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Leading OTT platform wanted The Kashmir Files to not use the term ‘Islamic Terrorism’ or insert ‘Hindu terrorism’ in dialogues, Vivek Agnihotri reveals

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The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri talks about challenges faced while telling the truth about Kashmiri Hindu genocide because of so-called politically correct OTT platforms
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News Reports

‘Pure fiction and work of a rogue individual’: Actress Sonakshi Sinha dismisses reports of non-bailable warrant against her

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The Bollywood actress claimed that a unnamed man has been trying to gain publicity at her expense and extort money from her by tarnishing her image.
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News Reports

SC to hear PIL seeking VVPAT verification at the beginning of counting, rejects urgent hearing request by Chandrababu Naidu

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RTI activist Rakesh Kumar in his application has sought that the number of polling booths where mandatory VVPAT verification is done should be increased from 5 per constituency to 25 or in proportion to the size of the constituency.
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News Reports

IT Dept raids premises linked to Aaditya Thackeray’s close aide Shiv Sena leader Rahul Kanal

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Shiv Sena leader Rahul Kanal also shares a close relationship with actor Salman Khan and has participated many events linked to Khan and his organisation Being Human
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: DMK minister PK Sekar Babu’s daughter seeks police protection from her father after inter-caste marriage

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PK Sekar Babu’s daughter Jayakalyani said she started receiving death threats after marrying a Dalit man, Satish Kumar
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World

Taliban extends greetings to Afghan women on International Women’s Day, promise facilities in ‘light of Islam and accepted tradition’

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The Taliban government in Afghanistan have issued a statement on International Women's Day, claiming they are committed to addressing the plight of Afghan women
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News Reports

CMIE’s Ajay Shah, a close aide of Congress leader P Chidambaram, under CBI scanner in NSE co-location and algo trading scam: Details

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Ajay Shah was named by CBI as one of the accused who was instrumental in exploiting the co-location facility in the name of carrying out "research"
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News Reports

Russia declines to attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice on its invasion of Ukraine

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Russia refused to attend an ICJ hearing on an Ukrainian application accusing Russia of conducting acts of genocide and moving provisional measures against the country in the top court
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News Reports

Karnataka: Police invoke UAPA charges against Kasif and 9 others accused in Harsha murder case, suspect a ‘larger conspiracy behind the murder’

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The Karnataka police have pressed charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 against the 10 people arrested in connection with the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha
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News Reports

Did you know: Chalukya Queen Rani Naiki Devi had once defeated Islamic marauder Muhammad Ghori in the battle of Kayadara

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Rani Naiki Devi was the daughter of Mahamandaleshwar Parmadi, the king of Kadamba. She defeated Ghori in 1178.
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News Reports

A doctor refused to perform organ transplant because it was ‘haram’: French physician spills the beans on how Islamists are affecting the healthcare system

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The former Charlie Hebdo columnist said that the situation is further aggravated by inaction against Islamic fundamentalists by the hospital management, out of the fear of being labelled 'racist'.
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News Reports

Russia-Ukraine war: 21-year old student from Tamil Nadu joins Ukraine armed forces to fight Russia

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Sainikhesh had always wanted to join the Army and be a soldier. He had made several attempts to join the Indian Army but couldn't make it.
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News Reports

Kerala: Kannur Police arrests Afzal and his wife Balkis with MDMA and other drugs worth over Rs 1.5 crore

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The drugs were smuggled into the Kannur region via parcels and couriers on buses from Bangalore.
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News Reports

Audrey Truschke: ‘Historian’ on an anti-India mission, links to Christian missionary organisation, Pakistan and rabid hatred for Hindus

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Audrey, who completed her PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, is married to Thane Rehn, son of Nathan Rehn, a pastor from the United States who ran missionary activities in India for a long time, as per reports.
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News Reports

USA: Al-Qaeda terrorist who wanted to participate in 9/11 attacks released for psychiatric treatment, Biden administration dropped legal challenge

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The prisoner named al-Qahtani was trained by Islamist terror outfit Al-Qaeda and had tried to enter the United States unsuccessfully on August 4, 2001, to participate in the deadly 9/11 attacks.
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Media Fact-Check

Chinese state media spreads fake news that India lit up Qutub Minar in Russian flag colour amid Ukraine-Russia war

