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Farm anger, temple cheer: Can Preneet Kaur hold Patiala fort for the BJP?

“The workers have no problem with whatever candidate is fielded by the BJP,” said Virendra Kumar Gupta. “But if the workers are being ignored, then that’s an issue.”

Newslaundry · May 29, 2024

AnA 353: Manjummel Boys, Planet of the Apes, Kevin Hart’s Mark Twain Prize

While discussing Manjummel Boys: 

Newslaundry · May 29, 2024

Newslaundry app wins Best Innovative Digital Product at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Worldwide

There are days when you’re beaming with joy, pride and immense gratitude. Today is one such day. 

Newslaundry · May 28, 2024

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…

Newslaundry · May 25, 2024

‘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.

Newslaundry · May 24, 2024

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. 

Newslaundry · May 24, 2024

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…

Newslaundry · May 23, 2024

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…

Newslaundry · May 23, 2024

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.

Newslaundry · May 23, 2024

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…

Newslaundry · May 22, 2024