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Eviction notice, polarisation, and a poll unlike another: Is all well within IWPC's sisterhood?

In 1994, when 18 women journalists decided to set up a space exclusively for their ilk, then prime minister P V Narasima Rao appreciated the idea and offered them a quaint, white bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi’s Ashoka Road – 900 metres away from a building housing the male-dominated Press Club…

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What happens when a journalist’s press card becomes a tool to target them?

In the “new India” being manufactured, where men with swords dance menacingly in front of mosques during a religious festival, being a journalist has become increasingly hazardous.

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Questions about crumbling JNU infra as ceiling collapse leaves 1 injured in hostel

While the Jawaharlal Nehru University has mostly been in the news this week due to a clash over non-vegetarian food at a hostel, a ceiling collapse, which left a student injured at another hostel on Thursday, has now raised other questions – about crumbling infrastructure and alleged negligence by the…

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre: What we have lost in ‘renovation’ of the historic site

During the election season in February, the Newslaundry team visited Jallianwala Bagh to see how it has changed after the renovation. Guided by a former history professor Harish Sharma, we took a tour of the historic site where scores of Indians were massacred at the hands of General Dyer. We…

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Scuffle over jaagran music: News18 journalist 'chased by mob, called Pakistani, his wife misbehaved with'

“I am standing here talking to you from my balcony, but I am scared. The place where the incident happened is right here. Anyone can come and do anything,” Ankita Sharma, a journalist, told Newslaundry over the phone from her house in Noida on Tuesday.

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NL Playoffs Ep 18: IPL performances, Leclerc dominates, Indian sporting ecosystem

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham analyse IPL performances, veteran player assessments, women’s cricket, Charles Leclerc’s victory in the F1 Australian Grand Prix, the Madrid-Chelsea Champions League battle, and the Indian sporting ecosystem.

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Disgruntled with BJP, estranged from family: Hindu Mahapanchayat organiser’s fight for 'justice'

The midnight blue Audi came to a halt outside a mall in Rohini, in west Delhi. Preet Singh, 33, stepped out of the car. He untied his shoulder-length hair and adjusted the collar of his camouflage green shirt. He was now ready for his interview.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 214: Journalists assaulted at Hindu Mahapanchayat, Delhi meat shop ban

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivangi Saxena and Ashwine Kumar Singh.

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Hafta letters: Liberals on The Kashmir Files, assault of NL journalists, RSS feed issues

I am writing in response to a subscriber mail that said that he/she is tired of some liberal elites. I do have similar feelings. I would say I am more angry at the liberals than that subscriber. Take for example The Kashmir Files issue, I watched the film and I…

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Here’s what happened as journalists met after Burari assault, Ballia arrests

On April 3, journalists from Newslaundry and other digital media outlets were assaulted while reporting on the Hindu Mahapanchayat in Delhi’s Burari. The incident took place in the presence of Delhi Police – four FIRs have since been filed, including one against news portal Article 14 and a journalist targeted…

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‘Will resist’: Journalists’ meet condemns ‘systematic sense’ of harassment from Ballia to Delhi

“From Burari to Ballia, they are two different incidents but their nature is the same because they are both unprecedented. Journalists who are messengers, providing news, are targeted,” said Press Club of India president Umakant Lakhera, in his opening remarks at a gathering of journalists at the club on Wednesday…

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In RS, Cong raises harassment of Newslaundry, other journalists, hate speeches ‘from Haridwar to Delhi’

The Congress on Wednesday raised in the Rajya Sabha increased instances of hate speeches against minorities in the country, including controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand's call to Hindus to take up arms, according to the Press Trust of India.

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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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DD writes to BARC, I&B to act against 9 Zee channels

Authorities at Doordarshan have written to the Broadcast Audience Research Council to take action against nine channels linked to the Zee network – which have not been allotted slots on the DD Free Dish by Prasar Bharati but are available on free to air set top boxes.

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‘I know you well’: Newslaundry journalists recall Hindu Mahapanchayat remarks, assault

Tossing unwillingness to work on a Sunday aside, we had reached the Burari grounds to cover the second edition of the Hindu Mahapanchayat at 10.30 am. Hours later, we were targeted by a mob, which also demanded our press cards – with our names Shivangi Saxena and Rounak Bhat. Other…

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Newslaundry journalists assaulted, manhandled at Hindu Mahapanchayat, police complaint filed

Two Newslaundry journalists were manhandled and assaulted today while reporting on a Hindu Mahapanchayat at Delhi's Burari. The journalists, Shivangi Saxena and Rounak Bhat, have filed a complaint at Mukherjee Nagar police station.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 213: Umar Khalid’s bail, ‘harassment’ of TN’s non-Brahmin priests

This week, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Laasya Shekhar and Tanishka Sodhi.

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Faith vs art: Why Kerala's Bharatanatyam controversy is more than a Hindu-Muslim issue

“I have experienced even bigger exclusions before. This is not a big deal for me. I am writing this here to show that not only have things not changed over time, but also we are going deeper and deeper into a hole.”

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Are Bengaluru cops ‘forcing’ locals to hand over phones to check WhatsApp, photos?

At 2 am on February 25, Nikhil*, 22, hailed an auto at Bengaluru’s HSR Layout. The IT employee had been drinking with friends and was on his way home when two patrol police personnel stopped his auto at Somasundarapalya.

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NL Playoffs Ep 17: Revisiting India’s 2004 tour of Pakistan

In this episode of NL Playoffs, hosts and Newslaundry subscribers Aniketh and Gowtham are joined by sports journalist Sharda Ugra. They talk about the 2004 India tour of Pakistan – the Samsung Cup where India won the ODI series 3-2 and test series 2-1. They talk about Mohammad Kaif’s brilliant…

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Hafta 373: The Kashmir Files, reportage on the Kashmiri Pandits, Congress party’s survival

This week on NL Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Anand Vardhan are joined by senior journalist and writer Alpana Kishore.

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Why Kashmir’s journalists are worried about a ‘fifth column’ in their midst

Two months after the Kashmir Press Club’s “takeover” and subsequent closure in Srinagar, some journalists in Kashmir say a report by the Press Council of India has corroborated what they have alleged for a long time now – that they’re being targeted by fellow journalists for being “critical” of the…

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Daily Dose Ep 999: Hijab protesters denied re-test, AAP’s 5 RS picks

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and China.Produced by Rounak Bhat, edited by Satish Kumar.You can get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news outlet based out of New Delhi. Support their journalism, here.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 211: Faith and Goan politics, and the Congress in UP

This week, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry's Nidhi Suresh and the Quint’s Fatima Khan.

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Why news channels have approached the government against Zee

With auctions for DD Free Dish slots for news channels kicking off earlier this month, dozens of networks are in a tight contest through auctions to reach 38 million regional viewers with Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home service. But the competition has doled out confrontation, when one channel has been perceived to…

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