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Qutub Minar was illuminated on March 5 to mark the fourth year of Jan Aushadhi Diwas, which is celebrated every year on March 7 under Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
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News Reports

‘A direct conversation with President Zelenskyy may greatly assist the ongoing peace efforts’: PM Modi to Russian President Vladimir Putin

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President Putin briefed PM Modi about measures taken to facilitate the evacuation of stranded Indians in Ukraine.
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News Reports

NCP leader Nawab Malik sent to 14-day judicial custody in money laundering case linked to Dawood Ibrahim: Details

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Nawab Malik was arrested on 23 February 2022 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case
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Media

As the Russia-Ukraine heats up, media lionises child soldiers carrying assault weapons: All you need to know

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The Daily Monitor and AFP did not pay heed to the fact that the disturbing images glorify the use of 'child soldiers' and increase their recruitment amidst the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
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News Reports

As netizens speculate over the cause of the meeting between Punjab CM Channi and Home Minister Amit Shah, here is why the two leaders...

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Punjab CM Channi met Amit Shah to discuss the appointment of BBMB board members and rescuing Punjab students from Ukraine
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News Reports

Terrorist Zahoor Mistry who was involved in IC-814 plane highjacking case killed in Pakistan’s Karachi: Report

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Zahoor Mistry was living under fake identity of Zahid Akhund and was shot dead in Karachi's Akhtar colony on March 1.
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News Reports

BJP to retain power in Uttar Pradesh with comfortable majority, AAP set to sweep Punjab: Exit polls for 2022 Assembly Elections

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Exit polls for Uttar Pradesh state Assembly elections predict BJP will return to power with comfortable majority
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News Reports

ED permits ‘The Quint’ founder Raghav Bahl, accused of money laundering, to travel abroad with conditions, lawyer claims travel needed for ‘health reason’

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The decision came after the lawyer of Raghav Bahl stated that the latter and his wife need to travel abroad for health reasons
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How Hindu temples and organizations are providing humanitarian assistance during Russia Ukraine war: Details

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Several Indian and Hindu groups have vowed to assist the victims of the Russia-Ukraine war in whatever manner they can.
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Maharashtra Court grants Rahul Gandhi exemption from appearance in ‘RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi’ defamation case since he is ‘busy’ with polls

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Congress scion Rahul Gandhi was granted exemption from appearing in person during the hearing in the 2014 'RSS killed Mahatama Gandhi' defamation case filed against him as he was 'busy'
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Bombay HC to hear plea against The Kashmir Files, petitioner Intezar Hussain says movie hurts Muslim sentiments

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Determined to showcase the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus on-screen through The Kashmir Files, Vivek Agnihotri has earlier said, "I can’t be silenced.”
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News Reports

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav deems Operation Ganga a failure after India successfully evacuates over 13000 stranded citizens from strife-torn Ukraine

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In a bizarre statement, Akhilesh Yadav said he would have appreciated the GoI if Indians were rescued from Ukraine.
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News Reports

Jharkhand ‘faith healing’ controversy: BJP, VHP say rampant illegal conversions happening under Soren govt

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Recently, a new controversy over unlawful religious conversion had emerged in Jharkhand. Local Hindus and Sikhs have accused one Ravi Singh, a Christian pastor of running a mass conversion racket in the name of 'healing'.
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Russian Salad goes off the table in this Kerala cafe, the move comes in ‘solidarity with people of Ukraine’

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In Kerala, a cafe has decided to de-table a dish called 'Russian Salad' amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Media

Dainik Bhaskar group accused of illegally grabbing land meant for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes issues summons

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Dainik Bhaskar summoned by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes for illegally grabbing the land meant for the scheduled tribes.
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Opinions

The symmetry between 2006 Varanasi bomb blasts and 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Carnages preceded by violent protests by Muslim demonstrators

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The 2006 Varanasi bomb blasts were preceded by a wave of protests carried out by Muslim protesters
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Opinions

Women in the Indian movie and entertainment industry: Still caged inside toxic stereotypes

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We are in 2022, but our TV serials still show that the illiterate, cowering, demure, never arguing, dumb bahu is the good bahu and the good daughter, but the educated, smart, assertive, confident woman is the villain, whose only goal in life is to scheme and try to steal the husbands of all the good bahus.
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News Reports

Chinese citizens stranded in Ukraine blame their govt for abandoning them, say embassy did not help at all

