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Tamil Nadu: SDPI leader’s nephew arrested over murder of a bystander in a gang war

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Arun Kumar was killed when the gang led by Sheikh wanted to kill two rebel members who had left the group to start own gang
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News Reports

‘Mumbai feels like Pakistan occupied Kashmir’: Kangana Ranaut hits out after Sanjay Raut’s rant against her on Sena mouthpiece Saamana

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Earlier, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had asked actress Kangana Ranaut to not to travel back to Mumbai after she had expressed fear stating that that the city police force was more threatening to her than the 'movie mafia'.
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News Reports

Kerala: Over 80% of junior doctors appointed to COVID-19 duty quit jobs after salary cut by the state government

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Nearly 900 juniors doctors appointed to COVID First-Line Treatment Centres in Kerala have quit their jobs due to salary cut
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News Reports

Even as coronavirus cases in Delhi soar, Arvind Kejriwal hops over to Punjab to ‘check oxygen levels’ in ‘every village’

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Delhi currently appears to be witnessing second wave of infections of coronavirus.
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News Reports

Drugs not just an issue in Bollywood, now President Donald Trump accuses Sleepy Joe of being on ‘enhancements’, wants drug test

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Donald Trump said he believes that Joe Biden was "on some kind of enhancements" and called for drug test for both himself and Biden
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News Reports

Authors of ‘Delhi Riots’ book to register complaint against Bloomsbury, media house for leaking and propagating copies

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Senior advocate Monika Arora, who is one of the authors of the much-anticipated book, will be registering a complaint against Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd and few other media portals for criminal breach of trust and also for receiving, propagating the manuscript of the book, which is yet to be published.
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Culture and History

The Kingdom of Champa and the Chams: Hinduism in Vietnam

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Despite the cultural influences, the Vietnamese people never really accepted Chinese rule, leading to constant rebellions and skirmishes, which finally ended the Chinese control in 939 CE, after which the country took the name Dai Viet.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: While Crime Branch raids SDPI offices, Siddaramaiah blames Naveen and police for violence

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A senior officer of the CCB said that they recovered a few lethal weapons, including a machete and a knife from the party’s Govindapura office in KG Halli.
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OpIndia Explains

Mother Teresa: Here are some accounts of forced conversions, primitive medical practices and suffering

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Often called a 'saint' and 'messiah of the poor' by adherents of the Vatican in India, the so-called 'Mother' Teresa is engulfed in numerous controversies and allegations
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News Reports

PM Modi donated Rs 2.25 lakh as initial corpus for PM-CARES Fund

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Prime Minister Modi donated Rs 2.25 lakh from his personal savings as initial corpus to the PM-CARES fund.
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News Reports

‘They took coronavirus inside the Markaz and converted it into Islam’: Says YouTuber Aiman Rizwi who had wished death upon Amit Shah

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Anti-CAA protester turned YouTuber claims that BJP government took the Chinese virus inside Nizamuddin Markaz because it wanted to blame Muslims.
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Opinions

How would media have covered the pandemic if Congress had won the 2019 election?

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So deafening is this silence that Rahul Gandhi can face the camera and boldly deny all responsibility for the actions of the Govt of Maharashtra, even though he has 10 Cabinet ministers in it.
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News Reports

Trump administration imposes fresh restrictions on Chinese diplomats, calls other nations to join ban on Chinese apps

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The Trump administration intends to limit the alleged Chinese influence, operations and espionage in the United States.
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News Reports

Embarrassment for Pakistan as UNSC rejects its application to add two Indians in 1267 sanction list as ‘international terrorists’

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The China-backed move of Pakistan was blocked by five UNSC members, USA, UK, France, Germany and Belgium.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account narendramodi_in hacked, hacker asked donation for COVID-19 relief

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PM Modi's Twitter account for his website with over 2.5 million followers was hacked on the intervening night of 2nd and 3rd September
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece National Herald editor Mrinal Pande compares Dr Kafeel Khan with Lord Krishna

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Dr Kafeel was booked under the NSA for making provocative comments on the CAA in the Aligarh Muslim University.
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News Reports

