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Newslaundryअरुंधति रॉय: “चुनावी हार से बड़ा है जंतर मंतर का मैसेज”
अरुंधति रॉय की नई किताब ‘मेरी मां, मेरी गैंगस्टर’ उनकी मां मेरी रॉय की कहानी के बहाने उनके अपने बचपन, परिवार, रिश्तों और लेखिका बनने की यात्रा को सामने लाती…
NewslaundryTN Speaker’s anti-abortion rhetoric is more than a personal opinion
Abortion rights in India are hard-won. In 2021, the Supreme Court observed in a landmark judgement that reproductive autonomy is a fundamental right under…
NewslaundryInside Jharkhand’s assembly gherao: Lathicharge, tear gas and conflicting claims
Thousands of students from all districts of Jharkhand marched on the state assembly in Ranchi on Monday, demanding the cancellation of exams conducted by the…
NewslaundryAman Chopra booked for video in hospital ‘without precautions’
An FIR has been registered against News18 India anchor Aman Chopra in Ranchi for entering the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of Sadar Hospital and recording a…
NewslaundryThe NEET aspirant who took the reservation debate to Jantar Mantar
During the paper leak protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, NEET aspirant Harsh Dubey began appearing across media platforms to speak about reservation and…
NewslaundrySouth Central 87: Udhayanidhi’s arrest and Union government’s Meta crackdown
Has the recent arrest of Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin strengthened his political standing, or did the young TVK government make a…
NewslaundryClimate change is making humid heat more intense in these Indian cities
Long dry spells this monsoon in some parts of India meant warmer days and nights even in July. Climate change is making the world hotter and more humid, and…
NewslaundryRSS wants to reach Gen Z. It’s been doing this for decades
The RSS’s Sarsanghachalak, or its chief Mohan Bhagwat, just met more than 2,000 Gen Z and Gen Alpha students from across India.The timing was deliberate-…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 435: जेन ज़ी और मीम कल्चर, मेटा ने हटाया प्रधानमंत्री का वीडियो और FCRA विधेयक
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में जेन ज़ी की जीवनशैली, मीम कल्चर, प्रधानमंत्री का वीडियो कुछ देर के लिए हटाने पर मार्क ज़ुकरबर्ग द्वारा मांगी गई माफ़ी और विदेशी अंशदान…
NewslaundryDemolishing a varsity, dismantling futures: The story of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University’s fight for survival
“I felt terrible, they were maligning us right in front of us, sitting outside our campus. I was shocked that government teachers were doing this and the…
NewslaundryHafta letters: Godi media, not a ‘Gen Z’ protest and Chetan Bhagat
Rohan I think that India is going through a mental health crisis, and we need to come up with a uniquely Indian way of therapy. Many therapists are too similar…
NewslaundryWhy are students in Jharkhand angry? JPSC-JSSC protest enters 14th day
The protest by students in Jharkhand, who are alleging irregularities in recruitment examinations, is growing by the day.Launched on July 25 from Ranchi’s…
NewslaundryTV Newsance 349 | Godi media presents: Good protester vs bad protester
This week on TV Newsance: thousands of students in Ranchi are protesting a genuine scandal- JPSC recruitment exams with no published cut-offs, a merit list…
NewslaundryTNM investigation on ONGC funds to Sangh-linked orgs mentioned in JPC on Corporate Laws Bill
The News Minute’s investigation that exposed how 14.7 percent of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was…
NewslaundryAnti-reservation rhetoric is rising, management quota stays invisible
When the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests put the Union government on the back foot, the big news channels along with several social media handles began a…
NewslaundryAs CJP protest wrapped up, media found its ‘villains’ and buried all victims
July 20, 2026, is a day that will be remembered for a long time. Not just because of the massive response to the call given by the Cockroach Janta Party to…
NewslaundryHafta letters: NL app issues, story suggestions, CJP protest
MadanJust wanted to let you know, the new Kartik Aryan movie Naagzilla is produced by the same people you did a recent Bollywood feature on.***Harshvardhan As…
NewslaundrySmokescreens, sneakers, and mass-reporting: Balen’s online machine against Nepal’s press
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah's asset disclosure, filed after his appointment in accordance with Section 50 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2002…
Newslaundry2013 rape case: HC convicts former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, reverses 2021 acquittal
The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench on Thursday found former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal guilty of rape, setting aside the sessions court verdict that…
NewslaundryJharkhand paper leak protest: Student leader says hunger strike still on, no stepping back
The student agitation over alleged paper leaks and recruitment irregularities in the JPSC and JSSC exams is gaining momentum in Jharkhand. Its leader, Devendra…
NewslaundryAdvocate ‘for Hindus’, celeb-commentary influencer: Meet the latest complainants against CJP
Rinki Chatterjee Singh’s account of her own career is a long ledger of cases – ones she has filed, and ones filed against her. An FIR was registered against…
NewslaundryRs 2.3 crore a day, 8 years: Yogi govt outspends Modi govt when it comes to ads
Eight years, and more than Rs 2.32 crore a day.That is what the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has spent, on average, publicising itself since…
NewslaundryPTI apologises to Priyank Kharge for misreporting remarks on police constable exam
The Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday, August 4, apologised to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge after admitting it had misinterpreted his remarks on…
NewslaundryModi govt spent Rs 910 crore on print ads in 5 years; Times of India biggest beneficiary
The Narendra Modi government spent Rs 910.4 crore on print media advertisements between 2020-21 and 2024-25, according to information shared by the Ministry of…
NewslaundryOne year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya
A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The…
NewslaundryProtest to crackdown: The aftermath of Jantar Mantar
In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the aftermath of the Jantar Mantar protests, led by the Cockroach Janta Party…
NewslaundryMasculinity or negative aura farming: What do people really think of Thar drivers?
