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Mud bridges, night vigils: How Punjab is surviving its flood crisis

At least 50 lives lost. Over 2,000 villages submerged. Punjab is in the grip of its worst flood disaster since 1988, with more than 20 lakh people affected and 3.87 lakh displaced in all 23 districts.

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Corruption, social media ban, and 19 deaths: How student movement turned into Nepal’s turning point

A rally organised by young Nepalis across the country against corruption, impunity and restrictions on freedom of expression on Monday turned into one of the deadliest days in the country's recent history.

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The meeting that never happened: Farewell Sankarshan Thakur

For me, it had almost become a ritual. In each of the past three Bihar assembly elections, before setting out for the state, I would make it a point to meet Sankarshan Thakur once. First at the PTI building, later at the INS building in the national capital.

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Bulk SMS request for Maharashtra ‘vote theft’ film turned down, Cong points to ‘bid to suppress’

A documentary on alleged vote manipulation in Maharashtra has triggered a controversy after an attempt by the Congress to circulate it via bulk SMS was blocked. The party claims the rejection was on the grounds that the film amounted to “protest content”, something it has described as censorship.

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September 8, 2025: Can mist sprayers do the job at Lodhi Garden?

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Lodhi Garden in New Delhi.

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SC seeks govt response on Mahesh Langa bail, asks ‘what kind of a journalist is he’

The Supreme Court has sought the response of the Gujarat government and the Enforcement Directorate on journalist Mahesh Langa’s petition seeking bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged financial fraud.

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Chronicler of Bihar, veteran editor ‘with a spine’: Journalists mourn the death of Sankarshan Thakur

Journalists across India expressed shock and grief on Monday at the death of Sankarshan Thakur, editor of The Telegraph, acclaimed political author, and one of the country’s most respected ground reporters.

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Unchecked hate speech: From Kerala's right wing X Spaces to YouTube’s Hindutva pop

From X Spaces where Malayali right-wing voices urge Hindus to “arm themselves,” to YouTube’s Hindutva Pop songs with lyrics that glorify violence and rack up millions of monetised views, hate is being amplified, monetised, and often slipping past platform checks.

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Rajiv Pratap Rudy on PM’s claims on ‘infiltrators’, ‘vote-chori’, Nishikant Dubey’s ‘arrogance’

In an interview with Sreenivasan Jain, senior BJP leader and Bihar MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy addresses the controversy over the Election Commission’s deletions of 65 lakh names from Bihar’s electoral rolls, which the opposition calls “vote chori.” He defended the Prime Minister’s claims of a surge of infiltrators into Bihar…

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How poachers targeted areas outside protected zones to traffic 100 tigers to Myanmar

Poachers have, of late, been targeting tigers outside protected areas instead of the core zones. Involvement of Myanmar-origin traffickers on either side of the border has enabled seamless coordination between traders. The arrest of serving and former personnel from enforcement agencies has heightened concern among authorities. Authorities need to keep…

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From farmers’ protest to floods: Punjab’s blueprint of resistance lives on

Gurdaspur is usually slow, almost sleepy, when the skies above are not lit with drones from across the border. But the rains came hard, and with them the Majha belt – Ajnala, Ferozepur, Fazilka – was underwater in a day. By the second, cavalcades of Fortuners and Hiluxes rolled in,…

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Dainik Bhaskar joins the smear campaign against MP’s rural changemakers

Imagine waking up one morning to find your name splashed across a newspaper – not for your work, not for your ideas, but branded as a villain in a story you never got to tell.

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Delhi’s iconic Cottage Emporium now has empty shelves, workers and artisans in crisis

Located on Janpath in Delhi, the Central Cottage Industries Emporium was once considered a showcase of India’s art and craftsmanship. Today, both employees and artisans find their livelihoods at risk.

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Weeks after NL investigation, centre notifies audit rules on e-waste recycling compliance

Weeks after Newslaundry’s investigation into e-waste recycling facilities in four states, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Environment Audit Rules, making way for a second line of regulatory mechanism for environmental compliance.

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September 4, 2025: Deer Park’s rare treat after heavy rainfall

On Thursday, Newslaundry visited the Deer Park in Hauz Khas Village for this episode of Aaj Ka AQI.

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‘Will get your delivery done elsewhere’: Cong MLA RV Deshpande’s sexist remark for woman journalist

Veteran Karnataka Congress leader RV Deshpande has triggered outrage after he made a sexist, flippant remark to a query posed by a woman reporter. Former Minister Deshpande, the MLA of Haliyal in Uttara Kannada, was interacting with the reporters after offering ‘bagina’ to Kali river, when he was told about pregnant…

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Bollywood posters, superhero costumes, fake drones: TV turns SCO into blockbuster trailer

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s latest summit was supposed to be about trade and security – with a dash of geopolitics. But on certain Indian TV channels, it looked more like a superhero sequel nobody asked for.

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After SSC protest, aspirants say ‘issues sidelined, impact on studies’

From Jantar Mantar to Ramlila Maidan, thousands of SSC aspirants recently took to the streets demanding transparency in recruitment exams. But the protest has been able to achieve little.

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Sept 1, 2025: Delhi breathing easy, but life expectancy cut short ‘by 8 years’

On Monday, Newslaundry visited Dilli Haat, which attracts tourists from across India and abroad. The AQI at the nearest air quality monitoring station in Lodhi Road was pegged at 85, or ‘satisfactory’. But the monsoon may have a role to play.

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Did cracks in concentration lead to Pujara’s downturn?

In 2007, three years before Cheteshwar Pujara made his debut, Indian social theorist Ashis Nandy remarked that Test cricket was one of the last surviving critiques of the industrial revolution. His point was that, besides its tenacity of focus stretched over five days, it was open to the possibility of…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 381: Loopholes in Bihar SIR, Assam’s 3000-bigha land row, right-wing targeting of journalists

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Pratyush Deep.

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From Hauz Khas to SDA: Delhi’s posh colonies have stolen your footpaths

Inside Hauz Khas Enclave, yet another posh South Delhi neighbourhood, there’s a sense of calm and quiet affluence. Thanks to the good roads flanked by opulent houses, the serene shade of tall trees, and the metal barricades blocking the streets in the area. But this illusion begins to crack the…

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Hafta 552: Online gaming ban, Trump’s 50 per cent tariff on India

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam, and Anand Vardhan are joined by economist and author Vivek Kaul and sports journalist Sharda Ugra.

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In Bihar, over 1,000 voters in a single house that doesn’t exist

There are 1,069 voters in a polling booth in Rahijagatpur village, Bihar’s Madhepura district. Each of them is listed under a single house. The voters may be real; the house is not.

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Bihar’s silenced voters, India’s gagged press: The twin threats to Indian democracy

The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, probably expected that his August 18 press conference would settle the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” charge. He was wrong. This is a story that has refused to die, notwithstanding Trump’s tariffs, or…

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