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From lanterns to the grid: How India is finding ways to see and work after dusk

In the 1950s, Hindi writer Phanishwar Nath Renu wrote a short story called Panchlight – named for the petromax lamp, a corruption of “Petromax light” that had worked its way into the rural vernacular. The story describes a village’s encounter with this object: a source of light but also a…

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What a combined Paramount-Warner would mean

HBO Max, “Harry Potter” and CNN may soon find themselves under a new roof: Paramount.

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Telangana police invoke UAPA against social media handle critical of Congress govt

The Telangana Police’s Intelligence Wing has invoked the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the news platform TeluguScribe, seeking details of its X (formerly Twitter) account to identify its operator. Police allege that the account frequently posts objectionable content.

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SP youth leader Pooja Shukla on women’s bill, SIR and battle for 2027

From student activist to a key political contender, Pooja Shukla has emerged as a prominent youth face of the Samajwadi Party.

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Is Ayurveda harming people? Malayalam movie Vaazha II stirs debate

An on-screen death has revived a long-standing debate on health, healing, and what counts as harm. The Malayalam coming-of-age comedy Vaazha II: Biopic Of A Billion Bros, directed by Savin SA, has triggered a polarising question that seems to go nowhere every time it pops up – do Ayurvedic medicines purportedly…

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मुस्लिम जोड़े के बचाव में खड़े होने वाली सौम्या को रेप और जान से मारने की धमकी

16 अप्रैल की रात को एक व्यक्ति ने सार्वजनिक स्थान पर बीयर पीते हुए कथित तौर पर एक मुस्लिम जोड़े को परेशान किया. बुर्का पहने हुई महिला से उसका पहचान पत्र मांगा और यह भी पूछा कि वे नोएडा के गौर सिटी-2 स्थित वाइट ऑर्चिड मार्केट में क्या कर रहे…

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Beyond the Valley: Naga-Kuki tensions pile pressure on Manipur’s new government

For nearly three years, the ethnic conflict in Manipur remained primarily between the Meiteis of the Valley and the Kuki-Zos in the hills. But now, the already precarious security landscape in Manipur has reached a dangerous new inflection point as the state’s Naga community gets increasingly drawn into the fray.

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‘My faith teaches me to help others’: Noida woman harassed for standing up for Muslim couple

On the night of April 16, a man drinking beer in public allegedly harassed a Muslim couple, asking the burqa-clad woman for her ID and what they were doing in the White Orchid market in Noida’s Gaur City 2.

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India’s media problem in 2 headlines: ‘Anti-women’ opposition, ‘mastermind’ Nida Khan

In the last two weeks, we have seen how easily Indian mainstream media echoes the “manufactured narrative” that the Modi government and its surrogates seek to amplify.

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Delhi Ridge: Can Master Plan 2041 safeguard the city’s lungs?

Many people often refer to the Delhi Ridge as the city’s “lungs”. Alongside the Yamuna River, it plays a pivotal role in maintaining the city's ecological balance. To safeguard this landscape, the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) Master Plan 2041 has introduced a new roadmap focused on its conservation and effective…

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Beyond the fish and puchka: Journalists say SIR is the ‘only issue’ in Bengal elections

In this roundtable hosted by Manisha Pande, the usual media narratives are set aside for the grounded perspectives of journalists who live and breathe West Bengal’s complex political landscape.

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‘Didi is like Mother India’: Tracing the admirers and the economy of a Mamata rally

At a rally in Beleghata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (‘Didi’) ramped up her campaign for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.

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What happened in Parliament on delimitation vindicates our stand: CM Stalin to TNM

In an interview to The News Minute, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin speaks about seeking a renewed mandate after five years in power and why he believes his governance record will carry him through a complex electoral contest.

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मोदी, मज़दूर और महिला आरक्षण के बीच मीडिया का डॉग शो

प्रधानमंत्री के काफिले में बार-बार एंबुलेंस घुसने और चुनावी रैलियों में कलाकारों द्वारा पेंटिंग लहराने वाली स्क्रिप्ट के बाद एक और जगह उनकी स्क्रिप्ट गड़बड़ा गई. पिछले हफ्ते मोदी सरकार द्वारा परिसीमन से जुड़े संविधान संशोधन विधेयक को समर्थन न मिलने के बाद उन्होंने इसे ‘भ्रूण हत्या’ करार दिया.

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Tamil Nadu: Who’s winning this election?

Tamil Nadu's politics has always been about more than elections — identity, language, social justice, and a culture shaped as much by ideas as personalities.

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My passport gives me a vote in UK, but not in my own home in Bengal

“Didi, amake ki Bangladesh pathiye debe?” (Sister, will they send me to Bangladesh?)

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Centre tells HC it blocked 4PM over Pahalgam ‘conspiracy theories, lobbying effort’

The Central government has told the Delhi High Court that it blocked digital news platform 4PM’s YouTube channel because it spread conspiracy theories about the Pahalgam terror attack, Bar and Bench reported.

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Vijay in politics: Fan frenzy or real votes for TVK?

Are crowds enough to win elections?

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5 years on, what DMK’s environmental report card shows

When the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) returned to power in Tamil Nadu in 2021, after a gap of 10 years, it did so by capitalising on people's environmental anger. The DMK positioned itself as protectors of the environment, highlighting All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AIADMK) complacency in sensitive environmental…

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Jobs and other aspirations: What Tamil Nadu’s women want ahead of polls

Tamil Nadu’s women have benefitted from pro-welfare policies for nearly 15 years now. The state is also considered one of the safest for women, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, and boasts the largest women workforce in India.

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Hindutva activists, a ‘crowd at midnight’, and 9 FIRs: The making of TCS Nashik case

A crowd began gathering outside Deolali Camp Police Station in Nashik on the evening of March 25 and by midnight, an eyewitness told Newslaundry, there were at least 200 people outside. “Most of them were youngsters, and more kept arriving,” he said. “Many had a tilak on their foreheads.”

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Delimitation debate: How India’s political map could have changed

India stands on the edge of a massive redrawing of its political map. Even with the recent defeat of the delimitation bill, its spectre will continue to linger, threatening to permanently shift the balance of power in Parliament. In one move, the number of Lok Sabha MPs could jump from…

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India’s cities are crumbling. The rich are seeking urban oases

India’s top metros—Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, home to 75 million people—rank among the world’s 10 most populous cities. However, “population scale has not translated proportionately into urban productivity, liveability or global economic influence,” the Union government’s Economic Survey 2025-26 admits.

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Delimitation, Vijay’s rise, ‘unhappy alliance’: The Annamalai interview

In a wide-ranging interview with Sreenivasan Jain on the campaign trail, K. Annamalai, the BJP’s most prominent face in Tamil Nadu, navigates questions about the party’s “anti-South” perception, the friction-filled AIADMK alliance, and the emergence of actor-politician Vijay.

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South Central 71: Delimitation row, alliances and what will decide the vote in Tamil Nadu

In this episode of South Central, Pooja Prasanna and Azeefa Fathima discuss the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections with RK Radhakrishnan, Ramya Kannan, and Dr C Lakshmanan.

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