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Hafta 486: Maharashtra and Delhi polls, Pune’s Porsche car crash

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Prateek Goyal are joined by journalist Faye D’Souza.

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Hafta letters: Election commission, legacy media and VVPAT

My question is related to Hafta #469. On the organised nature of Ram mandir decor in public spaces, Shardool brushed it off, claiming that I don’t “understand” India. I thought his answer had more to do with his own mandir-time-tribulations than the uniformity of the decor, and Raman sir did…

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‘Difficult to carry on’: Heatwave in Delhi but party workers spend long hours in the sun

On May 20, five days before polling day in Delhi, the Congress party’s Chandni Chowk president, Rahul Dabla, was rushed to a hospital.

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Porsche case: No, the minor did not release a ‘rap video’. The media got it wrong

After the public outcry over the Pune Porsche accident, a video of a rap song was posted on social media.

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What are Delhi students’ big woes? Saffronisation, Kejriwal’s arrest, jobs or high fees

From high-profile rallies to the hot seats being contested by Congress’s Kanhaiya Kumar and BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s return to the election campaign after getting interim bail in the alleged liquor scam case – the national capital is bustling with political activities ahead of voting…

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New firm, zero assets: How Mamata aide acquired Times Group’s Bengal paper

The Times Group had launched Ei Samay – its flagship Bengal daily with an average current circulation of around 1.7 lakh copies – in 2012. But last week, it was taken over by a company that was barely a month old. And the face of the acquisition was West Bengal…

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Porsche, pizza, police, politics: The midnight deaths of two techies in Pune

Between 2 and 2.30 pm on May 19, a clutch of crime reporters outside Pune’s Yerwada police station saw something odd.

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Rohtak BJP MP fled his campaign amid grilling by woman farm leader. What were her questions?

In Haryana, leaders of the BJP and its ally Jannayak Janta Party have been increasingly facing opposition in villages and rural areas over the central government’s policies. The BJP’s sitting MP and candidate from Rohtak, Arvind Sharma, was also witness to people’s rage amid his campaign at Sisrauli village last…

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‘No one is serious about us’: In Jangal Mahal, the Kurmis may dent BJP’s chances

“We have done everything from blocking trains in Jangal Mahal to protesting in Delhi. Nothing has happened so far. Everyone is ignoring our demand for ST status.”

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Times Now points to ‘attack’ at AAP office after media coordinator told crew ‘not to force way inside’

Times Now has claimed that its journalist Aakanksha Khajuria and video journalist Radha Krishna were attacked at the AAP office when they tried to approach party leader Durgesh Pathak to ask him about the allegations against him in an alleged foreign funding case.

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Modi vs Rahul rally in Delhi: What’s on the minds of the supporters?

Ahead of the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the national capital witnessed high-profile rallies by PM Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. While PM Modi addressed a public meeting at Ghonda in North East Delhi, in favour of MP Manoj Tiwari, Rahul Gandhi held a rally with…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 322: Bansuri Swaraj’s debut, Sambhal violence

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Avdhesh Kumar and Sumedha Mittal.

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In Delhi, why are BJP workers ‘helping’ EC officials with election work?

M Narayanan, 81, was relieved to hear he’d be able to vote in the general elections this year. A resident of Green Park in New Delhi, he was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and finds it difficult to leave the house.

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Road to Mumbai North: Piyush Goyal’s election debut from BJP’s safest seat

“Look, he’s the man on the truck wearing spectacles!” said a woman to another as a truck trundled through Mumbai’s Kandivali.

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Hafta 485: Political ads, Amethi-Rae Bareli fight, Kejriwal’s return

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by advertising guru and columnist Santosh Desai and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma.

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Uttarakhand: Forests across 1,500 hectares burned in a year. Were fire lines drawn to prevent it?

About 1,500 hectares of forests got burned in forest fires in Uttarakhand this year, as per government data. Taking cognisance of the damage, the Supreme Court asked tough questions to the state and central governments.

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‘Govt must exercise caution in regressive war against media’: DIGIPUB on SC relief for Purkayastha

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s order terming the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha as “illegal”, DIGIPUB – an association of several news outlets – has urged the government to “exercise caution and restraint in its deliberate and regressive war against media houses it doesn’t agree…

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Kashmir journalist Asif Sultan gets bail over two months after re-arrest under PSA

Asif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist incarcerated under the anti-terror UAPA and the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act since August 2018, has been granted bail by a special court.

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SC orders release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha, says arrest illegal

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case after holding that his arrest and remand were illegal, LiveLaw reported.

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Reporter shot dead, another assaulted at BJP rally, CPJ urges ‘thorough probe’

After Sudarshan News’s Ashutosh Srivastava was shot dead by unidentified assailants while riding a bike and digital outlet Molitics reporter Raghav Trivedi was assaulted at home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Uttar Pradesh, the Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities to “thoroughly investigate the incidents and bring those…

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‘Hate speech’: SC refuses to entertain 2 petitions seeking poll ban, EC action against PM

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and invoking religion during campaigns, LiveLaw reported.

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Sena vs Sena: Which is the ‘real’ Shiv Sena in Mumbai and Thane?

On the evening of May 8, Mumbai’s blue skies were painted tangerine as crowds waved orange flags in the neighbourhood of Irla. Hundreds walked along, flags held aloft, following a truck bearing a photo of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray.

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Modi has spoken to the new NDTV. He wasn’t this accommodating before

This piece was first published on March 14, 2014, days after Narendra Modi cancelled on an NDTV show called Candidates 2014.

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From women voters to east India: What NDTV asked Modi on his roadshow

#PMModiToNDTV | Watch LIVE: PM Modi (@narendramodi) speaks to NDTV's Marya Shakil (@maryashakil) while campaigning in Bihar#NDTVMegaExclusive #ElectionsWithNDTV #LokSabhaElections2024 https://t.co/OHtCeYZasF

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Journalist beaten, ‘locked up’ at Amit Shah’s UP rally

Raghav Trivedi, a reporter with digital outlet Molitics, was allegedly physically assaulted and “locked up” in a waiting room during Amit Shah’s address at his Rae Bareli rally in Uttar Pradesh.

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