaundry · Feb 17, 2022

Captain Amarinder and Amit Shah come together! What do their supporters think?

Captain Amarinder Singh has allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party this election season. We attended Amit Shah’s first rally in Patiala in support of Captain and met up with his supporters: three friends with completely different political ideology, a woman who was holding a BJP flag but supported AAP, and…

Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

Morning Show Ep 16: What should BJP do to win over Punjabis?

On a foggy morning near farm fields in Amritsar, Atul, Manisha and Meghnad chat with independent journalist Ravinder Singh Robin. He tells us why the election this time in Punjab seems confusing because of the multipolar contest. Robin says Punjab will see a government even if there is no decisive…

Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

In Punjab CM’s constituency, discontent meets an AAP wave

The Aam Aadmi Party’s mantra – of “badlav”, or change – has rendered the political contest in Chamkaur Sahib unnerving for the Congress party. The historic town in Rupnagar district is the constituency of current chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who was born here and has been its MLA here…

Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

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Newslaundry · Feb 16, 2022

Punjab police is citing social media activity as evidence of charges under UAPA

In 2016, Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal returned to Punjab from Canada, where he’d moved to with his parents a decade ago. He came back to get married. Two months after his wedding and weeks before the 32-year-old was to return to Canada, Dhaliwal was charged with violating the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022

Morning Show Ep 15: Partition wounds, ‘beadbi’ and communalism in Punjab

In this episode, the Newslaundry team is joined by Sukirat, a writer, columnist, and trustee of left-leaning newspaper Nawan Zamana. He talks about communal politics in Punjab and why it's hard to pit Sikhs against Muslims in the way Hindus and Muslims have been divided in some parts of the…

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022

Another Election Show: Amarinder Singh’s daughter on the way forward for her party

Ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab, we met Amarinder Singh’s daughter Jai Inder Kaur, who is also the vice president of the Punjab Lok Congress – the party led by her father. She speaks about her father’s relationship with the Congress, her party’s strategies and its understanding with the…

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022

Another Election Show: Wondering what Hindu Rashtra would look like? Watch this

In December last year, the Dharam Sansad held in Uttarakhand had come under the scanner for open hate speech against Muslims. The participants in the gathering had demanded a Hindu Rashtra. Newslaundry interviews one of the speakers and attendees of the infamous Haridwar Dharam Sansad, Anand Swaroop.

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Newslaundry · Feb 14, 2022

Why Dalits in Punjab's Doaba are angry with Congress

Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will go to the polls on February 20. The state’s Dalit community – which makes up 32 percent of the population – is being courted from all political corners. The Akali Dal has offered the deputy CM’s post, the BJP has promised the CM’s seat, and…

Newslaundry · Feb 14, 2022

'Trust of people has been broken': Pallavi Patel on taking on UP's deputy CM in Sirathu

Local politics in Sirathu constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi has taken a turn with the entry of Pallavi Patel, the joint candidate of the Apna Dal (K) and the Samajwadi Party. Sirathu is considered a stronghold of UP deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, but Patel sounds confident of success.

Newslaundry · Feb 12, 2022

The ‘guiding force’ of the church in Goa’s assembly election

The white walls of the Chicalim Church in south Goa gleam under the sun as around 40 Goans file into a high-ceilinged hall with chandeliers. At 7 am, before morning mass begins, Father Bolmax Pereira walks up to the altar and says a quick prayer in Konkani for the 12…

Newslaundry · Feb 12, 2022

How the Delhi-Dehradun expressway is leaving a trail of destruction

One of the big promises of the Modi government is to build an expressway between Delhi and Dehradun to save travel time. Construction has already begun, and the signs of environmental destruction that it's leaving in its wake is becoming obvious.

Newslaundry · Feb 12, 2022

Another Election Show: Digambar Kamat says Goans are ‘proud people, don’t want freebies’

Another Election Show travels to Margao constituency – the bastion of veteran Congress leader and Goa ex-CM Digambar Kamat – ahead of the assembly poll. Meghnad S speaks to Kamat about his party’s promises, the mining ban, and accusations of corruption dating back to his tenure. Voters in the area…

Newslaundry · Feb 12, 2022

Morning Show Ep 14: Why are the youth in Punjab forced to leave India?

In a freewheeling live conversation, Atul, Manisha and Meghnad talk about a host of issues with students of Punjabi University. Is Bhagwant Mann’s alleged ‘alcohol issue’ an election issue? Will Channi stand out as a leader for Dalits in Punjab? How did Captain Amarinder Singh fail the youth of Patiala?

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