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‘Bhujiya jihad’ with benefits: Your taxes will fund 100 interns at Sudarshan News

In what appears to be a bizarre misuse of public funds, the Ministry of Education has approved a one-month internship programme for Sudarshan News under its Indian Knowledge System (IKS) initiative for 2025–26.

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Modi 3.0 hall of fame: The special guests and what they did to get there

The dress code was floral or summer ceremonial. The invites were in cursive. The guest list was over 9,000, including heads of states, filmstars, sports celebrities, and corporate honchos. And there was an afterparty, with an elaborate vegetarian menu.

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Reporter shot dead, another assaulted at BJP rally, CPJ urges ‘thorough probe’

After Sudarshan News’s Ashutosh Srivastava was shot dead by unidentified assailants while riding a bike and digital outlet Molitics reporter Raghav Trivedi was assaulted at home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Uttar Pradesh, the Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities to “thoroughly investigate the incidents and bring those…

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Yadavs, Yahudis, and tales of yore in Uttar Pradesh

At a time when the SP and the Congress are drumming up support for a caste census, the BJP seems to be repurposing the Israel-Hamas war and diluting the opposition’s cry for social justice. In its brand of social harmony, reason and intellect are often superseded by emotion.

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How INDIA selected 14 anchors to boycott: Review of anchors’ social media, hate on debates

In the run-up to the opposition INDIA alliance’s blacklisting of 14 TV news anchors last week, almost all the members of the 26-party bloc’s coordination committee narrowed down on names of “partisan” anchors ahead of a joint discussion.

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Gurugram top cop says it’s ‘far-fetched’ that her transfer is tied to Sudarshan News FIR

Hours after the BJP government in Haryana transferred Gurugram police commissioner Kala Ramachandran, she told Newslaundry it was a “routine” transfer and not linked to an FIR registered against an editor of right-wing propaganda channel Sudarshan News.

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Booked for hate speech in Sangamner, Suresh Chavhanke boasts that this is his ‘1,827th FIR’

Sudarshan News head Suresh Chavhanke – who is known for spewing hate and misinformation – has been booked by the Sangamner police in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district for spreading religious hatred and promoting animosity between communities.

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‘Question of security’: Delhi HC tells Sudarshan News to take down video calling accused ‘jihadi’

Underlining the question of “security” of a man accused of forceful conversion and rape, the Delhi High Court has ordered Sudarshan News, social media platforms and government authorities to take down content terming him “jihadi”, Bar and Bench reported.

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Chavhanke hate speech probe: SC pulls up Delhi Police again, over ‘no arrest, chargesheet’

The Supreme Court has again pulled up the Delhi Police over its probe into a hate speech case in which Sudarshan News editor Suresh Chavhanke is an accused, Live Law reported. The court noted that there has been “no arrest”, “no chargesheet” and “no palpable progress” even eight months after…

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Why 2022 was the year of #BoycottBollywood

On December 14, the home minister of Madhya Pradesh objected to a song in an upcoming Bollywood film due to the colour of an actor’s bikini. Hours later, effigies of the two actors – one of whom is Muslim, the other Hindu – were burned in Indore for “hurting religious…

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‘Love jihad’, ‘business jihad’, and the Abduls adored and hated by Hindu supremacists

“Mera Abdul aisa nahin hai.”

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Interfaith wedding function cancelled after Suresh Chavhanke’s ‘love jihad’ tweet

Two families in Maharashtra’s Vasai cancelled a wedding function after Suresh Chavhanke, editor and managing director of Sudarshan News TV channel, tweeted out a picture of the invitation alleging “love jihad”.

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Look who is out supporting Graham Staines killer Dara Singh. ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ Suresh Chavhanke

Sudarshan News editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke sat on a dharna on Wednesday, after he was not allowed to meet convicted murderer Dara Singh in Odisha. Sudarshan News covered the protest outside the Odisha jail.

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Suresh Chavhanke tweaks his hateful pledge after Supreme Court rap. It’s still hateful

Sudarshan News editor Suresh Chavhanke has tweaked his “fight, die, kill for Hindu Rashtra” pledge to “we will sacrifice ourselves to preserve Hindustan and, if required, others”. This comes a few months after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi police for its affidavit clearing Chavhanke of hate speech –…

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In case filed by Sudarshan News staffer, UP court sends Zubair to judicial custody for 14 days

A local court in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today sent Alt News cofounder Muhammed Zubair to 14 days in judicial custody. This is in connection with a case filed against Zubair last year by an employee of Sudarshan News.

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UP police issue warrant for Zubair in case filed by Sudarshan News staffer

The Uttar Pradesh police have issued a warrant for Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair, hours after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in another case registered in UP’s Sitapur. Zubair is accused of promoting enmity between two religious groups through a tweet he made last year.

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After Delhi police says ‘no hate speech’ by Suresh Chavhanke at event, SC says ‘file better affidavit’

On Friday, the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi police for its affidavit clearing Sudarshan News editor Suresh Chavhanke of hate speech.

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Now ‘naukri jihad’: Sudarshan News is back to targeting Muslims over employment

Days after Sudarshan News went on a rampage at a Haldiram’s store, the news channel decided to ramp it up and take on the scourge of “naukri jihad” – a conspiracy the channel fashioned itself after it discovered that Pawan Hans, a government-owned helicopter service provider, had hired nine Muslims…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 215: Sudarshan exposé, JNU violence

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Laasya Shekhar and the Wire's Saahil Murli Manghani.

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Delhi police says 'no hate speech' by Suresh Chavhanke at Dec event, urges 'tolerance to views of others'

There was purportedly "no anti-Muslim hate speech" by Sudarshan News chief Suresh Chavhanke during an event last December, the Delhi police has told the Supreme Court.

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TV Newsance 166: Haldiram’s conspiracy, Amish Devgan adds ghee to communal fire, Syed Suhail’s love for Modi

Sudarshan News has made it to our episode this week after a long time. Their boss Suresh Chavhanke and his misguided ‘reporter’ came up with a new conspiracy against Haldiram’s 'Falahari' namkeen in their efforts to once again spread hate and misinformation on our airwaves. This episode, we teach you…

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How to deal with Sudarshan News 'reporters': Learn from Haldiram’s store manager

Food chain Haldiram’s has become the latest target of another Sudarshan News “Hindu khatre mein hain” conspiracy theory over its “Navratri special” namkeen mixture called ‘Falahari’ – literally translating to frugivore.

Newslaundry

‘I know you well’: Newslaundry journalists recall Hindu Mahapanchayat remarks, assault

Tossing unwillingness to work on a Sunday aside, we had reached the Burari grounds to cover the second edition of the Hindu Mahapanchayat at 10.30 am. Hours later, we were targeted by a mob, which also demanded our press cards – with our names Shivangi Saxena and Rounak Bhat. Other…

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Sponsored by Koo, Sudarshan News takes anti-Muslim slurs to a new low

Hate and deceit are firm pillars of a section of India’s television news. While some shoulder these pillars in crisp suits and refined English, others don’t bother. Take Suresh Chavhanke, whose channel Sudarshan News is unabashed in its two-point programme of anti-Muslim hatred and pro-BJP broadcast without any pretence of…

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