Scroll through Instagram or YouTube and you’ll find many videos of loud exhausts, reckless driving, traffic-rule speedruns, and a whole lot of attitude…
Newslaundry‘Feels like career over’: The online campaign to intimidate women part of CJP protest
A BJP MLA posts a video of a bleeding, weeping girl and tells his followers she is being taught a lesson. The video is actually from Varanasi, from a domestic…
Newslaundry‘11-hour days, zero rest’: Delhi’s teachers say they are breaking under SIR duty
“We are not computers or robots that we will do BLO work after teaching hours too,” says Rajat*, a higher secondary teacher in Ambedkar Nagar, South…
Newslaundry‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ gets caste and merit wrong
On July 22, as the protests against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan gathered momentum, something unusual began happening online.A new movement suddenly…
NewslaundryGen-Z के सदमे में अमीश का लवणेन भोज्यम, अमन का उड़ा गर्दा
जेन-ज़ी लौंडों ने जब से धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफा लिया है तब से बहुतेरे एंकर एंकराओं को रात में नींद नहीं आ रही है. बहुतेरों को जंतर मंतर पर इस्तेमाल हुई…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 434: CJP प्रदर्शन के बाद छात्रों पर पुलिस का शिकंजा, मीडिया का नैतिकता पाठ और असम में बाढ़
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में धर्मेंद्र प्रधान के इस्तीफे के बाद प्रदर्शनकारियों पर कार्रवाई और असम में बाढ़ से मची तबाही पर विस्तार से बात हुई.इसके अलावा असम में…
NewslaundryGhar se salon tak: TV news turns ‘investigative’ reporter and language police over CJP protest
Mainstream TV media has seemingly not taken any feedback on board in its coverage of the CJP protest. Emblematic of this are two recent pieces of…
NewslaundryWoman journalist files FIR for assault, molestation during CJP protest coverage
A woman reporter with Times Now was allegedly kicked and struck on the head, and her cameraperson was manhandled, while both were reporting live from Kerala…
NewslaundryHafta letters: ‘I don’t understand why Chetan Bhagat continues to be invited’
Jeevan A quick suggestion: given NL Hafta runs close to two hours, it would help to have a quick 3-5 minute zero-base introduction at the start of each topic…
NewslaundryModi govt assurances, FIRs, and what’s next for CJP | Abhijeet Dipke with Manisha Pande
Days after the Cockroach Janta Party called off its sit-in at Jantar Mantar with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and assurances from the Narendra Modi…
NewslaundryAn army aspirant, a bystander, a minor: The unanswered bullets of Siwan NEET protest after AK-47 video
Dhiraj Kumar Gond is waiting outside Medanta Hospital in Patna. He is attending to his cousin Bullet Kumar Gond, who was shot at in Siwan during the Bihar…
Newslaundryसिवान हिंसा: छात्रों पर AK-47 चली, मगर गोली कैसे लगी यह पुलिस को नहीं पता
धीरज कुमार गौंड राजधानी पटना के मेदांता अस्पताल के बाहर मिलते हैं. वे यहां अपने चचेरे भाई बुलेट कुमार गौंड की देखरेख कर रहे हैं, जिन्हें 25 जुलाई, 2026 को…
NewslaundryAs DU reopens, students decode ‘thinly veiled threats’ and Jantar Mantar protests
There were fewer students than usual in Delhi University’s North Campus this week, as most of those who had joined days earlier were attending their…
NewslaundryBeyond millennial cynics and hopefuls, the grand Gen Z debut
When Abhijeet Dipke announced that the Cockroach Janta Party would be undertaking a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar site starting June 20, 2026, there was a…
Newslaundryपत्थरों वाला ट्रक दिल्ली पुलिस की कस्टडी में, लेकिन हाईकोर्ट में उसके वकील ने इसे प्रदर्शनकारियों से जोड़ा
न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की खोजबीन में दिल्ली पुलिस ने पुष्टि की है कि 20 जुलाई की सुबह जंतर-मंतर के पास देखा गया पत्थरों से लदा ट्रक उसकी हिरासत में था. इस ट्रक को…
NewslaundryAt least 75 dead, 7 lakh displaced: The making of Assam’s annual ‘unprecedented’ flood
When it comes to floods in Assam, I refrain from using the term unprecedented. In media reporting on disasters, sensationalism often becomes the norm. The task…
NewslaundryCan India scrap NEET without reviving capitation fee? Yes, here’s how
The replacement of an admission procedure marred by serious problems of access and high cost and allegations of corruption among private medical institutions…
Newslaundry3 crore trees, 6 lakh acres and the Green Revolution | NL interview with Peepal Baba
Governments in India routinely boast about planting crores of saplings in plantation drives, but how many actually survive? In Uttar Pradesh, for example…
Newslaundry6 लाख एकड़ में 3 करोड़ पेड़ लगाने वाले ‘पीपल बाबा’ हरित क्रांति को कैंसर की वजह क्यों बता रहे?
