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‘Crux of matter lies in politics, not law’: Editorials on court order on Gyanvapi mosque

After a few months’ break, the Gyanvapi mosque controversy has returned to the news cycle. Yesterday, the Varanasi district court upheld the maintainability of a petition filed by five Hindu women who sought the right to worship in the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque. The women claimed the mosque has…

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As India turns 75, Muslim girls are suing to wear the hijab — and protect secularism

When her high school banned the hijab, Ayesha Shifa sued. Her case went to India's Supreme Court. A verdict, expected soon, could redefine what secularism means in the world's largest democracy.

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Union home ministry denies Hardeep Puri’s Rohingya tweet – but blames media

Hardeep Singh Puri, union minister for housing and urban affairs, tweeted on Wednesday that the Indian government will provide housing and police protection to the Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Just a few hours later, the union home ministry denied there was such a plan. Instead of clarifying, however, that Puri…

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Who Owns Your Media: Hindustan Times’s journey from broadsheet to media conglomerate

It was 1924. Four years after the non-cooperation movement had begun, recognising and awakening India’s desire for self-governance, a newspaper was launched by the Akalis and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.

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Priyanka Chopra, other Indian celebs blast ad that makes light of rape culture

Two ads for male body spray that start out looking like rape jokes have been taken off the air in India, and the company selling the cologne has apologized, after everyone from Bollywood celebrities to government officials raised an outcry.

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‘Intellectual debate’: How papers and TV covered diplomatic fallout of BJP leaders’ Prophet remarks

India has been forced into diplomatic firefighting as remarks made by two BJP leaders against Prophet Muhammad have sparked outrage in several Arab capitals. On Sunday, the governments of Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s envoys and expressed their anger, even handing over diplomatic notes of protest and demanding a…

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ED summons Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case

The enforcement directorate has issued fresh summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi in a money laundering case linked to National Herald, Hindustan Times reported.

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‘News beats noise’: On front page of Hindustan Times, CNN-News18 announces it’s trumped Times Now

News channel CNN News18 has beat Times Now and become the “No. 1 English general news channel”. Not our words, that’s what CNN-News18 claimed in a front-page ad today in the Delhi edition of Hindustan Times. It’s apparently a triumph of “news” over “noise”.

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Scorching 48C temperatures to hit India in 122-year high amid deadly heatwave

Indians are dealing with a potentially deadly heatwave, with temperatures set to hit 48C, following on from a searing March which was the hottest in 122 years

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As Moneycontrol ‘beats ET’, HT, Express carry front page ads, ToI skips

Three weeks after it claimed that it was the “number one financial news platform in India”, Moneycontrol – a business news website part of the Network 18 group – announced in newspaper ads that it “beat the Economic Times hands down in all traffic parameters”.

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Scrap newsprint duty, bring scheme to boost domestic production: BJP MP points to Ukraine war impact

Referring to the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine on the newspaper industry in India, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday urged the central government to step in and revive the sector by scrapping import duty on newsprint, and also introduce a scheme to incentivise domestic production, according…

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Why An Indian Court Is Questioning Twitter Over Donald Trump Ban

Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) has come under fire in India for not doing enough to stop disparaging posts centered around Hindu gods.

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Pegasus snooping: SC committee seeks response from public on 11 questions

An expert committee which was appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the alleged use of the Pegasus spyware against journalists, activists and other civilians has sought the public’s inputs on 11 questions related to the issue until March 31, the Hindustan Times reported.

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Chhattisgarh journalist arrested for ‘spreading fake news’ about ‘Congress leaders’

Nilesh Sharma, a journalist and “political satirist” from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, has been arrested by the police on charges of “spreading fake news” against Congress leaders, Hindustan Times reported. This came after one Khilawan Nishad, who calls himself a Congress worker, filed a complaint against the journalist accusing him and his…

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Why Rahul’s speech should remind Big Media of the other India

Rahul Gandhi's speech in Parliament on February 2, in response to the union budget, made it to some front pages﹘Indian Express, Telegraph and Hindustan Times, but not the Hindu or the Mumbai edition of Times of India.

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Mumbai police files FIR over threats to Rana Ayyub

Mumbai police has registered an FIR against unidentified individuals for sending death and rape threats to journalist Rana Ayyub on Twitter and Instagram, Hindustan Times reported. Ayyub had filed a complaint with the cyber cell of Mumbai police after receiving threats over her tweets criticising Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the…

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Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati booked for assaulting journalists

Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been booked for assaulting a group of journalists, Hindustan Times reported. This came a day after he was arrested for his hate speech at an event in Haridwar last month and for derogatory remarks against women.

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Hindustan Times journalist claims she was laid off at Amarinder Singh’s behest

On September 12, Sukhdeep Kaur, a journalist in Chandigarh, posted on Facebook that she had been pressured to resign from Hindustan Times after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh complained to the newspaper’s management about her adversarial reporting. When she resisted, Kaur claimed, she was handed a termination letter on September…

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Pendrives & gumption: How journalists in Kashmir are dealing with communications blockade

Reporting in Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370 is not easy, especially for a reporter from outside Kashmir. It has become a ritual to invite contempt from the people of Srinagar right at the moment of introduction. The choicest expletives are reserved for the “Indian media”, who most of…

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Women in media: The power and the struggle

Each year, the Network of Women in Media (NWMI), India, holds a national meet for its members, who hail from a range of platforms in states across India. On January 4-6, Chennai’s Anna University hosted over 100 female journalists – early-career reporters, long-time veterans of print newsrooms, old friends, new…

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