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After convicting a lynch mob, a judge becomes communal campaign’s target

Communal slurs. Threats. A campaign centred on a judge’s religious identity.

Newslaundry · Jun 26

‘They all wear Islamic topis…beard’: When reporting turns into profiling

Delhi is reeling from a deadly blast outside Gate No. 1 of the Red Fort Metro Station, which has claimed at least 13 lives and injured several others. 

Newslaundry · Nov 11, 2025

‘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.

Newslaundry · Sep 23, 2025

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. 

Newslaundry · Jun 23, 2023

‘Destroy all mosques to show Hindu strength’: Unravelling the June 6 violence in Sangamner

At 9.15 am on June 6, Azhar Pathan was at his vada pav restaurant in Dilli Naka neighbourhood in the city of Sangamner in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district. A handful of customers were having breakfast when a mob of around 100-150 people gathered outside the premises. According to Pathan, they began…

Newslaundry · Jun 8, 2023

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…

Newslaundry · Jan 13, 2023

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…

Newslaundry · Dec 28, 2022

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”.

Newslaundry · Nov 18, 2022

Sudarshan TV editor-in-chief denied permission to meet Dara Singh in Odisha’s Keonjhar

Suresh Chavhanke has been demanding the release of Dara Singh convicted in the killing of an Australian missionary and his two minor sons 

The Hindu · Sep 22, 2022

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.

Newslaundry · Sep 21, 2022