Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

UNCOVERED: 55 | History Defined

Abhisar Sharma booked after video on Himanta’s communal statements

The Guwahati Crime Branch has registered an FIR against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma after a local resident’s complaint claiming that Sharma mocked the Assam and central governments in a video.

Newslaundry

No POSH Act: Why women remain unsafe in India’s political parties

On August 1, a bench of two Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of India, disposed of a writ petition on bringing political parties under the purview of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

Newslaundry

Editors Guild condemns YouTube’s takedown of Ruben Banerjee’s channel

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) strongly condemned the sudden removal of senior journalist Ruben Banerjee’s YouTube channel, Mu Ruben Kahuchhi (I am Ruben speaking), stating that it raises “serious questions of freedom of expression, platform power, and the lack of clarity in digital governance”.

Newslaundry

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

August 21, 2025: Satisfactory air quality outside National Ayurveda Institute

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) office in New Delhi. Every day, several patients visit AIIA to seek treatment for various ailments.

Newslaundry

‘Flawed, deeply troubling’: Editorials on Bills to remove arrested ministers

In a heated Lok Sabha session on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills aimed at disqualifying central and state ministers – including the prime minister and chief ministers – if they are accused of corruption or serious crimes and have been in custody for 30 days or…

Newslaundry

फतेहपुर मकबरा विवाद: हिंसा के मामले में 10 दिन बाद भी नहीं हुई आरोपियों की गिरफ्तारी

उत्तर प्रदेश के फतेहपुर ज़िले में 11 अगस्त को एक मकबरे को लेकर बड़ा विवाद खड़ा हो गया. शहर के अबूनगर रेडइया इलाके में स्थित नवाब अब्दुल समद के मकबरे को हिंदू संगठनों ने प्राचीन मंदिर घोषित करते हुए वहां पूजा-अर्चना की और भगवा झंडा फहराया. इस पूरे घटनाक्रम में…

Newslaundry

A pollster apologises, BJP calls it proof of Rahul ‘lies’, news TV cheers

Rahul Gandhi’s allegations about voter rolls predate, and never relied on, any data from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

Newslaundry

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Israeli attack kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza

Palestinian journalist Islam al-Komi and his son were killed in a bombing in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported.

Newslaundry

7 FIRs, a bounty, still free: The untouchable rogue cop of Madhya Pradesh

A handlebar mustache. A gold ring glinting in one ear. Four rifle-toting men at his side. A bulky frame wedged into a green open jeep. Ramvir Singh Kushwah looked like he had just driven out of a crime film. As he cruised through the dusty streets of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna,…

Newslaundry

दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री रेखा गुप्ता पर हमला करने वाला शख्स गुजरात का, 24 घंटे से कर रहा था रेकी

दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री रेखा गुप्ता पर जनसुनवाई के दौरान एक युवक ने हमला कर दिया. युवक की पहचान गुजरात, राजकोट के अजी डैम थाना क्षेत्र निवासी राजेशभाई खिमजीभाई सकरिया के रूप में हुई है. 41 वर्षीय आरोपी सकरिया खुद को जंतु प्रेमी बताते हैं.

Newslaundry

Delhi court orders probe against Navika Kumar in defamation case by Arnab firm

A Delhi court has directed the police to investigate Times Now Group editor-in-chief Navika Kumar in connection with a defamation case filed by Arnab Goswami’s ARG Outlier Media Private Limited, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

बहन-बेटी के बचाव में, चुनाव आयोग मैदान में

चुनाव आयोग और विपक्ष का मामला बहुत गर्म हो गया है. एक जमाने के बाद चुनाव आयोग अपने सोर्सेस का सहारा छोड़ सीधे प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस से रूबरू होने पहुंचा. इस तरह जनता ने पहली बार ठीक से मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ज्ञानेश कुमार का चेहरा देखा. लेकिन बस चेहरा ही देखा…

Newslaundry

उत्तर प्रदेश में प्राइमरी स्कूलों की विलय नीति पर ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट

16 जून को उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने नामांकन कम होने का हवाला देते हुए 10,000 से अधिक प्राथमिक और उच्च प्राथमिक स्कूलों के विलय का आदेश दिया. राज्य की शिक्षा संकट का हल बताकर पेश की गई इस नीति ने उल्टा सीतापुर और रायबरेली जैसे जिलों के बच्चों को घरों…

Newslaundry

NCERT’s Op Sindoor primer: Modi quotes, Make In India plug, Shah cameo

The National Council of Educational Research and Training has introduced two modules on Operation Sindoor for the preparatory, middle and secondary stages, aimed at students from class 3 to class 10.

Newslaundry

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

The real story behind Assam’s 3,000-bigha land row

A video clip from a Gauhati High Court hearing has been raging across social media. It shows Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, visibly astonished, reacting to the allotment of 3,000 bighas of land in Assam’s Dima Hasao district to a private cement company.

Newslaundry

Putin’s poop suitcase, missing dimple, body double: When TV news sniffs a scoop

Diplomacy is subtle. News TV? Not always.

Newslaundry

‘Waiting for our school to reopen’: Kids pay the price of UP’s school merger policy

The difference between a good policy and a bad one lies in its implementation and its intent.

Newslaundry

Apologise on social media for ‘objectionable’ cartoon in 7 days: SC to MP cartoonist

Cartoonist Hemant Malviya informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he would issue an apology on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms for publishing an objectionable caricature of the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bar and Bench reported.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

Dharmasthala case: No excavation until forensic test reports of soil and bones, says Karnataka Home Minister

Karnataka Home Minister Parameshwara on Monday informed the Assembly that one skeleton and a few human bones have been recovered so far during the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) excavation work in the Dharmasthala case. “The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has not yet been received. Until the report comes, further…

Newslaundry

Days after cops assault journalist, NHRC seeks report from Punjab DGP

The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the assault of a journalist by two policemen in Gurdaspur’s Batala and sought a detailed report from the Punjab DGP within two weeks.

Newslaundry

मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ज्ञानेश कुमार का बिहार में मकान नम्बर '0' वाले पतों का बचाव गले नहीं उतरता

मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ज्ञानेश कुमार ने एक प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस में भारतीय चुनाव आयोग (ईसीआई) के खिलाफ लगाए गए आरोपों को खारिज कर दिया. इस दौरान ज्ञानेश कुमार ने लोकसभा में विपक्ष के नेता राहुल गांधी से कहा कि या तो वे सात दिनों के अंदर हलफनामे के जरिए अपनी शिकायतें…

Newslaundry

SC protection in Morigaon, but fresh summons in Guwahati: Wire points to ‘no details’ of new FIR

The Guwahati Crime Branch has issued summons to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan and senior journalist Karan Thapar in an FIR citing Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita among other charges. This came on the same day the Supreme Court shielded Varadarajan from coercive action in a separate FIR filed…

Newslaundry

CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s defence on Bihar’s ‘0’ house numbers not convincing

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at a press conference dismissed allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and asked Rahul Gandhi to submit his complaints in a sworn affidavit within seven days or apologise to the nation.

Newslaundry

Aug 18, 2025: It’s not just rainfall behind better air quality

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The AQI at the nearest monitoring station was recorded 74, or satisfactory.

Newslaundry

How the Taliban’s propaganda empire consumed Afghan media

In four years, the Taliban have annihilated Afghanistan’s independent media sector and supplanted it with their own propaganda empire and sophisticated digital bots that flood social media with pro-Taliban content.

1 … 54 55 56 57

People

Siddharth Varadarajan

26 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.