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‘Bury your infant here’: A UP family’s nightmare at a Rajasthan brick kiln

For the past five days, Raj Jatav has done little but cry following the death of his two-month-old daughter, Ananya, who was suffering from pneumonia....

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Jigyasa Mishra

10 months after Pahalgam attack, another victim’s family waits for promised govt job

In April 2025, when the bodies from the Pahalgam terror attack returned home, governments across India promised swift help to grieving families. But...

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Anmol Pritam

‘How can we believe he’s dead?’: As Gulf war traps Indian sailors, a family waits

Anshu last spoke to her husband on the night of February 28. Their five-year-old son was starting at a new school the next morning, and Captain Ashish...

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Anmol Pritam

From Dubai to Bahrain, Indian passengers stuck as conflict escalates

Hundreds of south Indians have been stranded as the violence rages in the Middle East. State governments have been coordinating with the Ministry of...

03.03.2026 9

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The News Minute

Kejriwal’s show of strength in Delhi

Discharged in the CBI’s Delhi excise policy case, Arvind Kejriwal made his first public appearance on Sunday. He thanked the court and termed the...

02.03.2026 9

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Anmol Pritam

Garbage on the streets, congestion in the city: Decoding Delhi’s grim ground reality

By December 2024, all landfills and dhalaos – the three-sided open enclosures where sanitation workers consolidate daily waste before it is hauled...

02.03.2026 9

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Akankhya Rout

सड़कों पर कचरा, शहर में जाम: दिल्ली की ग्राउंड रियलिटी

जब हम दिल्ली के बाहर बैठ कर दिल्ली के बारे में सोचते हैं,...

02.03.2026 10

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आकांख्या राउत

Govt claims it is blood-sufficient. But is it?

On August 19, 2025, the government claimed that the annual blood requirement for the county was met the previous year. This, despite several reports...

02.03.2026 10

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Menaka Rao

Rahul Kanwal’s new NDTV for new India

The first town hall after Rahul Kanwal took charge of New Delhi Television in May 2025 was meant to reassure a newsroom in the middle of rapid change....

27.02.2026 10

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Furquan Ameen

Plot twist! The ‘Real Kerala Story’: Keralites converting to Hinduism more than Islam

The plot of the upcoming film The Kerala Story 2 revolves around the two-decade-old conspiracy theory about a Jihadist scheme to marry Hindu women...

26.02.2026 10

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Haritha John

Editors Guild meet raises bigger question for Kashmir press: How to build concrete support?

One month after Jammu and Kashmir Police summoned six Kashmir-based reporters – including those from The Indian Express and Hindustan Times – the...

26.02.2026 10

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Sumedha Mittal

Beef force-feeding claim not heard in Kerala: RSS member and former DGP Jacob Thomas

“I have never heard of beef being force fed in Kerala,” said Jacob Thomas, Kerala’s former Director General of Police (DGP) who is currently an...

26.02.2026 10

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Haritha Manav

ABVP members enter Azim Premji University, assault student, deface campus over Kashmir event

Chaotic scenes unfolded at Azim Premji University on Tuesday, February 24, after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – the...

25.02.2026 10

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Anisha Sheth

JNU V-C’s podcast remarks spark ‘chaos,’ FIR against students, and campus ‘lockdown’

On the night of February 22, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) organised a rally against “casteist remarks” made by JNU...

24.02.2026 10

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Samarth Grover

‘This is dictatorship’: Inside Delhi court face-off over Youth Congress ‘shirtless conspiracy’

Today, the Delhi Police produced Youth Congress National President Uday Bhanu Chib and seven others in the Patiala House Court amid tight security in...

24.02.2026 10

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Anmol Pritam

‘Kerala is secular’: HC flags concerns over The Kerala Story 2’s portrayal of state

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday, February 24, questioned the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over the certification granted to The Kerala...

24.02.2026 10

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The News Minute

UK must recognise militant Hindutva as a form of extremism: Report on 2022 Leicester violence

The 2022 clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Leicester, England, were heavily fueled by “disinformation and misinformation”, an...

24.02.2026 10

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Jahnavi

From Pune to Kolkata: Political cartoonists say online reach is being cut

Political cartoonists across India are increasingly finding their work restricted on social media following legal requests from law enforcement —...

24.02.2026 10

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Prateek Goyal

1 in 4 tap water samples fail tests. 3 in 4 households drink it untreated

One in four water samples collected from India’s household tap connections did not meet microbiological standards, according to a 2024 assessment of...

23.02.2026 40

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Vijay Jadhav

Modi’s ‘guarantee’, Gupta’s ‘priorities’: A year on, Delhi women wait for their Rs 2,500

It has been a year since Rekha Gupta took oath as chief minister, but the women of Delhi have not received the Rs 2,500 they were promised every...

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Akankhya Rout

The making of Galgotias: An expansion powered by land deals and media blitz

A Chinese robodog dressed up as indigenous innovation. Students going viral outside the Congress headquarters in 2024, unable to explain the protest...

