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Facing one of its toughest elections, the AAP is leaving no stone unturned with founder Arvind Kejriwal holding at least three public meetings each day.

Taking strong objection to remarks about her on a YouTube channel, Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday said that she will file a police complaint and a defamation case.

Aaj Ka AQI is a new show aimed at fixing accountability for a solution to India’s air crisis. For episode 20, Newslaundry went to the BJP’s Delhi unit office on Thursday.

Muslims in Delhi have largely thrown their weight behind the AAP in the last two assembly elections. But the party’s soft Hindutva, its positions on the NRC-CAA protests and the Tablighi Jamaat-Covid controversy, the Delhi riots, and issues of development have triggered disenchantment within sections of the community.

New Delhi is the headline assembly constituency due to its prominent contestants. But it has also been in the news for another reason: the governing Aam Aadmi Party’s allegation that there have been attempts to delete and add votes on a “large scale”.

Three journalists linked to a Noida-based news portal Tricity Today have reportedly been arrested over allegations that they extorted money by threatening businessmen with fake news against them.

Atul Subhash’s suicide has sparked a debate around men’s rights and systemic failures in the law. In this conversation with Nidhi Suresh, senior Supreme Court advocate Vrinda Grover unpacks Section 498A of the IPC, the role of gender bias in legal matters, and addresses the concerns raised by men’s rights…

From higher literacy rate to better nutritional levels to improved access to the internet, men in Delhi are far more privileged in several aspects than their female counterparts. But when it comes to elections, it is the women that feature more prominently in political parties’ poll campaigns. 

Aaj Ka AQI is a new show aimed at fixing accountability for a solution to India’s air crisis. For episode 19, Newslaundry went to the Chief Justice of India’s official residence on Monday.