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Hindutva activists, a ‘crowd at midnight’, and 9 FIRs: The making of TCS Nashik case

A crowd began gathering outside Deolali Camp Police Station in Nashik on the evening of March 25 and by midnight, an eyewitness told Newslaundry,...

20.04.2026 10

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Dead children, dirty drugs, a giant ‘racket’: The curious case of Digital Vision Pharma

This is the first part of an investigative series examining pharmaceutical companies linked to the deaths of children from contaminated medicines, and...

14.04.2026 30

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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 40

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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 60

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

10.02.2026 20

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‘Can’t imagine Baramati without Dada’: The end of a powerhouse who shaped Maharashtra politics

28.01.2026 10

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‘She never fully recovered’: Manipur gangrape victim dies waiting for justice

17.01.2026 30

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BJP with Congress, NCP factions against their allies: Welcome to Pune’s political freak show

09.01.2026 30

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India’s richest civic body, world-class neglect: Why are people still dying on Mumbai’s roads?

06.01.2026 10

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‘She told me I am blind because of my past deeds’: Woman recounts abuse at Christmas event

23.12.2025 10

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The 2019 rule change that fastened Indian aviation’s growth journey, helped fuel IndiGo’s supremacy

13.12.2025 10

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‘Overcrowded, underfed’: Manipur planned to shut relief camps in Dec, but many still ‘trapped’

08.12.2025 10

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Mundhwa deal: Documents don’t hide Parth Pawar’s name, but probe thinks he wasn’t in the room

24.11.2025 10

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India’s trains are running on luck? RTI points to rampant drunk train driving

20.11.2025 10

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Missed red flags, approvals: In Maharashtra’s Rs 1,800 crore land scam, a tale of power and impunity

12.11.2025 10

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How hate drove a Muslim flower-seller to death in a Maharashtra village

11.11.2025 10

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Argument over seats to hate campaign: The story behind the Mumbai Press Club row

03.11.2025 10

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TISS Saibaba case: Complainant says ‘FIR imposed’, cops named her ‘without consent’

17.10.2025 10

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The curious case of Kikki Singh: From poet photographed with president to FIR over CJI Gavai AI video

12.10.2025 20

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4 ml of poison, four times a day: Inside the Coldrif tragedy that claimed 17 children

07.10.2025 10

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Complaints filed, posters up, jobs gone: Cops turn blind eye to Indore Muslim boycott

01.10.2025 20

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Shops shut, at least 50 lose jobs, but cops silent on Indore BJP leader’s ultimatum on Muslim workers

24.09.2025 8

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The fight for Pune’s green heart: A city’s soul vs 6 minutes of saved commute

22.09.2025 10

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Vandalism, assaults, exhumations: Inside the Hindutva campaign against Christian Adivasis in Chhattisgarh

12.09.2025 9

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Dainik Bhaskar joins the smear campaign against MP’s rural changemakers

05.09.2025 10

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7 FIRs, a bounty, still free: The untouchable rogue cop of Madhya Pradesh

20.08.2025 10

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Built a library, got an FIR: Welcome to India’s war on rural changemakers

06.08.2025 20

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Unreliable testimonies, coercion, illegalities: All the questions raised in Malegaon blast judgement

02.08.2025 10

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‘Grandfather served with war hero Abdul Hameed’, but family ‘termed Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob, cops

29.07.2025 20

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2006 blasts: 19 years later, they are free, but ‘feel like a stranger in this world’

26.07.2025 9

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4 decades, hundreds of ‘custody deaths’, no murder conviction: The curious case of Maharashtra

23.07.2025 10

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‘True threat at large’: HC order acquitting 12 rips into 2006 Mumbai blasts probe

21.07.2025 10

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Pune journalist beaten with stick on camera has faced threats before

14.07.2025 20

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Mystery shutdown of both engines seconds after take-off: Air India crash probe

14.07.2025 20

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The Thackerays are back on stage. But will the script sell in 2025 Mumbai?

11.07.2025 10

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Is Maharashtra’s new security law a blueprint to criminalise dissent?

11.07.2025 10

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No FIR despite complaints: Muslim families say forced to leave Pune village amid ‘boycott, threats’

08.07.2025 20

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‘I can’t breathe’: Not George Floyd, but Maharashtra man’s ‘last words in police chokehold’

02.07.2025 10

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Between FIRs, raids and vandalism, Christian schools feel singled out in MP

20.06.2025 20

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At least 2 dead, 7 missing after pedestrian bridge used by two-wheelers collapses in Pune

15.06.2025 10

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What went wrong before the Air India Dreamliner crash?

14.06.2025 20

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Acquitted in 2 cases, but a former terror suspect is a lifetime prisoner of suspicion

11.06.2025 10

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Bastar IGP on ‘war’ on Maoists, Hidma as an ‘overrated figure’, and welcoming surrenders

27.05.2025 10

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‘Imported’ tyres, toxic fumes, toothless laws: The crisis in Maharashtra’s tribal district

23.05.2025 10

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Pune village calls for economic boycott of ‘outsider’ Muslims

21.05.2025 10

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Uniformed for TV: The making and marketing of Gaurav Arya

20.05.2025 30

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Fake pilots, fake missiles, fake news: How Pak weaponised disinformation against India

12.05.2025 10

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‘A step above anything done before’: Defence experts break down Op Sindoor

09.05.2025 10

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Declared absconding, but Vishalgad fort riot prime accused set to marry in Pune, active on social media

06.05.2025 10

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‘Thought they were Army, but they opened fire’: Survivors recount Pahalgam horror

23.04.2025 10

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