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Emerging star to ‘fringe element’: The steep rise and sudden fall of Nupur Sharma

Not all Delhi University Students Union presidents are destined for a mainstream political career. Some quit along the way, while a few plod on with the help of their party’s leadership. Nupur Sharama, recently suspended as the BJP’s national spokesperson after her derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammed on Times Now…

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‘Nationalist with a twist’: Why BJP’s Annamalai is throwing his weight behind YouTuber Karthik Gopinath

“It is unacceptable that a student of law ignored the law,” said a senior BJP member on condition of anonymity. “Annamalai’s association with Karthik has only tarnished the former’s name.”

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Why Subhash Chandra’s Rajya Sabha dreams are now Congress’s nightmares

On the first day of June, the world learnt that Subhash Chandra belonged to Rajasthan. The Times of India that day quoted the Essel group chairman calling it his “native” state. The backdrop was political. Chandra’s revelation came after he filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha as an independent candidate…

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NL Interview: Facebook whistleblower on how the company favours those in power

Last November, in an interview with Newslaundry, data scientist and former Facebook employee Sophie Zhang described the social media company’s reluctance to act against fake accounts in India.

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Nupur Sharma is small fry. Meet BJP’s actual ‘fringe elements’

Nupur Sharma’s political career was arguably a whimper but it was certainly paused with a bang. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national spokesperson was suspended on Sunday for making denigrating remarks against Prophet Muhammad on Times Now in May. Her colleague Naveen Jindal was expelled for similar antics. The BJP’s decision…

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How Sidhu Moosewala helped cancer patients and won his village’s admiration

In an interview with Zee Punjabi in 2021, the singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known by his stage name Sidhu Moosewala, said if he had one superpower he would “cure all cancer patients”.

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‘We won’t grow crops on this field anymore’: In Moosewala’s village, grief and caution

Surrounded by a group of people under the solitary tree in his large agricultural field, Sandeep Singh, 28, sat staring at a platform a few metres away, in Moosa village of Punjab’s Mansa district – with a poster of his friend Sidhu Moosewala, and the words “Miss you Ustad”.

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What happened to Modi’s national ‘clean air’ project? Not much in three years

Three years since its launch, the national clean air programme – aimed at reducing particulate matter levels in 102 cities – is way behind its targets with two years left for the deadline.

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‘He intimidates when he doesn’t have answers’: Chennai journalists hold protest against BJP TN chief

On May 30, around 50 journalists gathered in the oppressive summer heat at the Chennai Press Club’s premises in Chepauk, shouting slogans.

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TV Newsance 173: KCR sponsors NDTV 'feature', Modi and Yogi enjoy free publicity on ABP

This week we shift gears to bring you a special episode breaking down what ad-funded programming looks like on TV news and what different forms this monster has taken in the Indian news ecosphere.

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NL Playoffs Ep 21: Thomas Cup, Nikhat Zareen’s win, Premier League finals

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham, ESPN sports journalist Zenia D’Cunha analyse India’s win in the Thomas Cup and Nikhat Zareen’s world title victory. They also discuss the Premier League finals and the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.

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Hindu Mahapanchayat organiser's wife alleges he, his father, brother and friend raped her for 2 years

At around 12 pm on May 16, Nitya, 32, ran from her in-laws’ house in Northwest Delhi’s Rohini area. “The moment I got a chance, I took my son’s hand and ran," she said. "I couldn’t take it anymore."

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India counted all deaths in Covid year 2020, says new government report. Did it?

Three weeks after the health ministry claimed to have achieved 99.99 percent death registration in 2020, the Registrar General of India has indirectly confirmed the figure. This, then, is the first time that India claims to have registered every death – in a pandemic-hit year, no less.

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‘We have to save our club’: Clean sweep for ‘leftist’ panel in Press Club polls

On May 21, voting took place to elect a new crop of office bearers at the Press Club of India in Delhi. A day later, the results were declared – the panel led by outgoing president Umakant Lakhera had won all the seats.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 220: Pawan Jaisawal’s death, Bihar child’s encounter with CM

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and freelance journalist Vishnu Narayan.

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How an incompetent and apathetic ‘system’ denied justice to a child rape victim

This is the second part of the story on the case. Read the first part.

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Some hits, some misses: How have Press Club of India’s outgoing officials fared?

It’s that time of year again.

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How Delhi police botched the investigation into a disabled child’s rape

On May 18, 2016, the police control room in Delhi received a phone call. A young girl – clothes torn, barely alive – had been found in a pool of blood along the railway tracks near a drain in Southeast Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur.

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High tension, higher stakes: What Varanasi residents think of Gyanvapi mosque 'video survey'

On May 12, a Varanasi court ordered the resumption of the video survey of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, located next to the Kashi Viswanath temple.

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Protests prove futile as bulldozers demolish 3 buildings in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar

On the morning of May 12, two bulldozers rolled into Southeast Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar. They had come to demolish three buildings, all under construction.

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FIRs against Aman Chopra: Rajasthan HC tells police not to investigate charges under sedition

On Wednesday, the Rajasthan High Court directed the state police to not investigate sedition charges against Aman Chopra in the FIRs filed against him, Bar and Bench reported. The move comes after the Supreme Court issued a stay on section 124A of the Indian Penal Code – which relates to…

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In two years, Delhi spent Rs 68 lakh on stubble decomposer, Rs 23 crore to advertise it

In 2020, the Delhi government announced with much fanfare a new strategy to tackle the issue of stubble burning – a bio-decomposer developed by the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (Pusa).

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Bulldozers in Shaheen Bagh: Shopkeepers say they received no notice, heard about it from media

At around 2 pm on May 9, Mohammad Abbas* stood in front of his building, inspecting the damage.

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NL Playoffs Ep 20: Messi wins Ligue 1, NBA playoffs, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham analyse performances in the Champions League, Bundesliga and Messi winning Ligue 1. They also talk about the ongoing IPL matches, the NBA playoffs and the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 218: Disha Salian’s media trial, RSS links of IIMC recruits

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Prateek Goyal.

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