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Your Instagram reel is now ‘news’ — and the Govt wants to censor it

While the government has already been using the IT Rules 2021 to block online content and creators, its powers are about to expand significantly — potentially applying to any user who posts on “current affairs or news”.

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Hafta letters: To bleep or not to bleep? Subscribers have their say on Subramanian Swamy interview

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‘Attack on free expression’: Content creators, media contest govt’s ‘arbitrary’ notices

In recent weeks, the Central government has intensified its scrutiny of popular social media accounts that critique the government, policy or highlight urgent social issues. Under different sections of the IT Act, 2000, authorities are issuing notices to restrict account access or to demand the removal of specific posts.

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Accord, discord, and defections: Can Assam’s local fires outburn the BJP’s big machine?

As election momentum builds in Assam, the political atmosphere is thick with competing slogans, but thin on a single, dominant narrative.

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Locked doors, dry taps, bidis and bottles: The ‘World City’ facade of Delhi’s toilets

Assertions by the BJP government that it is transforming Delhi into a ‘World City’ and ‘ODF++’ certifications for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) collide sharply with the grim reality of the city’s public toilets. Data from the Praja Foundation (2024) reveals a staggering deficit: only 1 toilet seat for…

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I-T dept cracked down on non-profits with a law that didn’t apply. Tribunals kept saying no

Imagine being fined for jumping a red light – on a road where the traffic light was installed only after you drove past. That, in essence, is what India’s Income Tax Department has been doing to dozens of non-profit organisations across the country.

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Ghaziabad mall shuts shop over ‘kurta-pyjama’: Man alleges bias, SHO says he is ‘kattar Hindu’

A dress code dispute at an upscale mall in Ghaziabad has left a Muslim shopkeeper out of pocket, out of a shop, and filing complaints.

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Ramnath Goenka award for NL report challenging Modi govt’s farm success stories

Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar has won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award in the 'Uncovering India Invisible' category for his ground report exposing the Central government's claim that the income of 75,000 farmers had doubled.

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Echo chambers and ‘super mamas’: How Assam’s media created a pro-government loop

In the days leading up to February 8, Assamese news channels carried a sense of anticipation.

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March 25, 2026: Air quality near South Delhi educational hub approaches ‘poor’

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited Katwaria Sarai – a bustling hub for South Delhi’s student community. Located near the Indian Statistical Institute, JNU, and NCERT, the area’s air quality is a vital health concern for the thousands of students and workers who commute here every day.

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The Dhaka effect: Did the BNP’s win in Bangladesh blunt the BJP’s poll pitch in Bengal?

A few hundred people from various minority religious groups staged a demonstration in Dhaka on March 13. They alleged no end to atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh, even as a new government was democratically elected after years of turmoil.

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The anti-trans bill: A law to ‘protect’ trans rights by deleting trans people

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, was already a deeply flawed piece of legislation. Conceived without meaningful consultation, passed despite widespread opposition, and implemented in ways that ignored the lived realities of trans people, it was never truly ours.

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Press bodies condemn ‘excessive use of force’ as govt shutters UNI office

Acting on a Delhi High Court order, the Delhi Police and CRPF personnel on Friday “allegedly dragged” about 50 journalists out of the United News of India (UNI) office on Rafi Marg, according to The Hindu.

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Nun’s battle, e-waste fraud: NL and TNM stories recognised at Media Foundation awards

As the first quarter of 2026 wraps up, journalists are already chasing the year’s next big story. But today in Delhi, the 2025 Journalism Awards by The Media Foundation gave us a reason to look back.

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Lucknow journalist’s hands fractured in ‘police assault’; FIR pending

A 50-year-old freelance journalist in Lucknow alleges that a policeman fractured his hands after a minor road altercation on March 15. An FIR is yet to be registered despite CCTV and dashcam footage of the assault and complaints filed across multiple official channels.

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Day after Sonam Wangchuk presser, Ladakh leaders say 6th Schedule, statehood demands non-negotiable

Leaders from Ladakh have clarified that their twin demands for statehood and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule remain non-negotiable and they will not backtrack. This is a day after activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk suggested at a press conference in Delhi that both the Centre and the Apex Body Leh…

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March 18, 2026: GRAP-1 lifted, yet ‘poor’ air persists in South Delhi

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited Begumpur in South Delhi. While the nearest DPCC station at Sri Aurobindo Marg pegged the AQI at 162 (moderate), our portable monitor recorded a significantly higher 242 (poor).

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‘Muslims can’t sit here’: 4 days after mob attack on Pune iftar, no arrest

Four days after a mob attacked an Iftar gathering in the Saswad area of rural Pune, the police are yet to make any arrest.

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‘Talks are a give-and-take’: Sonam Wangchuk on 6th schedule, statehood and being ‘flexible’

In his first public remarks after spending nearly six months in custody, Ladakhi activist and education reformist Sonam Wangchuk stated on Tuesday that both sides must remain flexible to ensure a meaningful and constructive dialogue regarding demands in Ladakh for statehood and sixth schedule protections.

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‘We carried patients down stairs’: Odisha ICU fire puts compliance under scrutiny

At least 11 patients were killed in the early hours of Monday after a fire broke out at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha. The blaze – suspected to have been triggered by an electrical short circuit – originated adjacent to the ICU, which was housing 23…

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UP journalist booked over LPG queue video, cops say ‘visuals old, misleading’

A journalist in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad has been booked over visuals of people queuing outside a gas agency – uploaded the same day that a 70-year-old man died of a suspected heart attack while waiting in queue for an LPG cylinder.

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Gods in the commons: Noida’s norms ‘on paper’, temples on the ground

On a bright February morning in Sector 15-A, one of Noida’s oldest and most affluent neighbourhoods, around 50 residents gathered in Vrindavan Park for what they called a picnic. They carried posters asking to protect the environment and wore T-shirts that read, “Let the parks be.” The amenities surrounding them…

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Three years, no trial: Bail for Monu Manesar ignites fresh anguish for Nasir and Junaid’s families

The Nasir-Junaid murder case of February 2023 has resurfaced in the national spotlight after the Rajasthan High Court granted bail to the prime accused, Monu Manesar, on March 5. Bail for the self-styled ‘cow vigilante’ comes as the victims' families continue their three-year wait for a trial.

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Uttam Nagar unrest: A neighbourhood on edge, and ‘outsiders’ stoking a communal fire

Tarun Kumar, a 26-year-old Dalit youth, was beaten to death in the JJ Colony area of West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar on March 4.

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‘My mother cries on the phone’: TV’s war spectacle leaves Indians in Israel calming frightened families

Mohan Chandpa has lived around a mile from the Gaza border for two months. The 40-year-old spray-painter, who works in Sderot, an industrial town in southern Israel, says the most distressing calls he receives aren't about missile alerts – they are from his mother.

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