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Ujjain: Begumbagh house from where stones were pelted at Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally demolished by police

Just hours after a Muslim mob on a house pelted stones at a rally to collect donations for Ram Mandir, police demolished the house

Pakistan: Maulana Tariq Jameel continues to claim Covid-19 is Allah’s test after recovering from it, had earlier blamed women for the crisis

Popular Pakistani preacher Tariq Jameel of the Tablighi Jamaat has recovered after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

“I will stab you with a knife”, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader’s wife issues death threats to PM Modi

Wife of the prominent Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that she will stab Narendra Modi for bringing farm laws

West Bengal: TMC goons go berserk in Kolkata, attack rebel party leaders who defected to the BJP

Former TMC leader Sunil Mondol, who joined BJP recently, was prevented by TMC workers from entering BJP office in Kolkata

Hyderabad: Man shot at by AIMIM leader Farooq Ahmed in viral video succumbs to his injuries

AIMIM leader Farooq Ahmed opened fire at 3 individuals from a rival group over a petty squabbling in a cricket match

Delhi HC issues summons to Karan Johar’s Dharma Production over allegations of copyright infringement in movie Gunjan Saxena

ISRA alleged that Dharma Productions commercially utilised 3 performances of its members in 'Gunjan Saxena- The Kargil Girl'.

In Focus

Yogendra Yadav was barred from negotiations with the government clarifying that it would not entertain politicians.

Editor's Picks

New Zealand: Indian origin Radio host stabbed by assailants after he supported the new farm laws in India, in critical condition

New Zealand based Indian origin Radio host Harnek Singh stabbed by unknown assailants after he was accused of being anti-Sikh

The Sushant Singh Rajput Saga: What it tells us about the nature of public movements and why some succeed and most fail

The Sushant Singh Rajput saga has invaluable lessons for everyone and especially, for those in public life.

Uttarakhand: Muslim woman takes up Hinduism and marries a Hindu man, court grants protection as couple fears threat from woman’s brother

The Muslim woman had approached the Uttarakhand HC saying that her brother might physically harm them for marrying out of faith

Russia releases statement, could ban Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over arbitrary censorship: Details

Russia could move to ban social media giants Twitter, Facebook and YouTube if they are found censoring content by citizens or media

Madhya Pradesh: Muslim mob pelts stones at Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally in Ujjain, 10 people injured and several vehicles damaged

A Rally to collect donations for the Ram Mandir was attacked with stones in a Muslim dominated area in Ujjain

Nashville explosion: The curious case of a Youtube channel that uploaded a video of the blast

Ford Fisher, the Editor of News2Share, revealed that the Nashville blast video was originally uploaded on Youtube.

The build up to the Delhi anti-Hindu Riots 2020

On this day that year

Scars of how Islamists and Left came together to burn the country a year ago: From the ides of December to end of February

It was on the 11th of December 2019 that calls to Jihad started emanating, culminating into the Delhi anti-Hindu riots.

Anti-CAA riots: Over 100 arrested for posting inciting content on social media, 93 FIRs registered by UP Police

Uttar Pradesh Police has swung into action to take strict action against the rioters who indulged in rampant violence in anti-CAA protests

NDTV spreads fake news again, this time during a ‘fact check’ on the government’s claims on NRC and NPR

As a testament to its remarkable ability to spread lies, NDTV spread fake in a segment that called itself a 'fact-check'.

Fact check: Does Citizenship Amendment Act violate Article 14 of the Indian Constitution

Many are arguing that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violates Article 14 of the constitution that guarantees the fundamental right of equality.

Anti-CAA riots: MoS Home says Kashmiri stone pelters involved in Uttar Pradesh, trains guns on opposition parties

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai claimed that Kashmiri stone pelters were involved in the recent violent riots in Uttar Pradesh.

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India
10,188,204
Total cases
Updated on 27 December, 2020 12:08 AM
India
9,760,664
Recovered
Updated on 27 December, 2020 12:08 AM
India
147,656
Deaths
Updated on 27 December, 2020 12:08 AM

Data automatically updated from this public source

80,445,320
Updated on 27 December, 2020 12:08 AM

Opinions

Bengal elections can finish career of Prashant Kishore, and he is desperate, can his media friends save him?

