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‘No vacancy now’: Congress gives up hope on Rahul Gandhi becoming party president? Here is what Ghulam Nabi Azad said

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Azad and Sonia Gandhi met after G-23 members of the Congress convened for a series of meetings to discuss ways to reform the party after poll debacle
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News Reports

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina writes to PM Modi for evacuating stranded Bangladeshi students from Ukraine. Here is what she said

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written to PM Narendra Modi thanking him for the support in evacuating students from Ukraine
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News Reports

Canada shoots itself in the foot: Canadian Defence Minister says the country has exhausted its weapons inventory after donating them to Ukraine

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Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand revealed that the Trudeau govt had depleted its weapons stocks in its hurry to assist Ukraine.
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi is the world’s most popular leader, approval ratings highest among 13 global leaders: Details

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Among 13 leaders surveyed by the research firm, PM Modi tops list with 77% approval rating and has the lowest disapproval rating
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Dalit man killed for his stylish moustache and lifestyle, earlier the accused had fought with him for making eye contact

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Jitendrapal Meghwal came from a Dalit background whereas the accused killers belong to the upper caste.
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Tech

Google Maps crashes, leaving billions directionless

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Late on Thursday India time at around 9:30 PM, the most used navigation app, Google Maps crashed leaving all its users directionless.
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News Reports

“We will absolutely accomplish all of our plans”: Vladimir Putin at a packed Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, hails the war to ‘de-Nazify’ Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin said that they are determined to carry out the plans that they made regarding Ukraine
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News Reports

Pakistan: 12 PTI workers and 2 legislators arrested for barging into Sindh House where dissidents had sought refuge

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PTI workers on Friday forcibly entered the Sindh House in Islamabad after protesting against dissident MNAs staying in the building.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Islamists issue death threats to Karnataka HC judges over hijab order, use children for shouting violent slogans

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The TMTJ Islamist said, "We are not afraid of Modi, Yogi and Amit shah. We are only afraid of Allah. Don’t make us lose patience. If we lose patience, then, you won’t exist."
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Politics

Gujarat AAP president Gopal Italia attacks minor son of Gujarat minister Harsh Sanghvi for singing rap song on Gujarati pride

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Gujarat AAP President Gopal Italia has asked the minister's son whether he will study in a government school.
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News Reports

PM Ujjwala Yojana reduced air pollution deaths by 13 per cent, prevented over 1.5 lakh deaths in 2019: Study

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The PM Ujjwala Yojana entailed providing clean cooking gas to the rural and deprived households in the country.
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News Reports

Hindu boy narrates real-life incident happened with him after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’, video goes viral

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The video went viral after a Kashmiri Hindu boy recounted how an incident that happened with him years ago resembled the opening incident of ‘The Kashmir Files’
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News Reports

Pakistan: Imran Khan govt staring at crisis as rebellion strikes his coalition and opposition continue to mount attack

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The Pakistan military that had once stood behind Imran Khan has now distanced itself from the govt
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Arnold Schwarzenegger issues a video message for Russians about the truth of war in Ukraine, gets called out: Here is what he said

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was called out by the netizens pointing out the USA had attacked many countries in the past
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News Reports

‘Russian oil cargoes that could not find European buyers are being bought by India’: Report

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Lars Barstad, the CEO of a New York-listed tanker company has been quoted by the FT report as saying, "the discounts on the Russian Urals for India was about $25-30 per barrel. Freight rates would add only $3-4 per barrel, making the trade economic for India."
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News Reports

‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri to get ‘Y’ category security, action taken amidst increased threat perception

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Vivek Agnihotri will get 8 CRPF soldiers and 2 commandos, in addition to police guards under the 'Y' category security.
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News Reports

After Karnataka HC’s verdict on hijab row, Muslim boys march to violate uniform rules, wear skull cap in Raichur schools

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Days after the Karnataka High Court's verdict on the hijab row, Muslim boys have now marched up to violate the uniform rules
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News Reports

Screening of ‘The Kashmir Files’ stopped briefly at a theatre in Kolkata, video of ruckus goes viral: Here is what we know so far

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Screening of The Kashmir Files stopped briefly in a Kolkata theatre, different versions of the incident appear on media
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‘Bitta’s dialogues integral part of The Kashmir Files, muting them in theatres is wrong’: Actor who played the role of Bitta Karate

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Chinmay Mandlekar, the actor who played the role of Bitta Karate in The Kashmir Files, says efforts undertaken to mute dialogues said by him are unwarranted.
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Bihar: JDU leader molests woman after inviting her to his home, women thrash him on road with slippers

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A case has been filed based on the victim's accusation, and the JDU leader has been arrested.
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Opinions

The Quint publishes report saying Ambedkar would have been in tears over hijab order: Here is why he would be smiling, demanding a stricter...

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The Quint report quoted Muslim students as saying that had Dr Ambedkar been alive, he would have been crying over hijab verdict.
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News Reports

Christian missionaries descend upon Ukraine to ‘bring the gospel’ to people suffering due to the war

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Millions fleeing the war are being targeted by American missionaries for conversion. As the refugees look to cross over to Poland for relative safety, they are being pestered by American preachers asking them to 'love Jesus'.
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News Reports

There was no time in history when a particular section was not ‘Dara Hua’ – Arif Mohammad Khan talks to Gulf News about India...

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Arif Mohammad Khan stated that partition in 1947 occurred because a particular section was suspicious at that time.
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Media

Islamists attack BBC Hindi for using an image of a Muslim couple celebrating with colours to depict Holi: Here is what happened

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Even though the BBC used the image with some 'noble' intentions to depict the colour festival of Holi, the representational image used by the media outlet triggered the usual suspects, who took to Twitter to cry 'Islamophobia'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Infamous goon Gaus Mustafa Syed arrested and paraded for assaulting a minor girl

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Gaus Mustafa Syed, who is booked for 18 different crimes, was arrested on March 17 for assaulting a minor girl
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Politics

Days after Congress attacks TMC in Lok Sabha over murder of their worker, P Chidambaram says Congress ready to be TMC’s junior partner in...

