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.

The Latest Breaking News from Newslaundry

Akhilesh Yadav’s resurgence: Backward-Dalit-Minority formula, pitch to ‘save constitution’

Uttar Pradesh gave a jolt to the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party at the centre of the political upheaval. The saffron party’s victory tally almost halved in the key state with 80 Lok Sabha seats – from 62 in 2019 to 33 seats…

Newslaundry

‘Overconfidence killed BJP’: Political analyst Sanjay Kumar on Modi, Hindutva, polls

The Lok Sabha poll results stunned most spectators, with the BJP falling short of the majority mark despite its clarion call for over 400 seats. So what went wrong? How did the INDIA bloc parties engineer their revival?

Newslaundry

Modi 3.0 brings coalition concerns, and a paradox for pink papers

“India Inc wants new govt to create jobs, control inflation.”

Newslaundry

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

Reporters Without Orders Ep 324: Exit polls and stock market upheaval

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Prateek Goyal to dissect the fallout of exit polls on the stock market.

Newslaundry

Delhi police ignores Caravan journos’ complaint, probes them instead in a 2020 case

Nearly four years after a case of molestation and assault was registered against three journalists from The Caravan magazine, Prabhjit Singh, one of the three journalists, was questioned by the Delhi police on Friday.

Newslaundry

एनएल चर्चा 322: एग्जिट पोल का ढोल और गठबंधन के बंधन में पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी

इस हफ्ते आम चुनावों के नतीजों को लेकर विस्तार से चर्चा हुई. चर्चा के प्रमुख विषय इन चुनावों में समाजवादी पार्टी का उत्तर प्रदेश में बेहतरीन प्रदर्शन, आंध्रप्रदेश, उड़ीसा, अरुणाचल प्रदेश और सिक्किम में हुए विधानसभा चुनाव, मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त राजीव कुमार की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस, दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री केजरीवाल की…

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Lok Sabha mandate, Prashant Kishor, casteist terms

I was quite surprised (and enraged) by such an extreme level of support for Israel from the radical Hindu segment of India (yes, almost everyone belonged to 'Modi Ka Parivar', other than Subramaniam Swami). Has this deep-rooted Islamophobia become so entrenched in our country’s population? (Just look at the backlash…

Newslaundry

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

Behind spike in hate content on YouTube, vested rhetoric and staged video

Many are turning to social media for news with the mainstream media widely being accused of bias. More than 500 million Indians, or 40 percent of the country’s adults, reportedly use YouTube in some form or the other.

Newslaundry

दिल्ली के नफ़रती बहसबाजों की अंदरूनी दुनिया

पिछले कुछ सालों में मोबाइल इंटरनेट के व्यापक प्रसार के साथ भारत में स्मार्टफोन इस्तेमाल करने वालों की संख्या तेज़ी से बढ़ी है. इस बीच मुख्यधारा की मीडिया और ख़ासकर टीवी चैनलों की गिरती विश्वसनीयता के चलते बड़ी संख्या में लोगों ने सूचना और मनोरंजन के लिए यूट्यूब का रुख़…

Newslaundry

अखिलेश की वापसी: पीडीए का चमत्कार और संविधान का सम्मान

लोकसभा चुनावों में समाजवादी पार्टी की सफलता की खुशी पार्टी के एक नेता छिपा नहीं पा रहे थे. उन्होंने कहा, “देश के सबसे गरीब गुरबा ने धनपशुओं की गर्दन दबा दी है.” उनका इशारा उत्तर प्रदेश खासकर पूर्वांचल के अपेक्षाकृत पिछड़े और गरीब इलाके में सपा को मिली जबरदस्त सफलता…

Newslaundry

114 cliffhanger contests, 72% of 54 NDA wins in states governed by BJP, allies

Narendra Modi is set to take the oath as Prime Minister for a third term, albeit with the support of the BJP allies. The saffron party’s tally has plummeted from 303 in 2019 to 240 now – well short of the 272 majority mark – while the Congress’s seat count…

Newslaundry

Washington Post CEO ‘tried to kill stories about his role in UK hacking scandal’

Months after William Lewis took charge as the chief executive of the Washington Post, controversies have spiralled at the American publication with its executive editor Sally Buzbee reportedly exiting the newsroom after Lewis’s attempts to kill stories about his alleged involvement in a UK phone hacking scandal.

