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‘You can’t woo voters using only polarisation’: Why BJP lost its strongest constituency in old Pune

Once upon a time, Kasba Peth was a BJP bastion in the heart of Pune, a traditional stronghold held by the saffron party for nearly 30 years.

Newslaundry · Mar 4, 2023

Reporters Without Orders Ep 261: India’s foreign correspondents, Sisodia’s arrest

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Ashwine Kumar Singh. 

Newslaundry · Mar 4, 2023

‘This is an open secret’: In Haryana, ‘sewermen’ are forced to enter manholes and clean sewage

In September last year, Ravi, 32, climbed into a manhole on Jhind road in Haryana’s Rohtak district. Employed by a contractor at the state’s public health engineering department, he was tasked with unblocking a sewer line.

Newslaundry · Mar 4, 2023

NBDSA tells Zee to run tickers on selective data, Times Now to take down ‘Pak slogan’ telecast

Noting that a Zee News broadcast on population growth had “disproportionately focused only on one community, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has asked the channel to air the authority’s observations through 24 hourly tickers between March 6 and March 7.

Newslaundry · Mar 1, 2023

‘Even murderers get lawyers’: Law intern jailed in MP ‘can’t get lawyer’ for bail

“Whenever I go to meet her in jail, she asks if I have arranged a lawyer for her bail…she keeps crying and is concerned whether she will even be able to appear for her upcoming exams…even murderers get lawyers to fight their case but my little sister is languishing in…

Newslaundry · Mar 1, 2023

‘Milestone to ensure internet is safe’: Government launches Grievance Appellate Committee

The Grievance Appellate Committee portal was officially launched today by the union ministry of electronics and information technology under the IT Rules. This mechanism can be approached by users dissatisfied with decisions made by grievance officers of social media companies and other intermediaries.

Newslaundry · Feb 28, 2023

Reporters Without Orders Ep 260: India’s ‘living dead’, slash in minority affairs budget

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Sumedha Mittal of Newslaundry and Pallavi Pundir, South Asia correspondent for Vice. 

Newslaundry · Feb 25, 2023

Hafta letters: Modi’s Rajya Sabha speech, Tipu’s rockets, Manisha’s sound effects

One of the biggest misdeeds of this government is encouraging or not acting on the lynchings that are happening more frequently. Everything else seems bearable, but this one is just hitting it hard, the number of families losing their loved ones for no reason. It's becoming impossible to follow the…

Newslaundry · Feb 25, 2023

Threats, no access, shorter visas: Three surveys reveal the woes of foreign correspondents in India

In India, every second foreign correspondent has been summoned by the Narendra Modi government to explain their reportage critical of ministries. Since August 2019, almost no one has been allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir and report independently there. And journalists who write “negative stories” are given visas valid for…

Newslaundry · Feb 24, 2023

‘Can’t sleep at night, constantly worried’: Widows of Delhi riots are ‘abused, abandoned’ by in-laws

Saiba and Imrana have a lot in common. They’re both in their early thirties and live five minutes away from each other in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad. But they were strangers to each other until February 2020, when both their husbands died during the Delhi riots.

Newslaundry · Feb 24, 2023