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NewslaundryMinor’s gangrape case: Did Delhi Police break from procedure in ‘keeping Noida police in dark’?
On the night of August 4, a minor student was gangraped inside a bus plying the Delhi–NCR roads. The bus (registration number UP83 ET 3789) had entered Delhi…
NewslaundrySiddharth Varadarajan, Mexican journalist Marcela Turati win El Mundo journalism awards
Siddharth Varadarajan, founding editor of The Wire, and Marcela Turati, veteran Mexican journalist and author, have been named recipients of the 24th El Mundo…
NewslaundryNepal flash floods: When disaster becomes content
August 26, 2026, will be remembered by the people of Nepal for a long time, a day when a wall of water, rocks, ice, and cement cascaded down from the mountains…
NewslaundryAs family mourns, Times Now recreates Manipur musician’s murder with AI clips
On September 8, a Times Now show titled “Decoding Now”, which airs just before the primetime slot, ran a segment on Chongtham Vikram Singh, a 55-year-old…
NewslaundryNo hostels, no enforcement: Decoding Delhi’s student housing crisis
This country keeps failing its students, whether they are in government schools far from the city or in expensive PGs in the capital.Seven people have died…
NewslaundryUttarakhand SIR: Who is targeting Muslim voters?
A Newslaundry investigation into the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Uttarakhand has revealed a deeply concerning pattern…
NewslaundryManipuri musician’s murder sparks outrage: ‘We are targeted for our identity’
Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, 55, was beaten to death late on Sunday night outside his South Delhi apartment, allegedly by a group of youths…
NewslaundryAAP alleges fraud as Raghav Chadha makes it to Delhi voter rolls
Deleted in Punjab’s special intensive revision, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha’s name is now available in Delhi’s draft roll. The BJP leader’s name is at serial…
NewslaundryBAPS and its celibate monks: The organisation at the centre of the Eiffel Tower row
A Hindu religious organisation has come under fire in Paris, France after female employees at the Eiffel Tower were allegedly asked to move away or make…
Newslaundry‘Sanatan’ campaigns to Modi posters: Meet TV media’s ‘CJP rebel’
For several days, ANI and multiple television channels ran with a storyline that a rebellion had broken out inside the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). Their…
Newslaundry‘YouTuber’, ‘influencer’, ‘goon activist’: How mainstream media sanitised Swatantra Bhardwaj
“I cracked the skull of Nishu’s father. Do you know which section this crime attracts? Section 307. He needed 60 stitches. The man who was about to die was…
Newslaundry‘Why did I let him come to Delhi?’: Families mourn and question the capital after PG collapse
“His birthday is in October, he would’ve turned 20,” said Pushpa, Arpit Jahaj’s mother, recalling his last birthday, when the family surprised him with a…
NewslaundrySouth Central 91: CM Vijay’s PM dream | Samastha cannot dictate to Muslim women
Should women be confined to their homes? Kerala’s latest controversy over a Muslim religious leader’s remarks has sparked a wider debate on patriarchy, women’s…
Newslaundry7 dead, officials suspended: What happened after the Satya Niketan building collapse?
A five-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon. So far, 12 people have been pulled out from the debris, with seven deaths…
Newslaundry‘Have to fight for our right’: Families of Delhi sewer workers wait for compensation after deaths
“Nothing can bring my son back. Compensation or not, this work is hazardous and no one should be put through this hazardous occupation,” said Kiran, whose son…
NewslaundryThe climate blindspot in India’s new labour codes
India’s new labour codes, under which the government framed rules for implementation in May this year, do not once mention climate change. This is even as the…
NewslaundryBengaluru’s parks are under threat
What can you do in 20 minutes? If you are in Bengaluru, it could take longer to cover just one kilometre in a car. It could take longer to get a cup of filter…
Newslaundry‘Everyone sympathises and forgets’: After Satya Niketan collapse, students ask who will fix unsafe PGs
“My parents called me worried when this incident happened. I just moved to Delhi for college and this situation has scared me. I hope we are safe,” a…
NewslaundryNCLT larger bench stays Subhash Chandra insolvency verdict
A larger, five-member bench of the National Company Law Tribunal has put the August 25 ruling of a smaller tribunal bench on hold – a decision that had come…
NewslaundrySubhash Chandra takes on Mukesh Ambani, accuses TV18 of ‘misinformation’
Two days after the National Company Law Tribunal approved a repayment plan under which creditors will receive around Rs 6.5 crore against admitted claims of Rs…
Newslaundry‘He could’ve been saved’: Minor’s body found 3 days after he fell in Delhi drain chasing a kite
A JCB excavator pulled Mithun’s body out of an open drain in Southeast Delhi’s Jasola village at around 1.15 pm on Tuesday. He was 15. He had slipped into that…
NewslaundryBhagwant Mann’s OSD sends notice to media outlets over ‘baseless’ reports on ‘nexus’
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s officer on special duty, Rajbir Singh Ghuman, has sent a notice to several media platforms and tech intermediaries to…
NewslaundryWho will lead India’s next student movement?
