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Newslaundry‘Mad respect’: From Colombo to Karachi, South Asia cheers the Indian Gen Z many had written off
“Kahin pyaar na ho jaye…India ki Gen Z sey eik request hai, ab bas! itna accha karoge toh main nafrat kaisey karoongi.” Memes and reels are the medium through…
NewslaundryModi replaces TV anchors with a reel but the crisis isn’t scrolling away
“Here comes PM Modi’s video! This is BIG!” tweeted Sudhir Chaudhary. “12 million views for a message recorded on selfie mode and posted just after midnight…
NewslaundryDelhi metro closures are hurting more than just commuters
For the third consecutive day, 16 Delhi Metro stations remain closed, disrupting the daily commute for thousands across the capital.Office-goers are bearing…
NewslaundryGen Z is protesting. Here is the economics behind the rage
Ek chhoti si naukri ka talabgar hoon main– Shailendra, Naukri (1954)Maine kuch ghaas nahi kaati kiya BA pass – Shailendra, Naukri (1954)BA kiya hai, MA kiya…
NewslaundryThey got beaten at the Parliament march. But they returned to Jantar Mantar
Protesters had gathered for a march to Parliament on July 20, stating that the demonstration would be peaceful. When it began at 9 am, the atmosphere was calm…
NewslaundryThe media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice
There were broken heads and broken limbs, but their spirit remained unbroken. If there is anything we can conclude about the ongoing student protests in New…
NewslaundryFourth pellet-like injury after July 20 march: DU student’s family says he may lose an eye
Sahil Lochab, a 22-year-old from Najafgarh, is undergoing treatment to save vision in his right eye. A student at Delhi University who works part-time and is…
NewslaundryFirst a prankster, now a policeman: When smart glasses come to India’s protest sites
Shubnam, who identifies as transfeminine, said they were in the middle of moving house in Delhi’s scorching 40 degrees Celsius-plus summer when they found out…
NewslaundryCJP protest and how Delhi Police broke the law
Lathi charge. Protestors being hit mercilessly. Plain-clothed police officers unleashing brute force. Nails embedded into lathis. Police officers without name…
NewslaundryFrom ‘Godi media’ taunts to assault: The reporters caught in Jantar Mantar’s anger
Four days after a young NDTV reporter covered the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar, her mother was surrounded in a neighbourhood park by people demanding to know…
NewslaundryPizzas, parathas and solidarity: Supporters from Mumbai to Dubai are feeding Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar has seen an unusual show of solidarity over the past two days – not in the form of slogans, but pizzas, parathas and water bottles. As the…
NewslaundryFact check shows Delhi police used baton with nails at Jantar Mantar
After participants from the July 20 march in Delhi put up videos on social media saying that police were carrying batons with nails fixed on them during the…
NewslaundryThe story of the Parliament march, told hour by hour
From the first signs of a swelling crowd after Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly shifted by the Delhi Police on Saturday, to the dramatic scenes outside Parliament…
Newslaundry‘Told my father to quit police job’: Inside Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the Parliament march
At 1 am, the emergency building of Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has not gone quiet. One man waits outside the ICU for his sister to regain consciousness…
NewslaundryNepal reference, Pak ‘link’, and opposition conspiracy theories: How TV anchors spun the July 20 march
By late afternoon on July 20, the images from Delhi were difficult to ignore: protesters marching from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament were met with tear gas…
NewslaundryA flagship 2024 promise, a 99% shortfall: PM internship scheme spent nearly as much on ads as interns
It was the summer of 2025. The advertisements about the Narendra Modi government’s new internship scheme were splashed across newspapers, TV channels and…
NewslaundryDelhi HC allows Sonam Wangchuk’s shift to private hospital after medical advice
The Delhi High Court has allowed Gitanjali Angmo to immediately shift her husband Sonam Wangchuk from government-run Safdarjung Hospital to the private Medanta…
NewslaundryLathis, tear gas and injured protesters: The ‘Chalo Sansad’ crackdown in pictures
Ramit Verma was still bleeding when he turned around to face the officer who had hit him.“The first blow landed on my head, and I started bleeding…
Newslaundry11 dailies, differing narratives: How front pages covered the CJP march on Parliament
Eleven newspapers, one Monday of chaos in central Delhi. On July 21, the front pages of five English dailies, three business papers and three Hindi dailies…
NewslaundrySouth Central 84: INDIA bloc’s drift towards BJP and how India perceives child abuse
In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna first discuss the churning in the country’s political Opposition, with several allies…
Newslaundry‘This is about the future’: At Parliament march, students who came without fear
They came from several states – students, some still in school, who had skipped classes or slipped away without telling their parents to be at Jantar Mantar on…
NewslaundryUnder shadow of lathis and barricades: The day the Modi govt finally engaged the CJP
Thousands of protesters marching towards Parliament as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) demonstration were met with barricades, tear gas, lathi blows…
Newslaundry‘With Wangchuk gone, cops thought hope would die’: The weekend that changed the CJP protest
Thousands have turned up for the Cockroach Janta Party’s march to Parliament on Monday, filling the road from Jantar Mantar to the Tolstoy Marg–Sansad Marg…
NewslaundryCops detain AAP councillor as she prepares to leave for Parliament march with supporters
Delhi Police detained AAP councillor Ashu Thakur from her CR Park office on Monday morning, hours after she had circulated a video urging citizens to gather on…
NewslaundryWhy PM Modi isn’t asking Dharmendra Pradhan to resign
Do you know what connects Lal Bahadur Shastri, TT Krishnamachari, Natwar Singh, A Raja, Dayanidhi Maran, BS Yediyurappa, Ashok Chavan and Nitish Kumar?They…
Newslaundryबारिश के बीच देहरादून में जुटे हजारों छात्र, राहुल गांधी का 'छात्रों की गूंज' कार्यक्रम कैसा रहा?
