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Is stray cattle a poll issue in Gujarat? Here’s what Maldhari voters think

Ahead of the Gujarat election, the Maldharis, an influential cattle-rearing community, have been raising the issue of their livestock being impounded by municipal corporations. 

Newslaundry · Nov 29, 2022

‘Bereft of merit’: Delhi court dismisses income tax complaint against Newslaundry

Calling the charges “bereft of merit”, a Delhi court has dismissed a complaint by the income tax department against Newslaundry, its CEO Abhinandan Sekhri, and others. 

Newslaundry · Nov 29, 2022

A km away from BJP office, Gujarat neighbourhood punctures govt’s open defecation free claims

In 2017, then Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani declared the state open-defecation free. Two years later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the same claim about the whole country.

Newslaundry · Nov 29, 2022

Cartoon: Time is relative

Cartoon is one of the oldest and boldest artistic genres for speaking truth to power. In India, however, cartoonists, in the news media and outside, are under pressure to curtail their free speech and not annoy the powerful as the finest of them are wont to do. They are being…

Newslaundry · Nov 25, 2022

India Today says BJP ‘doesn’t come’ for TV panels in Gujarat if AAP is invited too

Allegations of the BJP boycotting the media for inviting an Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson have surfaced again. This time on India Today TV, on its election show titled State Of War.

Newslaundry · Nov 24, 2022

Why Zee Media won’t let Palki Sharma Upadhyay join Network18

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to restrain former WION editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay from joining Network18. The anchor was taken to court by her previous employer, Zee Media Corporation Limited. 

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022

Hidden from Trump in 2020, this Ahmedabad slum is still waiting for development

Nearly two years ago, with much fanfare, Donald Trump was driven through the streets of Ahmedabad. With Narendra Modi by his side, he attended a rally dubbed “Namaste Trump” on February 4, 2020.

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022

One meeting, two retellings: India and US viewed the Modi-Biden interaction at G20 very differently

It was one interaction during the G20 summit in Bali last week, but it spawned two very different recollections of what happened.

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022

Swaraj on Doordarshan: Over Rs 50 crore spent, but who’s watching?

It was launched by Amit Shah, widely promoted by Narendra Modi, and produced with an estimated budget of over Rs 50 crore.

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022

No compensation two months after sewer deaths in Delhi

Two months after two men died while cleaning a sewer line in Delhi’s Bakkarwala, the compensation due to their families is held up as different government entities squabble in court. 

Newslaundry · Nov 21, 2022