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Note: This interview was first published in October 2022.

Days after reports of a fresh case being lodged against Alt News founder Mohammed Zubair in Uttar Pradesh over his social media post, international human rights organisations have issued a letter in his support, condemning the police action.   

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by author Chetan Bhagat, academic Sarthak Bagchi, and journalist Dhiren A Sadokpam to discuss the Maharashtra government formation, the increased violence in Manipur, and the ‘foreign hand’ allegations against OCCRP. 

Three and a half years have passed since Tasleem Banjara lay on the ground in Indore, weeping as a group of men assaulted him. 

A day after a video showing three Muslim minors being assaulted and told to chant Jai Shri Ram was circulated on social media, police have filed an FIR against two minor suspects and arrested one of them in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.

A BBC News Hindi interview with Avadh Ojha, a UPSC educator who has joined the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Delhi elections, was stopped midway at the party’s office in the capital on Thursday.

The farmers’ protest in Gautam Buddha Nagar over inadequate compensation for government land acquisition entered its third day. The farmers continued demanding fair compensation and assurance that 10 percent of the acquired land will be allotted to them, as per law. 

At around 10 am, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, and a convoy of Congress leaders stood on one side of the barricaded Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border. Hundreds of police personnel stood on the other side of the barricade.  

The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has selected Project Electoral Bond, a joint effort by Newslaundry, The News Minute, and Scroll, as one of the best investigative stories from India in 2024.