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Ekta Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and a queue of netas: The great suck-up at Baba Bageshwar's yatra

Dhirendra Shastri’s “Sanatan Hindu Ekta Padyatra,” which began from Delhi on November 7 and ended in Vrindavan on November 16, carried the usual packaging of unity, devotion, purity, and cultural reaffirmation. It demanded a clean Yamuna river and a minor phenomenon called “Hindu Rashtra,” nothing too significant.

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‘Travesty of justice’, ‘Revenge trial’ : Editorials on Sheikh Hasina's death sentence verdict

On Monday, former Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, was convicted to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for “crimes against humanity” over her brutal crackdown of the student-led protests last year.

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98% processed is 100% lie: Investigating Gurugram’s broken waste system

On paper, Gurugram processes 98 percent of its waste. On the ground, that number dissolves into a mirage.

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‘Emotional mode, not election mode’: Modi on Bihar win at Ramnath Goenka lecture

Delivering the sixth Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government does not win elections by being in “24x7 election mode” but by operating in “emotional mode”. A mode driven by an “inner restlessness” to ease the hardships of citizens, he said.

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The unbearable uselessness of India’s Environment Minister

He wields exclamation points and emojis with ease! He reposts every video clip featuring Narendra Modi! He marks every festival and made-up holiday in India with an anodyne image, sometimes even a gif!

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In 26% boost for print ads, a reminder of who really pays for the news

The Narendra Modi government has approved a 26 percent increase in advertisement rates for print media, the first such hike in six years, offering long-awaited relief to newspapers battered by input costs and shrinking ad budgets.

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Nov 17, 2025: Toxic air stains Delhi’s heritage

Air pollution impacts heritage sites too. In September, a report pointed to black crusts on the walls of the Red Fort. In 2018, the Supreme Court said that the Taj Mahal had turned yellow and greenish-brown due to air and water pollution.

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After Sindoor, a new threat emerges: How ‘educated terror’ slipped past India’s security grid

A week after the Red Fort car blast, investigators are still piecing together an alleged white-collar terror module – one that has revived fears of “home-grown” radicalisation after years of security focus on Pakistan-based jihadi tanzeems. With several doctors among those arrested, some linked to Faridabad’s Al Falah University, the…

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How to engage the Gen Z news audience

As the first fully digital-native cohort, Gen Z is reshaping how news is discovered, consumed, and shared. Understanding these consumers is crucial to engage the next generation in one of the world’s most important and diverse media markets.

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‘Why can’t playtime be equal?’: A champion’s homecoming rewrites what Agra’s girls can be

In 2012, a family in Agra gathered in their living room — mother, father, four sons and a daughter. A lot of opinions had been given by extended family, neighbours and everyone else they knew. And now, a decision had to be made.

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Do you live on the coast in India? You may need to move away sooner than you think

India’s coastal cities face an increasing risk of flooding, driven by a warming world and the now-frequent extreme weather events. While some cities are at a higher risk, this imperils the lives, livelihoods and critical infrastructure across the cities.

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Let Me Explain: How women-centred welfare policies reshaped Karnataka

What happens when a government designs welfare with women at the centre?

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Pixel 10 Review: The AI obsession is leading Google astray

Google is still a minor player in the global smartphone market with its Pixel phones. But they have major ambitions. The launch of the Pixel 10 series featured appearances from Jimmy Fallon, the Jonas brothers and Steph Curry (none of whom I’d wager use a Pixel themselves). This sets out…

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Bihar 2025: Women trust Nitish’s delivery over Mahagathbandhan’s promises

In Patna, the offices of all three major parties – the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the BJP and JD(U) – are located on the same road, within a short distance of each other. On Friday afternoon, BJP and JD(U) workers were celebrating their stupendous victory in the Bihar assembly elections.

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Delhi’s pollution hotspots: The gap between government claims and ground reality

Another week, another shroud of smog over the national capital. GRAP-3 is now in place, classes for schoolchildren are moving online, and citizens gasp for breath as the air pollution reaches the ‘severe’ level.

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पाल्यूशन हॉटस्पॉट: सरकारी दावा और ग्राउंड रियलिटी में जमीन आसमान का अंतर

दिल्ली में वायु प्रदूषण गंभीर श्रेणी में पहुंच चुका है जिसको देखते हुए ग्रैप-3 लागू कर दिया गया है. वहीं कक्षा एक से लेकर पांच तक के बच्चों की क्लासेज़ हाइब्रिड मोड में चल रही हैं. वहीं दिल्ली सरकार वायु प्रदूषण को कंट्रोल करने के दावे कर रही है. सरकार…

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Bihar’s verdict: Why people chose familiar failures over unknown risks

Bihar’s election results leave very little room for interpretation.

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बिहार चुनाव : महागठबंधन का वादा बनाम नीतीश कुमार की डिलीवरी

पटना में तीनों प्रमुख पार्टियों- राष्ट्रीय जनता दल, भाजपा और जदयू के कार्यालय एक ही सड़क पर थोड़ी-थोड़ी दूरी पर स्थित हैं. शुक्रवार दोपहर भाजपा और जदयू के कार्यकर्ता जश्न मनाते हुए एक कार्यालय से दूसरे कार्यालय के बीच आते-जाते दिखाई दे रहे थे. इसी दौरान मिले बीजेपी कार्यकर्ता संजय…

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TV Newsance 321: Delhi blast and how media lost the plot

This week on TV Newsance, we break down the Delhi bomb blast tragedy that claimed 13 lives and injured dozens near the Red Fort, one of the busiest, most crowded pockets of Old Delhi. Newslaundry reporters hit the ground an hour later to talk to eyewitnesses and assess the situation…

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Axis fails once again. This time in Bihar

The trends have solidified and they’ve blown past what almost every exit pollster dared to predict in Bihar. The NDA is cruising to an easy majority, tracking 201 seats at the time of writing this report. The Mahagathbandhan is marooned at 36. Exit polls broadly called an NDA win, but…

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Landslide for NDA, highest vote share for RJD, Cong blames ‘vote chori’

Bihar is barrelling toward one of its most emphatic mandates in years. The NDA has opened up an unassailable lead, ahead on 205 of 243 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan is left clinging to just 31, with independents and smaller outfits leading on seven.

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In Bihar, mixed fortunes for strongmen and their families this election

Bihar’s romance with strongman politics took shape in the post-Mandal 1990s, when hardened caste loyalties and weakened state institutions created space for bahubalis to rise as parallel centres of power. They stepped into the vacuum, becoming both feared and admired, a dynamic reflected in their electoral successes.

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Bihar deputy CMs set to win big. UC-OBC formula strikes again?

The NDA’s strategy of pairing an influential OBC leader with a prominent upper-caste face appears to have paid off in Bihar. As counting day unfolds, both of the state’s deputy chief ministers, Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, seem to have secured decisive wins.

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Hafta 563: Decoding Bihar’s mandate

In this special NL Hafta Live episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Anand Vardhan and Raman Kirpal were joined by The Hindu’s Sobhana K Nair and senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury to decode the Bihar poll results.

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एनएल चर्चा 397 : एनडीए की प्रचंड बहुमत के साथ सत्ता में वापसी और महागठबंधन की हार

इस हफ्ते की चर्चा में बिहार के चुनावी नतीजों पर विस्तार से बात की गई. यूट्यूब पर लाइव हुई इस बातचीत में नतीजों से पहले उठने वाले सवालों जैसे दो दशकों से ज़्यादा और सबसे लंबे वक्त तक बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री का रिकॉर्ड बनाने वाले नीतीश कुमार का भविष्य क्या…

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