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1 month ago | 
newslaundry.com | Anmol Pritam |NIDHI SURESH
Saeed Ahmad Habib, the former sarpanch of Mandhar, told us, “Our village has a population of about 4,500, but there are only 45 bunkers – 36 individual and nine community bunkers. That means there is just one bunker for every 100 people.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | NIDHI SURESH |Anmol Pritam |Vidya Sigamany
On May 13, three days after the Indo-Pak ceasefire, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation. He did not speak about the devastation in Poonch in his 22-minute speech. In India, it was the city of Poonch that had paid the price of the military escalation between India and Pakistan. Of the 16 Indian civilians who were killed in Pakistani shelling, 13 of them were from Poonch city alone. Four of them were children.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | NIDHI SURESH |Anmol Pritam |Lakshmi Priya
Around 7.10 pm on the night of May 7, Naseemat Akhtar tried calling her husband, Qari Mohammad Iqbal. The 40-year-old was worried. Cross-border shelling had intensified, and given that they lived in Poonch, a sensitive border region, she wanted to check on him. Iqbal, 47, did not answer. Nearly an hour later, a relative called to say he had been killed by a Pakistani shell.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | NIDHI SURESH |Anmol Pritam
The News Minute is covering Operation Sindoor, providing in-depth breaking news, analysis, and opinions. Stay informed on key events, players, and its wider impact by following our WhatsApp Channel. Note: This story was reported three hours before the ceasefire was announced on May 10. Wearing a pale pink salwar, Shakuntala Devi (73) walked with a severe limp, holding on to her grandson Kuldeep Singh’s hand for support.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | NIDHI SURESH |Anmol Pritam
The News Minute is covering Operation Sindoor, providing in-depth breaking news, analysis, and opinions. Stay informed on key events, players, and its wider impact by following our WhatsApp Channel. At the intensive care unit in the Government Medical College and Hospital, Urusa Khan sat on her bed looking dazed and exhausted. Her voice was barely audible, and wept uncontrollably as soon as anyone walked into the room.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | NIDHI SURESH |Anmol Pritam
On the night of May 9, Shweta was struggling to sleep. “I stayed up and watched the news. There was so much tension about bombardments going on in this region,” she said. Shweta and her family live in Rehari Colony in Jammu, which is now at the heart of escalations between India and Pakistan.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
newslaundry.com | Anmol Pritam
Muslims in Delhi have largely thrown their weight behind the AAP in the last two assembly elections. But the party’s soft Hindutva, its positions on the NRC-CAA protests and the Tablighi Jamaat-Covid controversy, the Delhi riots, and issues of development have triggered disenchantment within sections of the community. Of seven assembly constituencies which have Muslims as the decisive voter, Newslaundry visited two where the AIMIM has fielded Delhi riots accused to utilise the anger.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
newslaundry.com | Anmol Pritam
Yamuna rejuvenation has been among the issues over which the AAP government and the LG have taken potshots at each other. In January 2023, the National Green Tribunal formed a high-level committee to tackle pollution in the Yamuna. Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena was made its chairperson. The panel has held at least 10 meetings between January 2023 and August 2024. LG Saxena attended only five, according to the response to an RTI query filed by Newslaundry.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
newslaundry.com | Anmol Pritam
The farmers’ protest in Gautam Buddha Nagar over inadequate compensation for government land acquisition entered its third day. The farmers continued demanding fair compensation and assurance that 10 percent of the acquired land will be allotted to them, as per law. On December 3, the farmers protested at Noida’s Dalit Prerna Sthal, and a five-member team was formed to consider their demands. But late in the evening, the police detained 123 farmers protesting at the site.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
newslaundry.com | Anmol Pritam
Like last year, the incumbent panel faces a weak challenge again. A bastion of press freedom on the right-wing’s radar. A low-budget watering hole. Or a carrom room for banter. The Press Club of India’s building in the heart of Lutyens Delhi means different things to different people. But an election this week may mean it’s at the cusp of change. Or maybe not. Because like last year, the governing panel is facing a weak challenge.
