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TV Newsance 302: How TV anchors turned Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder into a low-budget soap opera

This week, as astronaut Shubhanshu Sharma took the country forward by going to space, TV news anchors took the country centuries back with their coverage of Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder. TV news turned the murder of an innocent man, allegedly committed by his wife Sonam, into a media spectacle.

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‘Too many bodies to identify’: Gujarat man looks for missing mother, daughter, and answers, after crash

“They’re all saying the same thing – that there are too many bodies, and it’s hard to identify them,” says Thakur Ravi Prahlad, who has been frantically searching for any trace of his mother Sharlaben and his two-year-old daughter. Both were at the BJ Medical College hostel canteen in Ahmedabad…

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Awful and Awesome Ep 388: Mountainhead, Stolen, Last Of Us S2

While discussing the headlines:Rajyasree: In bad news, Kamal Haasan’s comments led to his film Thug Life not releasing in Karnataka.Manisha: In worse news, Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 cruised ahead of the box office…I had no idea that five Housefulls have been made. Rajyasree: And also Fardeen Khan has made a comeback!Shardool:…

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After crash, Air India bars employees from speaking to media

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Mahakumbh stampede: 4 months on, no official clarity on death toll

The Uttar Pradesh government had initially downplayed the January 29 Mahakumbh stampede but later acknowledged 30 deaths. However, an investigation by Newslaundry on February 5 suggested the actual toll was at least 79.

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‘They lied for our votes’: Displaced from Madrasi Camp, families slam slum rehabilitation promise’

On June 1, under heavy police presence, bulldozers rolled into Madrasi Camp in Jangpura, demolishing slum homes following a Delhi High Court order that deemed the settlement – along the Barapullah drain – illegal and a cause of monsoon flooding.

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‘Miracle Brit in seat 11A’, ‘descent into tragedy’: Front pages on the Air India crash

In what is being described as one of the worst aviation disasters in recent memory, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 260 on board and in the area impacted by the crash.

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Air India crash: Aviation expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan demands impartial probe

What exactly caused the Air India Dreamliner to crash in Ahmedabad remains a mystery, and only a comprehensive investigation can provide answers. Given the aircraft’s safety track record, aviation authorities and experts around the world are closely watching the developments.

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‘Things changed in 30 seconds’: Survivor recounts Air India crash

A 40-year-old man, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, walked away from the wreckage of Air India Flight AI 171 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, surviving a tragedy that claimed at least 204 lives.

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‘Against factual scenario’: Court dismisses Ajit Anjum’s objection to private counsel in POCSO case

A special court in Haryana’s Gurugram has dismissed Ajit Anjum’s petition raising objections against a private counsel assisting the complainant in a 2013 POCSO case. The plea requested that the private counsel be “disallowed from taking over the role of the prosecutor”.

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Murder, manglik, men’s rights: Welcome to TV’s fever dream of the Sonam-Raja case

Newlyweds Sonam and Raja Raghuvanshi disappeared during their honeymoon in the misty hills of Shillong’s East Khasi district between May 23 and 24. On June 2, Raja was discovered in a gorge below Wei Sawdong Falls in the district, with his throat slit and valuables missing. Sonam was found in…

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One of 242 passengers survived Air India crash: Top cop

Of the 242 people onboard, only one passenger survived the London-bound Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday, police said.

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अमरावती की महिलाओं पर टिप्पणी का मामला: पत्रकार वीवी कृष्णम राजू गिरफ्तार

पत्रकार और राजनीतिक विश्लेषक वीवी कृष्णम राजू को अमरावती क्षेत्र की महिलाओं के खिलाफ कथित आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी करने के आरोप में गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया है. यह टिप्पणी उन्होंने 6 जून को साक्षी टीवी पर प्रसारित एक बहस के दौरान की थी. यह टीवी चैनल पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री और वाईएसआर कांग्रेस…

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June 12, 2025: Road dust outside road research institute

The Central Road Research Institute recently signed a memorandum of understanding to work on reducing road dust. A report had found road dust to be contributing 42 percent to PM10 levels in Delhi.

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Days after ‘derogatory remarks’ on Amaravati women, another Andhra arrest

Journalist and political analyst VV Krishnam Raju has reportedly been arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks about women from the Amaravati region during a debate on Sakshi TV, owned by the family of former chief minister and YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

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Acquitted in 2 cases, but a former terror suspect is a lifetime prisoner of suspicion

At 12.48 pm on May 13, 2025, Abdul Wahid Shaikh stood at the threshold of academic triumph. After years of struggle, the 47-year-old school teacher was finally submitting his PhD thesis on “prison literature” at Mahatma Gandhi Mission University in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. A man who had spent nine years…

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Decoding Mallya’s 259-minute spin job: From king of good times to podcast prince of excuses

When Raj Shamani – a role model for much of India’s Gen Z – sat across Vijay Mallya for a podcast lasting 258 minutes and 47 seconds – what we ended up with wasn’t just highly viral content but also a carefully constructed image management exercise vaguely masquerading as some…

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Days after bulldozers, many families pick rented homes over relocation for Tamil-medium education

What would you sacrifice to carry on studying in your mother tongue? For Durga and nearly 200 families in Delhi’s Ashram and Sarai Kale Khan, the answer is in their decision to pick cramped quarters and crippling rent over free government housing. All to ensure their children can continue learning…

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Real reasons behind Bengaluru police commissioner’s suspension

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. After the shocking suspension of Bengaluru Commissioner of Police B Dayananda, we spoke to sources in the police and those close to CM Siddaramaiah. One of the…

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मानहानि के मुकदमे में हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स और पूर्व रिपोर्टर नीलेश मिश्रा पर ₹40 लाख का हर्जाना

दिल्ली की एक अदालत ने समाचार पत्र हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स और उसके पूर्व पत्रकार नीलेश मिश्रा को 2007 में छपी एक रिपोर्ट को लेकर व्यवसायी अरुण कुमार गुप्ता को ₹40 लाख का हर्जाना अदा करने का आदेश दिया है. इस रिपोर्ट में दावा किया गया था कि गुप्ता को एक कंपनी…

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Assam Tribune staff union says salaries ‘unpaid’, group denies ‘rumours’ about ‘sale’

At least 380 employees of four outlets belonging to The Assam Tribune group have not received their salaries since April, the staff union alleged on Tuesday. According to the union, 75 percent of March salaries also remain unpaid.

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65 करोड़ की रंगदारी मांगने के आरोप में न्यूज एंकर शाजिया निसार और आदर्श झा गिरफ्तार

नोएडा पुलिस ने भारत 24 की एंकर शाज़िया निसार और अमर उजाला डिजिटल विंग के एंकर आदर्श झा को गिरफ्तार किया है. इनके खिलाफ तीन एफआईआर दर्ज की गई हैं, जिनमें रंगदारी, ब्लैकमेलिंग और धमकाने जैसे गंभीर आरोप लगे हैं.

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Delhi court orders HT, journalist to pay Rs 40 lakh to businessman in defamation case

A Delhi court has ordered Hindustan Times and its former reporter Neelesh Misra to pay Rs 40 lakh in damages to a businessman over a 2007 news report stating that he was “sacked” from a company “for alleged financial irregularities”, Bar and Bench reported.

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Amar Ujala journalist, Bharat 24 anchor held over ‘Rs 65 cr extortion bid’

Noida police have arrested Bharat 24 anchor Shazia Nisar and Amar Ujala digital wing anchor Adarsh Jha over three FIRs linked to alleged extortion, blackmail and intimidation. This came after top executives at the channel accused the duo of demanding Rs 65 crore with the threat of pressing fabricated rape…

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