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‘Lazy hit job’: Assam CMO on media report that CM ‘used public money’ to attend weddings, campaigns

Hours after The Wire reported on Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma allegedly spending “crores” of public money to “charter flights for BJP activity and weddings”, Sarma’s office described the report as a “lazy hit job based on selective reading of a handful of tweets”.

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दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी और भाजपा का एक दूसरे के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन

शुक्रवार को दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी (आप) और भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) ने एक दूसरे के खिलाफ विरोध प्रदर्शन किया. आप ने चंडीगढ़ मेयर चुनाव में भाजपा की तरफ से धांधली किए जाने का आरोप लगाते हुए प्रदर्शन किया तो वहीं भाजपा ने भ्रष्टाचार, घोटालों और दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री…

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‘Baseless’ but ‘unconditionally’ apologises anyway: Sudhir on backlash to Adivasi comments

A day after reports of a police complaint against Aaj Tak anchor Sudhir Chaudhary over his remarks purportedly questioning Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s tribal identity and rights under the SC/ST Act, Chaudhary has called the allegations “baseless”.

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‘Caused great disharmony’: UK conservative MP slams BBC’s ‘biased’ coverage of Ram Mandir

UK conservative MP Bob Blackman has raised concerns over alleged “biased reporting” on the Ram temple by state broadcaster BBC.

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Sad influencer pulls sad stunt for clickbait: A day in the life of Poonam Pandey

Is Poonam Pandey really dead?

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Al-Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief selected as Kerala Media Academy’s Mediaperson of the Year

The Kerala Media Academy announced that its Mediaperson of the Year award will be given to Wael Al-Dahdouh, Gaza bureau chief of Al Jazeera news channel.

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MJ Akbar and Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law to participate in bid for UNI

The process to auction off United News of India agency has begun. Among the five groups that have lined up to bid for it are Gautam Adani’s brother-in-law Rakesh Ramanlal Shah and BJP MP MJ Akbar.

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Hafta letters: Ayodhya’s history, Muslims, cultural icons

Shardool and Anand’s perspectives on the inauguration of the Ram temple are disconcerting for non-Hindus. Their assertion that their joy is organic seems myopic, as the Ram Janmabhoomi movement was undeniably political, exploited by the BJP for long-term political gains.

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Pakka Politics Ep 4: Shalin Maria Lawrance on North Chennai, Dalit and Dravidian politics

This is the fourth episode of Pakka Politics, a podcast by The News Minute to make sense of politics and its socio-cultural impact. From local to national events and global issues, we will focus on everything in the political sphere. As disinformation wreaks havoc around the world, host Shabbir Ahmed…

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Andaman: 2 journalists assaulted while ‘trying to report on illegal liquor sale’

Two journalists from Andaman and Nicobar Islands were assaulted while they were trying to verify the alleged illegal sale of alcohol on January 30 – a dry day on account of Martyr’s Day, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Chhattisgarh: A tale of 2 FIRs points to police ‘inaction’ on mob violence

The police are yet to file a case or arrest any suspects over two incidents of mob violence – whose videos were circulated on social media – in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur and Raigarh last week.

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यूएनआई की बोली में शामिल गौतम अडाणी के बहनोई राकेश शाह और एमजे अकबर

छह दशक पहले प्रेस ट्रस्ट ऑफ इंडिया (पीटीआई) के एकाधिकार को खत्म करने के लिए बनाई गई यूनाइटेड न्यूज़ ऑफ इंडिया (यूएनआई) एजेंसी की इस समय नीलामी की प्रक्रिया शुरू हो चुकी है. इसका मालिकाना हक़ गौतम अडाणी के रिश्तेदार राकेश रमनलाल शाह या वरिष्ठ पत्रकार एमजे अकबर के हाथ…

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Inside Aiyar-RWA dispute: Diary on reporters, web series dismay, cheer on WhatsApp

Kapil Kakkar, president of the Jangpura Extension Welfare Association and a psychologist by profession, is a busy man these days. It’s not patients but reporters who are now queuing up outside his clinic. And Kakkar is jotting down the details about the journalists in a diary, categorising them as “pro-”…

