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While discussing the headlines:Rajyasree: In better news, Kangana has said that Javed Akhtar has promised to write a song for her next film…Abhinandan: Very nice. I wonder what that song will sound like. (Breaks into song) Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga…I will not say anything more. Rajyasree: Yeah, don’t…

The Rajasthan High Court has restrained the Rajasthan police from taking any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over a 2022 case linked to Republic Bharat’s coverage of the demolition of a Hindu temple in Alwar, Bar and Bench reported.

Ahead of the 2015 Bihar assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a central university in Bihar’s Bhagalpur as part of a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package to the state. But a decade later, the varsity plan remains on paper with the draft detailed project report awaiting the Union…

“She was studying in Class 12,” says Shyamala*, her voice trembling. “Now we are struggling to even get her home.”

In this episode, Newslaundry visits the INA Road to look at steps taken by the Delhi government to tackle vehicular pollution. The government recently announced a petrol ban for old private vehicles. But what has it done for public transportation?

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a media monitoring centre at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore to monitor reportage and act on negative or misleading news about the state government, The Indian Express reported.

The Indian Army has denied permission for the construction of a hotel in Ayodhya’s Ghatampur village, saying the land was reserved as a buffer zone in a firing range. 

As the latest desilting deadline approaches in Delhi, two drains – Sonia Vihar and Shastri Park – exemplify the paralysis within the capital’s drainage management system.

On February 20, the Uttar Pradesh government issued a statement which quoted a Padma Shri awardee scientist to “debunk doubts” about the purity of Ganga water amid the Mahakumbh. This came days after the Central Pollution Control Board had pointed out that faecal coliform levels in the river were 13…

Something happened in the White House that felt strangely familiar to Goregaon West, Mumbai. The difference, of course, is that the White House is the office of the most powerful president in the world, while Goregaon West is home to the Bigg Boss set. But in our times, that distinction…

In 2022, as many as 239,188 cases out of 268,038 cases filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO, 2012), were awaiting trial, a pendency rate of 89.2 percent, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).