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‘We meet people face-to-face, not via Facebook’: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde slams MVA, says opponents will find themselves unemployed after elections

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Criticising the erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA govt for its failures, Shinde stressed the importance of fieldwork over social media activism. “Work face-to-face rather than going live on Facebook,” he said.
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Sagarika Ghose downplays Sandeshkhali unrest as ‘local land dispute’ politicised by ‘outsiders’, goes on a deranged rant against PM Modi

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Sagarika Ghose wasted no time in downplaying the unrest in Sandeshkhali village, which took place after scores of women took to the streets demanding justice for the atrocities committed against them by TMC goons.
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UP: Hindu girl assaulted by Sabir and his family, forced her to perform nikah and convert to Islam, case filed

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The victim claimed that she was locked in a room for several days and beaten. During this time, the girl was put under pressure to convert to Islam.
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News Reports

‘I have a roadmap for next 25 years’: PM Modi presents ’75-day report card’ at Republic Summit, lists infra projects worth ₹9 lakh crores

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PM Modi said, "This decade is to fulfil those aspirations, which once seemed impossible to the people of India."
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News Reports

USA: Little boys sexually assaulted, live-streamed to paedophiles for money, Florida woman, her son and boyfriend charged for gruesome torture

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Walquiria Cassini is facing capital charges for sexual assault of two minors
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News Reports

Cracks appear within the I.N.D.I.Alliance yet again, CPI to contest elections separately in Assam

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Previously, the Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress had also announced to contest elections separately in West Bengal and ruled out any possible scope of alliance with the grand-old-party.
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News Reports

Modi govt extends Ujjwala cooking gas cylinder subsidies for 2024-25, LPG prices reduced by Rs 100 on Women’s Day

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As of March 1, 2024, there are more than 10.27 crore PMUY beneficiaries. The total expenditure will be Rs 12,000 crore for the financial year 2024-25.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Telangana Congress govt’s order to take over Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple by appointing Executive Officer, issues notice

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The Supreme Court on 7th March stayed the attempts of the Congress govt in Telangana to take over the Sri Veerabhadra Swamy, known as the Machileshwarnath Temple, at Ranga Reddy District.
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News Reports

Cabinet Committee on Security clears around ₹15,000 crore project to design and develop 5th generation stealth fighter jet AMCA by DRDO

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Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the project to design and develop the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft fifth generation stealth fighter jet project to be undertaken by the DRDO.
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves over ₹10,300 crore for IndiaAI Mission, to establish a comprehensive ecosystem catalysing AI innovation

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The Union Cabinet on 7th March approved an allocation of ₹10,371.92 crore for the IndiaAI Mission, marking a significant step towards bolstering India’s AI ecosystem
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News Reports

‘Nowadays only Sita’s and Nita’s husbands matter in India’: Bollywood paparazzo Viral Bhayani insults Hindu faith, apologises after netizens outrage

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Viral Bhayani is a content creator and entertainment reporter
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Police ready for peaceful implementation of CAA in Uttar Pradesh, will not allow law and order situation to deteriorate: DGP Prashant Kumar

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DGP Prashant Kumar assured that the implementation of the CAA and the NRC will be carried out peacefully in Uttar Pradesh.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi to present the first ever National Creators Award on 8 March, over 1.5 lakh nominations and around 10 lakh votes were cast

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present the first-ever National Creators Award at 10:30 am on 8th March at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
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News Reports

Origins of caste system are less than a century old, can’t lay blame on ancient Varna system alone: Madras High Court

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The caste system as we know it now is less than a century old, and the caste difference cannot be linked only to the ancient Varna system, stated the Madras High Court
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News Reports

India, Indonesia central banks sign agreement to promote use of local currencies for bilateral transactions

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The MoU covers all current account transactions, permissible capital account transactions and any other economic and financial transactions in local currencies as agreed upon by both countries.
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News Reports

Will 13000 illegal madrasas in UP be closed? SIT report says most illegal madrasas built along the Indo-Nepal border using money from Gulf countries

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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) tasked with probing illegal madrasas in Uttar Pradesh has identified 13,000 such madrasas
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News Reports

Senior advocate Hari Shankar Jain writes to PM Modi seeking permission for Hindus to perform puja inside disputed ‘Adina mosque’ in West Bengal

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The disputed 'Adina mosque' was built by Sikandar Shah of the Ilyas Sultanate in 1373-1374 using the ruins of the Adinath Mandir which he destroyed at the time
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News Reports

As PM Modi shares pictures of ‘Shankaracharya Hill’, read how the place was attempted to be Islamised as ‘Takht-e-Suleman’ in attempt to erase Hindu...

