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After sexual harassment FIR, Nagaland IAS officer’s bizarre defence: ‘Targeted for not aiding coup plan’

Days after being slapped with a police case over allegations of sexually harassing multiple female colleagues, a Nagaland IAS officer has made a bizarre claim that he is being “framed” for refusing to back a purported plan to destabilise the state government.

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डंकापति के दरबार में हिंदू शर्बत, हिंदू गांव और हिंदू अख़बार

गए हफ्ते हस्तिनापुर में काफी उथल-पुथल रही. अंधड़, तूफान और तेज़ बारिश के बीच तेज़ गर्मी ने पूरे आर्यवर्त को भूजना शुरू कर दिया है. इस सबके बीच दरबार हमेशा की तरह सजा लेकिन धृतराष्ट्र थोड़ा देर से पहुंचे. उनकी अनुपस्थिति में क्या कुछ हुआ.

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Bhaijaan ka plan, Kashmiri Pandits, Israel protest: TV spin to Murshidabad violence

After being hit by violent protests last week over the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act, Murshidabad in West Bengal is gradually limping back to normalcy. More than 200 have been arrested so far over the violence that claimed three lives.

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A corporate mutiny threatens India’s e-wonderland dream

In just five years, India’s electronic waste has exploded from 11.4 lakh metric tonnes to a staggering 17.5 lakh metric tonnes – a 72 percent increase that equals the weight of 3.24 lakh adult Indian elephants.

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चावल मिल की शिकायत करने पर मध्यप्रदेश के पत्रकार पर चाकू से हमला

मध्य प्रदेश के बालाघाट में एक पत्रकार पर जानलेवा हमला करने के मामले में चार आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है. घटना हफ्तेभर पहले की है. बताया जा रहा है कि कुल 5 लोग इसमें शामिल थे.

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MP journalist stabbed after ‘complaint about rice miller, attackers paid Rs 30,000’

A week after a journalist was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat, the police have arrested four of the five accused.

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Trump’s tariff policy is like Debashish Mohanty’s swing – unpredictable and accidental

Any minute now I'm expecting all hell to break loosePeople are crazy and times are strangeI'm locked in tight, I'm out of rangeI used to care, but things have changed.– Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed, Wonder BoysMaine revolver pehli baar uthaya hai…lekin itna jaanta hoon ki trigger dabane se goli…

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Delhi’s crematorium controversy is proof that caste still divides India even in death

In Delhi’s Mehrauli, a conflict over final rites has reignited debates about caste discrimination that continues to plague Indian society decades after constitutional protections were enacted. When 40-year-old Pawan, a member of the Valmiki community, died after prolonged illness on April 5, his family’s grief was compounded when a priest…

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दिल्ली: श्मशान में दलितों के लिए अलग स्थान को लेकर विवाद

बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव अंबेडकर का सपना था कि भारत जाति-मुक्त हो. इसके लिए उन्होंने लंबी लड़ाई लड़ी. इसी की बदौलत कुछ हद तक आज दलित समाज सम्मान के साथ अपना जीवन यापन कर रहा है. लेकिन कुछ जगहों पर आज भी स्थिति जस की तस बनी हुई है.

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Ambedkar Jayanti reality check: From parliament to pop culture, India stays Savarna-owned

We all have heard this oft-repeated phrase: “India is the biggest democracy in the world.” But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find it resembles less a republic and more a fiefdom – run by a handful of upper-caste, upper-class Indians who, although numerically a minority, continue to dominate nearly…

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18 ‘encounters’ since 2021: MK Stalin must urgently reform the Tamil Nadu police

With three extra-judicial killings in a single week, the Tamil soil of social justice has seemingly turned into a full-fledged police state. The Cuddalore ‘encounter’ of April 2 was the eighteenth such encounter since the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government came to power in 2021. The government justified the murders of…

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Aaj Ka AQI: Delhi govt polluting without consequence?

A petition before the National Green Tribunal had recently claimed that many Delhi government vehicles pollute without consequence. An analysis of a list of 107 vehicles found that at least 66 official vehicles lacked a pollution under control certificate.

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‘Didn’t feel routine’: Siddique Kappan claims Kerala cops tried to visit home at midnight

Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and his family have alleged that a team of policemen tried to visit his house in Mallappuram’s Vengara at midnight, inciting fear.

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While Delhi gasps, is the government driving dirty?

While the traffic police aggressively penalises ordinary citizens for pollution violations, are they equally tough on Delhi government vehicles?

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Let Me Explain: What Piyush Goyal got wrong about Indian startups

Union minister Piyush Goyal's remarks at Startup Mahakumbh left Indian entrepreneurs stunned. Goyal questioned their innovation, pointing out that many build on existing infrastructure – food delivery, ride-hailing, and edtech – without creating new technology. While his critique holds merit, it overlooks systemic issues: red tape, low RD investment, and…

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Climate change puts India’s pulse production at risk

J Venkat Narayana, a 45-year-old farmer from Marreddipalli village in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, has cultivated tur (pigeon pea) for over seven years. But changing weather patterns and unpredictable rainfall are playing havoc.

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South Central 22: US crackdown on Indian students, Waqf bill

In this episode, Dhanya Rajendran, Pooja Prasanna, and Leena Reghunath are joined by The Hindu’s Suhasini Haidar and lawyer Zafarullah Khan.

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Regulatory gaps, ‘lack of audit’, pending dues: Fee control is a mirage in Delhi

What began as isolated complaints about rising tuition costs has exploded into a full-blown political confrontation between the Aam Aadmi Party and the newly-installed BJP government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 364: Adani’s use of UP forest road, activists ‘targeted’ in 2020 Delhi riots

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivanarayan Rajpurohit, independent journalists Ashfaque EJ and Saurabh Kumar.

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एनएल चर्चा 366: राज्यपाल के अधिकार पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट के विचार और राज ठाकरे की ‘हेट पॉलिटिक्स’

इस हफ्ते महाराष्ट्र में राज ठाकरे के नेतृत्व वाली महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना के कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा मराठी बनाम गैर मराठी विवाद को तूल देने और तमिलनाडु के राज्यपाल आर.एन. रवि द्वारा प्रदेश की विधानसभा द्वारा पारित 10 विधेयकों को रोकने को सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा मनमानी और अवैध करार दिए जाने के…

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Hafta 532: Trump’s tariff blunders, Supreme Court’s remarks on Tamil Nadu Governor

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by Semafor’s business reporter Rohan Goswami and political consultant and federalism expert Tara Krishnaswamy.

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TV Newsance 294: Trump’s tariffs = Modi’s demonetisation? How bad ideas go global

What do Trump’s global tariff war and Modi’s demonetisation have in common?

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Hafta letters: India’s litterbugs, Mumbai woes, counting cricket viewers

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Awful and Awesome Ep 384: White Lotus S3 finale, Empuraan, The Studio

While discussing Empuraan:

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AICC meet: Congress skims over INDIA bloc agenda, offers unclear roadmap for alliance

As the All India Congress Committee session concluded this week in Ahmedabad – only the sixth time in its 150-year-old history that it was held in Gujarat and the first since 1961 – there seems little clarity about how the party aims to stem the drift in the Indian National…

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