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Three men including Goa Congress MLA Atanasio Monserratte booked for molesting a woman during an anti-encroachment protest

The complainant woman has also alleged in her complaint that all the three accused threatened to kill her.

South African speedster Rabada thinks Virat Kohli is immature on field

The mind game has started, South African speedster Kagiso Rabada has called Kohli immature just ahead of their clash on Wednesday in Southampton.

Couple missing after Muslim man introduces himself as Brahmin to marry a Hindu girl in the presence of his fake parents

Imran Bhati introduced himself as Kabeer Sharma, was already married and was a father to three children

MoS Home Ministry bats against illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas staying in Hyderabad, says city safe zone for terrorists

G Kishan Reddy asserted that terror activities across the country invariably has links to the Hyderabad city

BJP worker chanting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ stabbed to death in West Bengal, wife of victim lodges FIR against TMC workers

The victim Sushil Mondal was BJP supporter and was shouting the slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' while preparing for a victory procession on the day of the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi

Local Muslims attack Dalit wedding procession in Dewas district of MP, Section 144 imposed after 1 killed in the attack

One person was killed and several were injured by the mob that had attacked them

Congress cannot decide if they won Bengaluru Urban Body polls because ‘EVMs were not hacked’ or because ‘paper ballots were used’

The Congress party has registered a victory in the Karnataka Urban Local Body polls, winning 509 of the total 1,221 wards while the BJP secured 366 wards. The JD(S) came third with victory in 174 wards.

The redundant ‘Liberal’ World Order is crumbling to dust and a new solution-based World Order is emerging out of its ashes

The second world war had a huge impact on the mindset of the then ruling heads of powerful countries. When the public outrage started shaking the thrones of the powerful, the 'great' ones decided to usher in a new 'liberal' world order.

ECI explains in detail why reported ‘mismatch’ of data and allegations of ‘ghost votes’ being polled is fake news

The Election Commission of India has now released a detailed note explaining why the reported mismatch of data is alarmist and nothing but malicious rumour mongering.

Mamata Banerjee’s response to ‘belligerent’ slogans of Jai Shree Ram: Directs TMC workers to greet callers with ‘Jai Bangla Jai Hind’

TMC workers across the state have been strictly instructed to greet people on phone by “Jai Bangla, Jai hind” instead of "Hello" only after which they can continue the conversation

ED summons Congress era Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel in connection with Deepak Talwar illegal aviation deals case

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned UPA era Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patel, on the 6th of June in the Deepak Talwar illicit aviation deals case.

Political consolidation of all castes: Narrative of BJP being an ‘upper caste’ party is malicious and another attempt to wound Hindu unity

The BJP will be acutely aware that they are dependent on this Hindu consolidation for its stellar performance and going forward, if it is to do well, then it has to further cement it.

On the day Amit Shah takes charge of Home Ministry, 5 Kashmiri youth shun the path of terrorism and surrender: Report

The 5 youths shunned the path of terrorism after their families appealed them to return back

Here is why comparing the recent job data with past data is faulty and foolish

The method to calculate job data has been changed, hence it can’t be compared with past data.

Here are the 5 major decisions taken in the first 24 hours of the new Modi government being sworn in

A day after swearing in, Prime Minister Modi met with the new Cabinet met on Friday and made some key decisions fulfilling the election promises that were made in the manifesto.

It is not the sole responsibility of the ‘right’ or the ‘left’ to criticise Modi, it is just the time to discuss, debate and...

Over the course of last 5 years, I’ve come to a conclusion that labels such as political, cultural or economic right (or the left) are too restrictive, and often, an oversimplification of the diverse set of ideas that an individual may represent.

Sonia Gandhi elected to head Congress Parliamentary Party as she thanks Rahul Gandhi for ‘toiling hard’ to take on Modi govt

Sonia Gandhi has been elected to head the Congress Parliamentary Party just like the last time

Congress fails to introspect, blames Rahul Gandhi’s humiliating defeat from Amethi on lack of cooperation from SP and BSP

The conclusion that the panel drew was unsurprising considering it deflected all the blame to SP-BSP and shielded Rahul Gandhi from taking any part of the blame for his loss in Amethi

India Today’s ‘Anti Fake News War Room’ goes to war against a watermarked meme, again

The so-called 'fact-check' was shared on Twitter by Rahul Kanwal, who is the Director of India Today and Aaj Tak and in his bio, calls himself a 'fake news slayer'.

Pakistan blown away by pace as West Indies coasts to a win

West Indies strolled to a comfortable 7 wickets win in just 13.4 Overs of their innings.

Preview – Match 3: New Zealand v Sri Lanka could be another one sided game?

First two matches of the 2019 world cup have been one-sided, and the third match could prove to be no different.

