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‘Insecure govt, can’t erase facts’: AG Noorani, Arundhati Roy’s books among 25 banned by J&K Home Dept

The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has banned 25 books – authored by a mix of Indian and international academics, political commentators, and religious scholars – accusing them of “propagating false narratives and secessionism”.

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Manu Joseph: Hindi cannot colonise the South because Hindi is useless

People who cannot pronounce ‘Kanimozhi’ are trying to unify Indians. Once, the union home minister Amit Shah, who many South Indians think is a North Indian, said that India needs a unifying language, and that language is Hindi. He immediately unified half of India, for that is all it takes…

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FIRs filed as YouTubers, reporter attacked in Dharmasthala

After violence erupted in Dharmasthala over coverage of the SIT probe into alleged mass burials, police confirmed the situation is now under control and multiple FIRs have been registered. An official statement noted that no one was seriously injured.

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5 dead, 50 missing: Uttarkashi floods expose cracks in Himalayan planning

At least five people have died and 50 are feared missing in Dharali village of Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, which was hit by flash floods on Tuesday due to cloudbursts.

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उत्तरकाशी में न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री: घटना स्थल से पहली ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट

उत्तरकाशी के धराली में तबाही के 24 घंटों के भीतर न्यूज़लॉन्ड्री की टीम मौके पर पहुंच गई है. धराली से पहले सड़क और पुल दोनों बह चुके हैं, और जिस जगह सबसे ज्यादा बर्बादी हुई है, वह इलाका पूरी तरह से बाकी क्षेत्र से कट चुका है. लोगों को वहां…

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Modi govt spent Rs 70 cr on print ads in Kashmir: Tracking the front pages of top recipients

The story of the death of the free press in Kashmir has been extensively reported on by Newslaundry. One major tool of control? Government advertising. But for the first time, we now have a clearer sense of the money being spent.

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When caste takes centre stage: How Dhadak 2 breaks Bollywood’s pattern

In India, the phrase “love is political” is a cliche you’ll hear often. But what does it really mean? It’s not just that politics controls love. It’s that the family, that sacred unit of Indian society, isn’t always a cosy nest of affection; it’s also a political fortress, a miniature…

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All 29 air monitoring stations of Haryana’s pollution control board are defunct

All 29 air quality monitoring stations of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) are currently closed.

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हरियाणा: हवा की गुणवत्ता पर नजर रखने वाला सिस्टम ठप, प्रदेश के सभी मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशन बंद

हरियाणा राज्य प्रदूषण नियंत्रण बोर्ड (एचएसपीसीबी) के सभी 29 एयर क्वालिटी मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशन वर्तमान में पूरी तरह बंद हैं. हमने गुरुग्राम स्थित चार प्रमुख मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशनों का दौरा किया, जिनमें विकास सदन, टेरी ग्राम, सेक्टर 51 स्थित गुरुग्राम यूनिवर्सिटी और ग्वाल पहाड़ी स्थित राष्ट्रीय सौर ऊर्जा संस्थान (एनआईएससी) शामिल है.…

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Elephant Madhuri’s relocation: Animal welfare or Vantara love?

Madhuri, a 36-year-old elephant living at a Jain monastery in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has found herself at the centre of a jumbo-sized controversy. The Bombay High Court recently ordered that she be relocated to Vantara – the plush private animal sanctuary in Gujarat run by Anant Ambani of Reliance Group.

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लाइफ सपोर्ट सिस्टम पर मागा-मीगा वाली दोस्ती और जज्बाती अंकल का क़हर

जज्बाती अंकल को सुबह-सुबह हैप्पी फ्रेंडशिप डे का एक वीडियो प्राप्त हुआ था. वह वीडियो दोस्ती की मौत का पैगाम था. अंकल उसे बार-बार देखे जा रहे थे और देख-देख कर निराशा और गुस्से से भर जा रहे थे. लेकिन हम जज्बाती अंकल की कहानी पर हम बाद में आएंगे.…

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The News Minute moves Karnataka HC against Dharmasthala gag orders

The News Minute has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging two separate gag orders that have been used to curb its reportage on the Dharmasthala mass burial case. The court is likely to hear the matter next week.

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हाथी महादेवी के बहाने पीआर का नया अवतार: यह पशु प्रेम है या वनतारा प्रेम?

कुछ दिनों पहले महाराष्ट्र की एक हथिनी माधुरी उर्फ महादेवी खूब चर्चा में रही. बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट के आदेश के बाद इसे रिलायंस समूह के चश्मेचिराग़ अनंत अंबानी के निजी अभ्यारण्य वनतारा में पहुंचा दिया गया था. इसे लेकर एक तबका विरोध पर उतर आया. लोग प्रदर्शन करने लगे. हथिनी को…

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Let Me Explain on ground: A history of deaths and burials that haunt Dharmasthala

This episode was shot on July 31. There have been more developments in the case, which you can read here.

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Poora Sach: The story of the journalist who exposed Gurmeet Ram Rahim & paid with his life

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017 after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. It has been republished this week as he has been cleared in a 2002 journalist murder case.

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Dharmasthala media gag: Case transferred after journo reveals judge’s links to Veerendra Heggade

The Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge of Bengaluru Urban district has transferred the Dharmasthala mass burials gag order case to another court. The move comes after a journalist and one of the respondents in the case pointed out that the judge who was hearing the case had earlier worked…

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Built a library, got an FIR: Welcome to India’s war on rural changemakers

In the village of Shukrawasa, tucked deep inside the jungle in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, a quiet transformation was underway. A group of young professionals – a NEET topper, an MBA graduate, a filmmaker, a dancer, two students, and two journalists – had come together with one goal: to change…

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Ram Rahim out on yet another parole, 14th since conviction in 2017

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two of his followers, was released from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail on Tuesday after being granted a 40-day parole by the Haryana government, The Indian Express reported.

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‘Don’t say anything against our pitaji’: The lure of Ram Rahim

The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017, a day before Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. We are republishing it today as Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term, gets parole – again.

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Over 100 journalists demand ‘immediate, unsupervised press access to Gaza’

More than 100 journalists from various global media outlets have signed a petition demanding “immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip”.

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Can INDIA bloc keep pace with Rahul Gandhi’s politics of institutional distrust?

Newspaper reports suggest that the leaders of the national opposition bloc, INDIA, are set to attend a dinner hosted this week by Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi. This is being seen as the first instance of the major bloc partners closing ranks since the parliamentary polls…

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How machine learning can help discover drugs against hepatitis C

Every year, the hepatitis C virus affects more than 200 million across the world. The infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, including chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

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What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

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Should India host the Olympics? An authoritative guide to why this is a bad idea

On July 1, inside a glass tower in Lausanne, India made its pitch to the world.

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Explained: Why India’s inequality is underestimated

India’s consumption gap appears to shrink, but income inequality is rising fast, as per analysis of India’s consumption data by the World Bank.

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