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From ‘Nation First’ to ‘Brahmanvaad Zindabad’: Inside the chaos at DU

On February 12, as students sat outside Delhi University’s Arts Faculty listening to anti-caste poetry and speeches, a bucket of water was hurled toward 73-year-old historian Irfan Habib. Minutes later, bricks came flying from inside the Arts Faculty.

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Hafta Letters: Birthday wishes for NL, appreciation for Manisha, ‘high quality’ TM Krishna discussion

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What does love look like in 2026 India? Here’s what Delhi had to say

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we at Newslaundry wanted to explore something that rarely makes the headlines – love. We went to one of Delhi’s favourite spots to ask people what love means to them, if it is tough to find, and how hard it is to sustain.

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Atithi Devo Bhava, but only if you eat dhokla and yoghurt foam

Imagine you travel 3096 miles from Russia to India. You are here for only 30 hours. But there’s a lot to look forward to beyond just trade deals and political talk. After all, India is the land of multiple heritage cuisines, known for its hospitality and its varied culinary traditions.

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Modi govt spent Rs 119 crore on print ads in 2024-25; 10 newspaper groups corner over half

The Narendra Modi-led central government spent Rs 119.79 crore on print advertisements in the financial year 2024-25, distributing the funds across 1,052 newspapers. However, official data shows that more than half of this amount – Rs 63.23 crore – went to just 10 major media groups.

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Feb 12, 2026: Lucknow breathes slightly easier than Delhi

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The closest UPPCB monitoring station at Gomti Nagar pegged the AQI at 144 – in the ‘moderate’ category – and recorded PM2.5 levels at 144 and PM10 at 84.

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Main dardi…ki loki kende chui-mui: A song for despots who can devastate millions but not take a joke

In the immortal words of the great philosopher and kabootarbazi-convicted Daler Mehndi: Main dardi, Rab Rab kardi, ki loki kende chui-mui, chui-mui, chui-mui.

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Feb 11, 2026 : Indian team to play a T20 World Cup match in ‘very poor’ air?

For today’s episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Arun Jaitley Stadium in central Delhi. The stadium is one of the venues of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup. The Indian men’s team is scheduled to play a match against Namibia at the stadium tomorrow.

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66 stations, 98 daily calls, 80% station officers unrecruited: Inside Delhi’s fire service crisis

Delhi’s population is now estimated at 3.4 crore. The city’s fire service, however, runs on just 3,312 sanctioned posts, and even those are far from filled.

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Another round of massive layoffs likely at NDTV, nearly 100 get notices

Adani-owned NDTV appears to be heading toward another round of layoffs, with employees across departments being put on performance improvement programmes.

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Indore school holds annual day separately. One for Muslim students. Another for Hindu students

Annual day functions are usually chaotic, crowded affairs — too many parents, too many performances, too many speeches squeezed into one evening.

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‘Deletion can’t be end of matter’: Indian Express, Telegraph editorials tear into Sarma’s hate video

Himanta Biswa Sarma has stirred another controversy. This time, an AI-generated video shared by the Assam BJP – showing the chief minister firing at men wearing skull caps – has triggered a police complaint and petitions before the courts, even though the party later deleted the post.

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Feb 9, 2026: Rajghat’s AQI tells two stories

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry went to Rajghat, where the AQI was pegged at 168, or in the moderate category, as per the nearest air monitoring station.

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BJP govt said Delhi logged 200 ‘clean’ days in 2025. So why did this winter feel this bad?

On paper, the capital’s air seemed to be improving.

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Paisa and power can’t protect journalism: Why readers are the only safety net that works

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Hafta 575: The Naravane book row, WaPo layoffs, and TM Krishna on ‘making democracy a culture’

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by musician and author T.M. Krishna and defence analyst Ajai Shukla for a conversation that spans Parliament flashpoints, billionaire ownership in journalism, and the deeper cultural fight over India’s national symbols.

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Hafta Letters: On NL's editorial bias, the ‘I Agree’ format, and app glitches

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‘I am Hindu too’: Why Vijay joined ‘Mohammad’ Deepak to protect a Muslim shopkeeper in Uttarakhand

Vijay Rawat joined his friend Deepak Kumar Kashyap, a local gym owner, to confront Bajrang Dal vigilantes harassing a 70-year-old Muslim shopkeeper in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, on January 26. Vigilantes demanded that the shopkeeper, who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, remove “Baba” from his shop’s name. Driven by a sense of…

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Who killed Faizan? Over 5 years later, CBI finally has names

The riddle is finally solved. The CBI has named two elusive cops from the Delhi Police who allegedly let Faizan, a 23-year-old Muslim youth, die during the 2020 Delhi riots after beating him up and forcing him to sing Vande Mataram and the national anthem. The CBI has now found…

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Feb 4, 2026: ‘Severe’ AQI at Parliament puts focus on budget’s weak pollution push

For today’s Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry travelled to the Parliament Complex, where the budget session is underway. The closest CPCB monitoring station showed the AQI as 282, but our air quality monitor put the number at 406 – in the 'severe’ category.

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‘Cancel culture’: Teltumbde’s session at Kala Ghoda scrapped amid objections from Hindutva accounts

Organisers of Mumbai’s famous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival have cancelled a book discussion featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde on the orders of the Mumbai Police. Participants of this discussion have also been instructed to delete all social media posts related to the event, according to a report…

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Chhattisgarh spent Rs 18.57 crore on TV ads in 3 months; News18 got the biggest share

The Chhattisgarh government spent Rs 18.57 crore on television advertisements in just three months – between October and December 2024 – according to information obtained under the Right to Information Act. This works out to roughly Rs 20.41 lakh of public money every day.

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Feb 2, 2026: ‘Very poor’ AQI, no relief for Delhi’s street vendors

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited one of Saket’s busiest traffic intersections, with crowds and street vendors lining the road, many of them without masks.

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Credibility device, indirect redistribution: The political economy of the budget is clear

In 2026, the Indian economy entered the budget cycle at an unusual crossroads, even if that’s a cliché in economic analysis. Growth remains among the fastest in major economies, yet private investment is still uneven. Global conditions are volatile: wars in Europe and West Asia continue to disrupt energy and…

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