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Modi’s ‘Hindu-Muslim’ assertion amplified unchecked. Thanks to a media in coma

One must acknowledge that, as media strategists, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Narendra Modi are streets ahead of their opponents. It helps, of course, that they have a pliant mainstream media that is ever-ready to play along.

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Modi’s ‘infiltrators’ remarks row: Many papers skip mention of what Manmohan Singh said in 2006

A massive row has erupted following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that the Congress wanted to redistribute private wealth among Muslims, even “mangalsutras”, and that the Manmohan Singh government had said Muslims have the first right to the country’s assets.

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Uttarakhand: Journalist who sought ‘justice’ in murder case ‘involving BJP leader’ arrested

The Uttarakhand police have arrested local journalist Ashutosh Negi, who has been reporting on and protesting to seek justice in the 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case involving a BJP leader’s son, Indian Express reported.

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Who Owns Your Media: New Indian Express through disputes, dreams, on road to recovery

The New Indian Express is the southern continuum of Ramnath Goenka’s legacy. And so also the continuum of the first edition of Express, as it was published by its founding-owner Varadarajulu Naidu in Tamil Nadu in 1932. Goenka assumed full control of the publication at least five years later, as…

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Temple ad bonanza: HT gets 12 full-page ads, Indian Express features 8

The Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya has taken over the news cycle in the Big Media, from TV news channels to national news dailies. Amid the buzz, news outlets are also getting a flurry of advertisements from governments as well as consumer brands to mark the consecration ceremony.

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Passenger Receives Defeated Note From Cabin Crew After Getting Stuck In Lavatory For An Hour

“A passenger unfortunately got stuck inside the lavatory for about an hour.” The post Passenger Receives Defeated Note From Cabin Crew After Getting Stuck In Lavatory For An Hour first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘Like killing a mockingbird’: HC quashes defamation proceedings against journalists in 2008 case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday quashed defamation proceedings against several journalists, including Indian Express resident editor Manraj Grewal, in a case lodged by retired Indian Police Service officer Param Vir Rathee, Bar and Bench reported.

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Police ask court to protect identities of 5 ‘potential witnesses’ against NewsClick: Indian Express

The Delhi police has moved court to protect the identities of five “potential witnesses” against news outlet NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case, Indian Express reported. Their statements were recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure earlier this month.

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FT exposé on Adani Group ‘inflating fuel costs’: Not quite front-page news in India

On October 9, the Adani Group warned of an upcoming exposé on its operations by Financial Times – a “renewed attempt” to “rehash old and baseless allegations to tarnish the name and standing of the Adani Group”.

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‘McCarthyian’, ‘undeclared Emergency’: Editorials slam government over NewsClick case

After the NewsClick case was front-page news across major English newspapers yesterday, media houses kept the momentum going with editorials slamming the government.

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‘Attack on press freedom’: BJP and Congress condemn raid on Odia newspaper

After the Odisha police’s Economic Offences Wing raided the office of an Odia newspaper Sambad yesterday, the opposition BJP and Congress called it an “attack on the freedom of the press”.

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Opposition brings up Manipur, Economic Times asks if ‘agenda is to target PM’

Last week, we reported on how editorials in top English newspapers united in condemning the ongoing violence in Manipur, especially a recent viral video of two Kuki women. From The Hindu to Indian Express to The Times of India, they were particularly critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-month silence…

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‘Battle to save the idea of India’: Front pages today on the Opposition’s new alliance

It’s going to be INDIA versus Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha poll next year.

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At least 44 times over 5 years: The NIA, ED and I-T ‘crackdown’ on the media

In September 2022, Paojel Chaoba, the editor of daily Frontier Manipur, was summoned by the National Investigation Agency, as part of the agency’s probe into Manipur journalist Bijoy Kakchingtabam’s alleged links with insurgents.

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India Captures Rice-raiding Elephant after 6 Killed

Indian forest officials have tranquillized and relocated a rice-loving wild tusker elephant that killed at least six people, media reports said. The male elephant -- dubbed Arikomban, or "rice-tusker" -- was infamous for raiding shops for rice and grains in the southern state of Kerala, AFP said. On Saturday, a…

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Who Owns Your Media: The Indian Express empire and where it stands today

Twenty-three years ago, Robin Jeffrey, a professor of politics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University, had described Ramnath Goenka’s “Indian Express empire” as the “grandest version of newspapers with some link to the ‘freedom struggle’” in his book. When Goenka died in 1991, Jeffrey wrote in India’s Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics…

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More arrests, Rahul Gandhi coverage: Why press freedom continues to take a beating in India

In the last fortnight, Indian democracy and press freedom have taken a beating. But there have also been words spoken that are like a balm to an ever-deepening wound. They may not be able to stop this wound from festering, or to heal it, but they are worth noting and…

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Speeches, stellar journalism, and selfies with Anurag Thakur: It’s the Ramnath Goenka awards

“The press must remain free if the country has to remain a democracy,” said Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, speaking at the 16th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards held in Delhi today.

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Journalists, Canadian author, politicians: Several Twitter accounts withheld amid Punjab crackdown

As the crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh entered the third day amid an internet shutdown in Punjab, several Twitter accounts were withheld in India, including those belonging to a few journalists and Canadian author Rupi Kaur.

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Despite new focus, media misses the darker story about women in sports

While mainstream media continues to focus on games politicians play, this column will focus on the games women play, as in cricket, tennis, football, hockey, athletics, etc., and how the media covers their struggles and achievements.

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Named as main accused in bribery case, Karnataka BJP MLA gets media gag order

Named as prime accused in a bribery scandal, a BJP MLA from Karnataka has obtained a temporary injunction against “defamatory” media reporting, the Indian Express reported.

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Govt tells Delhi HC it hasn’t ‘initiated proceedings as of now’ to cancel Vice journalist’s OCI card

The central government told the Delhi High Court yesterday that it has “not initiated any proceedings as of now” to cancel journalist Angad Singh’s OCI card, Indian Express reported.

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‘Revives questions about political vindictiveness’: Editorials on Manish Sisodia’s arrest

The noise around CBI-ED action is “much more nasty and brutish, partisan and political, than before” and the BJP government “is conspicuously complicit in this”.

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UP: BJP leader’s brother booked as journalist shot at after ‘threats over report’

A BJP leader’s brother is among those booked for attempted murder after a journalist received two bullet injuries in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur, according to the Indian Express.

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Day after JNU chaos, BBC’s Modi documentary screening cancelled at Jamia, students detained

A screening of the BBC documentary on the Gujarat riots was cancelled on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus after the university administration allegedly refused permission to student groups, led by the SFI and NSUI, on Wednesday. At least eight students were detained in view of the screening, students told Newslaundry.…

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