कोटा के बाद एक बार फिर राहुल गांधी शुक्रवार को 'छात्रों की गूंज' अभियान के तहत छात्रों से संवाद करने के लिए देहरादून पहुंचे. यह कार्यक्रम भारी बारिश के बीच…
NewslaundryFierce loyalty, broken leagues: The two faces of our game | Let’s Talk About Indian Football
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup wraps up, this episode turns the lens on the domestic game – and finds it in crisis. In the latest episode of Let’s Talk About…
Newslaundryएनएल चर्चा 432:लाडकी बहिन योजना से हटे 92 लाख नाम और E20 ईंधन विवाद में कंटेंट क्रिएटर्स पर FIR
एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में महाराष्ट्र की लाडकी बहिन योजना से 92 लाख से अधिक महिलाओं के नाम हटाए जाने के बाद राज्य में उपजे राजनीतिक विवाद और ईंधन नीति को लेकर…
NewslaundryExplained: Can the government force-feed a hunger striker? What Indian law says
Climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk was forcefully removed from Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site by Delhi Police on Saturday, July 18, and shifted…
Newslaundry‘Like a kidnapping’: Delhi Police forcibly remove Sonam Wangchuk under medical pretext
A roughly 10-foot barricade had come up overnight at Jantar Mantar, and hundreds of police personnel with several vehicles had taken position at the protest…
NewslaundrySonam Wangchuk forcibly taken to hospital as Delhi Police tighten grip on Jantar Mantar protest
Delhi Police forcibly removed activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar and took him to Safdarjung Hospital on Saturday morning with heavy deployment at the…
NewslaundryThe Bollywood pracharaks who found their place in Modi’s orbit
Read the first part of this series here.On the evening of September 21, 2025, as Bollywood celebrities arrived at Mumbai’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre…
Newslaundry‘The film will make you Rs 100 cr, look at Kashmir Files’: Inside the quiet capture of Bollywood
His social media reads like a saffron scrapbook. A picture with Yogi Adityanath. A Modi birthday wish. His new film marks the Sangh centenary. His character…
NewslaundryWhen PSUs, fertiliser shops, and flour mills became Uttarakhand’s ‘investors’ after global summit
Inaugurating the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit on December 8, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the state a “new hub for investment”, crediting…
NewslaundryJustice Varma granted LaLiT Hotel relief but HC tore up his order
Update in August 2026: Nearly a month after this report was published, the Supreme Court had ordered a status quo in the matter, granting the hospitality…
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NewslaundryIn a first, 3 transgender persons join Bihar police. Meet their mentor
Bihar is now the first state in India to simultaneously recruit three transgender persons as sub-inspectors in the state police. Among the 1,275 candidates who…
Newslaundryबिहार में पहली बार तीन ट्रांसजेंडर बने दारोगा, मिलिए उनके गुरु रहमान से
बिहार इस बार एक बेहतर कारण से चर्चा में है. दरअसल, बिहार पुलिस अधीनस्थ सेवा आयोग (बीपीएसएससी) ने हाल ही में दारोगा भर्ती परीक्षा का परिणाम घोषित किया है…
NewslaundryBefore HC convicted him: How Tejpal was given access to the victim’s personal chats to build his defence
This report has been re-featured on the website with a revised headline in light of the Bombay High Court order convicting Tejpal on August 6, 2026.The Goa…
NewslaundryNaMo TV broadcasts Modi’s speeches as pre-poll silence kicks in
The period of election silence kicked in on Tuesday, April 9, at 5 pm. Less than 24 hours before the first phase of the 2019 General Election is set to begin…
NewslaundryWelcome Back, Abhinandan Varthaman
When news, videos and images of the Indian MiG pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan started appearing online, we realised we had met this brave young man several…
NewslaundryLetter To Ms Tehelka-Assault-Victim
Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was originally published in 2014. In the years since, we have reflected deeply on workplace sexual harassment, consent…