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Maulana assaulted in TV studio after remarks against Dimple Yadav

Maulana Sajid Rashidi, a familiar face on Indian TV debates and no stranger to controversy, found himself at the receiving end of a studio smackdown on Tuesday.

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‘Grandfather served with war hero Abdul Hameed’, but family ‘termed Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob, cops

“My grandfather Naimullah Shaikh fought alongside Param Vir Chakra awardee Havildar Abdul Hameed in the 1965 war against Pakistan. He also served in the war with China. His younger brother, Subedar Saleem of the Bombay Sappers, was another 1965 veteran. And my uncle, Lance Naik Hakeemuddin, fought in the Kargil…

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Losses, employees hit: Tracing the Kanwar Yatra violence impact on food outlets

The Kanwar Yatra this year saw several instances of violence and chaos. From hotels being asked to display owner details to viral videos showing vehicles vandalised and bystanders assaulted.

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July 28, 2025: Cleanest July in a decade due to govt steps?

Delhi has witnessed the cleanest July in the last one decade. What has changed this time?

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Sansad Watch: Chaos in house, PM out of town

Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha remained disrupted through the week. On average, the Rajya Sabha functioned for just 47 minutes a day, while the Lok Sabha clocked only 20.

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India-China ties are a study in competitive coexistence amid strategic caution

Two developments this week offered a snapshot of the current state of India-China relations – one widely reported, the other largely treated as a sideshow. Together, they reflect the dual imperatives shaping New Delhi’s evolving approach to Beijing.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 378: Elite impunity, makeshift detention centres in NCR

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Drishti Choudhary and Sumedha Mittal.

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Hafta letters: Air India crash, Bihar SIR, speaking slower

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‘Govt officer on wrong side of law’: Ex-bureaucrats to Haryana CM on Vikas Barala’s appointment

Forty-five former IAS officers have written to Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini requesting that the state government’s appointment of a BJP leader’s son – who is facing a case of abduction and stalking – as assistant advocate general be revoked. They said the appointment can affect the outcome of…

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Gurugram again: Homes locked, hundreds leave another locality amid crackdown

A police crackdown on illegal immigrants in Gurugram continues to trigger a mass departure of Bengali-speaking Muslim migrant workers – many of whom have lived and worked in the city for decades as domestic workers, drivers, sanitation staff, and daily-wage labourers.

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Pedestrian zones as driveways, parking lots: The elite encroachments Delhi won’t touch

Read the previous parts of this series here.

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Luggage by the door, families on edge: Gurugram’s Bengali Market empties out amid police crackdown

Once a tight-knit community of over 500 Bengali-speaking migrant workers, the Bengali Market in Gurugram’s Sector 49 is witnessing a mass departure.

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Fake press cards, forged govt seals: Self-styled envoy of ‘West Arctica’ held in UP

Twelve “diplomatic” passports, 34 counterfeit seals of foreign governments and companies, two fake press cards, Rs 44.7 lakh in cash, and four luxury cars bearing diplomatic number plates.

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HC grants anticipatory bail to Prabir Purkayastha in ‘foreign funding’ cases

The Delhi High Court has reportedly granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in the money laundering case against him by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged foreign funding.

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Pixel 9a long-term review: One step forward, two steps back

Regular readers of this regrettably infrequent column will know that I am a Pixel user and fan, mainly for its cameras. So when Google sent me the Pixel 9a about two months ago, well after it was launched, I thought it would be a good opportunity to spend a good…

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As Israel starves Gaza, AFP union warns journalists can die of hunger

The AFP journalists’ association on Monday warned that journalists working with the news agency in the Gaza Strip are facing extreme food shortages and risk starving amid the ongoing Israeli blockade of aid delivery and strikes.

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Protocol snub, impeachment motion: Why Dhankhar called it quits

A few months after he became vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar met then-US president Joe Biden in Cambodia to attend a multilateral summit in November 2022. Biden reportedly told Dhankhar: “Just like you, I was also once vice-president.” Dhankhar said he was following in Biden’s footsteps.

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2006 Mumbai blasts are a stark reminder of glaring gaps in terror reportage

The acquittal by the Bombay High Court of 12 men accused of being responsible for the 2006 serial bomb blasts on Mumbai’s suburban trains has triggered a much-needed discussion on our criminal justice system, on the police and the investigative agencies, and the absence of closure in so many such…

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Gurugram community centre doubles up as detention facility, 74 ‘workers from Bengal, Assam’ in custody

Seventy-four Muslim migrant workers “from West Bengal and Assam” have been detained for the past four days at a municipal community centre in Gurugram’s Sector 10A, which is being used as a makeshift detention facility, Newslaundry has learnt.

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July 22, 2025: Despite heavy rain, AQI remains moderate

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry reached the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi – one of the country’s top educational institutions.

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‘True threat at large’: HC order acquitting 12 rips into 2006 Mumbai blasts probe

Branded terrorists, tortured into confessions, and imprisoned for years – 12 men convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case were acquitted on Monday by the Bombay High Court, which set aside a trial court’s judgment that had sentenced five of them to death and the others to life.

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In a Delhi neighbourhood, the pedestrian zone wears chains

This report is part of a series on impunity for public space encroachments by the elite. Read the previous parts here.

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Hafta letters: Public transport, electoral rolls, Air India probe report

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South Delhi elites are encroaching on public land, one driveway at a time

“There appears to be a concerted effort to regularise illegal constructions by the affluent.”

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Years after ‘Corona Jihad’ vilification: Delhi HC quashes 16 Tablighi Jamaat FIRs

The Delhi High Court has quashed 16 FIRs filed against 70 Indians accused of sheltering foreigners who attended a Tablighi Jamaat gathering amid the pandemic in 2020.

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