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Rahul Shivshankar exits Times Now

Times Now chief editor Rahul Shivshankar has exited the channel.

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2023

Odisha train mishap: As media points to ‘absconding’ official, railway says ‘factually incorrect’

With several media outlets claiming that a railway official named Amir Khan has gone missing amid the CBI’s probe into the Balasore train mishap, the South Eastern Railway has clarified that this is “factually incorrect”.

Newslaundry · Jun 20, 2023

The truth behind ‘gaming jihad’: How media skipped facts to manufacture a story

“Today, we will show one of the most modern and dangerous games – played with schoolboys in India. Four cases have come to light, where boys playing online games were brainwashed using video games and instigated to adopt Islam.”

Newslaundry · Jun 19, 2023

‘I was worried about my children’: 41 Muslim families leave Uttarkashi’s Purola after ‘love jihad’ claims

About 35 Muslim families have permanently moved out of Purola town in Uttarkashi while six families have left temporarily after communal tension began in the area.

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2023

Hafta letters: Hindutva’s contributions, sexual anatomy, pronunciations

Feedback on the feedback letters:

Newslaundry · Jun 17, 2023

‘Pushed, fell to the ground’: Journalist allegedly manhandled by Delhi police

Journalist Tej Bahadur Singh was allegedly manhandled by the Delhi police today while reporting from south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar. Singh works with Newsreel Asia, a digital news platform. He told Newslaundry the police “pushed” him so he “fell to the ground”.

Newslaundry · Jun 16, 2023

SOPA announces winners for 2023 journalism awards, Newslaundry among finalists

Recognising the best journalistic works over the past year in the Asia-Pacific region, the Society of Publishers in Asia yesterday announced the winners of its annual awards across 20 categories. The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organisation awarded 98 journalists and media outlets for their reportage on the key issues of the…

Newslaundry · Jun 16, 2023

Assam BJP leader’s murder: RSS mouthpiece claims ‘love jihad’, family says it’s wrong

The death of BJP leader Jonali Nath in Assam sent shockwaves across the state. Her body was found near NH-17 in Goalpara district on June 11. A day later, the Assam police’s criminal investigation department arrested Congress politician Hasanur Islam, 28, as the prime accused in Jonali’s murder. 

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2023

‘Authorities indifferent’: 90 days on, Adivasis from 70 villages protest against mining in Maharashtra’s Surjagarh

“If people protest in Mumbai or Delhi, it becomes the talk of the nation,” said tribal rights activist and lawyer Lalsu Soma Nogoti. “But a protest over here will never become the news.”

Newslaundry · Jun 15, 2023

‘Direct affront to media freedom’: NWMI condemns police case against Asianet journalist

The Kerala chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India has slammed the case against Asianet journalist Akhila Nandakumar as “a direct affront to media freedom and the freedom of speech and expression”.

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2023