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Malankara Society’s rise and its deepening financial ties with Boby Chemmanur’s firms

Kerala businessman Boby Chemmanur’s financial muscle power is not just built through his gold jewellery business and a maze of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) firms, as reported in the first part of this investigation. It is also tied to a series of acts through a cooperative society that he has…

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एनएल चर्चा 398: माओवादी कमांडर हिडमा का खात्मा, मतदान में बढ़ती महिलाओं की भागेदारी और दिल्ली ब्लास्ट के अनसुलझे सवाल

एनएल चर्चा में इस हफ्ते नीतीश कुमार के 10वीं बार बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ लिए जाने, 18 नवंबर को आंध्र प्रदेश में सुरक्षाबलों के साथ मुठभेड़ में 6 माओवादियों समेत कुख्यात माओवादी माडवी हिडमा एवं उसकी पत्नी राजे का एनकाउंटर और लाल क़िला के पास हुए ब्लास्ट के…

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Did ‘Yadav pride’ songs galvanise support for the NDA in Bihar?

After a post-mortem on its Bihar assembly poll performance, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has decided to crack down on the booming ecosystem of election-time music. On Saturday, the party said it will send legal notices to singers and creators who used RJD flags, symbols or leader names in their…

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Secrecy around Great Nicobar review report violates 'natural justice': Petitioner to NGT

Arguing before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday, the counsel for petitioner Ashish Kothari, environmentalist and founder of the non-profit Kalpavriksh, pressed for public disclosure of the high-powered committee’s (HPC) report on the controversial Great Nicobar project, asserting that citizens “have a right to know” what the assessment contains.

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Mundhwa deal: Documents don’t hide Parth Pawar’s name, but probe thinks he wasn’t in the room

The Mundhwa land deal has exposed two parallel realities in Maharashtra.

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Hafta 564: Killing of Madvi Hidma and aftermath of Red Fort blast

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by journalist and author Rahul Pandita and The News Minute’s Sudipto Mondal.

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TV Newsance 322 | How TV ‘analysed’ Umar Nabi: Beard, English, chair = terror?

Indian TV news has turned the Umar Nabi terror case into a circus — with anchors analysing his beard, body language, English, hairstyle and even how he swivels in a chair. This episode explains how the Indian media uses pseudoscience and profiling to shape public perception.

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Hafta letters: Feedback on Hafta Live, Bihar polls, on Nitish Kumar

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Awful and Awesome Ep 398: Frankenstein, Dhurandhar trailer, All Her Fault

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Zero revenue, growing partners: The inside story of LLPs linked to Boby Chemmanur

In Kerala, there are more successful and wealthy businessmen than him, but none commands the fame and unique attention he has. This heir of a family jewellery business has built a massive personality cult, fueled by social media and the insatiable appetite of 24/7 television for the absurd.

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Meet the ex-player who set Deepti Sharma on the path to glory

In the recently concluded ICC Women’s World Cup, Agra’s very own all-rounder Deepti Sharma played a pivotal role in securing a historic win for the Indian team. Dazzling spectators with both the ball and bat, she set multiple records along the way.

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SIR leaves BLOs overworked, citizens confused

Across India, the accuracy of electoral rolls has long been a concern. From duplicate entries and deceased voters to large-scale migration, which the election machinery has failed to track.

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‘Journalism not a crime’: DIGIPUB slams raid against Kashmir Times

The DIGIPUB News India Foundation has expressed “deep concern” and strongly condemned the reported "raids and escalating harassment” of the Kashmir Times by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA). “Targeting an independent and credible news organisation in this manner is a direct assault on press freedom,” it…

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‘No staff, defunct office’: Kashmir Times editor on ‘bizarre’ charges, ‘bid to silence’

When Anuradha Bhasin first saw a video circulating on social media on Thursday – showing police personnel milling outside the Jammu office of the Kashmir Times – she didn’t quite know what she was looking at. There had been no official communication. No staffer had called her. She has none…

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SIT files charges against activists in Dharmasthala skull case

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations has filed a complaint report against activists Mahesh Thimmarodi and Girish Mattanavar and Dharmasthala residents Jayan T and Vittal Gowda, accusing them of perjury and criminal conspiracy in connection with a skull that was planted as evidence.

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Standoff at COP30 as conservatives push to equate gender with biological sex

Negotiations over the strengthened Gender Action Plan (GAP) have entered a tense phase at the COP30 climate summit after disputes broke out on how to define gender. A conservative bloc is seeking to reduce the definition to biological sex — a shift that would erase trans and non-binary people from…

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Rates, selection, control: The sarkari print ad machine explained

The Narendra Modi government has hiked advertisement rates for the print media by 26 percent after similar increases in 2019 and 2013. In the last five years alone, the central government has spent nearly Rs 851 crore on print ads.

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India’s trains are running on luck? RTI points to rampant drunk train driving

Imagine you are sitting in a taxi and suddenly realise the driver is drunk. You can shout, stop the car, or step out. But on a train, you don’t have that choice, with no control over the train engine and no way to know who is driving it or what…

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Nov 20, 2025: Delhi’s toxic air doesn’t spare ministers

In July, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari reportedly said that every time he lands in Delhi, he starts thinking about when to leave due to the capital’s toxic air. The minister said it was the responsibility of all stakeholders to curb emissions.

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No timeline, but Governors can’t sit on Bills indefinitely, says Supreme Court

Timelines cannot be imposed on the President or Governors to decide on pending Bills, a Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday, November 20. The court, however, said that Governors cannot sit on Bills indefinitely, in which case the Supreme Court would exercise a limited power of…

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As J&K officials search Jammu office, Kashmir Times points to ‘bid to silence’

The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency has carried out searches at the head office of Kashmir Times newspaper in Jammu.

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Can Delhi shield Hasina without straining ties with Dhaka?

The sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death by a domestic war crimes court is being seen by many as another episode of vendetta politics in the country. This may set the stage for another spell of political uncertainty in Bangladesh. At the same time, the verdict…

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मुबारक हो! मीडिया को ‘दरबारी’ बनाने के लिए सरकार नहीं आप ही भुगतान कर रहे हैंं

सरकार ने प्रिंट मीडिया को मिलने वाले विज्ञापन की दरों को 26 फीसदी बढ़ाने का फैसला लिया है.

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The fix newsrooms need to cover the climate crisis right

From melting glaciers and rising seas to a yearly cycle of floods, droughts and heatwaves, climate change is one of the defining stories of our time. Yet it remains strikingly underreported in Indian newsrooms. And when it is covered, the journalism often lacks depth, context and continuity.

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Is Modi saving print media? Congrats, you’re paying for it

So, the government in its largesse has decided to increase the rates they pay to print media by 26 percent.

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