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Three weeks ago, a primetime anchor on Zee UP-Uttarakhand declared that students at Aligarh Muslim University had “sloganeered in support of the terrorist group Hamas”.

Among the political party offices in poll-bound Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl, the BJP state unit’s Atal Bhawan stands out. Located a stone’s throw away from Raj Bhavan, it’s an imposing building with a large office space and picturesque views, with a thick growth of purple flowers looming on one side…

On October 11, the chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights shot off a fiery letter to the chief secretary of Maharashtra. 

Earlier this week, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra of accepting gifts and cash in lieu of asking questions in Parliament, and requested Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to suspend her. Dubey said the allegations were passed on by one Jai Anant Dehadrai, who had undertaken…

Sanket Upadhyay will soon leave NDTV as the network’s consulting editor after a four-year stint. Announcing the move on X, he indicated that he will have a “new professional address” soon.

A gruesome video of a man beheading a child went viral on social media last week — initially shared by a premium or verified Twitter account as evidence of Hamas’ attack on Israel. The video was viewed by millions online, and shared with hashtags #IslamIsTheProblem and #IsraelUnderAttack. 

The Income Tax department has revoked the tax exemption status of four non-government organisations – Oxfam India, CARE India, Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, and Environics Trust, Newslaundry learned from sources and top officials linked to these organisations. The tax exemption was reportedly revoked about two weeks ago.

Over a controversial appointment to the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, chief minister Ashok Gehlot has found himself in the political crossfire of the state’s two prominent communities, just ahead of the assembly elections.    

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Shreegireesh Jalihal of The Reporters’ Collective and Avdhesh Kumar of Newslaundry.