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Police tracing Bangladeshi criminals in Ankit Sharma case, believe his murder was ‘target killing’: Report

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Police tracing Bangladeshi criminals in Ankit Sharma case, believe his murder was ‘target killing’: Report

The initial probe into the brutal murder of Intelligence Bureau official Ankit Sharma has revealed that there was a strong possibility of the murder being a ‘targeted killing’ and not a random act of violence, reports Times of India.

According to the initial investigation, Ankit Sharma had returned from office at around 5 pm on February 25 and had stepped out with his friends. Ankit, along with his friend Kalu and a few others were on one side of a ‘pulia’ (small bridge) while heavy stone-pelting was on from the other side. Sharma was at the front facing the mob, said a source to Times of India.

The eyewitnesses have revealed that Sharma was hit by a stone and fell. They recounted that a group of men from the mob came from the other side and overpowered Sharma, who was then dragged away to the other side. “Curiously, they did not touch anyone else but him,” said the eyewitness.


Ankit Sharma was possibly taken to a confined location or a house as nobody saw him after that. The probe agencies believe that is where he was suspected to have been stripped and brutalised allegedly by Muslim mobs of AAP leader Tahir Hussain. His body was then dragged to the drain and dumped. The body, which had only undergarments on it, was taken out from the drain the next day.

After analysing the prima facie sequence of events, the intelligence establishment is convinced that Sharma’s death appeared to be a murder with a motive. “The sequence indicates that the killers may have been trying to send across a message. This is bigger than what meets the eye,” a senior intelligence officer told TOI on Wednesday.

An investigator hinting at probing the angle of ‘targetted killing’ said, “The fact that Sharma was abducted and taken away and not killed or harmed at the spot by the mob had raised suspicion at first. The theory has only been strengthened as the sequence of events has become clearer. Vengeance is clearly visible by the condition of the body. Nobody is killed like this usually by a mob,” he added.

A senior police officer said that they were trying to identify the accused who dragged him away based on the details of their appearance as recalled by eyewitnesses. “Leads from technical surveillance in the area is awaited. We are also trying to trace a group of Bangladeshi criminals whose locations are known to be in the area around that time,” he added.

Amidst the violence that gripped several parts of the Northeast Delhi, the body of a young officer of the Intelligence Bureau, Ankit Sharma, was recovered today from a drain in Chand Bagh, one of the areas hit by the violence that had swept northeast Delhi. It is believed that he was beaten to death and later, the mob disposed of his body by dumping it in the drain.

Read: Ankit Sharma, stabbed hundreds of times with his intestines torn apart, fails to get sympathy from Left media, the harbingers of virtue

The autopsy report states that Ankit Sharma was stabbed hundreds of times, and his body has been mutilated beyond belief. He has stab wounds all over his body and not even a single portion of it was spared. He was stabbed for hours, four to six hours, by possibly as many as six individuals together.

Moreover, his intestines were ripped apart, says the autopsy report. Forensic doctors have reportedly said that they haven’t seen such nightmarish mutilation in their lives. The report says that the body had “multiple abrasion.. deep cut.. by sharp edge objects”.

The role of Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain in the brutal murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee Ankit Sharma and also inciting riots in the Delhi has now been under scanner.

Earlier, eyewitness accounts of Ankit Sharma’s death have come to the fore confirming the suspicions that Sharma was lynched to death by a Muslim mob. Eyewitnesses had stated that the young officer was dragged inside a house by an enraged mob before his dead body was found lying in the drain.

The Hindu residents of Moonga Nagar area of Chand Bagh have levelled serious allegations against AAP leader Mohammed Tahir Hussain. As per the residents, the Muslim mob operated from Hussain’s house to unleash their carnage. One of the residents of Moonga Nagar, who was an eyewitness to the murder of Ankit Sharma, stated that the IB sleuth was dragged inside the Hussain’s building by a frenzied mob from the gate of the house.