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The Chinese citizens stranded in Ukraine have been blaming their own government for failing to help them in their time of need
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Fresh contempt of court proceedings sought against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra after ‘l*vda pakad ke jhul ja’ video goes viral

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A letter has been written to India's Attorney General, KK Venugopal, stating that Kunal Kamra has vilified and defamed the Indian judicial system
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Congress spokesperson criticised evacuation from war-torn Ukraine in military aircraft ‘which does not have seat belts’, gets schooled

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While the Modi government is busy evacuating stranded Indian nationals from Ukraine under 'Operation Ganga', the Opposition Congress party has stooped to undermining the government's initiative
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Congress uses the Russia-Ukraine War to target Modi govt, had earlier fanned North-South divide: How the statement that plays petty politics

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The statement by AICC asks us to remember how Indian Nationals were evacuated during the Congress year when wars in the Gulf, Libya and Iraq broke out
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World

Russia announces ceasefire in Sumy, opens two different routes for stranded Indian students to evacuate

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The first route is the one that gives passage to Indian students stranded in Sumy, Ukraine to Belgorod, Russia on the eastern side. The second route facilitates the passage of Indian students through central Ukraine.
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World

Amid Russia-Ukraine war, women in Paris go topless to protest against Vladimir Putin

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The protesting women have painted on their body the Ukrainian flag and slogans in protest of the war.
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News Reports

Amidst continued provocation, Uddhav Thackeray hopes for Chinese money, may have to scrap plans due to Modi govt’s strict policy

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Maharashtra government has been writing to Centre to ease policy for foreign direct investment as the Rs 5,000 crore investment plan from China have been stalled after Galwan clashes.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal spent ₹11 lacs of taxpayer’s money in ‘medical treatment’ of family members between Financial Year 2015-2021, reveals RTI

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While Arvind Kejriwal spent ₹2,91,913 in FY 2015-2016, the medical expenditure was more double at ₹7,95,453 in FY 2016-2017.
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News Reports

Russian Defence Ministry says they found evidence of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, deadly pathogens were ‘urgently destroyed’

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Russian Defense agency claimed that the Ukraine govt instructed the US-funded biolabs to destroy deadly pathogens on February 24.
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Opinions

‘Ralive, Tsalive, Galive’: The Kashmir Files should shake our collective conscience and make our politicians, media who quietly let Kashmiri Hindus die accountable

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Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. Which is why Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files should be seen by every Indian so the bloody history of the valley is not forgotten
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News Reports

Republic Bharat beats all news channels in daily real-time live stream viewership on YouTube

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Republic Bharat leads in live viewing on YouTube, according to daily figures given by Data Beings, a data analytics company.
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News Reports

‘Liberals’ get #MeToo accused MJ Akbar off speaker list from Jaipur Lit Fest but Festival Director who is also #MeToo accused stays

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While MJ Akbar has been de-platformed, liberals ensured that MeToo accused William Dalrymple continues to remain the co-Director of JLF.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh police slaps charges related to pornography, fake news after arresting journalist over writing satire mocking Congress leaders

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Nilesh Sharma who runs the popular political satire 'Gharwa Ke Mati' in Chhattisgarh, was arrested on March 2.
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News Reports

PM Modi suggests students take advantage of India being the third-largest start-up ecosystem

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PM Modi said, "Students are representing the generation in front of which there are infinite opportunities."
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Indian national Harjot Singh, who had sustained bullet injuries in Kyiv and lost his passport, to be brought back to India from Ukraine

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Harjot Singh, the Indian national who sustained bullet injuries in Kyiv, will return to India on a flight on March 7
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Feel embarrassed that PM bought ticket but we didn’t: Devendra Fadnavis apologises for not buying ticket for inaugural ride on Pune Metro, offers payment

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Devendra Fadnavis has apologized for not buying a ticket for a ride on Pune Metro after it was inaugurated by PM Modi
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News Reports

Russian Banks to switch to Chinese payment system UnionPay after Visa and MasterCard suspend operations in Russia

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Chinese company UnionPay along with Russia's domestic system MIR will operate payment cards for Russian Banks
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Denmark plans to exempt Ukrainian refugees from controversial ‘jewellery law’ that allows police to seize valuables from immigrants to fund their stay

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In 2016, Denmark introduced Jewellery Law allowing police to confiscate valuables from immigrants and asylum seekers
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