Basant Kumar

Basant is a correspondent at Newslaundry. An avid reader, he reports on social and political issues. He previously worked at Zee, Gaon Connection and Amar Ujala.

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Haryana wanted to make a list of news outlets covering it negatively. Why?

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Ayodhya: Whose Land Is It Anyway?

Ram temple trustees 'not consulted' on Ayodhya land deals

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Ayodhya: Whose Land Is It Anyway?

Exclusive: BJP mayor’s kin bought land for 20 lakh, sold to temple trust for 2.5 crore

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

How Adityanath sold PR as Covid outreach in Moradabad

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

In Bareilly village with zero Covid deaths, 20 die after Covid symptoms

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

Why are Unnao villagers burying their Covid dead by the Ganga?

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Ground Report

Baba Ramdev’s Haridwar Covid centre is all talk and no trousers

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

‘I lost two brothers in one night’: How ‘useless system’ wrecked UP engineer’s family

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

How the 'system' killed Anjali Saini in UP

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

UP’s Meerut is reporting seven times fewer Covid deaths

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

RSS mouthpiece resorts to copy-paste propaganda against farmers

Basant Kumar
Subscriber Only

The journalist as neta: Inside the heady world of Press Club politics

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Investigating the Delhi Riots

Delhi carnage: How police made Sajid Khan an accused in his own case

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Arif gets bail in all Delhi carnage cases. Poverty keeps him in jail

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
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Why Haryana police’s allegations against jailed activists Navdeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar don’t stack up

Basant Kumar
Media

A Dainik Jagran guide to Adityanath government’s propaganda

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Farmer protests: All four members of SC panel back new farm laws

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Who are the ‘farmer leaders’ supporting Modi on farm laws?

Basant Kumar
Ground Report

How does Nitish Kumar fare with Bihar’s women voters?

Basant Kumar
Bihar Election 2020

Sugar mill of Motihari: A political cause célèbre evoked and erased at convenience

Basant Kumar
Report

Haryana wanted to make a list of news outlets covering it negatively. Why?

Basant Kumar
Ayodhya: Whose Land Is It Anyway?

Ram temple trustees 'not consulted' on Ayodhya land deals

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Ayodhya: Whose Land Is It Anyway?

Exclusive: BJP mayor’s kin bought land for 20 lakh, sold to temple trust for 2.5 crore

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

How Adityanath sold PR as Covid outreach in Moradabad

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

In Bareilly village with zero Covid deaths, 20 die after Covid symptoms

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

Why are Unnao villagers burying their Covid dead by the Ganga?

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Ground Report

Baba Ramdev’s Haridwar Covid centre is all talk and no trousers

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

‘I lost two brothers in one night’: How ‘useless system’ wrecked UP engineer’s family

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

How the 'system' killed Anjali Saini in UP

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
UP Covid Disaster

UP’s Meerut is reporting seven times fewer Covid deaths

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

RSS mouthpiece resorts to copy-paste propaganda against farmers

Basant Kumar
Subscriber Only

The journalist as neta: Inside the heady world of Press Club politics

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Investigating the Delhi Riots

Delhi carnage: How police made Sajid Khan an accused in his own case

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Arif gets bail in all Delhi carnage cases. Poverty keeps him in jail

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Why Haryana police’s allegations against jailed activists Navdeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar don’t stack up

Basant Kumar
Media

A Dainik Jagran guide to Adityanath government’s propaganda

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Farmer protests: All four members of SC panel back new farm laws

Ayush TiwariBasant Kumar
Report

Who are the ‘farmer leaders’ supporting Modi on farm laws?

Basant Kumar
Ground Report

How does Nitish Kumar fare with Bihar’s women voters?

Basant Kumar
Bihar Election 2020

Sugar mill of Motihari: A political cause célèbre evoked and erased at convenience

Basant Kumar

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