“Supreme Court has failed India’s minorities”: Foreign-funded ‘activist’ Harsh Mander’s another video indulging in fear-mongering goes viral

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“Supreme Court has failed India’s minorities”: Foreign-funded ‘activist’ Harsh Mander’s another video indulging in fear-mongering goes viral

Yet another video of foreign-funded controversial ‘activist’ Harsh Mander has emerged where he is again indulging in fear-mongering and accusing the Supreme Court of ‘failing Indian minorities’.

At around 2 minutes in this video on scare-mongering about CAA, NPR and NRC, Mander can be heard saying that the issue of CAA cannot be resolved in the Parliament. He says that second place such issues could be resolved are in courts. “I would like to say it again very clearly that the working of the Supreme Court in recent years and it is important that for a majority in a democracy should not turn majoritarian. The Supreme Court has a very critical role in a judiciary. I think they have failed India’s minorities in recent months and years over and over again in their Ayodhya judgement, in how they responded to Kashmir and how they responded to petitions of students being beaten up in Aligarh and Jamia,” he says.

Perhaps Mander believes that even Supreme Court will call out the lies of CAA detractors, he then says that he does not this “issue” will be decided by the Supreme Court either. Again inciting people to take to streets, Mander says, “The third place I think it is going to get resolved is on the streets. The battle is being fought and it is being fought in ways that are inspiring for all of us.”

Read: ‘Fact-finding’ report by Harsh Mander on the AMU violence during anti-CAA riots on 15th Dec falls flat: Here is how

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi and his civil disobedience movement against the British rule in a democracy, Mander says that similar to the breaking of Salt Law for which Gandhi was jailed, people should also demand to go to detention camps should any of the illegal immigrants are sent there. Furthering fear-mongering, he says that the implementation of NRC will have different consequences for Muslims and non-Muslims.

Mander further calls upon people to boycott census “as long as it continues to be tainted with NPR”.

Yesterday, the Delhi Police filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against Mander seeking contempt of court proceedings against him for his ‘justice on streets’ speech which went viral on social media. In the video shot at Jamia Millia Islamia gate no. 7 in Delhi, Mander can be heard provoking the mob to take to streets, and say how there is no faith in Supreme Court anymore.

Do we really need proof that non-Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are persecuted? Harish Salve slams detractors of CAA

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Do we really need proof that non-Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are persecuted? Harish Salve slams detractors of CAA

Harish Salve, one of India’s biggest names in national and international law, has written an article in the Times of India, explaining the importance of the CAA and how the arguments against the law are baseless.

In the TOI article, Salve has written that though much has been said against the law and a lot of controversies has been generated, even leading to a communal riot in Delhi, he has hopelessly failed to comprehend what the controversy is all about.

Salve writes further writes, “Illegal migrants are deported under the Foreigners Act 1946 and the Citizenship Act 1955. The procedure to identify illegal migrants in the Northeast was criticised and for good reason. But the law that requires Muslim migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh to be deported is the law of 1946 and 1955.  If the CAA goes away, Muslims from Bangladesh (and elsewhere) who are illegal migrants would be liable to be deported as would illegal migrants who are Sikh, Buddhist or Christian.”

salve further explains that the citizenship laws in most countries are based on similar principles all over the world. One acquires citizenship by birth, descent, naturalisation, or by the acquisition of territories. Those who enter a country without permission are illegal immigrants.

Salve furthers that after the Bangladesh war, the Northeastern states faced demographic consequences and eventually resulted in the Assam Accord. The Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act had made it practically impossible to identify illegal migrants and was challenged in the Supreme Court. Salve then writes that the SC had slammed the government for failing to deport illegal migrants and it was then that the idea of detention centres was mooted.

Harish Salve then adds that the Citizenship Amendment Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2016 and was then referred to a joint parliamentary committee. The committee had presented its report in January 2019, recommending the Bill.

He adds further that the rules formed in 2003 had provided for the creation for a National Register for Citizens, by conducting house-to-house enumeration, identifying cases that needed separate inquiry. He adds that even after 16 years, the rules are yet to be operationalised.

Countering the ‘liberal’ argument that the CAA is against equality, Salve writes, “The principle of equality does not mean that every law must have universal application. The principle of equality does not take away from the state the power of making classifications. If a law deals equally with members of a defined class, it is not open to the charge of denial of equal protection on the ground that it has no application to other persons.”

