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AAP disappointed as Exit polls show BJP losing? After predicted AAP sweep in Delhi, AAP leaders allege EVM tampering, questions EC

AAP leader Sanjay Singh, after the predicted win of AAP, alleged EVM tampering in Delhi elections

Taliban terrorist who had shot Malala Yousafzai escapes from prison, releases audio accusing Pakistan govt of not honouring “agreement”

Pakistan Talibani spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan who shot Malala Yousafzai in 2012 allegedly escapes from Pakistan prison

Kashmir: Senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar becomes the latest politician to be booked under the Public Safety Act

On Saturday, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Naeem Akhtar was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA)

Afreen Fatima, aide of Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam, advocates for terrorist Afzal Guru yet again: Read how

The JNU student and Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam aide Afreen Fatima advocated for Afzal Guru

Left hates voters who don’t ‘obey’ and the fickle, unruly mistress called Democracy. Non-Left should avoid this vice like the plague

The Delhi elections have just about concluded and the Exit Polls are out, which give a sweeping majority to Aam Admi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal.

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest the assailant who had shot Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha chief Ranjeet Bachchan following a short encounter

Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha chief Ranjit Bachchan was allegedly killed because he was “delaying” the proceedings to divorce his wife

“Do not want to implement NPR and NRC in the state”: Maharashtra home minister says govt is exploring legal options to block NPR

Maharashtra home minister says state govt is exploring legal ways to block NPR and NRC in the state

Uttar Pradesh: Loudspeakers in mosques and temples to be utilised to popularise state government’s new scheme for farmers

Loudspeakers in mosques and temples in Western UP will announce details of 'UP Kisan Asaan Kisht Yojana' for farmers

Aligarh: Post Namaz and Quran Khawani, Muslim women protesting at Shajmahal raise ‘Azaadi slogans’, vow to continue anti-CAA agitation

Muslim women have been protesting against the CAA and the NRC at the Shajmahal Eidgah area in Aligarh since January 29

Delhi elections: 69% Muslims voted AAP as they thought it could to defeat BJP, 91% Muslim voted against BJP

Delhi Elections: Exit polls give a landslide majority to AAP with Muslim dominated constituencies recording a high voter turn out

Even as the 16th case of Coronavirus emerges, unfazed Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam Festival and offer prayers to Lord Murugan

Despite Coronavirus fears, Hindus of Malaysia, carried out their rituals and offered prayers at the festival. 

The Wire Founding-Editor has an insightful conversation about Delhi elections with a ‘former Delhi CM and Congress leader’: Here is the problem with that

The Wire MK Venu wrote about a conversation he had with a 'senior Congress leader and former Delhi CM'

PM Modi urges Sri Lanka to fulfil the aspirations of Tamil people during his meeting with Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

PM Modi told Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa that he hopes Lanka govt will understand the aspirations of Tamils

Delhi Elections: Muslim constituencies see high voter turnout, Seelampur, where Muslim mobs rioted, records turnout above 71%

After a sluggish start, the evening voter percentage in Delhi saw a sharp uptick as about 54 per cent of voter turnout

NCP leader files complaint against journalist and his viewers over YouTube comments accusing them of conspiring to murder Sharad Pawar

NCP worker Laxmikant Khabiya has filed a complaint against journalist Bhau Torsekar and viewers of his YouTube channel, accusing them of conspiring to murder NCP chief Sharad Pawar

“Must maintain peace at any costs”: Allahabad High Court refuses permission to AIMIM leader for anti-CAA protest in Firozabad

Allahabad High Court denied permission to AIMIM leader seeking permission for an Anti-CAA protest.

“Raj Thackeray will emerge as the iconic leader of Hindutva”: Shiv Sena leader Prakash Mahajan after joining MNS with two other Sena leaders

Shiv Sena faces inner rebellion as the leaders from Aurangabad joined their regional rivals MNS

Delhi Assembly Elections: Exit polls predict return of Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government, BJP to improve its numbers

Exit polls for the Delhi assembly elections have predicted that Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government is coming back to power

Delhi HC orders removal of 565 ex-government employees and 11 former MPs squatting illegally in govt accommodation

The Court ordered to remove the squatter MPs and Govt employees along with their belongings within one week

Delhi Elections: Inexplicable rise in voter turnout recorded in Delhi, West Delhi sees 5% rise in just 10 minutes

The evening voter percentage in Delhi saw a sharp uptick as about 54% voter turnout has been recorded so far

Is the anti-CAA protests a test case for Muslims to find their true political worth in India?

Suddenly, the proxy rule of the Muslims and the resultant veto power was taken away because Narendra Modi was in no way dependent on the Muslim vote bank

Arvind Kejriwal goes from “women should consult men before voting” to “women have decided entire family’s vote” after being confronted by Smriti Irani

Arvind Kejriwal does a U-turn after Smriti Irani slammed him for his misogynist tweet asking women to consult men before voting

Public Safety Act dossier suggests PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was working with separatists: Reports

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was working with separatists, says Public Safety Act dossier based on which she was booked

Sharjeel Imam’s brother attempts to exculpate his brother by painting him as a ‘revolutionary’

A few days ago, a disturbing video of one Sharjeel Imam, mastermind of Shaheen Bagh and The Wire columnist, surfaced

Arvind Kejriwal had planned to become Punjab CM after 2017 elections by making his own Sikh leaders fight each other: Kumar Vishwas

Kumar Vishwas says Arvind Kejriwal had planned to become Punjab CM after 2017 elections by causing infighting in AAP leaders

Delhi elections: PTI peddles fake news, reduces AAP candidates’ percentage with serious criminal cases from 51% to 25%, MSM blindly carries report

PTI publishes fake report on the number of candidates facing criminal cases in Delhi polls, reduces AAP number by half

He was talking about Shaheen Bagh, he said ‘this country is going to burn’: Cab driver who drove ‘Lal Salaam’ communist to police

Rohit was petrified when he overheard Sarkar saying "Iss country mein aag lagne wali hai (The country is going to burn)."

