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West Bengal: Drunk man jumps into lion’s cage in Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo, scared animal still in panic mode

The incident happened on March 19 when a man in and inebriated state, jumped into the lion's enclosure in Kolkata's Alipore Zoo

American anti-vaxxer author tricked into endorsing fake quote from porn star ‘doctor’ Johny Sins

American anti-vaxxer author Naomi Wolf was fooled into sharing a fake quote by porn star Johnny Sins, leading to much mockery.

The Chinese Embassy in Paris calls French researcher ‘little rascal’, France summons envoy to protest

Chinese Embassy criticised for addressing a French researcher as 'little rascal' for his opinions against Chinese policy.

Niger terror attack: 137 people killed in a brutal attack by armed men in one of the deadliest violence

Niger, a G5 country, has been a victim of armed violence by terrorist groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS.

NHAI has suffered toll-revenue loss of Rs 814 crore in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan due to farmer protests: Nitin Gadkari

“Loss of revenue due to farmers’ protest has primarily occurred in the States of Punjab and Haryana and at a few plazas in Rajasthan", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has stated in the Lok Sabha.

MP who raised Sachin Vaze case in Lok Sabha says she was threatened by Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant, he blames her ‘body language’

Amravati MP Navneet Rana has accused Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant of threatening her in the Lok Sabha lobby.

In Focus

The interfaith couple have released a video demanding security after the Muslim mob went on a rampage in Sarai Kale Khan area

Editor's Picks

Darr ka mahaul: Why has India’s most honest reporter not been on air for the last 3 days?

Why the radio silence. No black screen. No painted face. And no mimes. Just silence.

‘A corrected version of NRC will be implemented in Assam’: BJP promises in its manifesto ahead of Assam elections

The saffron party's national president released a 'Sankalp Patra' for the Assam assembly elections, making 10 promises for the people of Assam

Maha govt digs itself deeper into a messy hole, but Tavleen Singh sees a BJP plot

India's 'secular-liberal' blame everything that causes them discomfort on the BJP. Believe it or not, the mess made by the Maha govt is also being peddled as 'BJP's fault.

West Bengal: Congress ally Indian Secular Front leader’s house set ablaze after chief Abbas Siddiqui rally, party blames TMC

Members of the Indian Secular Front have pinned the blame of the incident on the incumbent TMC in West Bengal

Diary recovered from Sachin Vaze’s office, information of monetary transactions hint at money laundering: Reports

The NIA is likely to approach the ED for probe money laundering angle in the Sachin Vaze case

From 2012 to 2021: 12 tragic tales of the Hindus facing systematic persecution at the hands of the radical Islamists in Bangladesh

The tragic tale of the Hindus in Bangladesh which started with the 1947 genocide only to heighten during the Bangladesh Liberation War continues until today

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India
11,686,796
Total cases
Updated on 23 March, 2021 1:52 PM
India
11,181,253
Recovered
Updated on 23 March, 2021 1:52 PM
India
160,200
Deaths
Updated on 23 March, 2021 1:52 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

124,336,622
Updated on 23 March, 2021 1:52 PM

Opinions

As Rahul Gandhi goes on an anti-corporate tirade, know how his father Rajiv Gandhi initiated the idea of privatisation in India

It was Rajiv Gandhi who started the disinvestment and privatisation of of PSUs through minority stake sales, which accelerated later

Stand up for the Black community, stand up for Muslims, stand up against racism and hate crimes

Now that we have your attention, let’s talk about Hindus and Hinduphobia.

Indian Railways over the years: How it went from a primitive mode of transportation to modern, electrified network

Even though Indian Railway was regarded as the lifeline of independent India, it was plagued with multiple plights from primitive maintenance methods to ageing track to outmoded rolling stock technology.

After 4 years of Yogi-Raj, I feel proud to be a UPwallah Bhaiya: Here is why

When BJP named Yogi Adityanath as the CM, after their landslide victory, political pundits wrote him off - and how wrong were they

‘Bacha Bazi’: The rampant sexual exploitation of minor boys in Afghanistan and Pakistan

'Bacha Bazi' or using minor boys for sexual pleasure has been rampant in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Protestor for hire? How ‘environmental activist’ and child protestor Licypriya Kangujam has endorsed every random cause on Twitter

Licypriya Kangujam joins various hashtag trends from NEET exams to unemployment to mocking Atmanirbhar Bharat abhiyan, like a true-blue e-aandolanjeevi

Politics

BJP’s V Muraleedharan slams Kerala CM for silence on election nomination fraud by CPIM backed candidate with Pakistani wife

KT Sulaiman Haji did not include information about his second wife who hails from Pakistan in his election documents.

Media

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari granted relief by Sessions Court after Mumbai police seek to cancel his anticipatory bail: Details

Pradeep Bhandari also took potshots at 'chai biscuit journalists' for lying and conspiring against him. "Truth has exposed you, Anil Deshmukh (Maharashtra Home Minister)," he emphasised.

Donald Trump to launch his own social media platform after being banned by Twitter, Facebook and others, says aide: Details

Donald Trump will launch his own social media platform after being banned from Twitter, Facebook and most other platforms.

Biden’s SecDef refuses to make negative comments against Indian Govt despite provocation from NDTV, others: Here’s what happened

US President Joe Biden and his administration were a great hope for Indian liberals but things are not turning out as hoped.

‘Jai Siya Ram is acceptable, Jai Shri Ram is objectionable’: Ajit Anjum toes Mamata Banerjee’s line while reporting on Bengal elections

Ajit Anjum has been in Kolkata ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal, reporting on the mood of the public.

Specials

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Jihad against an innocent Hindu girl transformed chemical engineer Deepak Tyagi into Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati: Here is his life story

Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati recently penned an article in which he recounted his journey from being Chemical Engineer Deepak Tyagi to the mahant of the Dasna Devi Temple.

Muslims backed by AIMIM leaders paving a way for Hindu exodus on the lines of Jammu and Kashmir: Telangana journalist on Bhainsa violence

Mr Siddhu, a journalist with Channel 369, is known for covering the Hindu-Muslim riots that broke out in Bhainsa in January 2020

From Mahindra Scorpio to Land Cruiser Prado and disgraced cop Sachin Vaze: A timeline of events till now in Antilia bomb scare case

The Antilia bomb scare case shows how Mumbai Police cop Sachin Vaze was using several high-end luxury cars

Resignation of PB Mehta from Ashoka University: What he said, what alumni and faculty believe and the speculations in liberal circles

The resignation of 'eminent intellectual' Pratap Bhanu Mehta as a professor of the Ashoka University has sent shockwaves.

As Microsoft alleges its mail server were hacked by China-sponsored hackers, a brief look into various Chinese cyber-espionage groups

According to Microsoft, Chinese govt backed cyber-espionage group Hafnium was responsible for the attack on its mail server

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