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Rekha Gupta, Eknath Shinde lead b’day ad blitz for Modi; ToI, HT skip demonetisation in PM’s legacy feature

All and sundry came out to wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday on Wednesday.

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Media spotlights leaders, but misses stories of those affected by their decisions

While Trump and tariffs continue to dominate our headlines, there is an important difference between why he is in the news, and why our leader, Narendra Modi, also continues to dominate the news.

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‘Phussi bomb’: Rahul Gandhi’s presser buried under TV studio spectacle

Spin over scrutiny. Ridicule over reportage.

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Weeks after mass burial claims, gag order for over 8,000 Dharmasthala links

Harshendra Kumar D – brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade – has secured an ex parte injunction to take down 8,842 online links on explosive allegations made by a former sanitation worker at the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka’s Dakshin Kannada.

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I&B proposes to amend TV rating rules, invite more players besides BARC

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has proposed amendments to rules for TV rating agencies that will allow for more players apart from the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to enter the market, The Hindu reported.

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Three villagers arrested after mass poisoning of family of tigers in India

Villagers resorted to ‘retaliatory killing’ of tiger and its four cubs by using pesticide to poison carcass, forest officials say

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Hafta 542 : Iran and Israel’s nuclear conflict, Thug Life and mob censorship

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, and Shardool Katyayan are joined by The Hindu’s diplomatic affairs editor Suhasini Haider, The News Minute’s Pooja Prasanna, and filmmaker Hansal Mehta.

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Placement crisis for students looking for TV jobs at J-schools

Top journalism schools are facing a crisis as television news channels pull back from campus placements, suggesting a turbulence in the Indian TV news industry. Students aspiring for TV jobs are left staring at unpaid internships, gig work, and career pivots – none of which match the expectation of high…

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Pahalgam attack: At least 25 dead, Modi says those ‘behind this heinous act will be brought to justice’

At least 25 people have been killed after terrorists struck a prime tourist location of Pahalgam in South Kashmir on Tuesday, government sources told The Hindu.

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MP journalist’s home burnt down after ‘threats over water tankers report’

The Congress has claimed a law and order breakdown in Madhya Pradesh after the house of journalist and YouTuber Ravi Kumar Pandey was burnt down in Sidhi district last week.

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The 2024 election didn’t change the media much. But readers can hope for better this year

New Year resolutions are made to be broken, we are told. And hopes and expectations for the New Year are also, probably, destined to lead to disappointment. But there’s no harm in hoping that some things will change, as far as the media is concerned, even if much remains the…

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Third FIR against Langa for ‘Rs 28.56 lakh fraud’ and ‘intimidation’

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has been booked in a third FIR for alleged fraud and intimidation based on a complaint from a business owner, the Ahmedabad police said in a statement after a press conference on Tuesday.

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Press bodies condemn FIR against Mahesh Langa, seek PCI intervention

Five press bodies have condemned the second FIR against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa. Four of them have urged the Press Council of India to “perform its mandate of safeguarding the freedom of the press”.

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‘Investigative reporting will be extinct’: The Hindu editor, N Ram condemn FIR against Gujarat journo

Over four days after a second FIR was lodged against The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, his colleagues took to X to condemn the police action and uphold “a journalist’s right to obtain and process a confidential or ‘sensitive’ official document in line with their work”.

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Gujarat journalist arrested in ‘GST scam’ case now booked for ‘possession of confidential files’

Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, who has been in judicial custody in a case of alleged GST evasion since October 8, has now been booked for possession of documents related to the Gujarat Maritime Board, Indian Express reported.

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‘Don’t want any publicity’: Gujarat HC after Mahesh Langa withdraws plea

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa has withdrawn his petition challenging his police custody in the Gujarat High Court.

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Gujarat journalist moves HC challenging police custody in GST case

The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, who was arrested this week for alleged GST fraud, has approached the Gujarat High Court challenging a magistrate’s decision to remand him to 10-day police custody, according to Bar and Bench.

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GST evasion case: Lawyer of arrested Gujarat journalist points to ‘no transaction in his name’

A court in Ahmedabad has sent The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa, and the other accused in an alleged GST evasion case, to 10-day police custody.

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Gujarat journalist arrested in ‘GST scam’ case over ‘firm linked to brother’

Mahesh Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Tuesday in an alleged GST scam.

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From Gaza to Dhaka: Missing Indian lens in global reportage

October 7 marks one year since the attack on Israel by Hamas and the ongoing war on Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians, including children, have been killed in this past year, and much of Gaza has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Meanwhile, many of the Israeli hostages taken by…

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Kerala CM’s interview controversy: The Hindu points to ‘inclusion by PR agency’ as row deepens

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s interview in The Hindu has kicked up a storm over his alleged remarks portraying the Muslim-majority Malappuram district as a hub of anti-national activities.

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Internet shutdown imposed in Manipur for five days, curfew in Imphal

The Manipur government has imposed a five-day “temporary suspension or curbing of internet and mobile data services” across the state, along with curfews in Imphal East and West districts and prohibitory orders in Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching, as per The Hindu.

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Same formats, few deep-dives: The media misses the women safety news peg again

Rape, sexual assault, harassment, women’s safety – these words have found their way to the front pages of many newspapers in the last several weeks.

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80% forced to quit: PCI report on Covid job losses details how media ignored govt directives

As many as 80 percent of journalists who were laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic were forced to resign, opt for voluntary retirements, or be terminated from their positions by their news organisations, according to a report by the Press Council of India. Only 37 percent received severance pay.

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In ‘robust vs rowdy opposition’ binary, Big Media blanks out parliamentary traditions

Who would have thought that a session of the Lok Sabha would draw eyeballs the way the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha has?

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