DARK SECRETS: 30 - The Real Truth

‘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. 

Newslaundry · Apr 23

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.

Newslaundry · Apr 23

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…

Newslaundry · Apr 23

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.

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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?)

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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.

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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

Are crowds enough to win elections?

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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…

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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.

Newslaundry · Apr 21

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.”

Newslaundry · Apr 20