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From sequestering MLAs in luxury hotels to knocking the Supreme Court's doors with disqualification petitions, come election season and parties struggle to keep their flock together. 

The Census is now four years overdue, and the budget for the exercise has been slashed indicating further delays. This is even as millions of Indians are left without access to subsidised foodgrain, pushing them to the brink of food insecurity. Evidence shows that entitlements under the Public Distribution System…

On April 30, the Nainital police learnt of about the alleged sexual abuse of a minor girl, following tension spread in the hill city. As news of the victim’s medical examination spread, some Hindu organisations started protesting outside the police station. Gradually this protest turned violent.

नैनीताल में एक नाबालिग लड़की के साथ कथित यौन शोषण की खबर फैलते ही बीते बुधवार रात लगभग 8 बजे शहर में तनाव फैल गया. जैसे ही जानकारी सामने आई कि पीड़िता को मेडिकल जांच के लिए ले जाया गया है, कुछ हिंदू संगठनों ने थाने के बाहर प्रदर्शन शुरू…

इस हफ्ते केंद्र सरकार द्वारा जातिगत जनगणना कराए जाने के ऐलान, प्रेस फ्रीडम डे के बहाने मीडिया की आजादी और और पहलगाम हमले पर सुरक्षा में चूक को लेकर सवाल पूछने वालों पर एफआईआर दर्ज करने को लेकर विस्तार से बात हुई.  

Threat to life, state censorship, corporate clampdown – press freedom in India is under siege from every direction. 

In a special episode for Press Freedom Day, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by historian and author Ramachandra Guha. The panel begins with a discussion on the history of press freedom in India. Ram reflects on the similarities and differences between 1975’s Emergency…

For the first time in the history of the Press Freedom Index, published annually by Reporters Without Borders, the conditions for practising journalism are “difficult” or “very serious” in over half of the world’s countries and satisfactory in fewer than one in four.

After the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, the country needed calm, clarity, and accountability. Instead, Indian TV news launched its favourite counter-offensive – ballistic anchors. Gaurav Arya, Navika Kumar, Arnab Goswami and others suited up for war… not against terrorists, but against basic decency, logic, and journalism.