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Leadership void, ‘mounting arrears’, defunct help desk: The crisis at Delhi Commission for Women

Three dysfunctional helplines. A commission without any nominated members since July. Most workers allegedly without pay since November last year. A nearly 28 percent slash in funding compared to the last financial year. And an institution struggling to process thousands of complaints.

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‘We worship him’: The Modi admirers at his Jammu rally

Some think he stopped the Russia-Ukraine war. Some believe he is an incarnation of Lord Shiva, some see him as Lord Ram’s. Some have names for him, while some can’t stop counting his achievements. Newslaundry spoke to supporters of PM Narendra Modi at his rally at Maulana Azad stadium in…

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A BJP understanding with INLD-BSP-HLP alliance against Cong in Haryana?

The BJP is contesting 89 of Haryana’s 90 assembly seats polls by itself. The exception is Sirsa, where the BJP’s Rohtash Jangra withdrew his nomination, raising speculation about an undeclared poll understanding with Gopal Kanda’s Haryana Lokhit Party, BSP and INLD.

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Donkey route to better life? Haryana youth on immigration, jobs, education infrastructure

Ahead of the Haryana assembly polls on October 5, Newslaundry spoke to the students of Kurukshetra University to understand the major issues of the state.

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Unemployment, rebellion and Article 370: BJP’s challenges in Hindu-dominated Jammu

In the third phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir, people across 40 assembly seats – 16 in Kashmir and 24 in Jammu – will cast their votes. Will the BJP repeat its 2014 performance and outdo the National Conference and PDP in the Jammu region?

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Behind Shinde’s custodial death: A culture of ‘instant justice’, political slugfest and polls

The Bombay High Court has turned its skeptical gaze on the Maharashtra police’s version of the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault on two minor girls. Early this week, Shinde was shot dead in an alleged encounter by the Thane police.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 339: Kashmir’s media crisis, Adani’s violation of NGT orders

This week, host Tanishka Sodhi is joined by Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande and Shivnarayan Rajpurohit.

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Hafta 504: MUDA scam, Modi in USA, Trump vs Harris

In this week’s special free episode, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam, are joined by The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna and University of Michigan associate professor and author Joyojeet Pal.

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Hafta letters: CJI-Modi’s Ganesh pooja, arguments on nuqta, work-life balance

Regarding the CJI-PM pooja meet, I disagree with Shardool. In this case perceptions really matter. It is not the question about freedom to practise religion but rather it is about the public perception that there is a separation between the judiciary and the executive. In a time of growing mistrust…

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Tirupati laddu row: How politics is shaping the controversy

Days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that the ghee used to make the Srivari laddu for Tirupati temple was adulterated with animal fat, the communal politics around it has been escalating, with wild allegations running thick and fast.

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Some people ‘not that techno savvy’: Court quashes FIR against man for WhatsApp post

The Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a man accused of sharing an “objectionable post” on WhatsApp, saying that not every controversial social media post should be interpreted as an attempt to incite unrest, Livelaw reported.

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Heirs, cartons and access: The journey of Nehru’s letters through a legal tangle

A Gujarat-based historian has recently written a letter to Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, seeking the return of Jawaharlal Nehru’s private documents either to the Prime Minister Museum and Library, which was renamed as the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in August last year, or give him access to them.

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Australian filmmaker David Bradbury denied entry to India, his kids made to travel alone

Shortly after midnight, in the early hours of September 11, famous Australian filmmaker David Bradbury had arrived in India to travel the country for a few weeks with his children Nakeita, aged 21, and Omar, 14. On reaching the Chennai airport at 1 am, however, David, a two-time Oscar award…

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Days after SC YouTube channel hacked, crypto scammers target BeerBiceps’ accounts

The YouTube channels of digital influencer Ranveer Allahbadia – also known as BeerBiceps – have ostensibly been hacked and many of his videos have been deleted.

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Money, muscle, and trip to Ayodhya: How are DU student leaders asking for votes?

The Delhi University Student Union election is set to be held on September 27 with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, National Students’ Union of India, and the alliance of All India Students’ Association and Students’ Federation of India gearing up for a tough contest.

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X need not know reasons behind blocking orders: Govt to Karnataka HC

The Narendra Modi government has told the Karnataka High Court that the review committee orders detailing its decisions to block accounts on X between 2021 and 2022 need not be accessed by the social media platform, Bar and Bench reported.

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2 months after SC stayed Kanwar Yatra order, UP comes up with similar directive for ‘purity’

Two months after the Supreme Court stayed a controversial order that made it mandatory for eateries to declare the names of their owners and staff, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has issued a similar directive.

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Two journos booked for questioning ‘Thakur raj’ in UP, complainant says ‘Yogi incarnation of god’

Abhishek Upadhyay, a Lucknow-based freelance journalist, recently posted on X about “the biggest political story of the year not being reported” by the media. He referred to the rise in the prominence of the Rajput community, colloquially described as “Thakur or Singh raj (rule),” under the tenure of Chief Minister…

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Work stress caused 26-year-old Anna’s death? Doctor, HR consultant weigh in

A 26-year-old chartered accountant from Kerala, Anna Sebastian Perayil, died in July, within four months of joining Ernst Young’s Pune office. Her mother Anita Augustine blamed the work load and job-related stress for her death, fuelling public outrage over corporate work environments and demand for reassessment of workplace practices.

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‘Would anyway quit BJP-led govt’: JJP’s Dushyant Chautala on polls, alliance with Azad’s party

Dushyant Chautala, JJP leader and former deputy chief minister who emerged as a kingmaker in the last polls, has been facing resentment in his own assembly constituency, Uchana Kalan. Besides holding meetings in his constituency ahead of the state polls, Dushyant’s JJP has struck an alliance with the Azad Samaj…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 338: Haryana politics ahead of polls, Jammu voters

This week, host Pratyush Deep is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Anmol Pritam.

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Delhi in flux: What AAP’s reset means for assembly polls

Days after AAP chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the liquor policy case, Atishi took over as the Delhi CM today. The efforts to read between the lines of the AAP chief’s decision to step down from the CM office…

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Hafta letters: First Amendment, India as single entity, NL-TNM alliance

Well this one is a kudos for Mr Anand, the voice of the weak on Hafta:

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Haryana polls: Will Vinesh Phogat end Congress’s losing streak in Julana?

Olympian Vinesh Phogat, who recently entered the political arena, is gearing to contest the Haryana assembly polls on a Congress ticket from Julana. The Congress party has recorded defeat on the Jat-dominated seat in the last three assembly elections and has won here only four times since 1967.

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Salman Khan demands apology from ANI for report ‘linking him to D-Company’

Actor Salman Khan has sought an apology from news agency ANI and the advocates of the two men accused of firing outside his house for linking him to underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s group D-Company, Livelaw reported. A report published by ANI claimed that Khan has “known relations” with the group…

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