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Media can’t kill India’s colonial mindset if it bows before VIPs

The coverage of the recently concluded India AI Summit 2026 in New Delhi tells you more about the status of mainstream media in India than any study or survey. It is also a commentary on how much ordinary Indians accept inconvenience as the norm when international summits are held. 

Newslaundry · Feb 27

Backlash against ‘hate-mongering’ BJP video targeting Muslims in Assam: ‘This cannot be India’

While rhetoric targeting minorities is nothing new in Indian politics, some lamented what they saw as a new low reached by Narendra Modi’s ruling party

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Indian prime minister Modi turns 75 – the unofficial retirement age for his ruling party

Modi’s own career benefitted from other BJP veterans stepping aside at the age of 75. Opposition parties are asking whether India’s leader since 2014 will now practise what he preaches. Namita Singh reports

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

‘Arrest is imminent’: CBI raids on Harsh Mander, FIR filed

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an FIR against human rights activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander for alleged FCRA violations, Newslaundry learned today. 

Newslaundry · Feb 2, 2024

‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony

As India marks Republic Day, many fear the dawn of a new nation where minorities are made to feel like ‘rubbish’.

Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2024

Why is India’s Ram temple in Ayodhya controversial?

The BJP’s Prime Minister Modi will be opening the temple on Monday, three years after laying its first stone.

Al Jazeera · Jan 22, 2024

Why were 141 India opposition MPs suspended from parliament?

More than 100 MPs have been suspended from parliament in move the the opposition calls ‘a complete purge’.

Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2023

Pro-Israel rallies allowed in India but Palestine solidarity sees crackdown

India, the first non-Arab country to recognise the PLO, is now seen closer to Israel and its biggest benefactor, the US.

Al Jazeera · Oct 25, 2023

Why 10% quota for ‘economically weak’ in India has caused uproar

Controversy over 10 percent quota in jobs and education given to so-called Economically Weaker Sections category.

Al Jazeera · Nov 9, 2022

India police flogging Muslims ‘serious rights violation’: Amnesty

Human rights group says public flogging in BJP-ruled Gujarat shows the police’s ‘utter disrespect towards rule of law’.

Al Jazeera · Oct 6, 2022