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Rs 9 crore for Sanjay Dutt-starrer on RSS: The state broadcasterâs favourite box-office flop (opens the original)
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Prasar Bharati is credited as a co-producer on Aakhri Sawal. It wonât say what it bought and the film doesnât even stream exclusively on its OTT platform. There is a neat trick some films manage that ordinary films can't: lose money in cinemas and still come out ahead in a government ledger. Aakhri Sawal, starring Sanjay Dutt, has pulled it off. Released on May 15, 2026, after a promotional campaign built around the RSSâs role in some of modern Indiaâs most contested episodes, the film r
Why did a Bajrang Dal leader hand out trishuls in a Gujarat newsroom? (opens the original)
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A Bajrang Dal leader gave tridents to women journalists in a Gujarat newsroom. They mimed a beheading. The channel says it was aimed at a godmanâs followers. In a video from a Gujarat newsroom, a Bajrang Dal leader hands trishuls to women journalists. They then perform a beheading gesture on camera. Online, some users read it as a message to Muslims, others as an echo of the 2002 riots. The channel says both readings are wrong and that the gesture was meant for followers of Rampal, the self-st
Rs 14 cr in 9 days in just 1 state: The ever-expanding Modi celebration machine (opens the original)
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In 2024, the Gujarat government spent over Rs 8 crore on just ads, as part of a campaign marking Modiâs decades in public office. Itâs birthday season for the prime minister again. PM Narendra Modi turns a year older today, and right on cue, his government, an assortment of BJP-run states, and the party itself are gearing up to stretch the celebrations into a full month of inaugurations, foundation-stone ceremonies and publicity blitzes. In Delhi, the state government and BJP plan to roll ou
A thumbnail assignment, Rs 3.87 cr, and no work order: The questions around Prasar Bharatiâs Waves (opens the original)
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An agency outside the empanelled list of five was among those that prepared metadata and thumbnails for Prasar Bharatiâs new OTT platform. In November 2024, Indiaâs public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, launched its OTT platform, Waves. To prepare thumbnails and metadata for the platformâs content, Prasar Bharati arrived at a figure of Rs 3.87 crore, payable to five multimedia agencies empanelled with the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), picked out of a list of 21. Of this, close to 74
Uttarakhand SIR: Who is targeting Muslim voters? (opens the original)
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And what is the Election Commission of India doing about it? We find out. A Newslaundry investigation into the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Uttarakhand has revealed a deeply concerning pattern. Numerous applications were filed to remove the names of Muslim voters from the electoral rolls. Many of the individuals listed as applicants in these filings are associated with the BJP. Following the discovery of such cases, more questions arose. Were these objections
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