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The Delhi High Court this week sought a response from the central government over a plea by French journalist Vanessa Dougnac against her being denied permission to work as a journalist in India.

Nineteen-year-old Sharmila from Chennai lost her husband Praveen to a caste killing on February 24. The 22-year-old man belonging to the Paraiyar caste, classified as Scheduled Caste, was murdered by Sharmila’s elder brother Dinesh (24) and four other men, most of them caste Hindus, in the Pallikaranai locality. 

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday named three local media channels – TV5, Mahaa News and Myra Media – among those accused of making derogatory remarks against two judges who dismissed a quash petition filed by TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the alleged skill development scam case.

In another instance pointing to opaque content takedowns in India, The Caravan has been told to remove a piece it had published two weeks ago under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act and its rules. The article pertains to the alleged torture and deaths of villagers in Jammu and…

February 11 was a typical Sunday evening for 19-year-old Irfan Pathan, a second-year polytechnic student at Parbhani’s Shivaji College. He was sitting in Rajagopalachari Garden, chatting with two friends, when a group of about 15 men allegedly attacked them.

Covering the chaos at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana, a reporter from Aaj Tak said on camera that he had been “hit by a bullet” on Tuesday afternoon.

Many farmers booked in FIRs linked to the 2021 farm agitation have continued to receive notices by the Delhi police despite the Narendra Modi government’s promise to withdraw all cases against protesting farmers in 2021.

Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura remains tense with the imposition of a curfew and at least five deaths after violence following the demolition of an “illegal” mosque and madrasa on Thursday last week. 

Journalist-author Sagarika Ghose has sprung a surprise with the Trinamool Congress’s decision to field her as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls. But she isn’t the first – India has had a long list of journalists entering the political arena, some even becoming ministers.