The Latest Breaking News from Newslaundry

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Anand Vardhan are joined by Dr Sumeet Mhaskar, professor of sociology at Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, and Ajoy Bose, veteran journalist and author of Behenji: The Rise and Fall of Mayawati.

This week, we dive headfirst into the chaos, because on Indian TV news, spectacle always trumps substance.

Vikas

In North Delhi’s Brahmpuri neighbourhood, several Hindu residents of Gali No. 12 are planning to move out of the area and have put up for-sale signs outside their houses. The reason: A contentious expansion and new entrance of the nearby Al Mateen Masjid. 

While discussing the headlines:Rajyasree: In better news, Kangana has said that Javed Akhtar has promised to write a song for her next film…Abhinandan: Very nice. I wonder what that song will sound like. (Breaks into song) Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga…I will not say anything more. Rajyasree: Yeah, don’t…

The Rajasthan High Court has restrained the Rajasthan police from taking any coercive action against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over a 2022 case linked to Republic Bharat’s coverage of the demolition of a Hindu temple in Alwar, Bar and Bench reported.

Ahead of the 2015 Bihar assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a central university in Bihar’s Bhagalpur as part of a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package to the state. But a decade later, the varsity plan remains on paper with the draft detailed project report awaiting the Union…

“She was studying in Class 12,” says Shyamala*, her voice trembling. “Now we are struggling to even get her home.”

अगस्त 2015 में बिहार विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने ‘प्रधानमंत्री का बिहार पैकेज’ की घोषणा की थी. जिसमें भागलपुर में केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय का निर्माण कराना भी शामिल था. 

The Madras High Court today passed an interim order directing the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to lift its ban on Vikatan’s website. However, the court said this is on the condition that Vikatan temporarily removes its cartoon of Narendra Modi that had precipitated the ban.

महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने बीते बुधवार को एक सरकारी प्रस्ताव (रेजोल्यूशन) सार्वजनिक किया. इसके मुताबिक, सरकार ने एक मीडिया मॉनिटरिंग केंद्र स्थापित करने का निर्णय लिया है. जिसकी अनुमानित लागत 10 करोड़ रूपये रखी गई है. यह सेंटर राज्य सरकार से संबंधित समाचारों की कवरेज की निगरानी करेगा.