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Criminal defamation: Problems and precedents of a provision used commonly against the press

Earlier this week, the Delhi police searched the Wire’s office and the homes of its five staffers, days after BJP leader Amit Malviya accused the portal of maligning his and his party’s reputation through a criminal conspiracy, cheating and forged documents.

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Photojournalists from The Print, New Indian Express barred from Kejriwal-Mann press conference

Photojournalists associated with the New Indian Express and the Print were allegedly barred from attending a joint press conference by Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Delhi on Friday. The press conference was intended to discuss the worsening air quality in…

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Operation Lotus in Telangana? Arrested priest had ‘Rs 1.25 crore flat’, worked at Faridabad temple

A symbol to ward off the evil eye frowns down at passersby from the first floor of a newly constructed, four-storey building in Faridabad’s Sector 31 in Haryana. It’s Monday and the street is empty, except for a few cars.

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Newslaundry wins two Laadli awards for reportage on Hathras, Yati Narsinghanand

The year is winding down, journalists are looking back at their work, and Newslaundry has received two more accolades for its journalism.

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The Wire raids: 18 devices seized, including a reporter's phone at the news website’s office

Sixteen electronic devices have been seized in police searches at the Wire’s office and residences linked to its staff in Delhi and Mumbai, according to employees at the portal. The organisation is yet to receive the hash value of the devices. (Newslaundry later learned on November 3 that a total…

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Raids on The Wire: Delhi police seized electronics, asked for passwords, refused to provide hash value

During a raid this evening on the home of the Wire founder-editor Siddharth Varadarajan, the Delhi police seized his laptop, two mobile phones and an iPad.

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Meta vs The Wire vs Devesh Kumar: The story so far

Over the weekend, the twists and turns in the Wire-Meta saga continued.

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Alt News cofounder says Delhi police attributed ‘concocted, false disclosures’ to him: LiveLaw

Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair has said he made no disclosure statements to the Delhi police over his arrest for a tweet posted in 2018, and that the police were using “concocted, wholly false” disclosures instead, LiveLaw reported today. Zubair submitted a response in this regard to the police’s status…

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FIR against Wire editors after Amit Malviya’s complaint over ‘cheating, forgery and defamation’

On the basis of a complaint by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, an FIR has now been filed in Delhi against the Wire and its senior editors over the controversial Meta reports. This comes two days after the BJP leader said he will file criminal charges against the news…

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‘Doing this reluctantly’, redressal mechanism ‘broken’: IT minister explains need for changed rules

The government is “not really interested in playing the role of an ombudsman” but is taking that responsibility “reluctantly” as the intermediaries’ grievance redressal mechanism is “broken”, union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the media on Saturday.

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Hafta letters: Paywall issues, construction dust, lack of discussions on Wire-Meta

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TV Newsance 191: Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Ganesh-Laxmi’ idea presents a Dharam Sankat for anchors

It was a week like any other, until it wasn’t. Post-Diwali, anchors fawned over the Supreme Leader, with multiple Modis on screens and channels discussing the secrets to his youthful rigour and spiritual strength.

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Wire-Meta saga: Editors Guild withdraws Tek Fog remarks, Economist points to 3 lessons from ‘own-goal’

Hours after the Wire issued an apology to its readers over its controversial Meta stories, the Economist carried a piece on the website’s “own-goal” holding lessons for “opposition voices everywhere” while the Editors Guild of India withdrew its statement referring to the organisation’s Tek Fog reports.

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Kanpur Prophet stir: One-sided media reports on ‘temple, enemy property’ now part of chargesheet

In his arrest and the accusation of supporting violent protests over the anti-Prophet remarks in Kanpur on June 3, a ghost from the past has come to haunt Mukhtar Baba, his family, and his biryani business.

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IT ministry notifies creation of Grievance Appellate Committee that will oversee content moderation decisions

Update at 7.47 pm, Oct 28: The IT ministry notified the amendments to the IT Rules 2021 on October 28. The headline to this report was changed to reflect that. No changes were made to the notified rules, so the text of this report remains the same.

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BJP’s Amit Malviya to sue Wire over ‘forged documents to malign reputation’

BJP’s information technology cell head Amit Malviya has said that he will file criminal charges against the Wire and also seek damages in a civil court for allegedly forging documents to malign and tarnish his reputation. This came hours after the news portal issued an apology to its readers a…

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Delhi: FIR filed after Rohingya child ‘beaten’ for ‘playing in the street’, damaging vehicle

A garage owner accused of “beating” a nine-year-old Rohingya refugee and two others in Delhi has a history of “assaulting” others, residents of a camp in Kalindi Kunj told Newslaundry on Wednesday.

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The Wire issues apology, cites ‘deception by a member of our Meta investigation team’

The Wire has issued an apology to its readers a week after retracting its controversial Meta stories. In a detailed statement issued early this morning, the news website said it had been deceived by a “member of our Meta investigation team”.

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Impolite Conversations: Negotiations with security laws

On September 10, Newslaundry and the Internet Freedom Foundation hosted FoE Con 2022, a forum that brought together media personalities and leading voices in the legal sphere to map the media and regulatory framework in contemporary India.

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NL Playoffs Ep 29: T20 World Cup, Max Verstappen’s F1 win, Premier League

Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh Kalur and Gowtham Kode discuss the ongoing T20 World Cup, Max Verstappen winning the F1 championship, the Premier League, and more.

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TMR 2022: Sophie Zhang on not being allowed to testify before India's parliament

After two years of being hosted online, The Media Rumble 2022 took place in Delhi on October 14 and 15 where leading media professionals, policymakers, and tech innovators got together to discuss the future of news, tech and policy.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 242: Wire vs Meta, India Ahead linked to Delhi liquor scam

This week, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry reporters Ashwine Kumar Singh and Aditi Agarwal.

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TV Newsance 190: Republic vs Times Now. Who won?

Indian news TV operates by the revenue logic of ads. And who gets how many ads is dictated by the logic of TRPs. So when BARC, the TRPs measurement agency, returned with its data earlier this year after a hiatus forced by the TRP scam, so did the barking on…

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Impolite Conversations: Court stories

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Bombay archbishop among 3 pastors booked in POCSO case

After several police complaints, a family’s months-long ordeal, and intervention by the country’s top human rights panel, three priests have finally been booked in a case filed in Pune under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The main accused remains absconding while two prominent priests have been accused…

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