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Days before internal polls, women press association gets another notice over ‘unauthorised occupation’

The government has issued a fresh notice to the Indian Women Press Corps asking it to pay around Rs 18.9 lakh for “unauthorised occupation” of a Lutyens’ Delhi bungalow. The notice comes days before internal elections at the IWPC.

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Gujarat’s road to the US: The gatekeepers of dreams, and death

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Dangers of censorship and self-censorship: Journalists slam amended IT Rules

After newspapers, press groups, and opposition leaders criticised the central government’s recent amendment to the IT Rules 2021, journalists joined the chorus, describing the amendment as “censorship”.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 266: Howrah’s Ram Navami violence, Madhya Pradesh recruitment scam

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and freelance journalist Snigdhendu Bhattacharya.

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Hafta letters: South Asian passports, crime in UP, migrant exodus

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Quizzes to pics on apps: The unprecedented CBSE push for Modi govt campaigns in schools

In February, the Central Board of Secondary Education was accused of acting as a PR agency for the Narendra Modi government when it decided to add G20 logos to the admit cards of students appearing for their Class 10 and 12 board exams. But it wasn’t the first such move…

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Govt as arbiter of fake news: Front pages strike a dismal note on IT Rules amendment

In January, Newslaundry had reported on a newly proposed amendment to the IT Rules, 2021 by which content deemed “fake” by the government’s fact-checking unit will have to be taken down by social media platforms.

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The dreamers in danger at Gujarat’s gateway to US

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Dubious links, ‘anti-establishment’: Govt’s reasons for MediaOne ban, and how SC shot them down

The central government used the “plea of national security to deny the rights of citizens” and impinged upon MediaOne’s right to a fair hearing.

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‘I hope we don’t die of hunger’: Rural women struggle as Maharashtra ends subsidised grains plan

In 2018, when Rekha Waghmare was 39 years old, her husband died by suicide. Namdev, 42, was among over 12,000 farmers who died by suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018, struggling with five years of crop failure. He left behind Rekha, their two children, a 3.5 acre farm, and…

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‘Critical views cannot be termed anti-establishment’: Supreme Court lifts telecast ban on MediaOne

The Supreme Court today set aside the central government’s refusal to renew the broadcasting licence of Malayalam news channel MediaOne.

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Targets of Amritpal’s online ‘bullying’ in 2022, Punjabi feminists still demand justice for him

Before Amritpal Singh became the head of Waris Punjab De, before he was pegged as a “youth leader”, before he went on the run leading to a police manhunt spanning weeks – he was plain Amrit Singh Sandhu based in Dubai, with a reputation of instigating trolling towards feminists on…

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Bengal violence: Before rallies flouted police guidelines, organisers disagreed with schedule

The police allowed the Ram Navami processions without formal permission in West Bengal’s Howrah despite letters by the organisers suggesting their refusal to comply with at least one crucial guideline. The processions eventually saw several violations, be it music, weapons, motorcycles or the rally schedule, according to video clips and…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 265: Amritpal Singh, casteism at IITs

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Gurmehar Kaur and Sumedha Mittal.

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Hafta letters: Privilege, prep for 2024 election, collaborations

In the last Hafta on the issue of the central government not allowing anything against Modi, most panelists missed the point that even in state governments, the CM or party leader cannot be criticised by anyone without inviting the ire of the state government. Can one criticise Stalin in TN…

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‘Dire imposition on press freedom’: Global media group on ‘press blackouts’ in Punjab during Amritpal search

The International Federation of Journalists yesterday condemned “government censorship, press blackouts and restriction of journalists’ social media accounts” in Punjab as a fallout of the search for Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh. It described these moves as “dire impositions on press freedom and democracy in India”.

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Exclusive: Madhya Pradesh hired people close to RSS for govt jobs, skipping actual applicants

February 4, 2022 was a good day for Kaushik Uike. The 30-year-old from Paraswada village in Madhya Pradesh had just learned that his name was on a merit list of candidates for the posts of district and block coordinators in the state.

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At India Ahead, content in rewind, and salaries paused despite continuing ads

Stale content could be a recipe for disaster in the news broadcasting business. But not for India Ahead. Well, almost.

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BBC Punjabi’s account withheld in India ‘in response to legal demand’

BBC Punjabi’s Twitter account was withheld in India today even as the police continues its search for Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh. Visitors from India to the Twitter handle can only see a message saying the account has been “withheld in India in response to a legal demand”.

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Stress, dropouts, suicides: Unravelling IIT’s casteism problem

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 264: Women’s healthcare, UP journalists’ woes

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Basant Kumar is joined by Tanishka Sodhi and Anmol Pritam.

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How sealed covers in court became the norm for the state

In February 2022, the central government revoked MediaOne’s security clearance “for reasons of national security and public order.” The Malayalam news channel challenged the ban in the Kerala High Court and asked why it was taken off the air.

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Hafta letters: Caste discrimination, Khalistan questions, a poem on Hathras

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Events linked to RSS, BJP, but Times Now Navbharat aired them as ‘Muslims happy with Modi’

“Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are happy with the efforts of PM Modi and CM Yogi,” declared a news segment aired on Times Now Navbharat on January 19. It relied on a ground report from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, where an event had been organised by an outfit called…

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Maharashtra: 2 FIRs, 2 families ‘forced to leave home’ over WhatsApp status on Aurangzeb

Facing pressure from local residents and Hindutva activists over WhatsApp statuses praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, two families have been allegedly compelled to leave their homes – in Hatkanangale tehsil of Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district over the last week.

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