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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 · Aug 20, 2025

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 · Aug 19, 2025

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 · Aug 19, 2025

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 · Aug 18, 2025

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

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 · Aug 18, 2025

Telegraph front page calls out EC ‘obfuscation’, ToI has NDA’s V-P pick as lead story

In a rare press conference on Sunday, the Election Commission of India sought to counter Rahul Gandhi’s charge of “vote fraud,” calling such language an insult to the Constitution. Flanked by his colleagues, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar insisted that the poll body stood with voters and was above partisan…

Newslaundry · Aug 18, 2025

Hafta 550: Opposition’s protest against voter fraud, SC stray dogs order, and Uttarkashi floods

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, and Jayashree Arunachalam are joined by Priya Sahgal, editorial director at NewsX, Jasmine Damkewala, advocate on record in the Supreme Court, and senior journalist Hridayesh Joshi.

Newslaundry · Aug 16, 2025

Hafta letters: Uttarakhand disaster, vote chori, scaling up NL

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Newslaundry · Aug 16, 2025

TV Newsance 310: Who let the dogs out on primetime news?

Happy Independence Day, Newsance fam! 

Newslaundry · Aug 16, 2025