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‘Can’t sleep at night, constantly worried’: Widows of Delhi riots are ‘abused, abandoned’ by in-laws

Saiba and Imrana have a lot in common. They’re both in their early thirties and live five minutes away from each other in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad. But they were strangers to each other until February 2020, when both their husbands died during the Delhi riots.

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In Assam, a double murder triggers fake media angles, from bodies in fridge to chicken in custody

A mother-son duo was murdered six months ago in Guwahati but the case has taken the Assamese media by storm only this week with the arrest of main accused Bandana Kalita and her friends Arup Deka and Dhonti Deka.

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Happy that Assam cops took bold action on simple complaint: Complainant in Pawan Khera case

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has been granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, hours after he was deboarded from a flight in Delhi and arrested by the Assam police over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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ANI played ‘key role’, based reports on ‘fake sources’: New EU group report on Indian influence networks

In its third and latest investigation into Indian influence networks, the European Union DisinfoLab has claimed that India’s leading news agency ANI has played a “key role” in pushing narratives based on “fabricated sources”.

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‘We stand up for the BBC’: UK govt when asked about IT surveys in India

“We stand up for the BBC. We fund the BBC. We think the BBC World Service is vital. We want the BBC to have that editorial freedom.”

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‘Maligns pious image of RSS’: FIR against Dainik Bhaskar, News24 for ‘fake news’ on RSS’s ‘Ayodhya office’

An FIR has been filed in Lucknow against three media houses for purportedly spreading “fake news” about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

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Waved gun, used ‘casteist slurs’: Bageshwar Baba’s brother booked for disrupting Dalit wedding

Days after he was purportedly seen flashing a gun and causing a ruckus at a Dalit wedding in a video, the brother of Bageshwar Dham’s Dhirendra Shastri has been booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 259: Tax survey on BBC, Gauri Lankesh’s murder

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and freelance award-winning journalist Srishti Jaswal.

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Hafta letters: NL interview problems, Adani coverage, Ravish job offer

Raman sir and Abhinandan, you asked if any country is capitalist/socialist? Well, socialism and capitalism are not mere labels that can be put on countries and then be defended or ridiculed. They are policy frameworks. A policy is as capitalist as it fits in that framework and the laws as…

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TV Newsance 202: How news anchors justified Income Tax ‘survey’ on BBC

Is the BBC funded by China? Is the BBC losing its credibility in the UK?

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Indian journalists say BBC raid part of drive to intimidate media

Media staff targeted for criticising BJP government fear tax raid is escalation of coercion

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Delhi library led by BJP leader didn’t have funds for branches, but issued salaries to her son

More than eight branches shut, an unrelenting protest by 75 employees over lack of salaries, a funds crunch, and at the centre of it all, one of Delhi’s oldest municipal libraries and a BJP leader mired in allegations of corruption and mismanagement.

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Cartoon: League of bulldozers

Cartoon is one of the oldest and boldest artistic genres for speaking truth to power. In India, however, cartoonists, in the news media and outside, are under pressure to curtail their free speech and not annoy the powerful as the finest of them are wont to do. They are being…

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NL Chatbox is our subscribers-only interaction where you can review and critique us and our work, while we respond to your questions in real-time.

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Tax survey ends on Day 3, BBC says will continue to report without fear

Income tax officials have ended their survey at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, according to the British broadcaster. The offices were searched over three days with the government suggesting that the move was linked to an alleged violation of transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits.

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Mehrauli demolition: Survey DDA relied on was found incomplete by HC panel last year

Before the demolition drive in south Delhi’s Mehrauli was halted by the Delhi High Court, anxious residents would wake up each day and ask themselves: “Who’s next?” “Who has got a stay?”

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‘We would’ve never filed a case’: Behind rise in Haryana ‘love jihad’ FIRs, vigilantes, misuse of new law

Sanskriti Shukla converted to Islam before she married Javed Khan last year in Haryana’s Faridabad. They had been in a relationship for seven years, but they are now in hiding after threats from Hindutva vigilantes, including the Bajrang Dal and the Bittu Bajrangi-led Gau Raksha Bajrang Force.

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Chorus from Tripura: ‘Never saw these many indigenous women candidates’

Unlike Nagaland, which has never had a woman MLA, Tripura has performed only slightly better in terms of women’s representation. But the election on Thursday holds promise.

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Income tax search at BBC’s Delhi, Mumbai offices

The income tax department is carrying out a survey at the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai, Newslaundry has learnt. This comes amid a controversy over the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 258: Human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, hijab ban in UP’s colleges

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Alenjith K Johny and Avdhesh Kumar.

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TV Newsance 201: Save Adani Campaign, brought to you by primetime stars on TV News

What do Mia Khalifa, Hindenburg and Greta Thunberg have in common? Is the opposition falling for a trap set up by anti-nationals to destroy the Indian economy? Is the Adani crisis over?

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Cartoon: Turning up unprepared

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Inside MP court, a law intern is labelled PFI agent and ‘targeted for being Muslim’

As a 21-year-old law intern, Sonu Mansuri had been regularly visiting the Indore district court over the last five months to observe court proceedings and assist her seniors. But on January 28, she became the subject of a viral video, surrounded by a group of lawyers, who grabbed her collar,…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 257: Musahar community of Bihar, Hindutva surge in MP

This week the host Basant is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Newsreel Asia’s Tej Bahadur Singh.

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TV Newsance 200: #RTVToadies makes a comeback

RTV Toadies makes a comeback. The three judges are back with a new set of tasks. What does it take to be a primetime toady? Watch to find out. We also look at why we started TV Newsance and our journey so far. TV news is one of the most…

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