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Hate and deceit are firm pillars of a section of India’s television news. While some shoulder these pillars in crisp suits and refined English, others don’t bother. Take Suresh Chavhanke, whose channel Sudarshan News is unabashed in its two-point programme of anti-Muslim hatred and pro-BJP broadcast without any pretence of…

Days before the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party presented its election manifesto, the Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra. In it, the party promised to amend the state’s anti-conversion law to introduce a minimum imprisonment of 10 years and a fine of Rs 1…

As much as in the fields, shops and factories in Punjab, a cart-puller on a Delhi road, or a security guard in a Mumbai apartment, or a worker in a Faridabad mill must be trying to absorb verbal banalities.

“My statement was directed at a few individuals causing disruption in the State”

While the Indian embassy has issued advisories amid the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, several Indians studying in Ukrainian towns told Newslaundry that the advisories were “delayed”, “disappointing” and “vague”.

“There is a downfall in incidents related to goondaism and corruption but unemployment has risen…BJP is not fighting on the issue of development, they are fighting on the issue of Hindu-Muslim. Development won’t happen this way,” says Rajdeep Singh Patel, member of the panchayat in Mirzapur’s Bhawa village, outside his…

Punjab’s 117 assembly seats will go to the polls on February 20. The state’s Dalit community – which makes up 32 percent of the population – is being courted from all political corners. The Akali Dal has offered the deputy CM’s post, the BJP has promised the CM’s seat, and…

Local politics in Sirathu constituency in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi has taken a turn with the entry of Pallavi Patel, the joint candidate of the Apna Dal (K) and the Samajwadi Party. Sirathu is considered a stronghold of UP deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, but Patel sounds confident of success.

Accusing the BJP of polarisation during assembly polls by raking up issues such as the Hijab row and the Uniform Civil Code, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Sunday said it showed that the BJP was "jittery" as its hold over the electorate was slipping, and asserted that the people…