Newslaundry

Nitish is back as maximiser, but his elbow room is limited

About five months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made his last big switch in Patna in the winter, he has now found himself in the national spotlight in Delhi at the peak of summer.

Newslaundry

Market crash: 2 days after Zee targeted 4 media owners, Rahul seeks JPC probe into ‘biggest scam’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sought a parliamentary probe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and top leaders of the BJP over what he claimed was a stock market “scam” – referring to the ostensible link between market trading and exit poll projections.

Newslaundry

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

‘Decentralisation’, consolidation, ‘caretakers’: How Congress emerged as MVA dark horse in Maharashtra

When the Congress teamed up with the undivided NCP and Shiv Sena in 2019, it was seen as the weakest link in the Maha Vikas Aghadi – even alliance leaders took occasional jibes. But it has now emerged as the dark horse, increasing its tally from one to 13, scoring…

Newslaundry

Pixel 8a review: Google brings its A-game to the mid-range, but also some surprises

I have a confession to make.

Newslaundry

2024 का परिणाम: भारतीय राजनीति में आकार ले रहे तीन मूलभूत प्रश्न

लोकसभा चुनाव के नतीजों को दो तरह से देखा जा सकता है. एक दलील यह हो सकती है कि इन परिणामों से अगली सरकार का चेहरा तय होगा. नरेंद्र मोदी के नेतृत्व वाली भाजपा अब राष्ट्रीय जनतांत्रिक गठबंधन (एनडीए) के सहयोगियों के साथ सरकार बनाएगी, इसमें कोई रुकावट नहीं दिखती…

Newslaundry

Godi media is about to change, but it must resist the Lutyens pull

Mainstream media is about to change. It will happen in fits and starts. But it is inevitable.Before I go into the reasons why, let me talk about two terms that Ravish Kumar coined for journalists. The first, godi media, has entered our everyday lexicon. It is a product of the Modi era.…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

Alliance troubles, Maratha factor: What made Maharashtra the BJP’s Achilles heel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Maharashtra 18 times over the past two months to campaign for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, but the state turned out to be the Achilles' heel for his own party.

Newslaundry

‘Narrow victory’, ‘Indian democracy’s resilience’: How media across the globe covered Modi’s win

Narendra Modi is set to assume office for a consecutive third term as Prime Minister – this time at the mercy of his coalition partners. And media outlets across the world have taken note of his waning popularity.

Newslaundry

From India Today to India TV, Zee goes all guns blazing against top media owners

The exit polls nearly got everything wrong. The markets tanked. The pollsters cried. And the papers underlined the need for stricter disclosure norms. But while the trends solidified on Tuesday, Zee News chose to bring out the knives against at least four media rivals and their owners – purportedly over…

Newslaundry

सवालों की शक्ल में ज़ी न्यूज़ का चार प्रतिद्वंद्वी चैनल के मालिकों पर हमला

ज़ी न्यूज़ ने गलत एग्जिट पोल्स चलाने को लेकर चार प्रतिद्वंद्वी चैनलों के मालिकों पर हमले करते हुए कुछ आरोप लगाए हैं. इन आरोपों के लिए उसने एग्जिट पोल्स और चैनल मालिकों के कथित राजनीतिक एवं व्यावसायिक रिश्तों का हवाला दिया है.

Newslaundry

If TMC didn’t go solo in Bengal, BJP’s tally would’ve shrunk to 9

The BJP has won 12 of West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, but the party’s tally could have shrunk to nine had the Trinamool Congress contested in an alliance with other opposition parties, shows an analysis of EC data.

Newslaundry

From Assam’s AIUDF rout to Kerala’s record: The changing face of Muslim representation

Of 78 Muslim candidates, 24 have won Lok Sabha contests in six states and three Union territories – none of them are from the NDA camp. This is a slide from the 27 MPs that were part of the lower house of Parliament the last time.

Newslaundry

‘Politwist, hat-tricky’: Front pages on opposition’s comeback, Modi need for allies

The verdict is out. Even though the BJP-led NDA has the numbers to form the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has well fallen short of the 400-paar slogan that dominated its campaign.

1 … 72 73 74 75

People

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

Organisations

Google

19,956 stories

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.