The Latest Breaking News from Newslaundry

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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. 

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…

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

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.