India makes it to the list of top 50 most innovative economies in the Global Innovation Index, tops in Central and South Asia region

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India topped the list of the most innovative economies in the Central and South Asia, ranked 48th globally jumping 4 places
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News Reports

Video of another Unacademy tutor’s anti-Brahmin rant goes viral on social media, netizens demand action

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Unacademy tutor seen ranting against Brahmins with lies and misinformation in an online class on the Varna system
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News Reports

NIA files charge sheet against 5 accused in connection with Khorasan terror module of ISIS

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NIA files charge sheet against 5 people for plotting terror attack in Delhi and instigating Muslims against the govt
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News Reports

Unacademy distances itself from its educator Varun Awasthi who provoked students to pick up AK-47 against govt, claims ‘appropriate action’ taken against him

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Unacademy educator Varun Awasthi has apologised for his video where he had asked students to pick up AK-47 against Modi govt
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News Reports

Atheist Republic founder Armin Navabi tears up the Quran and spits on it, tweets video with #DesecrateTheQuran

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Former Muslim-turned-atheist, secular activist and Iranian Canadian author Armin Navabi on Tuesday came up with a new controversial social media campaign called 'DesecrateTheQuran'.
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News Reports

Government of India bans 118 ‘malicious’ Chinese apps including popular online multiplayer game PUBG

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology claimed that the 118 apps, which have been banned, were engaged in activities prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the state and public order
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News Reports

‘Sleepy Joe’ ups the ante in US presidential elections, after Ganesh Chaturthi, now seeks forgiveness from Jains

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Recently, Biden had also shared wishes on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
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News Reports

Radical preacher Zakir Naik booked by NIA in ‘love jihad’ case involving top Bangladesh politician’s son

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The daughter of the Chennai-based businessman was lured into forming a relationship by Nafees, son of Bangladeshi politician Shakhawat Hossain Bakul, and was subsequently kidnapped and trafficked to Bangladesh from London
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Media

Times Now’s Rahul Shivshankar slams “Rajdeeps of Lutyens” after Scroll publishes an article against him for interrupting a panellist digressing from debate topic

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Scroll had published a critical article against Rahul Shivshankar after he had interjected a panellists from speaking on economy while the debate was on SSR
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News Reports

Assam: All govt-run madarsas to be shut, minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says govt will promote only secular and modern education

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The government will promote only secular and modern education, said Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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News Reports

Bajrang Dal urges CM Yogi Adityanath to take action against individuals involved in ‘love jihad’ and forced conversions

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After recent spurt of 'love jihad' incidents in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Bajrang Dal has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressing concerns and urging him to take action.
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Culture and History

50 years of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial – A Living Memorial

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Celebrating its 50th year, the Vivekananda Kendra initiated the "Ek Bharat, Vijayi Bharat" connectivity campaign
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News Reports

Kangana Ranaut makes sensational claims, says Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal are rumoured to be ‘cocaine addicts’, demands blood test

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The three-time national award winner Kangana Ranaut alleged that there were rumours that a few Bollywood actors such as Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Vicky Kaushik, director Ayan Mukherjee were cocaine addicts.
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News Reports

Maharashtra and Delhi governments not interested in implementing migrant workers welfare enactments: Supreme Court

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The Court had acted on application of the NHRC highlighting that some states have not implemented migrant workers welfare enactments.
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News Reports

Commerce ministry caps MEIS benefit to exporters during last 4 months of the scheme, govt says move aimed at protecting genuine exporters

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According to an analysis done by the Department of Commerce, 98% of the exporters who claim MEIS will be unaffected by the changes
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News Reports

After de-platforming Delhi Riots 2020 book, ‘liberals’ go after another Bloomsbury India author

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The tweet by Halim invoking vegetarianism, nazis and their love for animals was an indirect reference to the recently shared videos of Prime Minister Modi, where he was seen spending time with peacocks and feeding them at his residence.
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News Reports

China-Pakistan working secretly to expand biowarfare capabilities with anthrax-like pathogens: Australian journalist claims

