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Arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and alleged close friend of Robert Vadra ready to spill beans: Reports

Bhandari has reportedly contacted some senior officials through an associate recently.

‘Unauthorised change in ownership’ leads to cancellation of registration of CPI(M) mouthpiece Daily Desher Katha

For the first time in four decades, the paper didn't get published on Tuesday, 2nd October

Fearing action through Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, defaulters pay up Rs 1.1 lakh crores

Finance minister Arun Jaitley called it a success of IBC, as they aimed at recovering 1.8 lakh crore this fiscal year.

Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi’s flimsy allegations don’t stand the test of facts

Modi government needs to be applauded for swift decision making

Bijnaur: Disabled cleaner stabbed, Suleiman and Imran arrested

The entire incident was captured in CCTV

Pro-AAP video blogger Dhruv Rathee gets sued for defamation to the tune of Rs 15 lakhs

"He provided no proof for his baseless, motivated allegations. Freedom of Expression is not the right to lie".

Delhi: 31 year old Ankit Garg shot dead, sister accuses family of Muslim girl he was in love with

Earlier this year, one Ankit Saxena was killed, allegedly by the family members of the Muslim girl he was in relationship with.

Shiv Bhakt Rahul expels partymen for chanting Har Har Mahadev, BJP lashes out

Congress claims that the three expelled leaders had disregarded party discipline.

Who are these goons jumping on Tanushree’s car from this 2008 viral video?

In a viral video is it claimed that political goons were attacking Tanushree Dutta's car.

Karnataka Minister garlands Sir M Visvesvaraya statue, but fails to name whose statue it was

The minister apparently failed to name whose statue he has just paid respects to and was seen asking his assistant for help.

‘Non-partisan’ journalist Karan Thapar appeals to people to join a platform of the Congress party

The mainstream media has been often accused in recent times of harbouring a partisan .

Chopper with PoK official breaches Indian air space, Army fires warning shots

According to the existing rules between both the countries, helicopters are not allowed to enter each other's airspace within a kilometer of the LoC.

As a Scot, I agree with VP Venkaiah Naidu. Every country should preserve its culture and heritage

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s vision has to be the right way forward.

Bengal: Son thrashed and mother forced to drink urine for praising Modi in a Facebook post

A mother was forced to drink the urine of a miscreant in Bengal for the crime of being a mother to a son, who praised Modi.

Pehlu Khan case: Police finds no evidence of firing on Pehlu Khan’s sons and witnesses

The police examined CCTV footage and no 'black SUV' which reportedly opened fire at them could be seen

Enforcement Directorate attaches Nirav Modi’s foreign assets worth 637 crores

The properties in New York were allegedly brought from money laundered in the PNB scam

Will the selectors be brave enough to drop MS Dhoni from the ODI side?

Dhoni is still an incredibly fit athlete and his performance behind the stumps is as good as ever, but there are factors not in his favour.

Fact check: Did govt ‘force’ employees in Jammu and Kashmir to buy health insurance from Reliance

The state government had invited tenders from all general insurance companies in June.

Media professional says Vivek Tiwari’s wife deserved her husband murdered because she voted for Yogi

This is not the first time that posts celebrating the death of people who voted for the BJP have surfaced.

Watch: TMC goons caught on camera while beating up a woman

She was beaten up twice by TMC goons

The shaky Grand Alliance: Now SP wants a share of the pie from Congress in other states too

The Samajwadi Party is looking for a pan-India pact with Congress but Congress does not want SP to spread its wings in other states.

Bishop Franco case: Catholic Church escapes scrutiny, again

In other words, Bishop Franco Mulakkal was wearing three levels of magic armour.

Huge number of Rohingyas travelling to Southern states, Railways alert RPF

The Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently clarified that Rohingyas are considered to 'illegal immigrants' and could pose a security threat.

Kalpana Tiwari, on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal, we are sorry

It is unfortunate that Kejriwal has brought down the political discourse to such a low level

NDTV becomes a Pay channel, usual suspects call it attack on freedom of expression by Modi govt

NDTV promoters are being probed by the present government for their role in a financial fraud.

Questions about what Rahul Gandhi was doing in Germany and if it was related to Rafale gathers steam

these speculations are only in the realm of possibility with no proof

Arvind Kejriwal shouldn’t link everything with religion: Vivek Tiwari’s wife on Kejriwal’s ‘communal twist’ to Lucknow murder

Unfortunate that Arvind Kejriwal has taken the political discourse in India to such a low level where he communalises a death.

Gauri Lankesh Case: Accused Waghmare says police offered 25 lakhs to confess, claims torture by SIT

The SIT had hit a roadblock accused Parashuram Waghmare had recently refused to confess to the crime before the magistrate.

Caught on CCTV: Pakistani official stealing wallet of a Kuwaiti delegate

The officer has been arrested and legal proceedings have been initiated against him by Pakistan government

Surgical Strikes 2.0? Rumours abound after Rajnath Singh hints at strong action by Indian Army

Home Minister Rajnath Singh had himself said today that 'something big has happened 2-3 days back'.

Aadhar judgement has not gone far enough: NITI Ayog CEO

The apex court should have asked the centre for guidelines instead of scrapping section 57, says Amitabh Kant

Bhartiyata: The essence of Bharat

We believe in empowering each Bharatiya so that Bharatiyata in them blooms like the lotus of BJP.

Eeny Meeny Mynie Moh: Angry Gods

Eeny, Meeny, Mynie, and Moh left the building without paying the bill.

Hindutva in the age of Social Media

Social Media is littered with songs, memes and blogs which all contributed to the mainstreaming of Hindutva.

Srinagar: special police officer posted in PDP MLAs residence runs off with seven AK-47s

The police have announced a reward of Rs 2 lakhs to capture the deserter

No Swara Bhaskar, we will not be silenced : Read the defamation notice and our response

We have categorically rejected all charges, refused to take the articles down and certainly refused to apologise.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor participated in event along with a man who called Maoists ‘patriots’

The event was organized  by the Centre for Human Rights and the NSS of NUALS, Kochi.

The Sabarimala verdict is anything but a gender equality win

I’m a Hindu woman and believer who is #READYTOWAIT and with this verdict, I feel utterly cheated and defeated

Massive security breach in Facebook, 90 million accounts affected

Facebook is already facing scrutiny for allegedly leaking millions of users' data to Cambridge Analytica

Uttarakhand High Court orders strict implementation of ban on porn sites

The Uttarakhand high court has taken suo motu cognisance of a recent gang rape of a schoolgirl in Dehradun.

UP: Congress working committee member booked for forcing wife to sleep with party leaders

The victim has alleged that Shan Mohammad used to beat her up and if she refused to have sexual relationships with his party leaders.

India’s IMPS rated the best real time payment system in the world

IMPS has been rated better than similar payment systems from US, Singapore, Germany etc

Dance teacher who posed as PM Modi’s ‘spiritual guru’ arrested

He sought VIP treatment by showing his forged pictures with Modi

Uttar Pradesh: 111 antique metal coins assumed to be from Mughal era found

The coins will be sent to the archaeological department for further examination.

Rahul Gandhi: Mad(e) in India

Has Amethi even made a 'Patli Pin Ka charger' in all these years?