Shekhar Gupta admits that journalists chose to ignore the positive effects of Modi government’s welfare schemes

Shekhar Gupta admits that journalists deliberately ignored how various schemes of Modi govt were helping people

First decision of new government dedicated to those who protect India, major changes made in Scholarship Scheme under National Defence Fund

The Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme under the NDF is provided to encourage technical and post-graduate education for the widows and wards of the deceased/ex-service personnel.

World Cup: Match 2 – Pakistan v West Indies in numbers

The match ended in just 35.2 overs with Pakistan scoring their second worst batting total in world cups.

An iron hand and zero tolerance policy can ease Traffic and Pollution situation easily

A few points on how Traffic can be made to run smoothly in the existing scenario.

‘Cannot allow Hindus to vote anymore,’ Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP tells party workers

The comment was made while analyzing the results of the Lok Sabha elections in which the BJP managed to increase its tally to 18 seats in the state.

India’s GDP grew by 6.8% in the last financial year, quarterly rate fell below 6% in the last quarter

The GDP growth rate for the financial year 2018-19 was 6.8% at constant price, and 11.2% at the current price.

Grenade flung at CRPF camp in Kashmir, firing underway between the forces and terrorists

In an ongoing encounter in Shopian, 3 terrorists have been already neutralised by Forces

David Warner declared fit, will open for Australia

Warner, who opens the batting, was earlier doubtful for the first match of the world cup.

Journalist Rana Ayyub continues to smoulder as Amit Shah is appointed as Union Minister of Home Affairs

Ever Since BJP has scored a comprehensive victory in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, “dark” days have started for Rana Ayyub

Gurugram ‘hate crime’: Police says Barkat Alam may have been tutored to give it a communal angle

Barkat Alam's cousin reveals Alam's mysterious visit to Delhi following which the 'hate crime' angle seems to have garnered steam

Kashmir: Over half a dozen Hijbul Mujahideen overground workers sending information to Pakistan identified by security forces

The overground workers have already sent information relating to Jammu city, military stations located at the border of Kathua, Udhampur, and Doda Kishtawad to Pakistan.

Within a day of assuming office, PM Modi fulfils pre-poll promise to create Jal Shakti Ministry

The forming of the Jal Shakti Ministry is in line with PM Modi's promise of ensuring safe drinking water to all households

Character assassination: ‘Liberals’ try to malign union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi by raking up the murder of Christian Missionary Graham Staines

The Wadhwa Commission that investigated the murder made it clear that there was no evidence to suggest that Bajrang Dal was involved in the crime.

New sheriff in town: Three wishes for Home Minister Amit Shah

Amit Shah is the new Home Minister and here is my wishlist for him

Model-actress and cancer survivor Lisa Ray exposes Telegraph for inherent sexism

Instead of publishing an author image, The Telegraph published a sensuous picture of Lisa Ray with her article.

Wasim, main accused in the murder of Smriti Irani’s aide in Amethi arrested

Smriti Irani's aide was murdered in Amethi just hours after the results were declared where Irani defeated Congress President in what has always been considered the party's 'safe seat'

Admiral Karambir Singh takes over as the 24th Chief of the Naval Staff

The admiral has a career spanning nearly 37 years and was appointed as the next Chief of Naval Staff by the Modi government

Bangladesh based terror outfit JMB ties up with LeT to establish bases near the border

Bangladesh based terror outfit JMB ties up with Pakistan based LeT to establish bases near the border

This tweet of Arvind Kejriwal predicting Amit Shah as Home Minister has come back to haunt him

Amit Shah is the new Home Minister and BJP supporters can't stop mocking AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal

A constant reminder? Rafale replica placed outside Air Chief Marshal’s residence in Delhi across Congress HQ

That a replica of the aircraft has now come up next to their headquarters makes one wonder if the Wheels of Fate themselves are having a laugh at the expense of the Congress party's misfortune.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim brother kills woman for marrying a Hindu man

Woman’s family was angry over her choosing to marry outside religion and changing her religion of birth.

Mamata’s intolerance: 10 people have been arrested after Mamata got irked hearing ‘Jai Shree Ram’, threatened action

Banerjee who is known to be hypersensitive even when it comes to humour or constructive criticism has in recent times been displaying similar volatility to the name of Lord Ram

She cares, that is why she won: Asha Bhosle thanks Smriti Irani for helping her post oath-taking ceremony

Smriti Irani defeated Congress President Rahul Gandhi from Amethi by over 50,000 votes

Preview – Match 2: Pakistan v West Indies – Battle of Dark Horses

Pakistan and West Indies will face each other in the second match of the World Cup.

Begusarai: BJP Panchayat President killed after he was allegedly hit by iron rods, police undertakes further investigation

In yet another post-poll violence, a BJP worker from Begusarai was murdered last night

Video: Do we have the Catch of the World Cup already?

England player Ben Stokes took a stunner in the outfield in the first match of the world cup.