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HAFIZ SAEED’S PLOT ‘BHARAT MAA KI JAI’ TO ATTACK INDIA
The ongoing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus fracas and the government’s ham-handed reaction to the situation have not gone unnoticed by Jamaat-ud-Dawa founder and 26/11 plotter-in-chief Hafiz...
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 55
This week on NL Hafta, the team discusses Aam Aadmi Party’s recent ad campaign. Should governments be spending money on ads? We also talk about the JNU row and the media coverage on it. Then we talk...
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ATTENTION! WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE
This is a thank-you note. Thank you to our subscribers, our readers, our critics and our viewers. But most of all to our subscribers. You have believed in the mission of Newslaundry. You proved that...
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HOW INDIA WILL PROTECT NUCLEAR LIABILITIES OF US FIRMS
A $48-billion (Rs 3.26 lakh crore) penalty claimed by the US government from Volkswagen for cheating on diesel-car emissions is about 200 times as large as the $225 million (Rs 1,500 crore) insurance...
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THREE STATES GET 69% OF THE HOUSES SANCTIONED UNDER THE PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS...
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has replaced the Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana after the NDA came to power. Under PMAY(Urban), government has targeted assisting construction of 2 crore houses for...
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WE SPEAK WITH THE ZEE NEWS JOURNALIST WHO RESIGNED OVER THE CHANNEL’S...
At the recent “solidarity march” to protest against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar, students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University offered red roses to a Zee News reporter, asking “the organisation to not...
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HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AMONG CHRISTIANS IN BOTH URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) released the results of the employment and unemployment survey conducted in 68th round during July 2011 to June 2012. Christians had the highest unemployment...
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IN DISASTER, BANK ACCOUNTS DO NOT PROVIDE FINANCIAL SECURITY
Only 35% of Indians above the age of 15 had bank accounts in 2011 (26.5% of females and 43% of males), according to this World Bank estimate. By 2014, this number, which coincided with cyclones...
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WHY INDIAN CELEBRITIES SHOULD WATCH GRAMMY AWARDS 2016 AND GROW A SPINE
I see your Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar and raise you a Babul Supriyo and Lata Mangeshkar. Really, that’s the best offer I can come up with. Seriously though, watching the Grammy Awards left me more...
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WHY ARE JATS AND OTHER DOMINANT CASTES REVOLTING?
Sonipat, Gurgaon, New Delhi: Square-jawed, cleft chin and hair untidily spiked, Vikas Thakaran glowered as he explained why he was here in this scrum of young men blocking Bakhtawar chowk, 30 km...
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NHAI TAKES NEW STANDARDISATION MEASURES TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONING OF TOLL PLAZAS
Following a series of complaints about lack of uniformity in operations and misbehaviour by the staff of toll plazas, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a ‘Code of Conduct’ for...
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JNU AND THE NEED FOR A NEW POLITICS BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT
Never again will a single story be told as if it is the only one. — John Berger in “G”. Also, the epigraph of Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things” As we have this debate on freedom of speech,...
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‘THOSE WHO BEAT PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE FLAG ARE THE MOST ANTI-NATIONAL’:...
For about two weeks now Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and its affiliates have been at the forefront of defining who a nationalist is and who isn’t. Anyone that doesn’t fit into its...
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#JNU VS PSEUDO PATRIOTISM WITH POPCORN
I am unashamedly jingoistic and cannot watch and hear this without getting goose bumps. Now stand up and watch and listen. Invariably, I get choked up every time. Now sit down and watch this. It...
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WITH ECONOMIC JITTERS, GOLD IMPORTS SURGE 85%
India’s gold imports surged 85% in January 2016, indicating how, as stock markets decline and some economic indicators worsen in the run up to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s third budget, Indians are...
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55% RISE IN FUNDS TO STATES, BUT THEY AREN’T READY
Tax money transferred without conditions from Delhi to India’s states rose 55% in 2015-16–breaking a 68-year tradition of Central control–but from early indications, states were unprepared for this Rs...
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SAGA OF AN UNKEPT PROMISE: MORE THAN 10000 RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS ARE STILL...
Accidents at Railway Level Crossings have claimed many lives over the years. According to the latest data provided by the Ministry of Railways, more than 10000 level crossings in the country are still...
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SOME THINGS THE ARMY CAN’T DO. THAT’S WHERE WE CIVILIANS COME IN
The Safety, Honour and Welfare of your Country come First – Always and Every time. The Honour, Welfare and Comfort of the Men You Command come Next. Your Own Ease, Comfort and Safety come Last –...
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CALL TO ARMS: BJP ORGANISES 200+ RALLIES AGAINST ‘DESH DROHIS’ IN DELHI
On February 20, last Saturday, the main market of Hauz Khas’ E-Block witnessed a bicycle rally led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members and supporters, across its lanes, right till Malviya Nagar....
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TOO BUSY FOLLOWING THE JNU CONTROVERSY? WELL, YOU MISSED OUT ON SOME OTHER...
Compare this: Rs 1140000000000 of public money lost versus six students of Jawaharlal Nehru University allegedly shouting seditious slogans around Ganga Dhaba. Despite what you think about the...
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