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The Prime Minister calling the said mountains Shankaracharya Hill holds immense significance given the past attempts at Islamising the place as ‘Takh-e-Suleman’. There have been countless efforts to erase the Hindu heritage across the country, but none at the scale seen in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Assam: Amir Ali gets life sentence, Ferdus Alom gets 20 years jail in child marriage case from Morigaon

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Earlier, the Assam government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had launched a massive crackdown against child marriage with police arresting more than 4000 people across the state.
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Uttar Pradesh: Two minor sisters commit suicide after brutal gang rape, then father kills himself after being pressurised to compromise in the case

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The two girl were gang-raped in February and they committed suicide on 29th February, then the father killed himself after he was pressurised to compromise in the case
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Opinions

Modi 3.0 is inevitable and with that, here is a 19-item wishlist of policies: From ending CSR to healthcare overhaul, history book revision and...

Ganesh R -
We need to set up the runway for the next stage of growth to take off, in our lifetimes. Yet another generation can’t be condemned to living in the depravity
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News Reports

Ankit Saxena murder: Delhi court awards life imprisonment to Akbar, Shehnaz and Salim for gruesome murder of Hindu man

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Delhi court sentenced three to life imprisonment in Ankit Saxena murder case
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Delhi Development Authority issues notice to Hindu refugees from Pakistan living in Yamuna floodplain area to vacate the place, action after NGT order

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Over a hundred Pakistani refugee families have been living in Majnu Ka TIlla in Delhi for more than a decade.
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News Reports

‘Modiji will remain India’s PM for the next 10 years’: Home Minister Amit Shah at Republic Summit 2024

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"We have had our government at the centre for 10 years. But even our opponents cannot blame Modi ji for even 4 annas worth of corruption. We have governed with transparency," Amit Shah added.
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Opinions

A young, brilliant classical dancer – Amarnath Ghosh – was brutally murdered in USA: A tale of shoddy investigation and unanswered questions

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Amarnath Ghosh - a young, brilliant classical dancer from India goes to the USA on a full fellowship to graduate - only to be murdered
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News Reports

Bengaluru bomb blast case: Suspected terrorist stopped near mosque, changed attire and used BMTC buses, NIA recovers baseball cap

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued images featuring the suspected terrorist.
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California: Former Google engineer Linwei Ding charged with stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese companies

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A former Google engineer was reportedly charged with stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese companies. 38-year-old Linwei Ding was arrested and charged with theft of trade secrets in California
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Rahul Gandhi supporter Shyam Meera Singh peddles casteist division after politician Dhananjay Singh convicted in criminal case

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YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh shared a post on his X handle to peddle casteist division over the conviction of criminal politician Dhananjay Singh
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Karnataka: Students asked to bring answer sheets for class 5, 8 and 9 board exams, BJP hits out at Congress govt

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Karnataka's Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) had announced that it would supply only question papers for the board exam of classes 5, 8, and 9, and asked the students to bring their answer sheets
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Uttar Pradesh: BJP leader Pramod Yadav who contested in 2012 against former BSP MP Dhananjay Singh shot dead in Jaunpur

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The police have obtained the CCTV footage of the area where Pramod Yadav was murdered
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Haryana: People climb walls of school buildings to help students cheat in board exams, video viral

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On Wednesday (6th March), people scaled the walls of a school building in Nuh district, Haryana, to assist students in cheating on their Class 10 board exams.
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Will be arrested if magical healing is practised: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma warns AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal

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Himanta Biswa Sarma warned Badruddin Ajmal against the practice of banned 'magical healing' and threatened to arrest him if he breached the state law.
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UK: Biological male dressed up as a woman reports Harry Potter author JK Rowling to police, wants her arrested for ‘misgendering’ him

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The Harry Potter author, slammed the ‘trans activist’, calling Willoughby a “trans-identified man” adding that “there is no human right to universal validation.
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Pakistan Zindabad slogans: 24 retired IAS, IPS officers write to Vice President Dhankhar to halt Rajya Sabha oath-taking of Congress leader Naseer Hussain