CAA’s avowed objective is to enable conferment of Indian citizenship upon members of minority communities who hail from  Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Do we really need proof that minorities are persecuted in these Islamic republics? How can Parliament be faulted for coming to a conclusion that such minorities in the three named neighbours need to be protected?

Salve further added that classification on the basis of religion is not per se unconstitutional for our constitution itself confers special rights upon members of minority religious communities in India. “If the law was broader and allowed members of all religious communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to migrate into India, we could as well do away with our borders.”

Slamming the ‘loudest’ allegation against the CAA, that it is designed to ‘throw out all Muslims from India’, Salve writes that there is no law, rule or notification published, or even a draft circulated, that would suggest that the government has any such intent. He says that if there is any procedure for citizens to prove their citizenship, it would be equally applicable to all Indian citizens, irrespective of their religion and any procedure otherwise will be unconstitutional.

Read: Harish Salve defends CAB, says bill not anti-Muslim, does not violate articles 14, 15 or 21 of the Indian constitution: Read details

Discussing the polarisation in Indian society, Salve says that the polarisation between castes and religions is at least as old as the notion of modern India. He adds that there is also polarisation between those who have enjoyed the perquisites of power over decades and between those who have replaced them.

Hinting at the communist ideologies that are hailed by the so-called ‘intellectuals’ in India, Salve adds that certain ideologies which are but dust on the bookshelves of political history in the countries of their origin continue to be romanced by intellectuals, some of whom dominate civil society and civil discourse. He adds that all this has proven to be the fertile ground for protests and aggressive debates and the people who ‘romanticize’ such movements have not bothered to let ‘the truth’ spoil their ‘good stories’.

Flipkart cofounder Sachin Bansal’s wife files police complaint, alleges dowry harassment

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Flipkart cofounder Sachin Bansal’s wife files police complaint, alleges dowry harassment

Priya Bansal, the wife of Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal has filed a police complaint in Bangalore alleging that her husband and his family have been harassing her over dowry. As per reports, Ms Bansal has filed her complaint at the Kormangala police station in Bengaluru against Sachin Bansal and three others.

As per reports, the dowry harassment allegations have been filed against Sachin Bansal, his parents Kiran Bansal and Satprakash Bansal, and Sachin’s brother Nitin Bansal. The complaint was filed on February 28.

As per a report in The Newsminute, from court documents, it is revealed that prior to Priya Bansal’s complaint, Sachin Bansal’s mother had filed a case against her daughter in law. Priya and Sachin Bansal had married in 2008.

Priya Bansal has alleged in her complaint that her family had spent over 50 lakhs on her wedding and had given Sachin Rs 11 lakh. She has also alleged that Sachin and his family have been harassing her after she refused to sign over some jointly owned properties to Sachin’s sole ownership.

Priya Bansal has also stated that Sachin had physically assaulted her on several occasions. She has also accused Sachin of sexually harassing her sister when he had visited Delhi.

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal had exited the e-commerce giant a few years back after selling his stakes, reportedly for over 1 billion USD. Sachin’s wife Priya Bansal is a dentist by profession and has a clinic in Bengaluru.

In 2017, former MLA and rebel AAP leader Kapil Mishra, who is now in BJP, had alleged that AAP in Delhi had received donations worth crores through hawala transactions and shell companies. He had also named one Priya Bansal from Bengaluru as a donor who had donated Rs 90 lakhs to AAP but had paid only Rs 4000 as a tax on her income. Social Media posts had later claimed that it was Sachin Bansal’s wife.

Prasar Bharati CEO rejects invite by BBC due to its biased coverage of Anti-Hindu Delhi riots

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Prasar Bharati CEO rejects invite by BBC due to its biased coverage of Anti-Hindu Delhi riots

In a massive embarrassment to controversial British national broadcaster, BBC, Prasar Bharati chief executive Shashi Shekhar Vempati has declined an offer to attend one of their event citing one-sided reportage of the Anti-Hindu riots in Delhi.

In a letter written to Tony Hall, the Director-General of the BBC, Shashi Shekhar Vempati has declined the invitation to attend the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Awards Night. This is the first such award ceremony hosted by the BBC.

Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekar Vempati’s letter to BBC refusing to attend their event

Citing a report of the BBC by Yogita Limaye from March 3, 2020, Vempati said BBC has used certain visuals to show one-sided stories on Delhi police but nowhere attempted to report stories regarding the murderous attack on police personnel, including the death of Delhi police constable Ratan Lal and IB employee Ankit Sharma, who was allegedly murdered by AAP leader Tahir Hussain and his Muslim mobs during the anti-Hindu riots.

In her report, Limaye says that while Delhi Police are meant to protect all of India’s people, “but here, Police are seen with Hindus throwing stones towards Muslims.” Limaye does not mention about the attacks on Delhi Police DCP Amit Sharma and constable Ratan Lal where Lal later succumbed to injuries of the rioting Muslim mob. In a video that has surfaced, Muslim women too were seen hurling stones at Delhi Police.

Read: Video surfaces where rioters, including women, pelt stones, attack Delhi Police, killing constable Ratan Lal as he tried to save DCP Amit Sharma

Conveying his refusal to attend the event, Prasar Bharti CEO Vempati said, “It was dismaying that the BBC has filed such a one-sided version of the incidents of violence in Delhi which rather than help break the cycle of violence has only contributed to further vitiating the atmosphere while insinuating the brave men and women in uniform who are charged with the onerous responsibility of maintaining law and order.”

Vempati has also asked BBC to “respect the sovereignty of nations” and urged it to work together with the Indian broadcaster in the greater public interest. He also added that he hopes the BBC would review its editorial views on reports of such nature.

Read: Here Lies BBC: Your BBC is not infallible, dear Media Sepoys

Ever since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Indian government, the “liberal-secular” media, both within the country and international media, has been at the forefront of spreading false propaganda. In a way, these media instigated people with false reportage resulting in the anti-Hindu riots. The international media has been under scanner for its one-sided reportage of the riots where violence perpetrated by violent Muslim mobs is either completely ignored (like BBC’s Yogita Limaye did) or even ended up blaming the Hindus for crimes they have nothing to do with.

Coronavirus outbreak: As panic grips, chemist shops face shortage of hand sanitizers, face masks across the country

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Coronavirus outbreak: As panic grips, chemist shops face shortage of hand sanitizers, face masks across the country

As reports of coronavirus cases being reported from several parts of India, people are rushing to medical stores to buy protective masks, hand sanitizers. However, they have been hit by a massive shortage.

Reportedly, not just surgical masks but demand for hand sanitisers have also skyrocketed since the outbreak of the deadly virus. As the demand for protective masks and sanitizers in India have gone up significantly, the price of masks has shot up multiple times.

Chemist shops in several localities have run out of stock. The manufacturers have not been able to replace the stock as demand suddenly spiked in the past couple of days. Some chemist shops who have stocks available for masks have also jacked up prices, selling them at the double the origin price.


Incidentally, even e-commerce websites have either run out of these two products or have increased the rates of hand sanitizers and masks. The shortage is largely due to supply disruptions in China coupled with a large amount of buying from the Middle East and China.

“There was steady demand of hand sanitizers and masks in the past two months since the outbreak of coronavirus but ever since a case was reported in Delhi, there has been a sudden spike in demand,” a salesperson said.

Another salesperson added, “We are not getting supplies of those brands and we are running out of stock of what we have, as demand has been huge in the last two days.”

The rise in demand is also seen across the world with the rapid spread of the virus across 60 countries, leading to panic buying and acute shortage. There has been an increase in places like the UK, which saw almost 260 per cent increase in hand sanitiser sales, it was up by around 73 per cent in the US.

According to reports, there are 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India so far. The Indian government has said it is monitoring the situation and has taken precautions, including an increase in screenings.

Read: Gurugram Paytm employee tested positive with novel coronavirus after returning from Italy

Coronavirus is a deadly respiratory which has killed more than 3,110 and so far 90,893 cases are reported globally, according to the World Health Organisation.

The transmission of the virus takes place when someone who is infected comes in contact with another person. According to medical experts, coughing, sneezing or even shaking hands with an infected person can cause exposure.