19.02.2026 30

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Prateek Goyal

‘Aaj jail, kal bail’: Tracking 30+ FIRs against Pinki Chaudhary

Just days after his arrest for distributing swords in the name of “self-defence of Hindus”, Hindu Raksha Dal president Pinki Chaudhary was out on...

19.02.2026 20

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Avdhesh Kumar

In clearing Great Nicobar project, NGT continues its streak of failed merit review

On February 16, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dismissed coastal zone regulations-related challenges to the Rs 80,000 crore mega project in Great...

18.02.2026 40

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Rishika Pardikar

‘Precautionary step’ or ‘Fascist clampdown’? Confrontation with YouTuber leads to a protest ban at DU

On February 17, Delhi University issued an order banning any protests on campus for the next one month. This came after a confrontation between...

17.02.2026 10

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Samarth Grover

The politics of being Vijay

“I have honesty and courage in my heart. Above all, I have a crowd willing to give their lives for me.” When 35-year-old Vijay delivered this line...

17.02.2026 10

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Azeefa Fathima

‘Kids sleepless, animals affected…no compliance’: Life next to Rajasthan’s night mines

The Aravalli Range stretches across nearly 20 districts of Rajasthan. Kotputli-Behror is one of them – and among the most heavily mined, thanks to...

16.02.2026 10

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Shivnarayan Rajpurohit

Why Karnataka’s plan to revive student elections cannot ignore private education lobbies

The Karnataka government is considering introducing elections to student unions in colleges and universities, a move that has found support across...

16.02.2026 30

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Anisha Sheth

What does love look like in 2026 India? Here’s what Delhi had to say

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, we at Newslaundry wanted to explore something that rarely makes the headlines – love. We went to one of Delhi’s...

16.02.2026 10

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Samarth Grover

How The ‘Pharmacy Of The World’ Lets Down Indians

India is known as the ‘Pharmacy of the World’ for being the largest global supplier of generic medicines and affordable drugs. Yet, policy gaps...

16.02.2026 30

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Charu Bahri

Telugu YouTube channel targets Muslim vendors claiming ‘food jihad’

Muslim vendors selling kova buns at the Samakka Saralamma Jatara, a major tribal festival in Telangana’s Mulugu district, have been subjected to...

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Anjana Meenakshi

From ‘Nation First’ to ‘Brahmanvaad Zindabad’: Inside the chaos at DU

On February 12, as students sat outside Delhi University’s Arts Faculty listening to anti-caste poetry and speeches, a bucket of water was hurled...

15.02.2026 30

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Samarth Grover

Deepak vs the mob: Tracing the names Kotdwar cops didn’t

12.02.2026 8

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Anmol Pritam

Inside the ‘organised’ attempt to delete 15,000 voters in Gujarat’s Somnath

12.02.2026 20

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Shivnarayan Rajpurohit

Noida, then Janakpuri, now Rohini: A trail of 3 deaths expose NCR’s deadly civic crisis

12.02.2026 10

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Anmol Pritam

Behind the public image: CJ Roy’s finances and final interactions

12.02.2026 10

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Samrah Attar

What did Ravi Nair tweet about Adani to land a prison sentence and a fine?

11.02.2026 10

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The News Minute

66 stations, 98 daily calls, 80% station officers unrecruited: Inside Delhi’s fire service crisis

11.02.2026 9

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Samarth Grover

Who killed Faizan? Over 5 years later, CBI finally has names

10.02.2026 30

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Sumedha Mittal

Indore school holds annual day separately. One for Muslim students. Another for Hindu students

10.02.2026 7

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Prateek Goyal

‘I am Hindu too’: Why Vijay joined ‘Mohammad’ Deepak to protect a Muslim shopkeeper in Uttarakhand

06.02.2026 6

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Anmol Pritam

TNM investigation: Hospital CCTV clips of women are being leaked and sold as porn

05.02.2026 10

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Shivani Kava

Hindutva and the Mamankam revival: Rebranding a medieval Kerala festival as Kumbh Mela

05.02.2026 30

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Haritha Manav

The same 2 witnesses in 165 FIRs: How a young lawyer exposed Indore Police’s ‘stock witness’ malaise

04.02.2026 10

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Srinath Rao

‘Cops didn’t do their job, FIR named me’: Hanuman devotee who defended Muslim shopkeeper vs Bajrang Dal

03.02.2026 10

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Anmol Pritam

Chhattisgarh spent Rs 18.57 crore on TV ads in 3 months; News18 got the biggest share

03.02.2026 10

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Basant Kumar

Convicted sex offender Epstein’s files show Anil Ambani was in touch over deals and govt issues

02.02.2026 10

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Abir Dasgupta

Health budget grows every year. So why isn’t public healthcare improving?

02.02.2026 10

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Prachi Salve

‘Mob lynching regulation for GC students’: Inside the DU protest against UGC equity norms

31.01.2026 8

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Avdhesh Kumar

UGC norms row leaves Allahabad University campus divided

31.01.2026 8

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Akanksha Kumar

A cash-rich newcomer is shaking up Malayalam television news: Does the math add up?

29.01.2026 10

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Nidheesh Mk