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No primetime debate on NDTV for Indore water contamination story, despite editor’s viral moment

A video of NDTV's Anurag Dwary confronting Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya over the Indore water contamination tragedy went viral on New Year's Eve. According to NDTV India, 14 people died from the contamination in the city’s Bhagirthpura area. Dainik Bhaskar listed the number of casualties at 14 and published…

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Despite media retractions, politics marches on over Operation Sindoor

The Times of India issued a front-page apology on Monday for reporting that Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh will be “faces” of a women-centric BJP campaign launching June 9 to mark the completion of 11 years of the Narendra Modi government.

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UP journalist, wife attempt suicide on camera after ‘harassment over report’

Trigger warning: This report contains graphic description of an attempt to die by suicide.

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BJP spokesperson, Dainik Bhaskar settle defamation suit

The Delhi High Court has been told that BJP spokesperson and senior advocate Nalin Kohli has reached a settlement with Dainik Bhaskar, days after he filed a defamation suit over a report in the Hindi daily, Bar and Bench reported.

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Catch me if you Camm: Despite 2014 IMC ban, fake doctor practised with bogus credentials for over a decade

On March 9, 2018, during a question-and-answer session in the Lok Sabha, three Members of Parliament – Chandu Lal Sahu, Santosh Ahlawat, and Rajesh Kumar Diwaker – posed a question to the then Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey. Their question: “The total number of…

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Kumbh stampede: Cops confirm at least 30 dead, hours after media report

As reports emerged of several deaths in a “stampede-like situation” at the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged the public not to “pay attention to rumours”.

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Exit Polls 2023: BJP edge in Rajasthan, close call in MP, farewell to KCR

It’s the most wonderful time of year – no, not Christmas. It’s when the lull between the end of voting and results day is pierced by the chaos of exit polls.

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HC tells Dainik Bhaskar to apologise for fake news on Bihar migrants ‘targeted’ in Tamil Nadu

Pulling up Dainik Bhaskar for “fake news” about attacks on Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has ordered the Hindi daily to issue an unconditional apology before the court and the people of Tamil Nadu, and also publish a corrigendum on the first page of its…

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Smriti Irani’s outburst, Modi’s lack of press conferences: Unpacking Indian govt’s hostility to the press

On June 9, on a visit to her parliamentary constituency of Amethi, BJP MP and Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare, Smriti Irani got really annoyed with a journalist. He never got around to asking a question. He merely requested her to say something.

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Media mustn’t ‘cow down to political browbeating’: Editors Guild on Smriti Irani, Kerala marks row

The Editors Guild issued a statement today condemning “recent incidents of intimidation and harassment of journalists by political leaders while doing their jobs”. “This trigger-happy approach to browbeat and harass reporters and camera persons undermine the freedom of the press,” it said.

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Smriti Irani ko gussa kyun aya: The story behind the minister’s outburst, and the aftermath

If you spent some time on Twitter last night, there’s a strong chance you saw the viral video of union minister Smriti Irani ticking off a journalist – one Vipin Yadav.

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Reality of Tamil Nadu ‘attacks on migrants’ and how media mainstreamed fake news

The bogey of north Indian migrants “under attack” in Tamil Nadu refuses to die down. The police in Tamil Nadu have filed six cases so far over such rumours and come up with a series of guidelines to quell fake news propagating similar claims.

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‘Maligns pious image of RSS’: FIR against Dainik Bhaskar, News24 for ‘fake news’ on RSS’s ‘Ayodhya office’

An FIR has been filed in Lucknow against three media houses for purportedly spreading “fake news” about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 217: Sri Lanka crisis, Jahangirpuri violence

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Akanksha Kumar and Dainik Bhaskar special correspondent Poonam Kaushal.

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‘Threatened’ by SP ally’s son, DD journalist writes to UP cops

Doordarshan journalist Ashok Shrivastav has written to the Ghaziabad SSP alleging that Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader OP Rajbhar’s son has threatened him for questioning why a reporter was “beaten up” – during a joint conference by SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary – in Ghaziabad last…

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Who owns your media? A look at Zee News, ABP News and Dainik Bhaskar

Ever wondered who owns your favourite media house? This project is an effort to bring transparency to media ownership patterns.

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