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Gen Z’s ‘Cockroach Revolt’: Sparking a Norwegian-style free press revival in India
India ranks 157th as global press freedom falls to record low amid ‘criminalisation of journalism’
Criminalising media: How the Telangana government is copying the BJP playbook
‘Digital authoritarianism’ threatens free speech: IFF sounds alarm over MeitY’s new IT norms
Gag media first, probe later! Karnataka’s recurring playbook in ‘sex scandals’
‘Selective action’: Editors Guild writes to Andhra CM Naidu over FIRs against Telugu daily Sakshi
KERA row: International body of journalists writes to CM Vijayan, urges to uphold press freedom
ED detains Gujarat Samachar owner over alleged financial fraud
‘The Wire’ unblocked in India after website takes down a story
Access to ‘The Wire’ blocked in India, website deems it blatant censorship by Union government
Vikatan then, Maktoob now: Kerala-based website’s X account withheld following legal demand
Siddique Kappan says late-night police visit was attempt to intimidate
Vikatan plans legal action as Centre refuses to lift website block over Modi cartoon
Tamil magazine Vikatan details events that led to the blocking of its website
Union government allegedly blocks access to Tamil Magazine Vikatan over cartoon criticising PM Modi
New postal regulations threaten survival of India’s small newspapers
I-T department revokes non-profit status of Reporters’ Collective; says journalism does not serve public purpose
‘Take action against Uttar Pradesh, Delhi police’: Lawyers, activists urge DGP Karnataka
INDIA bloc leaders criticise sedition charge against AltNews Co-founder Mohammed Zubair
Allahabad High Court hearing in Mohammed Zubair’s case: Section 152 of BNS added to FIR

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CPM leader A Padmakumar — Sabarimala gold theft: CPI(M) suspends former TDB chief Padmakumar from party

In conversation with Kapil Sibal, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge recalled his many battles, including how he lost his dear ones much early in life. — Kharge recalls how almost entire family was burnt to death a year after independence

Human settlements have fragmented traditional elephant corridors. (Pic: Kerala Tourism) — Elephants sans passage, people without peace: Trapped in Chinnakanal’s endless conflict

‘Do you pay taxes?’: HM Priyank Kharge asks 8 questions, writes to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

K Annamalai calls for monitoring of migrant workers in Tamil Nadu; cites spike in crime

TMC rebel MPs break away from Mamata, find backdoor solution. — Twisting democracy

Indira Lankesh, writer, entrepreneur and pillar behind P Lankesh’s journalistic legacy, dies at 83

Child sexual abuse — Crimes against children rise in Tamil Nadu; multiple sexual abuse cases reported in a single day

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Karnataka DyCM DK Shivakumar. Credit: x.com/DKShivakumar — No plans to stop guarantees, but beneficiaries will need ID: Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar

Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar during the launch of Breakfast and Milk scheme. — Telangana government launches Breakfast and Milk Scheme at state-run schools

Representational image. Credit: iStock — Lost in West Bengal, Mangaluru man lynched after language barrier sparks suspicion

Jawaharlal Nehru (left) with Mahatma Gandhi, during a meeting of the All India Congress, Bombay, India in 1946. Courtesy: Dave Davis, Acme Newspictures Inc/Wikimedia Commons — Dear Mr Modi: What Nehru would have told his successor as India’s longest-serving PM

CJP Spokesperson Vijeta Dahiya and Activist Ruchit Kamal addressing the protesters. Credit: South First/Sreshta Ladegaam — Ground report | Paper leaks, broken futures—What Hyderabad ‘cockroaches’ said at CJP protest

A satellite image of Strait of Hormuz. — US, Iran reach an agreement to end the war, says Pakistan PM; crude oil prices drop

Representational image. Credit: iStock — Kerala’s Nipah puzzle deepens with cats, bats, monsoon

Sarthak Sidhant — The making of an accidental activist: Sarthak Sidhant on challenging the system