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A blatant and ugly lie. A communal dog-whistle and crudity. Prime Minister of India. Makes one sad to put these in one sentence. But...

The Hindu editorial: Surat symptoms: On the BJP and the elimination of political contest   "What unfolded in Surat is far from fair: it was the foulest of tactics outside of any electoral play book." thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

Many of you are wondering why Prajwal Revanna videos didn’t hit the news cycle before since they have been doing rounds for months. There are two reasons. One is that he got a court gag order last year itself claiming videos may come. This is a list we made of other gag orders

Now two parliamentary seats - Surat and Indore - will see the BJP "win" without a contest. The surreal Indian election of 2024. scroll.in/latest/1067193…

The SUCI (Communist) candidate in Indore has a story to narrate of pressure and intimidation, from the BJP to force him to withdraw from the contest so that BJP candidate wins unopposed like Surat. thewire.in/politics/surat… Ajoy Ashirwad unveils the farce that has not moved ECI.

Ground report 🚨 On the morning Sambhal voted, 30-40 police officers stormed polling centres in Muslim villages, snatched IDs, assaulted voters and disrupted peaceful polling, dozens of eyewitnesses in 4 villages told Scroll.in. #LokSabhaElections2024 scroll.in/article/106769…

For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways theguardian.com/world/article/…

Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged. In Prime Minister Modi’s constituency, Ayush Tiwari reports, poll officials and candidates linked with BJP-RSS are alleged to have hampered others trying to file their nominations.

And just like that Jagat Prakash Nadda has become the face of BJP on TV

If this holds, it'll be the first time INC has a Lok Sabha seat in Bengaluru in 25 years.

I just want Indian TV news media to lose. They've ruined our country with their hate-fuelled propaganda and moral corruption. Hope they fade into irrelevance and oblivion. Here's to the rise of unbiased, independent media & journalists, who are country-first, not party-first❤️

The fact that all major TV channels (HQs in Noida, UP) and a majority of newspapers couldn't see which way the wind is blowing in UP is an indictment of control of the state and induced-censorship imposed by Yogi's gov. It is among the worst places for journalists in the country.

If you'd read Supriya Sharma's dispatches, the shocking UP result wouldn't have been a shock. Pay to support independent media that actually *informs* you about India. Scroll.in/contribute

🧵1/n 8 fellows - Avisha, Hassan, Kuhoo, Madhuri, (SatishMalviya), Saurav, Suraj, Vandita - part of Veditum India Foundation's Moving Upstream - Veditum fellowship walked the ~500km length of River Luni in February & March 2024 Out of Eden Walk School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi Siddharth Agarwal Pooja Prasad Mohit Rao Paul Salopek

So-called anti-colonial law's first target: a street vendor trying to make a living

MEDIA HOUSES MUST STAND UP FOR THEIR REPORTERS In a shocking order, a court in Mohali has passed a decree of Rs 75 lakh in damages in a defamation suit against senior journalist Rahul Pandita. Pandita had written a front-page story for The Hindu on December 13, 2014, describing

✨Saurav (Saurav Vaishnav) & Vandita have written an article from their 150km walk along River Luni as part of Veditum India Foundation's Moving Upstream - Veditum fellowship The joy and tragedies of River Luni- bit.ly/mu-luni-1 Out of Eden Walk School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi Siddharth Agarwal Pooja Prasad Mohit Rao Paul Salopek

Journalism still has the power to drive change. Amazing work Sukanya Shantha

How can a journalist be booked for having confidential documents ? Are these documents ‘classified’ and under Official Secrets Act ? This is nothing but sheer political vendetta and targeting a journalist for his work. Is the Government also sending a message / warning to