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Indian journalists say BBC raid part of drive to intimidate media

Media staff targeted for criticising BJP government fear tax raid is escalation of coercion

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Delhi library led by BJP leader didn’t have funds for branches, but issued salaries to her son

More than eight branches shut, an unrelenting protest by 75 employees over lack of salaries, a funds crunch, and at the centre of it all, one of Delhi’s oldest municipal libraries and a BJP leader mired in allegations of corruption and mismanagement.

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Cartoon: League of bulldozers

Cartoon is one of the oldest and boldest artistic genres for speaking truth to power. In India, however, cartoonists, in the news media and outside, are under pressure to curtail their free speech and not annoy the powerful as the finest of them are wont to do. They are being…

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Tax survey ends on Day 3, BBC says will continue to report without fear

Income tax officials have ended their survey at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai, according to the British broadcaster. The offices were searched over three days with the government suggesting that the move was linked to an alleged violation of transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits.

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Mehrauli demolition: Survey DDA relied on was found incomplete by HC panel last year

Before the demolition drive in south Delhi’s Mehrauli was halted by the Delhi High Court, anxious residents would wake up each day and ask themselves: “Who’s next?” “Who has got a stay?”

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‘We would’ve never filed a case’: Behind rise in Haryana ‘love jihad’ FIRs, vigilantes, misuse of new law

Sanskriti Shukla converted to Islam before she married Javed Khan last year in Haryana’s Faridabad. They had been in a relationship for seven years, but they are now in hiding after threats from Hindutva vigilantes, including the Bajrang Dal and the Bittu Bajrangi-led Gau Raksha Bajrang Force.

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Chorus from Tripura: ‘Never saw these many indigenous women candidates’

Unlike Nagaland, which has never had a woman MLA, Tripura has performed only slightly better in terms of women’s representation. But the election on Thursday holds promise.

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Income tax search at BBC’s Delhi, Mumbai offices

The income tax department is carrying out a survey at the BBC’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai, Newslaundry has learnt. This comes amid a controversy over the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 258: Human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, hijab ban in UP’s colleges

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Alenjith K Johny and Avdhesh Kumar.

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TV Newsance 201: Save Adani Campaign, brought to you by primetime stars on TV News

What do Mia Khalifa, Hindenburg and Greta Thunberg have in common? Is the opposition falling for a trap set up by anti-nationals to destroy the Indian economy? Is the Adani crisis over?

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Cartoon: Turning up unprepared

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Inside MP court, a law intern is labelled PFI agent and ‘targeted for being Muslim’

As a 21-year-old law intern, Sonu Mansuri had been regularly visiting the Indore district court over the last five months to observe court proceedings and assist her seniors. But on January 28, she became the subject of a viral video, surrounded by a group of lawyers, who grabbed her collar,…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 257: Musahar community of Bihar, Hindutva surge in MP

This week the host Basant is joined by Newslaundry’s Prateek Goyal and Newsreel Asia’s Tej Bahadur Singh.

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TV Newsance 200: #RTVToadies makes a comeback

RTV Toadies makes a comeback. The three judges are back with a new set of tasks. What does it take to be a primetime toady? Watch to find out. We also look at why we started TV Newsance and our journey so far. TV news is one of the most…

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Cartoon: The bubble bursts

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SC notice to Modi govt over BBC documentary ban

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Narendra Modi government over petitions challenging the move to block the controversial BBC documentary titled India: The Modi Question. The court has sought original records pertaining to the government decision and will now hear the matter in April, Live Law…

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Nidhi Razdan quits NDTV, 3 days after Sreenivasan Jain’s exit

Nidhi Razdan has resigned as the executive editor of NDTV, three days after her colleague Sreenivasan Jain announced that his three-decade journey with the channel had come to an end.

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SC to hear plea against Modi documentary ban next week; BBC says film ‘rigorously researched’

As the controversy over a ban on a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi grows, the Supreme Court is set to hear petitions challenging the government move on February 6.

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How officials turned blind eye to SC panel directives before Anjali murder case

“There is absolutely no security arrangement. You know how much the Delhi Police are active after this case made headlines,” said a friend of Anjali Singh.

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After ABVP poster, 3 channels falsely accuse a Newslaundry reporter of JNU stone-pelting

A day after an attempted screening of the BBC documentary on the JNU campus was followed by a power cut, stone-pelting, and a war of words between Left-affiliated student outfits and the ABVP, certain media channels amplified a poster released by a member of the latter, blaming 16 people for…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 256: Wrestlers’ protest against WFI chief, Delhi Mayor election

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Basant Kumar.

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Days after Hindenburg report, leading newspapers carry front page ads for Adani

Two days after the story broke about a New York-based Hindenburg Research’s report placing Adani group in the dock for “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, leading newspapers carried front page ads from the group.

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Hafta letters: Past NL content, questions on NL Sena, Abhinandan’s critics

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Adani vs Hindenburg is front-page news, but what about Adani-owned media houses?

If you’ve invested in a company associated with the Adani group, you’re probably watching the stock market like a hawk. For the second day running, share prices of nine listed companies of the group have tanked, with the group losing nearly Rs 4 lakh crore in market capitalisation.

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