While BJP wants to win 200 seats in Bengal, TMC is confident of retaining its majority in the state, bolstered by inexplicable Prashant Kishor.

Was the resurrection of Jesus actually resuscitation? A Vedantic perspective on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Many believe that Jesus had fainted due to some liquid given to him, and therefore his resurrection was actually a resuscitation

After opposing reforms that free farmers from shackles of middlemen, Congress now sees middlemen in DBT payment to farmers

While opposing a law that seeks to remove middlemen from farm sector, Congress sees middlemen in DBT payments to farmers

Christmas, appropriation of pagan festival marked by violence against Jews, and why I am hurt as a Hindu: Time to reflect?

While coping valiantly with COVID, the beleaguered world is also busy planning New Year and Christmas celebrations

China’s information warfare: How Beijing uses censorship, disinformation and propaganda to control and influence domestic narrative

A primer into how the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has been regulating the flow of information and distorting it with disinformation to maintain its preeminence.

From being in a ‘hurry’ to double farmer income to missing Sonia Gandhi’s NAC: Bizarre excuses Communists give to put farm laws on hold

The Hindu carried an opinion piece on farmer laws which had some of the most bizarre excuses for which the farm laws must be withdrawn.

Politics

‘Those who teach me democracy not conducting elections’: PM Modi responds to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘no democracy in India’ comment.

PM Modi noted that despite court order Congress is not conducting elections in Puducherry, while alleging there is no democracy in India

Rahul Gandhi’s fanboy Saket Gokhale thinks bank transfers under DBT cannot happen on a bank holiday. Here is an explainer

The fund transfers under DBT do not take place using RTGS/NEFT systems, and it happens via a direct electronic fund transfer

How Times of India and The Hindu turned ‘Haroon’, who posed as a priest, to a ‘Tantrik’ to secularise the crime

The Times of India, in its attempt to 'secularise' the crime, passed off the accused as a 'Tantrik', when it was, in fact, a man named Harun

Here is the truth behind the image of an old farmer, who according to Congress trolls and actor, died at farmers protest recently

The 2018 image was used to claim that an elderly farmer has died during the Delhi farmer protests.

Fact-Check: Is WhatsApp suspending support for older iPhones after Christmas

WhatsApp will continue to work on iOS 9 contrary to the reports some news agencies have published

Media

‘The Economist has always been anti-India’: NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain again left red faced while peddling anti-Modi agenda, this time by HDFC Chairman

Sreenivasan Jain interviewed HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh in which he attempted to solicit a statement against the NDA Government.

Mumbai Police now accuses Republic TV of colluding with BARC to bring down Times Now ratings, the channel responds

'Mumbai Police is in the middle of a mindless farce of an investigation that has only one purpose: to try and target Republic TV', the channel said denying the charges

Fake TRP ‘scam’: Mumbai Police now arrests BARC CEO, days after it arrested their COO

Mumbai Police has now arrested Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)'s former CEO Partho Dasgupta in TRP case

NDTV promoters caught again, after insider trading, Prannoy Roy and Radhika fined Rs 25 cr by SEBI in ICICI loan case: Read details

SEBI has imposed fines on NDTV and its promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy for "violating various securities" norms

Specials

Our special offering of interviews, detailed reports, explainers, and more...

When Atal Bihar Vajpayee’s poem was brought to life by Shah Rukh Khan and Jagjit Singh on screen in 2002

Atal Bihari Vajpayee collection of poems, Samvedna, was converted into a music album by Jagjit Singh in 2002

How Pakistanis are using current Punjab farmer protests to fuel pro-Khalistan sentiments

While Khalistani elements have infiltrated the Punjab farmer protest against free market, our neighbouring country Pakistan seems to have even more nefarious agenda.

