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The battle of Pawar vs Pawar in Maharashtra intensified today with both sides engaging in shows of strength in Mumbai. The faction led by Ajit Pawar met at Bandra’s Mumbai Education Trust, while supporters of Sharad Pawar gathered at YB Chavan Centre at Nariman Point. 

Days after a video showed a man urinating on a tribal labourer in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, the victim has now filed a police affidavit denying the incident ever took place. He has also said that any police action, against the person who shared the “fake” video on social media,…

When Manoj Pimple and Aditya Chavhan woke up at their respective homes in Nagpur last Monday, they had no idea that a police team would have travelled more than 700 kilometres from Gadchiroli to their residence, just to take them into custody for tweets against the Shiv Sena-BJP government in…

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When college professor Tejaswini Desai told her first-year class that perpetrators of rape can be from any religion or community, she never imagined that the consequences would include being questioned by the police and a hate campaign on social media. 

On June 22, prime minister Narendra Modi stood on the south lawn of the White House, addressing a crowd of Indian-Americans. Today, he said, “for the first time, the doors of the White House have been opened for Indian-Americans in such large numbers.”

Named as a co-accused in a case of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh, a former official of the WFI continues to work for the BJP MP at the federation’s office – despite a suspension order issued by the ministry of youth affairs and sports…

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In a major exercise, ABP News has shut down two regional channels and told nearly 50 staff to resign allegedly without prior notice. Several employees told Newslaundry that most of those who have been shown the door were old-timers.

At a time when likes and shares influence political backgrounds as much as on-ground campaigns, the past fortnight bore witness to an unprecedented event. It was a collaboration, or perhaps a coalescence, of two realms that have stirred adoration and vitriol in equal measure – politics and influencer marketing.