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Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Editors’ Guild of India and the Mumbai Press club have sharply condemned the executive overreach that ordered the Delhi police to violently evict the staff of the UNI on March 20, 2026

Assembly Election Exit Polls: Will media pundits be proved wrong again?

While most predict that the BJP will comfortably retain control over UP and Uttarakhand, the silence factor has either been ignored or misinterpreted (perhaps deliberately)

Chhattisgarh: Journalist held for writing satire copy against gov’t

Raipur based journalist Nilesh Sharma was arrested for purportedly trying to drive “a wedge between ministers”

Russian TV Staff says “no to war”,  quits on-air 

Staff of TV Rain (Dozhd) took this decision after Russian authorities suspended its operations over its coverage of the Ukraine war

Hijab ban: News media loses interest but student protests continue

Experts have time and again pointed out that students are fighting for their rights in a controversy created for political benefit

20 years after Godhra – Some reflections

Silence is not an option; we must continue to speak truth to power

South Delhi municipal school says no “religious attire” but okays turbans

The hijab row sparked by right-wing elements in Karnataka has now reached all the way to national capital Delhi

Centre excludes overseas humanities and social science courses from SC/ST scholarship

Concerned citizens write an open letter pointing out the new provision will rob several candidates of financial assistance

Whatsapp group Admin not vicariously liable for posts by members: Kerala HC

Judgment has far-reaching implications for Whatsapp groups run by activists and dissenters

No interfaith nikah sans parents’ consent: MP’s Ulama Board’s latest diktat

Madhya Pradesh Ulama Board has “decided” that Muslim parents will have to take a call if their consenting adult children or daughters can marry a non Muslim partner or not

CJP asks News18 to take down Fake News based show on bombs hurled in West Bengal school

The show was heavily misinformed where the host gave the narrative a communal spin

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