From ‘suicide’ to conviction of Father Thomas and Sister Sephy: How it took 28 years for Sister Abhaya to get justice

After fighting for Sister Abhaya for 28 years, activist Jomon Puthenpuracka emphasised that the verdict restored the trust of the public in the Judiciary.

Who is the ‘farmer’ who has taken ‘offence’ at BJP using his picture to spread the truth about MSP?

In his own words, 36-year-old Harp Farmer is an actor, director, producer and a photographer who also has his own music label and production company.

As the US bans cotton from Xinjiang company, read how China has been exploiting Uyghur slave labour to supply Western markets

China has long been accused of persecution of Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang region. Multiple organisations have now accused the Communist country of using Uyghur slave labour.

Bollywood, Sports & more

It’s the dog, he said: After submitting backdated prescription, Arjun Rampal says he is not the ‘Arjun’ NCB is looking for

NCB found discrepancies in the statement of actor Arjun Rampal and might summon him again for questioning

Producer Manish Mundra promises to donate Rs 1 crore for the construction of Ram Mandir

Manish Mundra has earlier made huge monetary donations to help people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hyderabad: Superstar Rajinikanth admitted to hospital. Know why

Earlier on Wednesday, Sun Pictures informed on Twitter that the shooting of the movie 'Annaathe', featuring Rajinikanth, had been postponed after four crew members were diagnosed with Coronavirus.

After getting banned for two years for failing dope test, Basketball Player Satnam Singh joins farmer protests

Last month, Singh was given provisional suspension after he failed an out-of-competition test conducted in Bangalore by NADA.

‘Is Maharashtra government running COVID-19 centres to benefit contractors’, asks Kirit Somaiya

Kirit Somaiya alleged that contractors running the COVID-19 centres in Maharashtra exploited nurses, ward boys and patients

FIR filed against advocate Mehmood Pracha for not cooperating and misbehaving with officials during raids at his office

Delhi police had raided the office of Supreme Court lawyer Mehmood Pracha in connection with anti-Hindu Delhi riots.

Babri petitioner Iqbal Ansari trashes Dhannipur Mosque design, doesn’t want it to be known by Babar’s name

Iqbal Ansari did not approve of the design of Dhannipur masjid, says a mosque is not meant for show but for reading namaz.

After vandalising Reliance Jio towers, Punjab ‘farmers’ ransack venues screening PM’s interaction with farmers, BJP workers injured

After hijacking the Delhi border's for almost a month, 'farmers' have began stirring violence in many parts of the country

Delhi HC stays eviction orders issued to artists for overstaying in government accommodation

Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the central government's eviction order against three artists, including two Padmashri awardees

Madhya Pradesh Government clears bill against unlawful religious conversion, to be tabled in the assembly

Madhya Pradesh becomes the third BJP-ruled state to clear anti-love jihad law after Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh

Pakistan via Dubai: How member of Khalistani SFJ Vikas Verma, arrested at Delhi Airport, became Mohammad Vikas and facilitated terror

Vikas Verma aka Mohammad Vikas was an active member of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice and routed phone calls using IVRS

‘Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, calling Ahmadiyya leader a Muslim’: Why Pakistan is threatening Google and Wikipedia

Pakistan decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for disseminating sacrilegious content through its platforms

Nashville explosion, the investigation and human tissue: The curious case of an RV and an automated voice message

Three people were injured in the Nashville explosion and they are now being treated at a nearby medical facility, human tissue has also been found

As Muslims issue fatwas against Coronavirus vaccine and wonder if it would be ‘halal’ or haram, Saudi prince gets first dose

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has received the first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine after its recent launch

Allegations of interference in Rs 619 crore ‘Safe City’ project surface against IPS officer D Roopa, officer clarifies: What we know so far

IPS D Roopa, who says that she is a whistleblower in the case, found several irregularities in the bidding process of Safe City Project

NCPCR investigation into six children home established by Badruddin Ajmal: Funds from Turkish org linked to Al-Qaeda, mistreatment of children and more

NCPCR found irregularities in six childcare institutions. running under the aegis of "Markazul Maarif", established by Badruddin Ajmal