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India’s 11 richest states allocated Rs 1.97 lakh crore in 2024-25 for the functioning of their justice systems – including the police, judiciary, prison and legal aid – which was 36 percent more than the spending in 2022-23, according to a new report by India Justice Report, a collective that…

Newslaundry reporter Prateek Goyal is among the five journalists shortlisted for the Vishwa Nath-Delhi Press Award for Fearless Journalism for 2024. The award will be presented at a ceremony on March 21 in Delhi, where Justice S Muralidhar will deliver the BG Verghese memorial lecture.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government will present the second full budget of its third successive term in office, amidst concerns of a slowdown of the economy based on government estimates.

It was the first day of Diwali, and Rupali Hukire (name changed), a 42-year-old beautician, hurriedly cleaned big buckets and steel pots. She draws water from her neighbour's borewell at a cost of Rs 100 for 30 minutes of pumping. Though her home, in Khandavi village in the Barshi tehsil…

Bhagetu, a tiny village in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, saw one death during the summer of 2024, the season when forests in India are most vulnerable to fires. A 75-year-old woman was caught in a blaze while tending to her fields. The district as a whole reported 239 outbreaks of…

Data is essential for effective governance – it helps make informed decisions, tracks progress, and holds authorities accountable. But what happens when the government stops sharing data? From census delays since 2011 to missing statistics on crime, education, health, and more, an IndiaSpend investigation reveals that at least 16 critical…

The forecast was cloudy skies with the possibility of light rain or thunderstorms. But on the morning of India's 77th independence day, on August 15, 2023, things moved as planned in New Delhi.

India’s prison overcrowding is a persistent problem. While there have been multiple Supreme Court orders to ensure prisoners are released on bail without onerous conditions, and the government has recently launched a scheme to support bail for poor prisoners, there are still around half a million incarcerated people.

On November 18, Andhra Pradesh scrapped existing prohibitions on candidates with large families contesting municipal and panchayat elections. Elsewhere, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote and spoke about southern states potentially losing out on tax revenues and political representation.