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Congress spokesperson Sharmishtha Mukherjee slams P Chidambaram for ‘gloating over AAP victory’, asks if Congress state units should ‘shut shop’

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Sharmishtha Mukherjee says Congress state units should shut shop if party has outsourced job of defeating BJP to regional parties
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News Reports

Two men from West Bengal loot 1.34 crore from Merit-cum-Means Scholarship in Jammu and Kashmir by creating fake beneficiary accounts

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Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch probes fraud of Rs 1,34,21,168 in merit-cum-means scholarship scam
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Social Media

Pakistan Minister celebrates AAP victory in Delhi elections, tries to mock PM Modi

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The dull-witted Pakistani Minister has a strange habit of poking his face into India’s internal matters and deliberately getting mocked and embarrassed for his deranged acts, especially on social media. 
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News Reports

Shiv Sena MP introduces a Constitution Amendment Bill to check population growth

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The Shiv Sena MP has introduced a Constitutional Amendment Bill to introduce a new provision - Article 47A into Part IV of the Constitution of India to incentivise people who keep their family limited to two children and seeks to withdraw every concession from people who fail to adhere to the small family norm. 
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News Reports

NRC: Centre says excluded children won’t be sent to detention camps, provided their parents feature in the list

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The Minister of State clarified that there are approved standard operating procedures in place to deal with cases of children who have been excluded from the NRC while their parents feature in the list.
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Crime

Delhi: Shots fired at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav’s convoy, 1 party volunteer dead

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Naresh Yadav, who was accompanied by volunteers, was returning from a temple visit from Mehrauli when the incident happened. Naresh Yadav had won from Mehrauli assembly seat.
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News Reports

Dalit man converted to Christianity alleges girlfriend’s family made him convert to Islam and undergo circumcision as a precondition for marriage, later disown him

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25-year-old Dalit man who had embraced Christianity, Bobbili Bhaskar, has alleged that his girlfriend's family made him convert to Islam, undergo circumcision and changed dietary habits only to have his marriage proposal turned down by girl's father.
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News Reports

Pictures of ‘Baby Kejriwal’ donning AAP’s white cap and muffler take internet by the storm

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tweeted a photo of a toddler dressed as Party chief, Arvind Kejriwal describing him as 'Mufflerman'
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News Reports

Indian Railways launches “wake-up call” facility to alert passengers 30 minutes before reaching destination

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Indian Railways will now alert passengers 30 minutes before scheduled arrival at destination so that they don't miss their stop.
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News Reports

Despite losing, BJP candidate from Hari Nagar Tajinder Bagga pledges to fulfil his poll promises to voters

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Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga had promised to open a free self-defence coaching centre for girls in Hari Nagar constituency.
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Politics

Delhi Elections 2020: The BJP’s vote-share has increased and so has its number of seats, the results cannot be extrapolated to fit larger anti-BJP...

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Some intellectuals, however, have lost their sense of proportions and are attempting to portray a completely different picture from what the results actually represent.
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News Reports

Matthew Cherry’s prophesy about winning Oscars came true 8 years later, through ‘Hair Love’

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Cherry won his first Oscar on Sunday for the animated short film 'Hair Love', which narrates a story of a black father learning to style his daughter’s hair.
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Politics

The Metamorphosis of Arvind Kejriwal: From calling Narendra Modi a psychopath, he hasn’t attacked the PM once on Twitter since 2019 results

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Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has undergone a huge transformation since he was elected as the Chief Minister of Delhi in 2016.
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Media

Rajdeep Sardesai dances with psephologist Pradeep Gupta on air as AAP wins Delhi elections

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Axis My India's Pradeep Gupta broke into a jig as his prediction of AAP's landslide came through. Rajdeep Sardesai joined him in his happy dance.
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Politics

Maharashtra: Congress magazine ‘Shidori’ mocks Veer Savarkar, calls him ‘maafiveer’

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In the February edition of the Congress' Marathi newspaper, Shidori, the party had published two articles belittling freedom fighter Veer Savarkar.
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Crime

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Delhi court sentences convicted NGO owner Brajesh Thakur, others to life imprisonment