पेड़ हैं तो सांस है, और सांस है तो इंसान है. लेकिन विकास के नाम पर जिस तरह से पेड़ों की कटाई हो रही है, उसने कई सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं. ग्लोबल वार्मिंग लगातार…
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Delhi Police owns the stone-laden truck after NL report. But their lawyer linked it to protesters in HC
After a Newslaundry investigation, Delhi Police have confirmed that the stone-laden truck seen near Jantar Mantar on the morning of the July 20 march was in…
NewslaundryA changing world order, the collapse of Maoism, Congress in south India
The global order is shifting. American dominance is being challenged, China is reshaping the balance of power, and the world is entering a period of political…
NewslaundryEyes wide shut: On July 20, ANI didn’t share a single X post on students injured in Delhi
For decades, Asian News International (ANI) has occupied a near-monopoly in India’s television news ecosystem. With a business reportedly worth hundreds of…
NewslaundryRekha Gupta govt spent Rs 1.83 crore from tourism funds on DU’s Bhajan Clubbing
The Delhi government’s tourism department spent Rs 1.83 crore on eight Bhajan Clubbing events organised across Delhi University colleges in February, according…
NewslaundryJuly 20 crackdown: One DCP approved pellets, another authorised firearms
A document seen by Newslaundry shows that a Deputy Commissioner of Police, acting with the powers of an Executive Magistrate, authorised the Rapid Action Force…
NewslaundryNot the Cockroach Janta Party, not even Sonam Wangchuk: The Modi govt defeated itself
First things first. Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday, announcing it himself on X. “I am pained to see the events of the past 10 days,” he wrote. No…
NewslaundryA truck full of stones appeared near the CJP protest. We found out how
At 8 am on July 20, as the Cockroach Janta Party assembled at Jantar Mantar, its workers pointed to a truck loaded with stones on the road linking Sansad Marg…
NewslaundryAs cops target ‘offensive’ posts, Jantar Mantar reportage and reels are disappearing
On July 26, hours after the Cockroach Janta Party called off its 36-day agitation, journalist Yaqut Ali uploaded an interview with Vijeta Dahiya, the outfit’s…
Newslaundry‘Breach of promise’: How BJP states cracked down on student protesters
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) called off student protests at Jantar Mantar after receiving assurances, among other things, that no criminal cases would be…
Newslaundry4 victims, 1 pattern: July 20 injuries put RAF’s ‘sensitive policing’ motto and manual under spotlight
Six days after the July 20 crackdown near Parliament, neither the CRPF nor its Rapid Action Force wing has clarified whether their personnel fired pellet guns…
NewslaundryDharmendra Pradhan resigns under pressure from student protests
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, a day after the Cockroach Janta Party…
NewslaundryTV Newsance 348 | NEET protest ya CIA plot? Godi media's 4-step formula exposed
This week on TV Newsance, the tukde-tukde, anti-national, foreign CIA conspiracy is back! On July 20, nearly one lakh students descended on Jantar Mantar over…
Newslaundry‘Nobody asked us to’: Meet the silent engine of the Jantar Mantar protest
Despite the police action on July 20, protestors returned to Jantar Mantar to continue demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
NewslaundryHafta letters: CJP criticism, World Cup rant, and podcast feedback
RohitAs a Gen Z, I had a criticism of CJP: they are dumbing down the whole movement to a single act of demanding a resignation. There is no widespread coverage…
NewslaundryJantar Mantar: As Modi govt steps up outreach, what do students think about the road ahead?
Despite two rounds of talks with the government, Sonam Wangchuk ending his 26-day hunger strike, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi promising tougher laws…