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‘Nothing we could do but move with the crowd’: Eyewitnesses on Kochi college stampede

It was meant to be a night of celebrations for the students of the School of Engineering at the Cochin University of Science and Technology.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 298: KCR’s Dalit-centric promises, land woes in Jharkhand

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Sukriti Vats from Land Conflict Watch and E Bhavani from The News Minute.

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Hello, misogyny, my old friend: This week, Mansoor Ali Khan and Tamil news channels

When famous personalities say horrible things, their supporters, fans or the media usually give them an “out”. They claim their words were taken out of context and issue earnest apologies, promising that what they said is not a reflection of who they really are.

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#ResultsWithIndependentMedia: Cut through the noise on December 3

For the past few weeks, Teams Newslaundry and The News Minute have been on the ground, bringing you everything you need to know on the ongoing assembly elections in Rajasthan, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh.

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Bhupesh Baghel and the subtle art of keeping voters distracted

The 88-year-old father of Bhupesh Baghel, the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and the Congress party’s Other Backward Castes mascot in the Hindi belt, was dismissed as a crank by political experts we spoke to, when we discovered that the father was sent to jail by his son’s government in September…

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Telangana: 7 years after Smart City tag, recurrent flooding Warangal’s key poll issue

About seven years after Telangana’s Warangal was chosen to be developed as a Smart City by the Union government’s Smart Cities Mission, parts of the city still record flooding during heavy rains because of its inefficient drainage system.

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What’s your ism? Ep 2 feat. Kavita Krishnan on Marxist parties and feminism

This is the second episode of What's your ism? — a podcast by The News Minute, with host Sudipto Mondal, that will grapple with all the impressive ‘isms’ from Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism to religious systems, and their inherent contradictions.

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What’s Your Ism? Suraj Yengde on caste and Christianity

This is episode one of What's your ism? — a podcast by The News Minute, with host Sudipto Mondal, that will grapple with all the impressive ‘isms’ from Marxism, Feminism, Ambedkarism to religious systems, and their inherent contradictions.

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Custodial torture, surveillance: How Telangana cops breached rights for ‘law and order’

Telangana was ranked third among 18 states in the India Justice Report 2022, which analyses data on police, prison, judiciary and legal aid. It also had the “best policing score” as per the report. But the policing system in the state has been widely criticised for use of custodial torture…

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Pakka Politics Ep 1: Poiseidhiyum Arasiyalum – Iyan Karthikeyan

This is the first episode of Pakka Politics, a podcast by The News Minute to make sense of politics and its socio-cultural impact. From local to national events and global issues, we will focus on everything in the political sphere. As disinformation wreaks havoc around the world, host Shabbir Ahmed…

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Flooding, meagre compensation, piers collapse: Will key irrigation project backfire on BRS?

Nearly all complaints voiced by people living near Telangana’s Medigadda barrage start with the phrase Ganga ostadi (water comes), referring to the flooding of their homes and fields whenever it rains.

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As Cong bids for Telangana, BRS warns voters of Karnataka ploy, ‘conspiracy’ against state

Amid the elections in Telangana, the buzzword is Karnataka. Over the last few weeks, Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao and others in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi have been pointing to the Congress rule in Karnataka and cautioning the Telangana voters.

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‘Fight against BJP symbol’: Dantewada Cong candidate on jobs, nepotism, Maoism

Newslaundry and The News Minute are on the ground in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, where Chhavindra Karma is contesting the election on a Congress ticket against BJP’s Chetram Arami. His father Mahendra Karma was among several Congress leaders who were killed by Maoists in 2013. Dantewada, which is an ST constituency, has…

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‘Used to police action’: Muslim man picked up after Kerala blast was acquitted of sedition 17 years ago

“After the noon prayers, I was resting at home, when they rang the bell. There were many policemen outside waiting for me,” recounts Nizamuddin Panayikulam. He didn’t ask them why they were at his doorstep. He had seen the media reports of the bomb blasts at a convention centre at…

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Amid IIT Bombay issue, IIT Hyderabad plans ‘pure veg’ dining hall

“Why force a non-vegetarian to eat in a vegetarian-only canteen using technicalities?” This is what a student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad asked the management in a recent discussion on vegetarian canteens in the IIT hostel.

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Hindu Post, Karma News and others summoned in defamation plea filed by The News Minute

A Bengaluru court has summoned the officials of digital outfits Karma News, Indus Scrolls and Hindu Post, and also Malayala Manorama reporter Binnu Vijayan Vijaykumari over a plea accusing them of running a “malicious campaign” against The News Minute and its chief editor Dhanya Rajendran.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 286: Roots of Manipur conflict, failure in fixing accountability

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit, The News Minute journalist Prajwal Bhat and The Frontier Manipur’s executive editor Paojel Chaoba. The panel discussed the ongoing conflict in Manipur, its underlying causes, perspective divide and the lack of accountability for the tragedy.

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‘Were very sure of Chandrayaan-3, feel sad for Russia losing target’: ISRO scientists

As India celebrates the Chandrayaan-3 milestone, the gaze has turned to the team of scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation which made the mission possible.

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Caste faultlines among schoolkids: In TN, Dalit teen, family attacked over caste identity

Days before the final celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on Independence Day, a 17-year-old Dalit student with exceptional academic record at Tamil Nadu’s Nanguneri was compelled to stand at forked roads to choose between quitting his school and village to run away to safety or confronting schoolmates baying for…

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‘Modus operandi to extort, threaten’: Multiple charges against Kerala’s Karma News

Malayalam digital outfit Karma News – which is known to propagate a curious mix of rightwing Christian and Hindutva propaganda – is facing multiple charges of extortion and blackmail. In at least three police complaints filed in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram since May 2022, the portal’s Kerala-based chief PR Somdev and…

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CoWIN data leak: Aadhaar, passport details, phone numbers of lakhs of Indians made public on Telegram

In a major data breach, private information of lakhs of Indians registered on the CoWIN app to avail Covid-19 vaccination has reportedly been leaked to private players.

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Come hang out with Newslaundry and The News Minute in Bengaluru

We are thrilled to announce that Newslaundry and The News Minute are holding a joint meetup in Bengaluru, specially for Newslaundry subscribers and News Minute members.

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Clichés and cacophony on your TV screen? It must be election season

Even as many parts of India face excessive heat this year, the political heat before, during and after elections is likely to continue right up to next May, when we face a general election.

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Another Election Show: NL and TNM discuss BJP’s corruption taint, Congress caste census promise

Big news coming in: Newslaundry and The News Minute have formed an alliance for more public interest journalism. Going forward, you will see the two organisations collaborate on reporting projects and growth strategy. In this episode, Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna of The News Minute and Manisha Pande and Atul…

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Newslaundry-The News Minute alliance for more public interest journalism

We are thrilled to announce that Newslaundry and The News Minute are forming an alliance which is committed to public interest journalism. Going forward, you will see the two news organisations collaborate on not just projects, but also a joint strategy for growth.

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