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Brijesh Thakur was moved from Bihar's Bhagalpur jail to Patiala high-security jail in Punjab following the violation of jail norms.
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Politics

As early trends started pouring in, Delhi BJP put up poster accepting defeat gracefully

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BJP accepts defeat graciously as early trends showed AAP's sweeping victory in Delhi.
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News Reports

“Seedhi baat hai, Muslim poora polarise hua, Hindu ghanta hua”: Parliamentarians discuss Delhi elections and AAP’s victory

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With Delhi Assembly election results still coming in, the secular gang and the anti-Modi brigade have already started to celebrate
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Politics

Amanatullah Khan: The Okhla MLA whose contribution to AAP’s victory which cannot be ignored

K Bhattacharjee -
Amanatullah Khan had the single most important job, to establish beyond all doubt the AAP's loyalty towards the Muslim vote base.
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Politics

Delhi Elections: NOTA polls more than Communist parties, manages to get only 0.03 percent of votes

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As per Election Commission data, the CPI is getting a vote share of 0.02 per cent and the CPM is getting a vote share of 0.01 per cent. 
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Social Media

Islamists on Twitter ‘feel betrayed’, attack Arvind Kejriwal for not supporting Shaheen Bagh, Jamia rioters

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Many Islamists on Twitter are aggrieved that Arvind Kejriwal has remained ostensibly silent on issues concerning them such as Shaheen Bagh and police action on Jamia rioters.
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Politics

Delhi Election Results: While ‘secular’ camp celebrates today, they will be naive to think PM Modi’s national agenda would change

K Bhattacharjee -
Delhi Election Results will not change how PM Modi or his govt takes decisions on civilisational issues
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Politics

Delhi Election Results: Congress can never regain what it has lost between 2014 and 2019, it is now the last option even for Muslims

Editorial Desk -
Delhi Election results are pouring in and one thing is pretty clear - Congress cannot recover
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Politics

Delhi Elections 2020: Muslim consolidation has won, here’s why Hindus should be concerned

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Minority communalism has won while Hindu consolidation was nowhere near to those levels and the effects of that will become evident in the near future.
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News Reports

Watch: Eyewitness narrates how leftist goons trampled Bhagavad Gita under their feet while attacking VHP stall at Kolkata Book Fair

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The 44th Kolkata International Book Fair on Sunday saw tensed situation after leftist goons attacked VHP stall.
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Politics

Delhi Elections: Anti-CAA riots accused Amanatullah Khan wins from Okhla

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Delhi's Jamia Nagar, which comes under the Okhla constituency in East Delhi parliamentary segment, was one of the epicentres of the anti-CAA riots.
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh protest site seen empty as AAP all set to return in Delhi

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On Tuesday morning, incidentally, when the Delhi Assembly election results were to be announced, the protest site of Shaheen Bagh appeared empty with scarce number of demonstrators at the site.
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Politics

As the Delhi Election results trickle in, here is how the Delhi campaign only resulted in a win for Hindutva

Editorial Desk -
The Delhi Assembly Election results are trickling in and Arvind Kejriwal is all set to retain his position
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Politics

Delhi assembly elections results: Congress leaders call for introspection as the party appears to draw a blank in Delhi

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Even as Congress stares at successive ducks in Delhi Assembly elections, party leaders openly express their disappointment with the party's lackadaisical electoral strategy
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News Reports

Posters supporting radical Islamist Sharjeel Imam arrested under sedition charges appear at Jamia protest

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The Wire columnist has been in police custody after being arrested by Delhi police from Bihar's Jehanabad.
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Politics

Delhi elections: AAP candidate Abdul Rehman wins Muslim dominated Seelampur seat which saw unprecedented violence during anti-CAA riots

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AAP candidate Abdul Rehman secured his victory from Muslim dominated Seelampur constituency.
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Politics

Delhi Elections 2020: Voters have been voting differently in state and general elections, for quite some time, and in many states

K Bhattacharjee -
If anyone tries to interpret the Delhi results of 2020 as a rejection of BJP's 'divisive politics', then they are making a massive mistake. Quite clearly, the marked difference here is not of ideology but of the nature of elections.
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Politics

