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‘Told to sign bond, reporter does not’: Express confronts police action against reporter in Kashmir

Days after journalists from national publications were summoned by the Jammu and Kashmir police, The Indian Express publicly backed its Srinagar-based reporter Bashaarat Masood, detailing the police action against him in a front-page report.

Newslaundry · Jan 21

Inside the influencer campaign that defended a contested Aravalli order

In the last week of December 2025, Instagram was flooded with strikingly similar posts carrying the hashtag #AravalliIsSafe. Using near-identical scripts, influencers argued that a controversial Supreme Court order on the Aravalli Hills was being misrepresented, environmental concerns were exaggerated, and critics were spreading misinformation. 

Newslaundry · Jan 21

‘This is why he wanted to leave India’: Noida techie death raises civic safety questions

The tragic death of Yuvraj Mehta, a 27-year-old techie who drowned in a water-filled pit at a construction site in Noida’s Sector 150, has put Noida’s administration under severe scrutiny for negligence. 

Newslaundry · Jan 20

HC quashes I-T notice against NDTV founders, slams Rs 2 lakh fine on tax department

The Delhi High Court has quashed the income tax reassessment notices issued to NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy in March 2016 over certain interest-free loans to NDTV promoter RRPR Holding, according to Bar and Bench. The court also told the tax department to pay a token cost of…

Newslaundry · Jan 19

शहर बढ़ा, नदी घटी: गंगुआ कैसे बनी भुवनेश्वर की गटर लाइन?

गंगुआ, जिसे गंगाबाती के नाम से भी जाना जाता है, कभी एक महत्वपूर्ण और पुरानी नदी हुआ करती थी. लेकिन आज इसकी हालत बेहद खराब हो चुकी है. गंगुआ एक महत्वपूर्ण शहरी जल स्रोत है, जिसकी उत्पत्ति चंदका वन क्षेत्र से होती है. यह भुवनेश्वर से दक्षिण-पूर्व की ओर बहते…

Newslaundry · Jan 19

Odisha’s capital turned its river into a drain. Now the consequences go beyond the city

What happened to Gangua, once considered Bhubaneswar’s lifeline?

Newslaundry · Jan 19

How African swine fever, policy gaps are devastating Assam’s pig farmers

For 15 years, Binita and Mridul Buragohain built their pig farm in Betbari village, starting with two pigs and slowly expanding to a herd of 75. In October last year, one of their pigs fell ill, and five others died soon after from African Swine Fever (ASF). The rest had…

Newslaundry · Jan 19

The RSS: 100 years, 2,500 organisations

For over a century, the RSS has operated not just as an ideological movement, but as a vast organisational network embedded in everyday life. From schools, hostels, labour unions, media houses, charities, and cultural forums, its reach extends into education, work, and communities.

Newslaundry · Jan 19

South Central 58: Franco to Rahul Mamkootathil, power rewrites consent | Karnataka’s stuck govt

In the first session of the episode, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Pooja Prasanna discuss the intersection of consent, agency and institutional power in sexual assault cases, like in the cases of Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal, ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar and more. The hosts are joined by…

Newslaundry · Jan 18

‘She never fully recovered’: Manipur gangrape victim dies waiting for justice

A victim of a gangrape during the 2023 ethnic conflict in Manipur, died on January 10 due to a prolonged illness linked to her injuries. 

Newslaundry · Jan 17