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सुधीर चौधरी के खिलाफ शिकायत, हेमंत सोरेन के बहाने आदिवासी समुदाय पर अपमानजनक टिप्पणियों का आरोप

31 जनवरी को, हेमंत सोरेन ने झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया. इसके तुरंत बाद प्रवर्तन निदेशालय ने उन्हें भूमि घोटाला मामले में गिरफ्तार कर लिया. उसी रात, आज तक के एंकर सुधीर चौधरी ने अपने शो में व्यंग्यात्मक लहजे में पूछा कि क्या सोरेन परिवार, जो एससी/एसटी…

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‘Arrest is imminent’: CBI raids on Harsh Mander, FIR filed

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed an FIR against human rights activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander for alleged FCRA violations, Newslaundry learned today.

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Wetland or ‘wasteland’: Why India needs to conserve this fast vanishing ecosystem

Wetlands, an area of land covered in water, are a crucial ecosystem, potentially home to thousands of animals and plant species. But these ‘kidneys of the earth’ are fast turning into urban legends as a result of “development”.

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‘Soren in jail like Adivasis in jungle’: Complaint against Sudhir Chaudhary for comments against Soren

On January 31, Hemant Soren resigned as Jharkhand chief minister and was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate soon after in a land scam case. On the same night, in an innuendo-laden tirade, Aaj Tak anchor Sudhir Chaudhary asked if the Soren family, which belongs to the SC/ST community, should be…

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There’s no quibbling about genocide: Lessons from the ICJ order in South Africa vs Israel

You never walk out of a boxing match wondering who won. But watching the news and reactions to the International Court of Justice’s order last week in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, you might have been confused.

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World Wetlands Day: दुनिया में उजड़ रहे वेटलैंड, कुछ संरक्षकों ने बचाई है उम्मीद

वेटलैंड यानी आर्द्रभूमि धरती पर महत्वपूर्ण पारिस्थितिक तंत्र बनाते हैं. इसमें दलदल, समुद्री घास, तालाब या नमभूमि वाली सारी जगहें आती हैं. लेकिन शहरी विकास, कृषि या निर्माण के लिये बड़ी आसानी से इन वेटलैंड्स को खत्म किया जा रहा है.

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What the Finance Minister’s budget speech tells us – and what it doesn’t

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her sixth budget today. It was an interim budget, with the full budget being due once the next government is elected after the Lok Sabha polls, which should happen in April and May.

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Union budget’s push from tech to infra: 5 takeaways from Sitharaman’s speech

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim budget today, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, purportedly with a renewed emphasis on welfare schemes for four groups – “the poor, women, youth and farmers”.

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Schrodinger’s Superstar: Rajinikanth and the challenges of being ‘Sanghi’ in Tamil Nadu

Last week, when Rajinikanth flew off to Ayodhya to attend the Ram Mandir consecration, no one was surprised. He sat next to Sachin Tendulkar, exchanged a couple of words with Narendra Modi, and was among the first to get darshan.

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From ‘path-breaking’ demonetisation to Bal Narendra’s heroics: Hits and misses of Modi museum

A bigger than life-size digital board plastered with a beaming face of Prime Minister Narendra sets the stage for the newly-opened Narendra Modi gallery at its entrance at Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library Society in Lutyens’ Delhi.

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रोज़नामचा: हेमंत सोरेन गिरफ्तार और ज्ञानवापी पर कोर्ट का ऐतिहासिक फैसला

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज एक नहीं बल्कि अलग-अलग ख़बरों को सुर्खी बनाया है. किसी ने झारखंड के मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन की ईडी द्वारा गिरफ्तार किए जाने तो किसी ने ज्ञानवापी परिसर में पूजा-पाठ करने का अधिकार मिलने को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है.

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Rohith Vemula’s memory lives on, but promise of casteism-free campuses forgotten

Rohith Vemula would be celebrating his 35th birthday had he been truly cared for, loved and treated well by the caste-privileged rulers of Indian academia. He was desperate to start a life without pain and emptiness but eight years ago in this month, Rohith was institutionally murdered.

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