Modi replaces TV anchors with a reel but the crisis isn’t scrolling away “Here comes PM Modi’s video! This is BIG!” tweeted Sudhir Chaudhary. Newslaundry · Jul 24
Delhi metro closures are hurting more than just commuters For the third consecutive day, 16 Delhi Metro stations remain closed, disrupting the daily commute for thousands across the capital. Newslaundry · Jul 24
They got beaten at the Parliament march. But they returned to Jantar Mantar Protesters had gathered for a march to Parliament on July 20, stating that the demonstration would be peaceful. When it began at 9 am, the atmosphere was calm. However, after barricades were breached and protesters started moving forward, the police resorted to a lathi-charge and tear gas shelling. Newslaundry · Jul 23
The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice There were broken heads and broken limbs, but their spirit remained unbroken. If there is anything we can conclude about the ongoing student protests in New Delhi and other cities like Mumbai, is that there is a churning amongst India’s youth that has taken everyone by surprise – politicians, mainstream… Newslaundry · Jul 23
Fourth pellet-like injury after July 20 march: DU student’s family says he may lose an eye Sahil Lochab, a 22-year-old from Najafgarh, is undergoing treatment to save vision in his right eye. A student at Delhi University who works part-time and is preparing to sit the Delhi Police recruitment exam, he was part of the July 20 march, carrying the Tricolour, when – by his own… Newslaundry · Jul 23
The story of the Parliament march, told hour by hour From the first signs of a swelling crowd after Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly shifted by the Delhi Police on Saturday, to the dramatic scenes outside Parliament on Monday, this video reconstructs the protest hour by hour. Newslaundry · Jul 21
‘Told my father to quit police job’: Inside Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the Parliament march At 1 am, the emergency building of Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has not gone quiet. One man waits outside the ICU for his sister to regain consciousness. On the floor below, others groan with an arm or a leg in a cast. A few hours ago, all of them… Newslaundry · Jul 21
Nepal reference, Pak ‘link’, and opposition conspiracy theories: How TV anchors spun the July 20 march By late afternoon on July 20, the images from Delhi were difficult to ignore: protesters marching from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament were met with tear gas shells, lathi charge, and mass detentions, while internet services were suspended around central Delhi. But anyone switching on primetime television that evening would have… Newslaundry · Jul 21
Delhi HC allows Sonam Wangchuk’s shift to private hospital after medical advice The Delhi High Court has allowed Gitanjali Angmo to immediately shift her husband Sonam Wangchuk from government-run Safdarjung Hospital to the private Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. It allowed Angmo unfettered access to her husband at the hospital in accordance with medical protocol. Newslaundry · Jul 21
Lathis, tear gas and injured protesters: The ‘Chalo Sansad’ crackdown in pictures Ramit Verma was still bleeding when he turned around to face the officer who had hit him. Newslaundry · Jul 21
11 dailies, differing narratives: How front pages covered the CJP march on Parliament Eleven newspapers, one Monday of chaos in central Delhi. Newslaundry · Jul 21
‘This is about the future’: At Parliament march, students who came without fear They came from several states – students, some still in school, who had skipped classes or slipped away without telling their parents to be at Jantar Mantar on July 20. Many were teenagers. Some had lost a year to NEET preparation, some had watched siblings fall into depression after the… Newslaundry · Jul 20
Under shadow of lathis and barricades: The day the Modi govt finally engaged the CJP Thousands of protesters marching towards Parliament as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) demonstration were met with barricades, tear gas, lathi blows and detentions as a heavy police deployment tried to contain the march. Newslaundry · Jul 20
‘With Wangchuk gone, cops thought hope would die’: The weekend that changed the CJP protest Thousands have turned up for the Cockroach Janta Party’s march to Parliament on Monday, filling the road from Jantar Mantar to the Tolstoy Marg–Sansad Marg intersection. Police are trying to block the march with barricades and used batons after some protesters tried to push through. Newslaundry · Jul 20
Newslaundry · Jul 20 Cops detain AAP councillor as she prepares to leave for Parliament march with supporters Delhi Police detained AAP councillor Ashu Thakur from her CR Park office on Monday morning, hours after she had circulated a video urging citizens to gather on the spot and join a march to Parliament organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).
Newslaundry · Jul 18 ‘Like a kidnapping’: Delhi Police forcibly remove Sonam Wangchuk under medical pretext A roughly 10-foot barricade had come up overnight at Jantar Mantar, and hundreds of police personnel with several vehicles had taken position at the protest site by 9 am on Saturday – a scene starkly different from the one Newslaundry’s team had witnessed the previous evening. The change followed the…
Newslaundry · Jul 18 Sonam Wangchuk forcibly taken to hospital as Delhi Police tighten grip on Jantar Mantar protest Delhi Police forcibly removed activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar and took him to Safdarjung Hospital on Saturday morning with heavy deployment at the protest site as his indefinite hunger strike stretched into its 21st day. The move came a day after Anurag Kumar took over as Delhi Police Commissioner,…
Newslaundry · Jul 17 Chhattisgarh govt spent Rs 1.3 crore a day on publicity; Rs 1,095 crore in just over 2 years The BJP government in Chhattisgarh, where schools still force children to study under the open sky and where many areas continue to lack basic infrastructure such as roads, spent nearly Rs 1,095 crore on publicity in just over two years.
Newslaundry · Jul 17 ‘Our collective conscience’: Filmmakers, writers join appeals to Wangchuk to end fast A cross-section of India’s film, literary, and journalistic community has issued a joint appeal to climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, urging him to end his hunger strike, now in its 20th day. Wangchuk has been fasting as part of the broader Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests over paper leaks.
Newslaundry · Jul 16 ‘Deeply flawed’ spin: Editors Guild slams MEA’s defense of Modi’s press conference dodge Why doesn’t Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold press conferences?
Newslaundry · Jul 15 TMC MP Kirti Azad on cracks in his party, BJP in Bengal, and INDIA bloc’s future The period after the West Bengal Assembly election has been one of the toughest for the Trinamool Congress. Several MPs and MLAs have quit the party, questions are being raised about Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, and Bengal’s political landscape is rapidly changing.
Newslaundry · Jul 15 Dear Cockroaches, please make Sonam Wangchuk’s sacrifice count Sonam Wangchuk has now lost 8.2 kilograms. His blood glucose has dropped to 67 mg/dL. He has been on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar since June 28, and the protest around him is in its fourth week. When people begged him to stop, he had a one-line answer: “Don't…
Newslaundry · Jul 14 ‘Where do we go?’: Jadavpur’s railway hawkers live in fear of the next bulldozer “Where do we go?” asks Saraswati Naiya, who has spent the last 35 years selling fritters from a small stall on Jadavpur’s railway platform for 35 years. She stares at the empty space where around 40 “illegal” establishments once stood before they were demolished on June 7. More than 300…
Newslaundry · Jul 13 Rs 30 lakh a day on publicity: Rajasthan spent Rs 217 crore on government ads in 2 years Rs 217 crore in just two years. That’s how much the Rajasthan government spent on advertisements – nearly Rs 30 lakh every day.