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Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said that the FSL report had confirmed that slogans of Pakistan Zindabad were raised during the victory celebration of Naseer Hussain at the Vidhan Soudha complex.
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Kanpur: ED raids premises of jailed SP MLA Irfan Solanki and close aides including brother Rizwan

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The SP MLA in 2022 sheltered a group of Bangladeshis by using his position to authorise them as Indian nationals
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‘If Narendra Modi becomes PM again, India will be in debt by 2026’: Prakash Ambedkar claims ‘all projects are going to Gujarat’

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Prakash Ambedkar also attempted to throw some numbers to support his claims. He accused the BJP government of misusing central investigation agencies to exert pressure on opposition leaders to join the BJP.
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2024 US Presidential elections: Nikki Haley officially ends her campaign, says Trump has yet to win over her supporters

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Haley’s withdrawal from the Presidential elections came after Trump’s overwhelming victory on Super Tuesday where he secured almost all states
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Mutilated body of Hindu boy recovered from deep pit, Ejad, Suhan, Shabir held: Murdered over ‘affair with Muslim girl’ or being witness to cow...

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The police has said that the exact reason behind the murder will be known only after investigation
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‘Don’t go to Modi’s rally’: Kashmir residents receive threat calls from international numbers ahead of PM’s event in Srinagar

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Locals in kashmir recieved threat calls not to attend PM Modi program
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Delhi anti-Hindu riots 2020: Karkardooma court discharges Ajmat Ali, Shadab Alam and 9 others citing lack of evidence

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Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala discharged the 11 accused persons namely Ajmat Ali, Shadab Alam, Naved, Mohd Shahid, Mohd Sakir, Nadeem, Mohd Sohail alias Soel, Sultan Ahmed, Wazid, Suleman and Mohd Faeem.
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Rahul Gandhi demands CBI probe into the death of veterinary student JS Sidhharthan, accuses Kerala govt of shielding the accused SFI members

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Rahul Gandhi called for a probe by CBI into the death of a student, JS Sidhharthan, who was found hanging inside his college hostel on February 18
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Crime

UP: Anees Ahmed sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a Dalit woman after befriending her posing as Akash, had converted her to Ayesha

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The Dalit woman was repeatedly sexually assaulted under the pretext of marriage by Anees pretending to be Akash.
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Larger conspiracy to stop Republic, all media industry knew this was fake: Arnab Goswami after winning the fake TRP scam case

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Accompanied with Arnab, Republic Journalist Abhishek Kapoor described the case as ‘hate crime’ against Republic and personally against Arnab Goswami. 
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West Bengal: CID hands over Sheikh Shahjahan to CBI after Calcutta HC issued contempt notice for not following the order

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The CID handed over the suspended TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali, to the CBI
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Uttar Pradesh: Former MP and History-sheeter Dhananjay Singh sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in kidnapping, extortion case

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On 10th May 2020, Muzaffarnagar resident Abhinav Singhal filed a case against Dhananjay Singh and his partner Vikram at the Linebazar police station. The case was registered under sections of kidnapping, extortion, conspiracy and others.
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‘Comparing Sanatana Dharma to HIV, malaria against constitutional principles’: Madras HC castigates Udhayanidhi Stalin, but dismisses plea

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DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin had compared Sanatana Dharma with coronavirus, malaria, and vowed to uproot it.
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Election Commission asks Rahul Gandhi to be cautious in public speeches, advises to avoid words like ‘panauti’ and ‘pickpocket’

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Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued an advisory to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to be cautious in his public utterances, sources said.
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Mumbai court rules that TRP case against Republic TV filed by Uddhav Thackeray govt is baseless, orders withdrawal saying witnesses were threatened

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The Maharashtra state submitted in the court that the cases and evidence against Arnab Goswami and his channel Republic TV were fake and falsified.
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Rameshwaram Cafe blast: NIA announces Rs 10 lakh bounty for information about the bomber

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The NIA announced a reward of Rs 10 lakhs for information about the bomber in connection with the blast at Bengaluru's Rameshwaram cafe.
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Bengaluru water crisis: State government takes control of all private tankers, people pay sky-high prices for tankers as borewells go dry

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The water crisi in Bengaluru has reached to the residences of chief minister and deputy chief minister as well.
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