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India’s housing dream has been slipping out of reach for a while – but now the story seems to be becoming true even for the richie-rich.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “shooting arrows in the dark” after the latter’s remarks on “vote theft” in the 2024 Maharashtra elections.

In the first five months of 2025, 305 samples of a wide range of drugs – including lifesaving medication – drawn from pharmacies across Karnataka failed quality tests. Nearly a quarter failed more than one test, and almost half were injectable drugs. These tests were done by Karnataka’s Drug Control…

The manipulation of historical memory is often inseparable from the pursuit of political power. In Bangladesh, successive governments have used state machinery to revise official narratives about the 1971 Liberation War and post-independence politics. However, the current interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus appears to be undertaking the most far-reaching transformation yet. 

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Sumedha Mittal.

With the monsoon set to arrive in Delhi this week, questions are swirling over the city’s preparedness. Nowhere are the cracks more evident than in the southwest locality of Palam, where a ground visit by Newslaundry has found that the Public Works Department’s claim of “100 percent desilting” doesn’t hold…

13 मई, 2025 को दोपहर 12.48 बजे, अब्दुल वाहिद शेख अकादमिक सफलता की दहलीज पर खड़े थे. कई सालों के संघर्ष के बाद, ये 47 वर्षीय अध्यापक महाराष्ट्र के छत्रपति संभाजीनगर में महात्मा गांधी मिशन यूनिवर्सिटी में "जेल साहित्य" पर अपनी पीएचडी थीसिस जमा कर रहे थे. एक इंसान जिसने…

In just six months between the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the Maharashtra assembly polls, Nagpur South West – the seat held by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis – added 29,219 new voters. About 162 voters everyday. That’s a sharp 8.25 percent increase, more than double the 4 percent threshold that…

The National Human Rights Commission is an institution meant to safeguard our fundamental rights, including the right to life and health. But air quality around it continues to endanger both.

This story is part of our series on Police Impunity in India.

With a brush in his hand and eyes focused on a 2.5 x 4 ft canvas, Suvajit, also known as Rony, is making intricate designs on his newly commissioned Gond painting.