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Maharashtra: Is sculptor Jaydeep Apte a ‘scapegoat’ in Shivaji statue collapse?

After a 28-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed in Maharashtra’s Rajkot Fort on August 26, its hapless sculptor became the target of abuse, hate and threats online, culminating in his arrest earlier this week.

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Hafta letters: Gender issues, creamy layer in quota, Kolkata case

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Faridabad shooting: Was Aryan Mishra really murdered over ‘cow smuggling’?

In the 14 days since the murder of Aryan Mishra in Faridabad, fact has battled fiction across media and social media.

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India’s media wars: Press freedom in crisis

Press freedom is in crisis in the "world's largest democracy" with attacks against journalists, concentration of media ownership, pro-government bias and expulsions of foreign reporters. Since India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, several mainstream Indian TV channels have effectively turned into government mouthpieces.

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‘If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India’: Delhi HC warns Wikipedia over ANI defamation case

The Delhi High Court came down heavily on Wikipedia for failing to comply with an order to disclose information about alleged defamatory edits made to the Wikipedia page of news agency ANI, labeling it as a “propaganda tool” of the government, Bar and Bench reported.

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SC reserves order in Kejriwal bail plea

The Supreme Court has reportedly reserved its verdict while hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail petition on Thursday. His judicial custody has been extended until Tuesday when the court will hear the matter again.

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Haryana: One corruption case lodged every 2 days, most in police dept

As Haryana approaches its assembly elections, corruption has emerged as a key issue. Despite the BJP's claims of reduced corruption under their leadership, both data and public opinion suggest otherwise.

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The Hindu takes down report on J&K HC roster change after court rebuke

The Hindu has reportedly redacted a report about Justice Atul Sreedharan going on leave purportedly after the transfer of NIA Act cases and habeas corpus matters from his bench, after the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court took “serious exception” to the report, Bar and Bench reported.

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Laadli award for Newslaundry report on women denied access to essential ultrasound

A Newslaundry report has been awarded at the 2024 edition of the Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity, instituted by Population First.

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SC stays Gujarat HC order seeking fresh apology from TOI, Express for ‘false’ court reporting

The Supreme Court stayed a Gujarat High Court order requiring Times of India, Indian Express, and Divya Bhaskar to issue a fresh apology for alleged incorrect reporting of court proceedings, Bar and Bench reported.

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‘Hardest decision’: As Manipur remains on boil, several Kuki-Zo students quit studies

Lian*, a 30-year-old PhD scholar from Churachandpur, was among 284 Manipur University students from the Kuki-Zo communities who had approached the Supreme Court in November last year. It was to ensure he could continue his studies from other central universities after being displaced by ethnic violence. But he is “in…

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Police action under cloud after Muslim man thrashed on train: No lynching charge or suo motu cognisance

It’s just been five days since 72-year-old Ashraf Ali Sayyad Hussain Maniar was assaulted during a Jalgaon-Kalyan train journey over suspicion of carrying beef. And the chinks in the police action against his attackers are already too visible.

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Disruption or disaster? The uncertainty around Engineer Rashid’s party, Jamaat in Kashmir polls

Langate is quiet just as it was in the beginning of the Lok Sabha election in April. But the sleepy north Kashmir town is expected to buzz soon with political activity, and erupt, much like it did in May, in support of the jailed Awami Ittehad Party leader Engineer Rashid.

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Exclusive | From finding rape victim’s body to Roy’s arrest: A detailed timeline of Kolkata police probe

In the wake of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, social media is abuzz with allegations of complacency in the probe, a larger conspiracy, and alleged attempts to shield the “real accused”. The victim’s family had also alleged that the hospital administration and…

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‘Promises hollow, not sure how surveillance will change’: Journalists on J&K polls and manifestos

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 335: #MeToo crisis, no accountability for death after police brutality

This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal, The News Minute’s Sukanya Shaji, and independent journalist Nidhi Suresh.

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In Kashmir, parties offer little hope for journalists in run-up to polls

There is little that parties in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir are offering for journalists despite increased challenges to press freedom over the last five years in the erstwhile state.

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Hafta 500: Revenue models for news, content creators vs journalists

This week, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Anand Vardhan are joined by The News Minute’s Dhanya Rajendran and digital creator Akash Banerjee aka TheDeshbhakt.

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TV Newsance 265: Kangana’s farmers’ protest comment, POOKIE baba on Amish’s show

This week, we’re back with a roundup of the best and worst of the TV news world. Jay Shah has been elected as the youngest chairman of the International Cricket Council. Of course, netizens couldn’t resist trolling him, labeling him a product of nepotism — but hey, we wish him…

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Newsrooms burned, vandalised: Bangladesh’s ‘Godi media’ is under fire

With the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, several media outlets and journalists are facing the ire of the protesters, who have accused them of driving the Hasina government’s propaganda and muzzling the voices of the people.

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MP cop shunted out day after refusing to hand over Muslim accused to BJYM leader in ‘gunda’ list

A police constable has been temporarily transferred a day after he refused to hand over a Muslim youngster in police custody to a BJP youth wing leader in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader was part of the ‘gunda’ list of the police station where the…

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Nearly 200 layoffs at India Today

Nearly 200 staffers have been laid off from the India Today Group as part of a restructuring exercise, Newslaundry has learnt.

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Non-profit accuses New Indian Express of ‘deleting’ report on NGT notice over Adani ‘link’

A non-profit has accused The New Indian Express of “deleting” a report about the National Green Tribunal’s notice to Adani Group-run Mirzapur Thermal Power Plant, the Uttar Pradesh government, and the Union environment ministry over an Adani link.

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Quick dates, shady pubs, and crazy bills: Inside Mumbai’s ‘dating scam’

Prateek Jadhav, a 34-year-old IT professional, was thrilled to find a match on Tinder on a Saturday morning this month. The woman soon asked for his phone number, the conversation moved to WhatsApp, and within an hour a date had been fixed for the evening.

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In herbal firm’s Bihar backyard, women beaten with belts, ‘sexually abused’

In February, a police station in Bihar’s Chapra district had allegedly refused to file an FIR after Kanchan*, a 19-year-old, accused a Surat-headquartered herbal firm’s executive of forcing her to work without pay, and the owner of facilitating her rape by the executive under the pretext of marriage.

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