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The Hindutva assault on Indore’s Muslims

A woman is forced to sign a blank paper. A trader is threatened for money. Cops record videos as two people get beaten up. The list goes on in Indore, where the influence of Hindutva outfits over institutions has grown larger over the years. At the receiving end are the…

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HC judge recuses from BJP spokesperson’s defamation plea against Dainik Bhaskar

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav of Delhi High Court on Wednesday recused himself from hearing BJP spokesperson and senior advocate Nalin Kohli’s defamation suit against DB Corp Limited, which publishes Dainik Bhaskar, Bar and Bench reported.

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Gujarat HC notice over Mahesh Langa bail plea

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a notice on a regular bail plea moved by journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to two cheating FIRs against the journalist, LiveLaw reported.

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After sexual harassment FIR, Nagaland IAS officer’s bizarre defence: ‘Targeted for not aiding coup plan’

Days after being slapped with a police case over allegations of sexually harassing multiple female colleagues, a Nagaland IAS officer has made a bizarre claim that he is being “framed” for refusing to back a purported plan to destabilise the state government.

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Bhaijaan ka plan, Kashmiri Pandits, Israel protest: TV spin to Murshidabad violence

After being hit by violent protests last week over the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act, Murshidabad in West Bengal is gradually limping back to normalcy. More than 200 have been arrested so far over the violence that claimed three lives.

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MP journalist stabbed after ‘complaint about rice miller, attackers paid Rs 30,000’

A week after a journalist was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat, the police have arrested four of the five accused.

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Delhi’s crematorium controversy is proof that caste still divides India even in death

In Delhi’s Mehrauli, a conflict over final rites has reignited debates about caste discrimination that continues to plague Indian society decades after constitutional protections were enacted. When 40-year-old Pawan, a member of the Valmiki community, died after prolonged illness on April 5, his family’s grief was compounded when a priest…

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Ambedkar Jayanti reality check: From parliament to pop culture, India stays Savarna-owned

We all have heard this oft-repeated phrase: “India is the biggest democracy in the world.” But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find it resembles less a republic and more a fiefdom – run by a handful of upper-caste, upper-class Indians who, although numerically a minority, continue to dominate nearly…

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Aaj Ka AQI: Delhi govt polluting without consequence?

A petition before the National Green Tribunal had recently claimed that many Delhi government vehicles pollute without consequence. An analysis of a list of 107 vehicles found that at least 66 official vehicles lacked a pollution under control certificate.

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‘Didn’t feel routine’: Siddique Kappan claims Kerala cops tried to visit home at midnight

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and his family have alleged that a team of policemen tried to visit his house in Mallappuram’s Vengara at midnight, inciting fear.

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While Delhi gasps, is the government driving dirty?

While the traffic police aggressively penalises ordinary citizens for pollution violations, are they equally tough on Delhi government vehicles?

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Regulatory gaps, ‘lack of audit’, pending dues: Fee control is a mirage in Delhi

What began as isolated complaints about rising tuition costs has exploded into a full-blown political confrontation between the Aam Aadmi Party and the newly-installed BJP government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 364: Adani’s use of UP forest road, activists ‘targeted’ in 2020 Delhi riots

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivanarayan Rajpurohit, independent journalists Ashfaque EJ and Saurabh Kumar.

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Hafta 532: Trump’s tariff blunders, Supreme Court’s remarks on Tamil Nadu Governor

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Semafor’s business reporter Rohan Goswami and political consultant and federalism expert Tara Krishnaswamy.

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Hafta letters: India’s litterbugs, Mumbai woes, counting cricket viewers

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AICC meet: Congress skims over INDIA bloc agenda, offers unclear roadmap for alliance

As the All India Congress Committee session concluded this week in Ahmedabad – only the sixth time in its 150-year-old history that it was held in Gujarat and the first since 1961 – there seems little clarity about how the party aims to stem the drift in the Indian National…

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Catch me if you Camm: Despite 2014 IMC ban, fake doctor practised with bogus credentials for over a decade

On March 9, 2018, during a question-and-answer session in the Lok Sabha, three Members of Parliament – Chandu Lal Sahu, Santosh Ahlawat, and Rajesh Kumar Diwaker – posed a question to the then Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kumar Choubey. Their question: “The total number of…

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Tamil Nadu BJP notifies state president polls, invokes 10-year primary member rule

Amid speculation that Tamil Nadu BJP Legislature Party Leader Nainar Nagendran may be appointed as the next state president, a notification issued by the Tamil Nadu BJP regarding the election for the post has added a fresh twist to the ongoing developments. According to the notification the willing aspirant should…

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Delhi’s air turns more toxic with rising garbage burning. Official apathy to blame?

While fires at Delhi’s trash towers have often grabbed headlines, in national and international outlets, open burning of waste in dumpsters, parks, or on the roadside doesn’t draw the same kind of attention. Experts have, however, warned that such fires contribute significantly to the rise in particulate concentration, making air…

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UP journalist shot dead after ‘threatening to expose temple priest aide’s sex crimes’

Over a month after journalist Raghvendra Bajpai’s murder in Sitapur, police have told the media that he was killed by contract killers hired by the aide of a temple priest. Bajpai had threatened to expose the aide for sexually assaulting a minor on the temple’s premises, police said.

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Former CJI Dipak Misra copy-pasted 212 of 451 paras in order, says Singapore top court

The Singapore Court of Appeal has set aside an international arbitral award involving a government railway contract after finding that the award had significant portions that were “copied and pasted” from two similar Indian arbitration awards.

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Aaj Ka AQI: Environment ministry’s progress on cleaning India’s air

A recent report revealed that levels of particulate concentration in 33 cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme had shot up in the last financial year.

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‘First JNU-affiliated journalism college’ is linked to RSS, aimed at ‘nationalist journalism’

An RSS-linked journalism institute in Kerala, which identifies itself as “India’s first JNU-affiliated journalism college,” has announced that JNU vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit will attend its inaugural convocation on April 17, according to a report by The Indian Express.

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‘Who’s the daddy? Tell us in comments’: News channels’ obsession with Meerut murder case

As the country reels from the bloodbath Donald Trump’s tariff unleashed on the market and consumers come to terms with increasing cooking gas prices, mainstream Hindi TV news channels turned their attention to a more pressing issue: establishing the paternity of an unborn child.

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‘Long overdue, warning to Modi govt’: Editorials hail SC verdict on Governor’s role

In a major win for the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court ruled that Governor R N Ravi’s decision to withhold assent to 10 bills – despite their re-passage by the state assembly – was “illegal, erroneous in law and liable to be set aside”.

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