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Delhi exit polls: Axis My India, Today’s Chanakya join the chorus to predict BJP comeback

A day after at least seven exit polls predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party would cross the majority mark in the Delhi assembly with a comfortable margin, three more pollsters gave the saffron party a clear victory on Thursday.

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Feb 06, 2025: Aaj Ka AQI from BJP’s headquarters

For episode 24, Newslaundry visited the BJP’s national office on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg on Thursday.

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Madras HC orders magazine to pay Rs 25 lakh to DMK leader TR Baalu in defamation case

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday, February 4, directed Tamil bi-weekly magazine Junior Vikatan to pay Rs 25 lakh in damages to senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader TR Baalu for publishing defamatory content against him. The defamation case, filed in 2014, is about two articles published by Junior Vikatan…

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Gambling with death: Meet the agents helping Gujaratis illegally move to the US

This report was first published on April 8, 2023. It was republished after a US military plane landed in Amritsar on February 6, 2025 carrying deported Indian migrants. Read the original piece here.

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दिल्ली चुनाव: ज्यादातर एग्जिट पोल्स में भाजपा की सरकार, अब नतीजों का इंतजार

दिल्ली विधानसभा की 70 सीटों के लिए मतदान संपन्न हो चुका है. चुनाव आयोग के मुताबिक, शाम 5 बजे तक दिल्ली में 57.07 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ. चुनाव के नतीजे 8 फरवरी को घोषित होंगे.

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Delhi 2025: Exit polls give BJP an easy victory ahead of results day

About 57 percent of Delhi’s voters turned out to exercise their franchise today. While results are still three days away, muted celebrations seem to have started as exit polls predicted a clean sweep for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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Following ECI complaint, NBDSA issues warning to News18 India for communal tone in Ram Navami coverage

Acting on a complaint forwarded by the Election Commission of India, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority issued a warning to News18 India for giving a communal colour to a programme on comments made by various political leaders on the occasion of Ram Navami last year.

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Maintain accuracy, no sensationalism: Editors’ Guild releases Ethics Code for media

Taking note of the changes the media landscape has undergone over the last two two decades, the Editors’ Guild of India on Tuesday released a revised ethics code for journalists.

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Exclusive: Hospital, police records suggest at least 79 deaths in Kumbh stampede

The Uttar Pradesh government has officially claimed 30 deaths during the stampede at the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj last week. The Adityanath-led administration was already under fire for the curious delay in announcing the death toll, and for mismanagement that allegedly precipitated the stampede.

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महाकुंभ में 'मोक्ष' पाती जनता और वीआईपी कल्चर के 'वल्चर'

प्रयागराज में एक दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण हादसा हुआ. भगदड़ में बहुत से लोगों की मौत हो गई है. मरने वालों की तादाद पर अभी भी संदेह बना हुआ है. जो नेता आगे बढ़-चढ़ कर लोगों को कुंभ में आने के लिए उकसा रहे थे, वो इस हादसे की जिम्मेदारी लेने में सबसे पीछे…

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TN SIT’s FIR probe turns personal: Journalists asked about families, assets and foreign travel

The Madras High Court on Tuesday, February 4, criticised the nature of a questionnaire given to four journalists by a Special Investigation Team investigating the Anna University sexual assault case. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan questioned why the personal details of the journalists were being collected when it was the police who…

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How I lost eight out of nine cases before the Chief Information Commissioner

Over the last decade we have read many an obituary about the Right to Information Act. Let me add to that long list of obituaries by narrating how I lost eight out of nine cases before one Information Commissioner – Heeralal Samariya, a former IAS officer who was first appointed…

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Life in India: Air pollution forces anti-aging tech mogul to leave podcast midway

When you hear people complain about Delhi’s air, and you don’t live there yourself, you give yourself a little pat on the back. Well done, you think, for not living in a shroud of toxic air. How clever of you to have unwittingly made choices that led you away.

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‘Urgent need for media to reimagine remunerative model’: Two editorials flag issues facing media

Two editorials in the last two days spotlighted growing concerns about the media.

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The ‘Bihar bias’ in Budget 2025 is unlikely to impress the state’s regional parties

The union budget presented last week was not expected to steer clear of the allure of electoral politics, even if the next big state polls are as far away as autumn. And so, with Bihar set to vote in November, a slew of budgetary announcements were made for the state.

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एक और चुनावी शो: राजनीति में कितना बदलाव ला सकते हैं आज़ाद उम्मीदवार और नई पार्टियां?

एक और चुनावी शो के इस एपिसोड में अतुल चौरसिया और मनीषा पांडे ने युवा वोटरों से बात की. इस बातचीत का मकसद युवाओं वोटरों के मुद्दों को समझना और राजनीति में ये लोग किस तरह का बदलाव देखना चाहते हैं, इस पर चर्चा करना था. इस दौरान न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री के…

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Another Election Show: Can new parties and candidates make any difference?

In this episode of Another Election Show, Atul Chaurasia and Manisha Pande speak to young voters to understand their issues and the changes they would like to see in Indian politics. They are joined by Meghnad S, their former Newslaundry colleague who is now a YouTube creator and also an…

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Feb 3, 2025: Can the finance minister do anything to fix Delhi’s very poor AQI?

For episode 23 of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry went to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s residence at Safdarjung Road on Monday.

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ओखला में एआईएमआईएम की एंट्री 'आप' के अमानतुल्लाह खान के लिए बनी चुनौती?

2020 के विधानसभा चुनाव में आम आदमी पार्टी के पांच उम्मीदवार 50 हजार से ज़्यादा मतों के अंतर से जीते थे. इसमें से एक ओखला विधानसभा सीट से अमानतुल्लाह खान भी थे. अमानतुल्लाह ने भाजपा के ब्रह्म सिंह को 71,827 वोटों से हराया था. इस बार भी ‘आप’ ने अमानतुल्लाह…

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Can Amanatullah hold Okhla fort against AIMIM’s emotive campaign ‘from jail’?

In 2020, AAP’s Amanatullah Khan had won with the second largest victory margin in Delhi – over 70,000 votes. But this time, he stands on shaky ground. Facing anti-incumbency and strong contenders, the MLA has been trying to remind voters in the Okhla constituency of his “sacrifice” while warning them…

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Let Me Explain: Modi’s ‘revdi’ debate and the role of welfare in India

Every election season, welfare schemes take centrestage. Some call them essential for reducing inequality, while others dismiss them as unsustainable freebies. But in a country like India, what place do they have?

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Punjab journalists claim detained in Delhi ‘while reporting on liquor distribution’

The Punjab assembly’s press gallery committee has written to the Chief Election Commissioner against the alleged detention of journalists by Delhi Police in the national capital.

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Low wages, payment delays: Merely increasing MGNREGS work days is not enough

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government will present the second full budget of its third successive term in office, amidst concerns of a slowdown of the economy based on government estimates.

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In Mehrauli, the rich and poor have different concerns but a common complaint

Just five days ahead of the Delhi assembly polls, Naresh Yadav, the sitting MLA from Mehrauli, quit AAP over “corruption in the party” only to join the BJP a few hours later. Denied a ticket this year, Yadav claimed in his resignation letter that the people of his constituency had…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 356: Delhi polls, the curious case of Ashwini Vaishnawʼs company

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaundry’s Pratyush Deep and Basant Kumar.

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