Delhi elections: Only 19.37 percent voting recorded till 1 PM, Muslim dominated Okhla sees lowest voting at only 5%

Delhi seems to have chosen to sit at home instead of casting their vote in the ongoing Delhi assembly elections

Two couples fall in love at Shaheen Bagh during hate-filled anti-CAA protests, get married

Two couples who have been a part of anti-Hindu and anti-India protests in Shaheen Bagh have fallen in love and got married

George Soros: Manipulator of the Global order, the Indian nexus and the concerns for India

It is very natural for India to be concerned and alarmed as George Soros has openly declared a war against nationalism.

Congress government in Madhya Pradesh gives extension to Anil Ambani’s Reliance power to pay dues over 4 years

The Congres party claimed that the extension was provided as per the 2014 Investment promotion policy adopted by the former BJP government.

Arvind Kejriwal asks women to ‘discuss with men’ before casting vote in Delhi elections: Read details

Arvind Kejriwal had asked women voters in Delhi to heed to their male counterparts' advice before voting in elections

AAP co-founder and former leader urges voters too ‘wash their sins of past 5 years’, calls Arvind Kejriwal ‘AIDS of politics’

Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas urged people to go out of their houses to cast their votes ahead of the Delhi elections

Watch: Congress candidate Alka Lamba slaps AAP worker at polling booth

Congress candidate and former AAP MLA Alka Lamba on Saturday slapped an AAP worker at a polling booth

After chanting ‘Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’, Jamia Nagar and Shaheen Bagh queue up with voter IDs to vote in Delhi elections

Islamists from Jamia and Shaheen Bagh chanted 'Kagaz nahi Dikhayenge', but have queued up to vote for Delhi elections

Drama begins: AAP’s Sanjay Singh whose own links to PFI emerged recently, accuses Minister Giriraj Singh of violating poll code

Sanjay Singh also urged the Election Commission to remove all BJP MPs who are not the residents of Delhi to be removed from the national capital.

Delhi elections: After Friday Namaz, clerics of Jamia and Seelampur, epicentre of anti-CAA riots, urge Muslims to vote in large numbers

Delhi elections: Mosques in the anti-CAA riot-hit Seelampur and Okhla have urged Muslims to vote in large numbers

Shikara paints Kashmiri Muslims as ‘secular’ and Kashmiri Hindus as ‘communal’: Divya Razdan in conversation with OpIndia

Kashmiri Hindus have blamed Vidhu Vinod Chopra of watering down the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in Shikara

Delhi police unearths gangster Chhota Shakeel’s plan to kill influential politicians and judges, FIR registered: Read details

The Delhi Police's Special Cell has registered an FIR against Chhota Shakeel on Friday

Days after death of infants at Shaheen Bagh, Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance to stop involvement of children in protests

Shaheen Bagh: Supreme Court took cognisance to "stop the involvement of children and infants in demonstrations"

While Pakistan ignored its citizens in coronavirus hit Wuhan, India had offered to evacuate them along with all neighbours: Foreign minister tells Rajya Sabha

EAM S Jaishankar says India had offered to Pakistan & other neighbours to evacuate their citizens from Wuhan

BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy detained by police in pro-CAA rally in Kolkata

Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy detained by Kolkata police at the start of a pro-CAA rally

Fact-check: Ashok Chakra replaced by ‘La ilaha ilallah’ at an anti-CAA rally in Hyderabad

The anti-CAA protest has exposed itself to be deeply Islamic and anti-India and anti-Hindu in nature

Delhi Elections: BJP accuses AAP of distributing pamphlets seeking Muslim votes to defeat PM Modi after campaign period ended

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga alleges AAP candidate Raj Kumari Dhillon of distributing pamphlets seeking Muslim votes to defeat BJP

“Bribe money goes into Manish Sisodia’s pocket and used for sending biryani to Shaheen Bagh”, BJP MP Pravesh Verma on Sisodia’s OSD’s arrest

The bribe taken by OSD goes to Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and it is used for sending biryani to Shaheen Bagh- Pravesh Verma

Delhi Elections: EC sends notice to Arvind Kejriwal over violation of model code of conduct

The Election Commission while serving the notice to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has stated that the video uploaded by him on Twitter had the potential of disturbing the communal harmony in the national capital

“Truth has two sides”: Shikara director Vidhu Vinod Chopra dismisses Kashmiri Pandit woman’s criticism of watering down Islamic terror in the movie

Shikara maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra dismisses allegation of not showing Islamic terror, says truth has two sides

Delhi: 2 Bike-borne assailants fired shots in air near an Anti-CAA protest in Jafrabad

The police have claimed that the incident was unrelated to the Anti-CAA protests and rather a case of personal enmity. 

Fact Check: Did China seek court approval to kill 20,000 coronavirus patients to stop the spread of the infection?

Over 600 people, mostly from mainland China, have died since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus infection.