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The Delhi Police has informed a Delhi court that journalist Rana Ayyub’s tweets on Hindu deities and Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, for which she was booked in January, are no longer available on X, Bar and Bench reported.  

Digital rights advocacy group SFLC.in has filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court, challenging a December 2024 notification by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor that empowers Delhi Police officials to issue takedown notices for online content.

Despite being a first-time MP, Karan Bhushan Singh has landed one of Lutyens’ Delhi’s most coveted government bungalows – Type VIII, typically given to senior officials, lawmakers or ministers. 

Delhi and Islamabad continue airspace ban for each other’s flights a month after the deadly Kashmir attack

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam, Raman Kirpal and Shardool Katyayan are joined by senior journalist and CGNet Swara’s co-founder Shubhranshu Choudhary.We start with a discussion on the killing of 27 suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh this week and analyse if the Maoist movement in…

As India strengthens ties with Kabul, Pakistan and Afghanistan return to the table after Chinese mediation.

Citing unpaid dues, 36 former employees of India Ahead news channel have approached a Delhi court against the company, Andhra Prabha Publications, former editor-in-chief Bhupendra Choubey and senior management staff of the firm, Bar and Bench reported.

No country formally recognises the Taliban. But the group’s recent diplomatic overdrive shows many want it as a partner.

Over 200 passengers faced a harrowing mid-air experience when the aircraft was caught in the violent storm

After a four-day standoff with India, Pakistan looks to its trusted partner China for post-conflict support.

Four journalists from Madhya Pradesh have alleged that they were assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by the police inside Bhind SP Asit Yadav’s office on May 1. Nearly three weeks later, they say they are hiding in Delhi to escape what they fear could be a possible police reprisal.…