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. In the past 24 hours, 129 new cases have been reported in China. This is the lowest number of new cases it reported since January 20.

Outside China, 1848 cases were reported in 48 countries. 80 per cent of those cases are from just three countries: the Republic of Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Italy.

Video surfaces where rioters, including women, pelt stones, attack Delhi Police, killing constable Ratan Lal as he tried to save DCP Amit Sharma

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Video surfaces where rioters, including women, pelt stones, attack Delhi Police, killing constable Ratan Lal as he tried to save DCP Amit Sharma

A video has surfaced late night on Wednesday where a violent mob of rioters can be seen attacking the Delhi Police officers with stones and sticks. It is believed this is the attack which injured DCP Shahdara IPS Amit Sharma and claimed life of constable Ratan Lal.

The video is believed to be of 24th February from Chand Bagh area. One can at first see the mob running away from the spot as police started taking action. However, soon a mob from the other side started attacking the police. The mob had individuals wearing black burqas who could be seen pelting stones at the police. One could safely presume the women were also attacking the Delhi Police with stones. If you listen closely, you could also hear gunshots in the background.

Soon a crowd gathered in middle of the road when the rioters overpowered the policemen. The mob which was found running in opposite direction initially now returns in even bigger number.

Read: CCTV footage shows Tahir Hussain moving with armed goons a day before Ankit Sharma’s murder: Report

As per reports, DCP Amit Sharma was badly injured by the rioters and constable Ratan Lal was killed by the rioters as he tried to save IPS Sharma. On same day, one Mohammad Shahrukh was found wielding a gun and shooting at Delhi Police personnel. He was later arrested after being on the run for almost a week. One IB official Ankit Sharma was also brutally murdered by the rioting mob. As per reports, he was stabbed as many as 400 times before his body was thrown in a drain.

On Wednesday, Delhi Police said that 531 cases have been registered of which 47 cases are under the Arms Act in connection with the Delhi anti-Hindu riots.

IFCN rejects Fact Hunt’s application based on their founders’ past tweets but overlooks open political prejudice of Altnews founders

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IFCN rejects Fact Hunt’s application based on their founders’ past tweets but overlooks open political prejudice of Altnews founders

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has long been accused of observing dual standards in granting its “code of principles” to the applicants. Their prejudiced practices were exposed yet again when they rejected FactHunt’s application on the grounds of violation of its non-partisanship policy by its founders.

IFCN’s external assessor Kanchan Kaur initially responded with approbatory remarks for FactHunt, suggesting that IFCN would soon accredit it with its “code of principles”. In her preliminary assessment, Kaur hailed the website which has been publishing fact-checks regularly. She added that there is no ambiguity about the source of the funding of the website and all the authors who contribute to the website have their profiles manifestly listed with their biographies and roles. She recommended that the application may be accepted with certain edits.

Source: Fact Hunt

However, a few days later, Kaur backpedalled and rejected the application citing violation of the non-partisanship policy of IFCN by directors of Fact Hunt. She cited a 2-year old tweet by one of the co-founders of the Fact Hunt in justifying her decision to dismiss their application.

Neel Kumar, the co-founder of Fact Hunt, had simply tweeted Congratulatory message for BJP’s victory in Karnataka elections.


Kumar issued a clarification that his tweet was meant to express victory for a party which he voted in the elections, adding that he had never been a part of any political apparatus in the country.  However, he was given a cold shoulder by Kaur who had, perhaps, chalked him up as a BJP volunteer.

Source: Fact Hunt

This was not enough, she also referred to a few tweets wishing to meet PM as proof of Shashank Singh’s (Another co-founder of Fact Hunt) allegiance to the BJP.

In her response, Kaur stated that the application of Fact Hunt should be rejected because the directors of the Fact Hunt were supporters of the BJP and they continued to support the saffron party.

Kaur’s stance altered after a co-founder of Altnews accused Shashank Singh of being a member of a political party. Fact Hunt has cast aspersions on a possible connection between Kaur and the Altnews cofounder. In their article, Fact Hunt has asserted that IFCN application remains private until it is verified and accepted but Altnews co-founder’s allegations against Singh suggest that they were privy to the fact that Fact Hunt had applied to be a part of IFCN. Fact Hunt has also raised doubts if Altnews co-founder had attempted to influence Kaur’s decision.