In this episode of What's Your ISM?, TNM Executive Editor Sudipto Mondal sits down with student leaders from the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and…
NewslaundryA year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountable
It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has…
NewslaundrySouth Central 89: India’s food safety crisis and BJP’s political reshuffle
In this week’s episode of South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss raids and inspections across the country at restaurants and…
NewslaundryPublic money, govt line: How DD News used pro-Modi govt farmer leaders to push E20
A nationwide debate is raging over ethanol-blended petrol, or E20, with motorists complaining of lower mileage and alleged engine damage. The government…
NewslaundryJaipur Dialogues – a platform that doxxed 15-year-old protestor – has BJP ties
In late July 2026, an online storm upended the life of a 15-year-old girl. The teenager had joined the student demonstrations that forced the former Education…
NewslaundryHC summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, Pamphlet, others after Saurav Das points to disclosure of his address
The Delhi High Court has issued summons to right-wing commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, along with media platform The Pamphlet, legal news outlet Law Beat, and…
Newslaundry‘The later it gets, the crazier the shows become’: US ambassador Sergio Gor on the chaos of Indian TV news
US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor appears to have discovered a guilty pleasure familiar to many an NRI uncle: watching Indian television news for…
NewslaundryYears after NEP spoke of digital literacy, 3 of 4 govt schools still don’t have a functional desktop
In May 2020, as India was preparing to overhaul its education policy, the Narendra Modi government held a review meeting on education that placed technology at…
Newslaundry‘Putting data on a server does not make it statistically useful’
India is preparing to revamp parts of its official statistical system, conduct at least 14 surveys under the National Sample Survey Office this year, and make…
NewslaundryThe cost of India’s AI data centre boom
Let’s say an AI data centre is coming to your neighbourhood; it’s easy to feel like you’ve been chosen for the future.Like the Avengers just set up…
NewslaundryBJP promises ‘positive content’. Its new social media team’s record tells another story
Days after taking charge as the BJP’s national social media convenor, Deepak Mhaske told a gathering of reporters, “My focus will be to tackle the fake…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 437: बीजेपी की नई टीम, स्मृति इन, मालवीय आउट और टेक डाउन नोटिसों का रिकॉर्ड उछाल
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की नई टीम के गठन, स्मृति ईरानी की वापसी और अमित मालवीय के बाहर होने पर विस्तार से बात हुई. इसके साथ सरकार द्वारा…
NewslaundryHafta letters: A concerned subscriber, Modiji and singing Vande Mataram
Negative gradient Hello everyone, I am writing this email as a concerned subscriber after having read about the recent allegations against NL. I realise there…
NewslaundryTV Newsance 350 | Got a brain? You might be a ‘Dimaagi Naxal’
This week on TV Newsance Gen Z Special, the makers of the Urban Naxal gang, Tukde-Tukde gang, Khan Market gang and Azadi gang have manufactured a shiny new…
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Exclusive: Inside the bulk objections targeting Muslims in Uttarakhand’s SIR
Five men in five Uttarakhand assembly constituencies filed 6,500 objections to strike voters off the rolls in the ongoing special intensive revision. Every…
Newslaundry‘Staged like a script’: New FIR against journalist Abhishek Upadhyay
Independent journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who runs the YouTube channel Top Secret and has repeatedly highlighted the Ram Mandir donation scam, has been booked…
NewslaundryPG course in Hindi journalism discontinued at IIMC’s Amravati centre
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) has discontinued its Postgraduate Diploma course in Hindi Journalism at its Amravati centre for the current…
NewslaundryBills passed in 3 minutes, 9 with no LS MPs speaking: Parliament’s growing scrutiny gap
Parliament is increasingly passing Bills after relatively short periods of discussion. Data compiled from sessions between 2024 and 2026 across both the Lok…
NewslaundryAssam’s ad spend tripled after Himanta became CM. Media group linked to his wife got Rs 20 cr
In five financial years since Himanta Biswa Sarma became chief minister of Assam, his government spent Rs 460.82 crore on media and advertising. In the five…
