HISTORICAL FACTS: 10 - The Untold Story

One year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya

A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The market, once bustling with tourists during the yatra season, now wears a lifeless look. Most shops and houses still remain buried under debris.…

Newslaundry · Aug 4

The enigma of BlueKraft: The narrative factory behind Brand Modi

Read the previous instalments of this series here and here.

Newslaundry · Aug 4

Protest to crackdown: The aftermath of Jantar Mantar

In this week’s South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the aftermath of the Jantar Mantar protests, led by the Cockroach Janta Party. They are joined by senior journalist and editor of The Wire, Seema Chisti, and Peek TV co-founder Vedanta Agarwal.

Newslaundry · Aug 3

Gen-Z के सदमे में अमीश का लवणेन भोज्यम, अमन का उड़ा गर्दा

जेन-ज़ी लौंडों ने जब से धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफा लिया है तब से बहुतेरे एंकर एंकराओं को रात में नींद नहीं आ रही है. बहुतेरों को जंतर मंतर पर इस्तेमाल हुई भाषा से संस्कार और संस्कृति का संकट पैदा हो गया है. मर्यादा की दुहाई दी जा रही है.

Newslaundry · Aug 1

एनएल चर्चा 434: CJP प्रदर्शन के बाद छात्रों पर पुलिस का शिकंजा, मीडिया का नैतिकता पाठ और असम में बाढ़

एनएल चर्चा के इस अंक में धर्मेंद्र प्रधान के इस्तीफे के बाद प्रदर्शनकारियों पर कार्रवाई और असम में बाढ़ से मची तबाही पर विस्तार से बात हुई.

Newslaundry · Aug 1

Ghar se salon tak: TV news turns ‘investigative’ reporter and language police over CJP protest

Mainstream TV media has seemingly not taken any feedback on board in its coverage of the CJP protest. Emblematic of this are two recent pieces of ‘investigation’ by CNN-News18, which shows how far their coverage of the CJP protest continues to stray from the real issues of the protest –…

Newslaundry · Aug 1

Woman journalist files FIR for assault, molestation during CJP protest coverage

A woman reporter with Times Now was allegedly kicked and struck on the head, and her cameraperson was manhandled, while both were reporting live from Kerala House during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest march to Parliament on July 20.

Newslaundry · Aug 1

Hafta letters: ‘I don’t understand why Chetan Bhagat continues to be invited’

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Newslaundry · Aug 1

Modi govt assurances, FIRs, and what’s next for CJP | Abhijeet Dipke with Manisha Pande

Days after the Cockroach Janta Party called off its sit-in at Jantar Mantar with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation and assurances from the Narendra Modi government, questions remain about what those assurances are worth.

Newslaundry · Jul 31

An army aspirant, a bystander, a minor: The unanswered bullets of Siwan NEET protest after AK-47 video

Dhiraj Kumar Gond is waiting outside Medanta Hospital in Patna. He is attending to his cousin Bullet Kumar Gond, who was shot at in Siwan during the Bihar Bandh protest against paper leaks on July 25.

Newslaundry · Jul 31