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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

Statement by The Wire on seizure of electronic devices by Delhi Police

Today, the Delhi Police Crime Branch deployed a large...

Raids on The Wire criminalising journalism: DIGIPUB India condemns Delhi police action

Any fair investigation must follow due process and the rule of law and should not serve the purpose of criminalising journalism, said the digital news media collective in a statement.

Religious Minorities Worry More About Media Freedom Than Hindus: CSDS Survey

Indian democracy is shallow, for the State can harass those who wave the flag of free expression, and people themselves object to voicing opinions against the government.

NBDSA fines News18 50,000 for repeat hate violations by anchor Aman Chopra

In an unprecedented boost for the collective battle against the hate being spewed on television channels, the NBDSA has fined News 18 Rs 50,000 ordered the channel to delete the abusive programme on the Karnataka hijab controversy linking protesting organisations to terror outfits and warned that if there are future violations, Chopra would be summoned by the NBDSA committee

CJP has filed a complaint in the NBDSA urging action against the divisive narrative in Sudhir Chaudhary’s show on Aaj Tak

The host spreads alleged ulterior motive to Muslim youth entering garba pandals

Everyday Love: When Diwali becomes that much more special

Each day, every festival, brings as many tales of...

Fireworks and Firearms: The Festival of Lights in the Mughal Court

"With the aroma of honey and almond wafting through the heavy air of decadence, the kufuri-shama casting silhouettes of a glorious past, and Nazeer Akbarabadi’s nazms resonating with a sense of coexistence, the last Mughal Diwalis were a curious confluence of tears and laughter."

One more journalist hit by arrest warrant due to Adani’s defamation move 

Criminal defamation is the tool, Gujarat state the site of the Adani group’s multiple assault on any critical journalistic writing 

Delhi: Pulitzer awardee Kashmiri journo barred from travelling abroad, again

On July 2, Mattoo was stopped by the immigration officers from flying to Paris despite having a French visa.

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