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Dainik Bhaskar Digital, reporter booked as sting operation alleges fraud ring

A day after a Dainik Bhaskar Digital sting operation tried to uncover an alleged fraud racket offering jobs for cash in Uttar Pradesh, the reporter as well as the news outlet have been booked for alleged defamation and criminal conspiracy.

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Violence after ‘experimental’ play on campus: Faculty frustrated at Pune univ’s lack of support

Six days ago, a photograph went viral on social media. It was a scene from a stage performance by students of Savitribai Phule Pune University showing an actor dressed as Sita sitting and smoking a cigarette.

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‘Biggest event of the year’: News channels had ‘historic’ TRPs thanks to Ram Mandir

Since December, your news and social media feeds were probably drenched with updates on the Ram temple’s consecration. Which Bollywood stars were in attendance? What was in the goody bags handed to attendees? What colour was the sanctum sanctorum? How many IAF choppers were co-opted into the celebration?

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Research paper points to BJP’s ‘massive advantage’ through YouTube influencers

With India having the largest number of YouTube users, Indian politicians are choosing to be interviewed by YouTubers instead of journalists and political interviews in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections may see the same trend, a new research paper has suggested.

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IIT-Bombay event drops Sudhir Chaudhary as speaker after ‘complaints over derogatory remarks’

IIT-Bombay has cancelled Aaj Tak anchor Sudhir Chaudhary’s talk at E-Summit 2024 – the institute’s flagship annual business conclave – allegedly over objections from students about his remarks on tribals and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 307: Academic Freedom Index, India’s PSA prisoners

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal and Mid-Day’s Neerja Deodhar.

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‘Caused great disharmony’: UK conservative MP slams BBC’s ‘biased’ coverage of Ram Mandir

UK conservative MP Bob Blackman has raised concerns over alleged “biased reporting” on the Ram temple by state broadcaster BBC.

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MJ Akbar and Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law to participate in bid for UNI

The process to auction off United News of India agency has begun. Among the five groups that have lined up to bid for it are Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law Rakesh Ramanlal Shah and BJP MP MJ Akbar.

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Andaman: 2 journalists assaulted while ‘trying to report on illegal liquor sale’

Two journalists from Andaman and Nicobar Islands were assaulted while they were trying to verify the alleged illegal sale of alcohol on January 30 – a dry day on account of Martyr’s Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Inside Aiyar-RWA dispute: Diary on reporters, web series dismay, cheer on WhatsApp

Kapil Kakkar, president of the Jangpura Extension Welfare Association and a psychologist by profession, is a busy man these days. It’s not patients but reporters who are now queuing up outside his clinic. And Kakkar is jotting down the details about the journalists in a diary, categorising them as “pro-”…

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‘Arrest is imminent’: CBI raids on Harsh Mander, FIR filed

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an FIR against human rights activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander for alleged FCRA violations, Newslaundry learned today.

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From ‘path-breaking’ demonetisation to Bal Narendra’s heroics: Hits and misses of Modi museum

A bigger than life-size digital board plastered with a beaming face of Prime Minister Narendra sets the stage for the newly-opened Narendra Modi gallery at its entrance at Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society in Lutyens’ Delhi.

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Plea challenging IT Rules amendment: Split verdict from Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court today delivered a split verdict in petitions challenging the amendment to the IT Rules, which allows the government to identify “fake news” about itself on social media, Livelaw reported.

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How OCI journalists in India are navigating uncertain work permissions amid govt scrutiny

French journalist Vanessa Dougnac, whose overseas citizenship of India status is under threat, first came under the government’s scrutiny more than two years ago. In September 2022, the ministry of home affairs revoked her special permission to work in the country as a media professional.

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No diversity, govt dependent, paying the price: State of the media at event in memory of Gauri Lankesh

“Maybe the killers of Gauri Lankesh were angry that a woman was questioning the Hindutva ideology. This shows how much danger women journalists are in for merely doing their job,” said Meena Kotwal, founder of digital news platform Mooknayak.

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‘Invalid votes’, ‘scandalous scuttling’: Newspapers today on Chandigarh mayor polls

Yesterday, the BJP claimed victory to the post of Chandigarh mayor in a curious sequence of events that the AAP and Congress, which were contesting together, called “fraud”.

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Detention quashed, but several PSA prisoners languish in jail over procedural delays

In 2022, Rameez* had big plans. He wanted to finish his law course and get married to the “love of his life”, until he was arrested in June that year under the Public Safety Act, 1978, as his activities were “highly prejudicial to the maintenance of public order of the…

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WAN-IFRA awards: Newslaundry app bags gold as the best innovative digital product

The Newslaundry app has been honoured as the ‘Best Innovative Digital Product’ at the Digital Media Awards South Asia 2023. The award in its seventh edition, is organised by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

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‘Sony’s criminal design to start merger and withdraw’: Subhash Chandra

“I can prove it was Sony’s criminal design to start the merger process and then withdraw,” Zee Entertainment Enterprises chairman emeritus Subhash Chandra has told The Economic Times in an interview.

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ED raids Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group’s Mumbai office: Report

The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches at Essel Group’s Mumbai office, which also serves as the office premises for Zee Media, ET Now reported, citing sources.

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Broadcast code violation? AIR uses image with BJP symbol to report on Modi scheme launch

In a report about the launch of various central government projects, state broadcaster All India Radio used a picture that contained the BJP’s poll symbol – in an ostensible violation of the AIR Broadcast Code.

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Over-the-top coverage, bounty of ads: The saffron hues of Big Media on Ram Mandir

This was the first paragraph of the front-page story in The Times of India on January 23:

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Questions on police inaction after News7 Tamil reporter attacked with ‘sickles and knives’

A News7 Tamil reporter in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur was attacked with “sickles and knives” by a group of unidentified men on Wednesday night. According to The News Minute, the group slashed Nesaprabhu leaving severe injuries.

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