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Anthony Klan had claimed in July 2020 that China's Wuhan Institute of Virology and Pakistan military's science arm have been covertly working on augmenting biowarfare capabilities.
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News Reports

TMC’s Derek O’Brien writes to Facebook, accuses it of links with BJP ahead of Bengal elections

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Brien also questioned Facebook's role in 2014 and 2019 General elections.
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News Reports

Fed up of being confused with China amid coronavirus outbreak, Taiwan redesigns its passport cover

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Taiwan redesigns passport cover with Taiwan written in bigger font while reducing the font size of 'Republic of China'
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News Reports

Amid rising popularity of online dating, Pakistan bans Tinder, Grindr and other dating apps for ‘immoral’ and ‘indecent’ content

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Pakistan bans Tinder, Grindr, SayHi, Tagged and Skout for failure of the apps to moderate content in accordance with Pakistani laws
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Media

G*ndu, boxing batau kya?’ shirtless father of alleged drug peddler kicks AajTak reporter, netizens fondly recall Rajdeep Sardesai

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The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested Zaid Vilatra, a drug peddler, in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case
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News Reports

Mumbai Police Commissioner likes a tweet asking public shaming of Kangana Ranaut, the actress asks whether it is safe to be in Mumbai

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Mumbai Police denied that Commissioner liked a tweet calling for public shaming of Kangana Ranaut, cyber cell to examine
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News Reports

‘In France, we have freedom of expression’: President Emmanuel Macron refuses to condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

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Emmanuel Macron refuses to condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Mohammad, said France has freedom of expression.
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Pakistani network running pro-ISI, anti-India propaganda busted by Facebook and Stanford researchers, hundreds of accounts suspended

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The research report has found that these pages and groups also indulged in mass reporting of pages critical to Islam or Pakistan, even targeted Ahmadi-run accounts.
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News Reports

UnAcademy educator provokes students to pick up AK47s, many online coaching centres found peddling political agenda

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UnAcademy educator provokes students to pick up AK47s like 'youth in Kashmi'
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BJP MP Arjun Singh says jihadi elements destroyed Maa Kali idol in Murshidabad temple, police claims ‘fire accident’

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BJP MP Arjun Singh said that some people belonging to 'one religious group' attacked and destroyed a temple and burnt the idol of goddess Kali
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Law

Rajasthan HC dismisses plea of sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt requesting discontinuation of narcotics case

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Bhatt was arrested by the Gujarat CID for falsely implicating a lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit by planting opium in a hotel room in Palanpur.
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Bihar: Naxals kidnap and murder a pujari, dump mangled body in jungle

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Temple Pujari was kidnapped by Naxals on 23rd August who used his phone to make ransom call demanding Rs 1 crore to his family.
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News Reports

Even as China provokes India in Ladakh, its domestic woes reveal the country is in deep crisis

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China's unilateral move in Ladakh triggered a new wave of hostilities with India, even as the country is beset with a host of domestic problems–Food crisis, devastating floods and bleeding banks
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News Reports

Unearthing the hidden world of India’s dreaded secret Special Frontier Force

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The Special Frontier Force had outlived its purpose and had since ensured the success of Operation Bluestar, Operation Meghdoot, Operation Vijay, and Operation Eagle.
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News Reports

Delhi Riots Accused and Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita granted bail by Delhi High Court

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North-east Delhi riots accused and JNU student Devangana Kalita has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court.
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News Reports

‘No one sleeps hungry in Kashi’, boatsmen debunk claims that 350 families are going hungry due to the Coronavirus lockdown

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Boatman in Varanasi debunked claims that they have to sleep hungry amid covid-19 pandemic
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News Reports

Gaana, Hungama, MX Player: The growing influence of Chinese companies through investments in India’s entertainment sector and elsewhere

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Investments have been made by Chinese companies in sectors such as entertainment and news aggregator apps.
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Interviews

From whether BJP funds his channel to the Lutyens cabal and Bloomsbury withdrawing book on Delhi Riots, Arnab answers it all in this interview...

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Arnab Goswami, the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief had a no-holds barred conversation with OpIndia editor Nupur Sharma
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