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Bantwal, Karnataka’s most brazenly communal constituency

Section 144 was imposed in Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal taluka, 25 km from Mangalore, from the very first day of Ramzan (May 26) last year. The prohibitory orders were in place for almost 56 days. Despite the precautionary measures, the taluka in coastal Karnataka witnessed two murders and several instances of…

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TV Newsance Episode 17: Aaj Tak Ka Supreme Leader

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Women in media: The power and the struggle

Each year, the Network of Women in Media (NWMI), India, holds a national meet for its members, who hail from a range of platforms in states across India. On January 4-6, Chennai’s Anna University hosted over 100 female journalists – early-career reporters, long-time veterans of print newsrooms, old friends, new…

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#WorldPressFreedomDay: How free is India’s ‘free press’?

Every year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-profit, publishes a report on freedom of the press around the world. And for the second consecutive year, India has slipped in the rankings.

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‘We can’t separate Reddy and Sriramulu,’ says Udupi MP Shobha Karandlaje

It took two days of persuasion for Udupi Member of Parliament and Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka secretary Shobha Karandlaje to agree to speak to Newslaundry. In the course of the conversation, she accused incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of being power hungry. Karandlaje also defended jailbird Janardhan Reddy’s move to campaign…

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J&K Sex Racket: Chargesheet silent on Jammu SHO and Hotel Sahara

On April 21, at 4 pm, the Special Investigation Team(SIT) submitted the chargesheet in the Kulgam sex racket case at the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

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Student takes up Hindi hurdle in DU law exam

“I have been educated in the Hindi medium throughout. For pursuing higher education, how can I suddenly switch to English?”

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PDP MLA Majeed Padder responds to allegations on the Kulgam ‘sex racket’

While the candle flames of protesters seeking justice for the eight-year-old Kathua girl continue to burn strong, another horrific case of rape was unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir. On April 18, Newslaundry published a story highlighting a sex racket in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district where the victim said Peoples Democratic…

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Dystopian Times: The Balance of Power

Newslaundry brings you an all-new comic column, Dystopian Times, by Appupen that reports on Rashtria, a great country that darkly mirrors our own.

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‘Litigations in #JudgeLoya case an attempt to malign judiciary’: Supreme Court

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the public interest litigations (PILs) seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya. Terming the petitions “frivolous and motivated”, Justice DY Chandrachud said that these litigations were an attempt by the petitioners to “malign” the judiciary.

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DCW chief’s hunger strike yet to evoke Central govt’s response

Delhi Commission of Women chief Swati Maliwal should have, ideally, been sitting inside the AC cabin of her office in Delhi’s ITO. However, since April 13, Maliwal has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the death penalty for those convicted of raping minor girls. Her list of demands, sent to…

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Dystopian Times: The Reach of Aadhaar

Newslaundry brings you an all-new comic column, Dystopian Times, by Appupen that reports on Rashtria, a great country that darkly mirrors our own.

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‘Modi sacked Marlena, who made govt schools better’

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has received another gift from the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Through an order issued by the Union Home Ministry, the Centre on Tuesday sacked nine advisors to the Delhi government. One of them was Atishi Marlena, the advisor to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. At…

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Dystopian Times: The Anti-Social Networker

Newslaundry brings you an all-new comic column, Dystopian Times, by Appupen that reports on Rashtria, a great country that darkly mirrors our own.

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BJP Media Incharge in Kashmir speaks on the #KathuaCase

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Srinagar is guarded by four heavily-armed security personnel who open the big, metal gates of the building just enough to peep at visitors at the gate.

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CEC Joti acted on orders of his boss: AAP’s Sanjay Singh

Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AK Joti acted on the instructions of his “maalik” (boss) Narendra Modiji, AAP veteran Sanjay Singh has alleged.

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A review of NL Hafta by Ashwin, Kishore, Harikrishnan and Chandramauli

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Reporting in Kashmir: No woman’s land

Author-journalist Elizabeth Becker had once remarked on the few women who had covered the Vietnam War: “Female reporters covered that war, rewriting the rules so that the phrase ‘woman war correspondent’ would never again be an oxymoron.”

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Who is shielding saffron leaders accused of inciting #BhimaKoregaonViolence?

Maharashtra saw sporadic incidents of violence, road and rail blockages, torching of vehicles, rallies and shutdown of markets during a bandh called by Dalit groups on Wednesday. They are protesting over the death of a 28-year-old man, who was killed in riots between Dalit and Maratha groups that erupted at the bicentenary celebration…

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Ground report: What sparked #BhimaKoregaonViolence

Huge protests by Dalit groups erupted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, a day after members of the community were attacked on their way to Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district. One person died and five were injured in Monday’s violence during an event to celebrate the historic “Battle of Bhima…

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Top 12 fake news stories circulated by mainstream media in 2017

2017 will go down as another year that saw a steady decline of trust and confidence in the media. It was a year when mainstream media gave tough competition to social media in originating and circulating fake news.

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Hyderabad University suspends 10 students for breaking hostel rules

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has suspended 10 students for durations ranging from six months to two years for not complying with rules, preventing officials from delivering their duties and verbal assault, the notice read. The decision was taken by an inquiry committee constituted by Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao.

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Sri Sri versus NGT: And the Yamuna loses

On April 20, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared pictures of a project launched to clean seven Maharashtrian rivers on Twitter. Irony died a thousand deaths 30 minutes later as Shankar went on a rampage on the micro-blogging site against the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He was possibly less-than-pleased by the…

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Why Did PM Modi Pull Out Of ET’s Global Business Summit?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to be the star attraction at this year’s edition of The Economic Times Global Business Summit. As it turns out, the PM has backed out from gracing the occasion with his presence citing “security concerns”, according to sources in Economic Times (ET). Now, this…

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Passing The Buck: AoL’s affidavit to the NGT has more holes than the flood plain

Ironically, the man to whom these profound words of wisdom are attributed heads an organisation that appears to have blatantly lied to the court. Newslaundry has evidence that “educational and humanitarian movement” of Art of Living (AoL), which makes more than Rs 80 crore in revenue and is headed by…

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