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Milk vendor, sarpanch, rebel, CM: Bhajan Lal Sharma’s journey to Rajasthan’s top post

A viral video on social media shows Vasundhara Raje, former BJP chief minister of Rajasthan, at a party legislature meeting in Jaipur. Sitting next to union minister Rajnath Singh, the party observer for Rajasthan, she opens a slip of paper that he hands to her.

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BBC India will now be ‘Collective Newsroom’ to comply with FDI norms

The BBC has metamorphosed into a new firm, ‘Collective Newsroom’, for its India operations – to conform to the changes in rules of the Foreign Direct Investment policy.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 300: The challenges of being a reporter in India

It’s 300 episodes of Reporters Without Orders! So it’s a full house this week, with hosts Sumedha Mittal and Basant Kumar being joined by Newslaundry’s editor-in-chief Raman Kirpal and Newslaundry reporters Prateek Goyal, Shivnarayan Rajpurohit, Pratyush Deep and Avdhesh Kumar.

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A Delhi security guard discovered track and field in his 40s. He then ran the Boston Marathon

Vijay Kumar, 46, never in his “wildest dreams” thought he would travel to the United States to participate in the Boston Marathon, one of the most prominent marathon events in the world.

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Police ask court to protect identities of 5 ‘potential witnesses’ against NewsClick: Indian Express

The Delhi police has moved court to protect the identities of five “potential witnesses” against news outlet NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case, Indian Express reported. Their statements were recorded under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure earlier this month.

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‘Parody account?’: Users wonder ? as PM warns ⚠️ of ‘meltdowns’ with Aroor video ?

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the opposition to “leave the habit of negativity”, he made similar comments on X while reacting to India Today senior executive editor Shiv Aroor’s social media post.

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Except Telangana silver lining, exit polls miss the mark again

The assembly election results in five states have sprung a surprise for most pollsters. While the BJP got a comfortable majority in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the Congress managed to win only Telangana and the Zoram People’s Movement stormed to power in Mizoram.

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‘The AAP of Mizoram’: How a new party won a landslide majority in Mizoram

In the hills and valleys of Mizoram, voters are hungry for change. They want development. They want better roads. They want job opportunities. They want to stand shoulder to shoulder with their Northeast sisters – and this election, they voted for exactly that.

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Patanjali ‘fact-check’, trolling, death threats: How Liver Doc and Vijay Patel’s online spat escalated

On November 23, doctor-influencer Cyriac Abby Philips aka The Liver Doc posted on social media platform X about a “terrible and vulgar” online abuse campaign against him over his tweet criticising yoga guru Ramdev and his firm Patanjali Ayurved over “misleading claims”.

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Congress’s woes in Rajasthan: Paper leaks, infighting, Gehlot making it all about himself

In the run-up to the Rajasthan assembly polls, there was one major question discussed ad nauseam in the state and the media.

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Poll results: How did key politicians fare in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP and Telangana?

The assembly polls marked by high stakes and a barrage of freebies ended with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s big wins in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. As the poll results unfolded today, the BRS conceded defeat to the Congress in Telangana.

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Decoding assembly election results with independent media

The assembly election results unfolded in four states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana – with the counting of votes today.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 299: Rajasthan polls, Delhi’s chief secretary

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Pratyush Deep.

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Sorry Twitter, the ‘leaked’ video of Rajdeep, Rahul Kanwal and Pradeep Gupta was staged

Since last night’s exit polls weren’t chaotic enough, here’s a new twist in the tale.

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Rajasthan polls: Dainik Bhaskar publishes, and swiftly deletes, story on ‘red diary’

Two weeks ago, Dainik Bhaskar published an “exclusive” story on its website. The headline said “Rajasthan meih charchit laal diary ke chaar panne saamne aaye”, loosely translating to “four more pages of Rajasthan’s much-talked about red diary revealed”.

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Dissent, democracy and KCR’s legacy in Telangana: TNM-NL Town Hall in Hyderabad

Ahead of the assembly polls, Newslaundry and The News Minute hosted a town hall in Hyderabad, attended by voters, senior journalist C Vanaja, activist Sheikh Yusuf Baba, and professor K Laxminarayana.

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Assembly Elections 2023: Watch Dhanya, Sudipto and Manisha break down key issues so far

It’s the final week of assembly elections for the year. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh already cast their votes, with Telangana’s turn coming up on November 30. Results for all five states will be declared on December 3.

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Ram temple vs welfare schemes: What was on the voters’ minds in Rajasthan?

Rajasthan voted across 199 constituencies today for its 200-seat legislative assembly. The election for the Karanpur assembly seat was deferred due to the demise of the Congress candidate.

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Lord Ram, Congress-bashing, Kanhaiya Lal: Inside Rajasthan BJP’s election war on WhatsApp

Kuldeep Gurjar, 17, refers to himself as an “army lover” and a “Modi lover”. He scoffed when asked what he thinks about the current Congress government in Rajasthan.

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‘Mainstream media silent on tribal issues’: Adivasi writer Jacinta Kerketta refuses press award

Distressed about the lack of respect being given to Adivasis in Manipur, Adivasi writer Jacinta Kerketta, refused an award from the India Today group for her work.

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Congress ‘sidelining’ Pilot: Tonk voters say he’s ‘absent’, but still better than BJP

Outside the Congress office in Jaipur, 10 cutouts of politicians loom over passersby. They’re all evenly spaced but the cutout of Sachin Pilot tips to the left, crowded by cutouts of Govind Singh Dotasara and CP Joshi.

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#ResultsWithIndependentMedia: Cut through the noise on December 3

For the past few weeks, Teams Newslaundry and The News Minute have been on the ground, bringing you everything you need to know on the ongoing assembly elections in Rajasthan, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh.

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Now, a new hate campaign against Zubair with wild claims about his time in jail

Social media isn’t really the place to parse fact from fiction. And sections of social media users – many who purchased the “blue tick” on X – are doing their best to populate websites with wild theories.

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‘Don’t drag him into elections’: Kanhaiya Lal’s wife as BJP targets Gehlot over Udaipur murder

As part of a “pratigya” or self-sworn pledge, Yash Sahu, 21, has neither cut his hair nor worn any footwear since June 28 last year.

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Gehlot vs Pilot, impact of welfare schemes: Gauging the mood at Congress’s Udaipur rally

When Congress national spokesperson Gourav Vallabh addressed a rally in Udaipur last week, there was just one promise he sought from his audience – “vote for the Congress”.

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