The criterion 2B of the IFCN prohibits the applicants or the employees working with them to have any direct involvement with the political parties and advocacy groups.

Source: Fact Hunt

Fact Hunt founders openly stated they had no political connection with any of the political parties but their application was still rejected based on the past tweets by its founders. Kaur, in her response, said that the old tweets of the directors of the Fact Hunt was the sole reason for the rejection of their application.

In their clarification, directors of Fact Hunt responded that as citizens of the country, they have voted for a particular political party and expressed their political predilections but it has in no way influenced their work. They also argued that they haven’t tweeted in favour of any political since the inception of Fact Hunt.

They further mentioned that they were ready to adhere to the guidelines stated by IFCN and if need be Shashank Singh would step down if required. However, Kaur’s stand on the rejection of Fact Hunt from IFCN remained firm.

It is, however, important to note the duplicity of IFCN in granting recognition to the fact-checking websites. Altnews, which is known for peddling slanted and more often fake news, has been dubiously acknowledged by the IFCN as compliant to non-partisanship policy.

Md Zubair, one of the co-founders of the Altnews, nurses perennial hatred for the BJP and is frequently seen supporting the Aam Aadmi Party. He runs a Facebook page “Unofficial: Subramanian Swamy” where he mocks/insults the BJP while toeing the AAP line. He also ran a Twitter account by the same name which was revealed by his colleague Sam Jawed and admitted by Zubair himself.

Another co-founder of Altnews, Pratik Sinha, has a chequered history of running a fake news website “TruthofGujarat” and mislead people by peddling lies and propaganda against PM Modi. There have been umpteen instances when Pratik has used his website- “TruthofGujarat” to brazenly lie about PM Modi. Here’s a link that conclusively debunks his lies.

Altnews too has a colourful history of lying and peddling propaganda. There have been innumerable instances when Altnews had used its platform to propagate falsehoods. In one such instance, the Facebook page owned by Zubair, “Unofficial: Subramanian Swamy”, was caught spreading lies about the Modi government approving 100 per cent FDI in retail. Before that, Altnews was exposed for lying about the protests in Delhi. Recently, Altnews fabricated a police quote to downplay the brutality heaped on the Aligarh child victim.

Besides, AltNews founder Pratik Sinha and directors Nirjhari Sinha and Murlidhar Deomurari are members of the Jan Sangharsh Manch which is a civil rights organizations with obviously political objectives. The organization was founded by Mukul Sinha and Nirjhari Sinha, the parents of Pratik Sinha. The leadership of the Jan Sangharsh Manch also founded the New Socialist Movement which was registered as a political party with the Election Commission in 2007. Mukul Sinha had also contested elections in the past and lost horribly.

Read- OpIndia’s response to International Fact Checking Network’s rejection of its application for accreditation

By virtue of being associated with an advocacy group and a political party, the founder of Altnews, Pratik Sinha, clearly seems to have violated the criterion 2B of the IFCN which restricts applicants and their employees to have any connection with the political parties or advocacy groups. But despite this flagrant violation, Baybars Orsek, director of IFCN, announced that they had asked AltNews a set of questions and after being satisfied with their response which was replete with lies, they concluded that there was no ground for any action against Altnews.

It is thus a profound irony that a website who ran a factory of lies, deceit and distortions, whose founders unapologetically expressed their political leanings, one of them ostensibly associated with a political party and advocacy group, is hailed by IFCN as fact-checker and accorded their Indian partnership, but Fact Hunt’s application is rejected based on merely a couple of tweets. IFCN’s double standards stand exposed as it has shown differing yardsticks in assessing Altnews and Fact Hunt. IFCN had no qualms in granting recognition to habitual fake-news peddler Altnews, whose founders had brazenly displayed their bias against the BJP but have a problem in approving Fact Hunt’s application despite its director offering to step down to get the accreditation.