Delhi elections live: AAP, BJP leading 10 seats each with less than 3,000 votes margin, AAP’s Manish Sisodia and BJP’s Tajinder Bagga trailing

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If AAP wins Delhi polls 2020 then Arvind Kejriwal would become the chief minister of the national capital for the third term. The majority mark in the 70-member assembly stands at 36.
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Politics

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania to visit India from Feb 24-25

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The White House reiterated that the trip will strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries and highlight the strong bond between the people of India and the States.
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Politics

Delhi Elections: Congress’s Vikaspuri candidate Mukesh Sharma accepts defeat even before early trends trickle in

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Mukesh Sharma's rivals are Mahendra Yadav from the Aam Aadmi Party and Sanjay Singh of the BJP.
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News Reports

Delhi Election Results: Here is all you need to know about 7 important Muslim dominated constituencies

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The Delhi election results are finally out today and here is how Muslim constituencies faired
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Politics

Bengal: VHP’s mass wedding ceremonies for poor tribals under attack, Mamata Banerjee terms them ‘conversion attempt’

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Mamata Banerjee's administration has alleged that RSS's mass marriage drives are 'conversion tactic'. The VHP's mass wedding ceremony for over 100 poor tribals was attacked and vandalised by workers of the JDP on February 2.
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News Reports

Delhi Election Results and the 10 most important constituencies to watch out for: All you need to know

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As the Delhi election results get declared, these 10 constituencies are extremely important to judge the mood of Delhi
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Politics

Minutes before counting of votes, Congress veteran leader Digvijaya Singh raises the ‘EVMs are hacked’ bogey. Here is how he’s wrong

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Like clockwork, the 'EVMs are tampered' bogey has been raised by sore losers as Congress stares at an imminent defeat in recently concluded Delhi Assembly elections.
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Politics

[Live] Delhi Assembly elections: AAP leads in 58 out of 70 seats, BJP in 12. Congress stuck at zero

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Early trends show AAP forming a majority government in Delhi again.
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Fact-Check

No, ASI is not replacing centuries-old murals at Konark temple with plain stones. Here’s the truth

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The UNESCO guidelines on the restoration of World Heritage Sites mandate that when an original stone carving is lost, it cannot be replicated
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News Reports

Coronavirus effect: As China market struggles amidst the outbreak, global buyers find an alternative in India

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As per the report, there has been an increase in inquiry from the buyers from the US and European countries because of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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News Reports

First Indian coronavirus patient recovering and stable, tests show negative results

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First Indian to test positive for coronavirus shows recovery, may soon be discharged from hospital to go home.
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News Reports

Glad that India was partitioned. Muslim league would not have allowed Congress government function: Congress leader Natwar Singh

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The former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said that according to him Gandhiji cosseted Jinnah on the persuasion of India's last Governor-General C Rajagopalachari
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News Reports

Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, India revokes export ban to China and sends 2 large medical consignments

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The Government had earlier banned the export of protective clothing to keep supplies intact in case the disease spread to India.
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News Reports

Fake currency worth 24 lacs of Pakistan origin caught at Mumbai airport, Crime Branch probing terror funding links

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Thane resident Javed Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, who flew in to Mumbai from Dubai on Sunday was caught with very high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 23.86 lacs.
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Politics

Bengal: Woman accuses TMC politician Shahadat Hossain of abuse, threats of kidnapping and uploading obscene videos

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As per reports, Hossain allegedly claimed to be a close associate of the Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Senu.
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News Reports

Delhi elections: Amid tight security EVMs moved to 21 counting centres ahead of results

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Day before the counting to the high octane Delhi assembly elections results are declared, the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were escorted to 21 designated centres amidst high security.
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News Reports

Bihar: After shoes in Katihar, Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy attacked with eggs and engine oil in Jamui

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Kanhaiya is on his 'Jan-Gan-Man Yatra' against NRC and CAA. During this one-month-long journey, Kanhaiya is scheduled to travel to almost every major city in Bihar and address over 50 meetings.
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News Reports

Global terror organisations could use vehicle-borne IEDs to attack RSS leaders, offices: Intel inputs

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Intelligence inputs warns for attacks on RSS offices and leaders.
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