NewslaundryWhy ‘Dimaagi Naxal’ is India’s most dangerous label yet
Dimaagi Naxal!Andolan Jeevi!Tuke Tukde Gang!Thanks to our dear Prime Minister Modi and many of his ardent supporters, we have enriched our vocabulary over the…
NewslaundryFrom Cambridge to Indian campuses, a similar playbook hounds the marginalised
Early this year, we were in Manchester to attend the British Sociological Association’s 75th annual conference. Sitting among hundreds of academics, we were…
NewslaundryDecoding PM CARES Fund audit report: Sitting on thousands of crores, yet only lakhs spent
After a two-year wait, the Government of India has finally released the audit report for the PM CARES Fund. The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief…
Newslaundryपीएम केयर्स फंड पर उठे सवाल: हजारों करोड़ जमा लेकिन खर्च हुए महज कुछ लाख
भारत सरकार ने दो साल के इंतजार के बाद आखिरकार पीएम केयर्स फंड की ऑडिट रिपोर्ट जारी कर दी है. प्रधानमंत्री आपात स्थिति नागरिक सहायता एवं राहत निधि, जिसे पीएम…
NewslaundryWhy the racial order remains invisible: Answer is in the machinery that sustains it
If this racialized world order is so pervasive and structurally embedded, why, one may ask, does it remain largely invisible in the global political…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 436: दिल्ली में स्वाइन फ्लू का प्रकोप, संसद में अमित शाह की वापसी और चमोली सुरंग हादसा
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में दिल्ली में तेजी से बढ़ते स्वाइन फ्लू (H1N1) के मामले और पिटबुल नस्ल के कुत्तों के हमलों से जुड़ी चिंताओं पर विस्तार से बात हुई. इसके…
NewslaundryHafta letters: NL investigations, cognitive biases, and independent media
Deepak Team NL, I just wanted to thank you for the incredible work you are doing. Your recent investigations, especially on Yogi's ad campaign and the…
Newslaundry‘In gloomy 2013, I was spellbound by these characters’: Tracking down the 20-year-olds of a 1967 India
Chapter 1: MIDNIGHT’S GROWN-UPS•2015 For most of last year, practically every fortnight, I dialled a house in Troy, Michigan, trying to speak to a man I had…
NewslaundrySumit Sarkar’s unfinished argument with history
Sometime in 2000, I lost my copy of Sumit Sarkar’s Modern India in the Hindu College hostel at Delhi University. It was unfortunate. I remember looking for…
NewslaundryBrij Bhushan acquittal: What the order leaves open to scrutiny
On August 3, 2026, a Delhi trial court acquitted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former Wrestling Federation of India president, of charges under Sections 354…
Newslaundry‘Shadow ban’ fears at NALSAR after BCI seeks inquiry into CJI invite opposition
Following the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) statement that there would be an inquiry against students enrolled at Hyderabad’s National Academy of Legal Studies…
Newslaundry‘Genuine’ vs ‘political’: The social media campaign pitting Ranchi protests against CJP
As Jharkhand’s student protest against alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC)…
NewslaundryA day inside a Delhi SIR camp: Forms, confusion and long days
Delhi is currently undergoing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with the Election Commission extending the deadline to submit forms to August…
NewslaundryThe crisis after the flood in Assam villages: Lost livestock, missed crop, and wait for aid
When the floodwaters rose around their home in Rajapul on July 19, Bandana Buragohain had no way of getting out on her own.The 70-year-old clung to the back of…
Newslaundry‘One-shot exam wrong way to select students’: Former education secy R Subrahmanyam
Youth protests may have moved from Jantar Mantar to Jharkhand and the flashpoint from NEET exam leaks to recruitment exams but there’s a common thread…
Newslaundry‘Bid to eliminate the messenger’: Social media takedowns leaving users in the dark
Posts by journalists, political parties, activists and media organisations are increasingly being restricted or taken down on platforms such as Meta and X…
NewslaundryThe other side of the Kanwar Yatra: What women face on the road
For devotees of Lord Shiva, the month of Sawan is a time to embark on a journey of faith. Kanwariyas travel from Haridwar carrying Ganga water, often walking…
NewslaundryFrom police impunity to media-mob nexus: Akanksha Kumar gets Prem Bhatia award for 5 Newslaundry reports
Journalist Akanksha Kumar has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Political Journalism 2026 by the Editors Guild of India, for five reports…
NewslaundryArundhati Roy: ‘Message from Jantar Mantar is bigger than electoral defeat’
In a wide-ranging interview with Newslaundry, Arundhati Roy discusses the Hindi translation of her new book, Meri Maan, Meri Gangster, which draws on the story…