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What has made the outrageous exploits of IPL players on the field so much fun are the verbal antics of the commentary team in the box.
Business news channels offer what general news channels seldom do: information and informed opinion without any fireworks.
The usual sensational headlines accompanied the build up to the Waqf Bill debate in the Lok Sabha—with ‘war’ being the most common description...
When Mahakumbh stampede happened, TV news downplayed it. In Nagpur, they did the opposite.
After the match, Part II of the cricket drama begins—`yeh dil maange more’—and thanks to BCCI, sports channels, news channels, and social media,...
Maybe we needed to be diverted by happy images of PM Modi enjoying the company of beautiful animals or by the Congress leader's critical comments on...
Five tote bags with quotes from BR Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee are on offer. 'People can choose...
The public relations campaign for the Maha Kumbh stops at nothing. The message is loud and clear: A ‘dubki’ at Sangam is an absolute must for the...
Anchors like Navika Kumar, Arnab Goswami, Zakka Jacob, and Vasudha Venugopal ran lengthy reports on Ranveer Allahbadia. CNN News 18 devoted three...
A reporter on Mirror Now hit the spot when she said, "Delhi is the only place we report on problems—the open drains, sewage, garbage."
Watching television on Wednesday morning you would have thought that nothing had happened just six hours earlier.
One minute, I am being questioned about the “Razakars and their oppressive rule”. Next, a reader demands an app for the website. Another reader...
All the trumpeting of Trump 2.0 on Indian news channels was soon muted by Trump’s executive orders on illegal immigration and ending birthright...
With the focus on ‘Rituals, Reverences, Rites,’ news channels barely have time for other stories. The Delhi Assembly election campaign...
Midway through 2024, Hindi and English news channels found their sense of balance. Once Congress lost Haryana and Maharashtra, they went back to...
In the last 18 months, ThePrint has continued to track events in Manipur by sending reporters and photojournalists. This is how things have changed...
For TV news this week, ‘Allu Arjun vs Revanth Reddy’ was a clash of the titans of Telangana politics and Tollywood—and they were not going to...
Since the communal disturbances last month, Sambhal and its temple trouble have remained in the news. Still, the non-stop coverage of the Hanuman...
The indignation became shriller as news channels replayed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s remarks last week on ‘Babur, Bangladesh...
Today’s news headlines reflect a very different Rahul Gandhi, Congress, and INDIA compared to June, when his every step and word were closely...
You may well ask, what prompted ThePrint to offer its content in Indian languages? Because it’s the logical next step in our relationship with the...
Give it to the Aussies, they take a defeat on the chin and are brutal on their own cricket team while praising opposition India.
The heartbreaking death of babies in the Jhansi hospital was major news—for one day. Manipur doesn’t even get a headline on most days. It's all...
The on-going election season is a war of slogans. And all of them seek to consolidate the Hindu or the Muslim, the caste, class or creed vote behind...
We saw a CNN versus Fox News contest: While everyone at CNN, barring the Republican panelists, looked as if they had just lost the election, Fox...
Bigg Boss house isn't a 'house'. It's more like a prehistoric cave from another planet.
ThePrint readers want to write. Here's a tip—subscribers articles are published in 'Your Turn' section
Times Now ran footage of the 9/11 attack on New York in 2001. What possible connection could it have to a small hole-in-the-wall attack in Delhi?
'How stupid is this Trudeau,' said Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami. 'Blundering, short-sighted' is what Shiv Aroor called the Canadian PM on India...
Many Congress leaders would regret their words. From Pawan ‘Jalebi’ Khera to Supriya Shrinate, who told News 24 she would change her name if BJP...
Senior journalists at ThePrint taught the students the fundamental principles of good journalism, interspersed with anecdotes and examples from...
Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.
Has the PM misplaced Modi magic or are we less enchanted? It will take many more Modi speeches to answer that but for now, there is something missing.
Rahul Gandhi claimed ‘defeating’ BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha election during his talks in the US. TV news added truth to it by not ignoring him.
The joint family, the parivaar, is dressed up and then layer after layer of emotional atyachaar is stripped bare, exposing the ploys, the plots,...
To see if the new system works, I logged in as a subscriber. I clicked on articles, randomly, and found that most of those annoying advertisements,...
We’ve grown accustomed to his face, craggy features, moist eyes, and strength in that commanding voice. We look forward to our elderly young man...
We know what the victims look like because the media revealed their identities. In fact, we know too much.
The Modi government is taking the quiet diplomacy approach for Bangladesh. But “coup conspiracies” are flooding Indian television news channels.
This week, it was a pleasure to get away from the chakravyuh or labyrinth of politics and watch Rafael Nadal on the tennis court instead of JP...
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'It’s raining jobs, jobs, jobs,' said an elated Rahul Kanwal on India Today’s Budget Special. But Rajdeep Sardesai was dubious: 'right intent,...