Shruti Menon

In BJP's List Of Bengal Political Murders, Mix Of Fake And Genuine Cases

India News | Written by Shruti Menon and Mariyam Alavi | Friday June 7, 2019

Of the 54 cases listed by the BJP as cases of their workers being murdered by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, at least seven claims appear to be fake and nine are too vague to draw conclusions, an NDTV investigation has found.

Elections 2019: As BJP-AAP Spar, Mystery Deepens On Where Atishi Pamphlets Came From

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Saturday May 11, 2019

The mystery over the source of the derogatory pamphlets targeting Aam Aadmi Party's east Delhi candidate Atishi seems to be deepening.

In UP, BJP's Dalit Outreach May Have Run Into A New Wall: Stray Cattle

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain, Shruti Menon | Monday April 29, 2019

An hour outside Lucknow, in the village of Kanar, in Malihabad, farmers take us to their mango orchards.

In 2018, A Village Stunned BJP. 2019 May Be A Different Story

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain and Shruti Menon | Wednesday April 24, 2019

At the entrance of Anhori village in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, a small crowd gathers.

Multiple Anomalies Emerge In New Jobs "Surge" Report Tweeted By Ministers

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain, Shruti Menon and Mariyam Alavi | Wednesday March 13, 2019

Amid a swirling debate over unemployment in India ahead of general elections next month, a recently released survey by top industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which reported a surge in job creation in India's small businesses, found favour with the government.

157 Projects In 30 Days: Behind PM Modi's Last-Minute Inauguration Blitz

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain, Shruti Menon and Mariyam Alavi | Sunday March 10, 2019

In the last month before the Election Commission announces the national election dates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made 28 trips across India, launching an unprecedented 157 projects, NDTV has found.

Question 1: How Many Jobs Created Under MUDRA? RTI Starts From Question 2

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Sunday February 3, 2019

In his Budget speech on Friday, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said that "job seekers have now become job creators", referring to the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana launched in 2015, a scheme meant to promote lending to small businesses.

Bhima-Koregaon Arrests: 5,600-Page Chargesheet Has Many Weak Links

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Wednesday December 26, 2018

The chargesheet filed against an assortment of lawyers, activists, poets and professors arrested in June and charged with Maoist links has thrown up multiple weak links, NDTV has found.

Arrests For Bulandshahr Cow Slaughter Lead To More Questions Than Answers

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Monday December 10, 2018

Confusion surrounds the arrests of four men - all Muslims - on charges of slaughtering cows in Bulandshahr in western Uttar Pradesh.

Soldier Seen In Videos Key Suspect In UP Cop Killing: Sources

India News | Reported by Shruti Menon, Alok Pandey; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday December 7, 2018

A soldier has emerged as a key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday. Police sources say they are investigating whether Jeetu Fauji, an army jawan posted in Srinagar, could have fired the shot that killed Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. A senior officer investigating the...

With No Government Data On Jobs, More Conflicting Reports On Job Growth

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Wednesday September 26, 2018

With several employment reports stating conflicting data on how many jobs have been created in the country, the latest report states that India saw a seven million drop in employment between 2013 and 2015. A major hit was taken by the youth and higher educated with the unemployment rate at 16 per cent, which stood at three times the national averag...

Bishop Accused Of Raping Kerala Nun Hands Over Charge To Junior

India News | Reported by Shruti Menon, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday September 16, 2018

Accused in the Kerala nun rape case, Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal has stepped down.

Videos Of Bhima-Koregaon Speeches Offer A Rebuttal To 'Maoist' Claim

India News | Written by Shruti Menon and Sreenivasan Jain | Wednesday September 5, 2018

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.

Glaring Gap In Cops' Action On Left, Right-Wing Accused Over Pune Riots

India News | Written by Shruti Menon | Monday September 3, 2018

The arrest of 10 activists, intellectuals and lawyers from across the country, some in June this year, and some on August 28, has sparked accusations of political vendetta.

Key Charges Against Arrested Activists Missing From Cops' Report To Court

India News | Reported by Shruti Menon, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday August 30, 2018

A day after the Maharashtra Police arrested five prominent activists for suspected links to Maoists, officers on Wednesday filed a document in a Pune court asking for their custody. The document - a remand report - gave 16 reasons why the rights activists should be in police custody, but had none of the dramatic claims made by the public prosecutor...