Gurugram Paytm employee tested positive with novel coronavirus after returning from Italy

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Gurugram Paytm employee tested positive with novel coronavirus after returning from Italy

A Paytm employee in Haryana’s Gurgaon (now officially known as Gurugram) has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy. Italy has been emerging as one of the worst-hit countries from coronavirus.

The company has advised its employees to work from home for the next couple of days while the Gurugram unit gets sanitised, according to the statement. It also said that as a precautionary measure, they have suggested their team members get health tests done immediately.

Meanwhile, the Paytm employee who has been tested positive is receiving appropriate treatment, the company as quoted by news agency ANI.


Following today and day before’s developments, where a Noida man was tested positive for coronavirus, Paytm, one of India’s leading digital payment banks has decided to shut its offices in Gurugram and Noida for at least two days.

Today it was reported that the Noida man’s (who was recently tested positive after he returned from Italy) six relatives in Agra have been tested positive for COVID-19. He had travelled to Agra to meet them.

Morever, after an Italian man and his wife tested positive in Jaipur, today 14 Italian members from the tourist group and their Indian driver also tested positive, making total 17 infections in the group.

Yesterday, Shriram Millennium school in Sector 135 Noida decided to shut down the premises for two days and also postpone its annual examinations amid concerns that their student’s parent, had tested positive with COVID-19 and has been isolated on Monday.

This followed reports that the individual who contracted coronavirus in Italy had attended a birthday party on February 28 (Friday) with his child studying in the Noida school. This party was also attended by other students of the school and their family members.

Prior to this, a techie from Hyderabad was suspected to have contracted the virus.

With these, the total count of known coronavirus infected cases in India rose to 29, including sixteen Italians.

Coronavirus has infected more than 89,000 people globally and caused over 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

Delhi Police file affidavit in Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against Harsh Mander for his ‘justice on the streets’ speech

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Delhi Police file affidavit in Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against Harsh Mander for his ‘justice on the streets’ speech

After Supreme Court refused to hear a plea of activist Activist Harsh Mander after his controversial remarks against parliament and court had surfaced, the Delhi Police has filed an affidavit in the top court against him for his incendiary speech at Jamia. The police have claimed in the affidavit that Mander’s speech not only instigated violence but also brought disrepute to the judiciary, and have sought contempt of court action against him.


Along with the affidavit, the Delhi Police has submitted the video of Mander’s inflammatory speech in a pen drive, and a link to the video on Youtube has been included in the affidavit. The apex court will be hearing the matter on Friday, March 6, 2020.

The affidavit states that Harsh Mander’s speech is “not only instigating violence but also seriously contemptuous as it makes derogatory remarks against the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to a huge gathering of people”.

Delhi police have further added that “Harsh Mander is known for taking contemptuous stand, and bringing the judiciary, as an institution and individual judges to disrepute”.

Therefore, the petitions filed by Harsh Mander should be dismissed with exemplary costs and proceedings fo contempt of court should be initiated against him, the affidavit states.

The affidavit was filed after the union government stated before a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde that the controversial activist, who has asked filing of FIRs against some BJP leaders for their alleged hate speeches which allegedly resulted in violence in Delhi, himself made certain offensive statements against the top court, “majesty of law”, the government and Parliament.

Harsh Mander, a controversial left-wing ‘activist’ who is associated with billionaire George Soros, was seen in a video inciting mobs to hit the streets to protests against the country. In what appears like an attempt to create anarchy and violence on the streets of the country, Mander said the time has come to decide our fate on the streets as he indirectly called for the dismantling of public institutions in the country.  He had said that “there is no trust left in the courts and that ultimate justice has to be on the streets”.

The video has now gone viral where Mander can be heard saying how there is no scope of secularism in Supreme Court, especially after the Ayodhya verdict. Speaking to a gathering in Delhi, the foreign-funded activist was seen inciting mob, calling them to descend on streets to decide for themselves based on the show of the strength. Mander claimed that time has now come for people to hit the streets as both Supreme Court and parliament have failed them.

After the video was presented at the Supreme Court by the Solicitor General today morning, the bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had refused to hear Mander’s petition before he clarifies his comments seen in the video.

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