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Congress leader P. Chidambaram has said in an interview that the party is willing to be the junior partner of TMC in Bengal.
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News Reports

Delhi court frames charges against Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik under UAPA

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A court in Delhi has slapped the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on 15 people including Yasin Malik.
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News Reports

New Zealand to re-evaluate release of ‘The Kashmir Files’ after ‘communal groups’ pressurise the Censor Board to ban the film

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Some communal groups in New Zealand have been pressuring the country’s Censor Board to ban the release of ‘The Kashmir Files’
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OpIndia Exclusive: ISKCON temple desecrated by Islamist mob in Bangladesh, idols vandalised and looted. Here is what we know so far

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"We are indebted to you for covering our story. If we don't get media support, then, it will be impossible for Hindus in Bangladesh to even survive," a temple official told Opindia.
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LiveLaw and Bar&Bench: Supporting Hijab for girls in school, fighting for it legally, while tarnishing Sabarimala

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apart from the obvious Islamist outfits, there were other players who were actively pushing the Hijab row - Bar&Bench and LiveLaw
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News Reports

Congress playing with fire again? While trying to appear neutral, here is how it is fanning discord after the Karnataka High Court hijab verdict

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Trace of events suggest that Congress is working clandestinely to fan tensions over the hijab verdict in Karnataka.
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Maharashtra: NCP decides to take away Nawab Malik’s portfolios, adds ‘but he’ll continue to be a Minister’

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NCP leader Jayant Patil said, "We're not taking his resignation. Since he has been arrested, he hasn't been able to carry out his duties so his responsibilities will be temporarily given to different people."
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News Reports

Did you know: Farooq Abdullah and Rajiv Gandhi-led govt had released 70 dreaded Pakistan-trained terrorists, who led genocide against Kashmiri Hindus

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Farooq Abdullah was the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1987 to 1990, during which the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus took place in the valley.
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‘Politics is not a part-time job, UP loss a blot on Priyanka’s career’: Shankersinh Vaghela criticises Congress leadership, says they need better advisers

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"Someone should have advised Rahul Gandhi not to change horses in an ongoing race. Such a situation should not have happened in Punjab," Vaghela stated.
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Kerala: Priest Pondson John arrested for sexually abusing a minor girl twice, one at Church while ‘counselling’ her, once in her own home

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As per the police complaint, the Christian priest misbehaved with her two times at two different locations on March 12 and 13.
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Emails to Ukrainian energy company to racist chats, sex clippings: Federal probe confirms existence of laptop belonging to Hunter Biden, USA President’s son

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While the validity of Hunter Biden's controversial laptop has been verified, his Investigation for tax evasions and violating domestic laws on lobbying is to continue
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Maharashtra: A mob of Islamists lynches a youth Rameshwar Kharat over a minor dispute in Ambad town

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Rameshwar Kharat was beaten with iron rods and wooden sticks by a Muslim mob in Pathan Mohalla area of Amba in Maharashtra
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India is dependent on oil imports and always exploring options, Russia not a major supplier: MEA on reports of India buying discounted Russian oil

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MEA clarified that Russia is not a major oil supplier for India, and the country is always exploring all possibilities
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Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida to arrive in India on a two-day visit on 19th March, Australian PM Scott Morrison to hold virtual summit with...

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Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will arrive in India on a two-day visit, he will be in Delhi on 19th and 20th March 2022.
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Nykaa’s Falguni Nayar is now five times richer than Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma with personal assets worth USD 4.9 billion

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Falguni Nayar enters the Hurun Global Rich List 2022 as the richest new entrant from India with personal wealth amounting USD 4.9 Billion. India added 51 new billionaires in the list.
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‘Govt takes such actions very seriously’, MEA slams OIC for inviting Hurriyat Conference to its foreign ministerial meet in Pakistan

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India slammed Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting Hurriyat Conference to its foreign ministerial meet in Islamabad
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Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee disallows shooting of films in temple premise, says will examine the script, purpose of filming first

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Chairman of the Committee, Ajendra Ajay confirmed that the committee would sanction the permission only if the script and purpose of the shooting is authentic.
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Pakistan does a Congress as ‘resort politics’ and ‘horse trading’ reaches the neighbouring country: Read full details

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Amidst the vote of confidence motion scheduled against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, the opposition parties in Pakistan have alleged that the government is using its machinery to carry out raids in an effort to poach the opposition and rebel lawmakers.
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People in Dehradun had stopped shooting of The Kashmir Files hearing anti-India slogans in a scene, director Vivek Agnihotri confirms

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Shooting in Dehradun was restored only after the people were assured that The Kashmir Files is not an anti-India film.
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‘175 terrorists arrested in a year, stone-pelting incidents almost nil in Jammu Kashmir’: CRPF DG

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CRPF chief has confirmed that since the repeal of Article 370 in 2019, stone pelting incidents in the valley have been 'almost nil'.
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Pakistan: ‘Unidentified object’ with tail of smoke falls from sky in Jamshoro, speculated to be failed missile test in response to the Brahmos accident

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People living in Aliabad of Jamshoro in the Sindh state of Pakistan saw an unidentified object falling from the sky
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Retired IPS officer says the truth of brutalities in Kashmir is scarier than what The Kashmir Files has managed to show

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Dr NC Asthana has listed out the continuing massacres on Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir which has continued even after the mass exodus of 1990.
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The Kashmir Files continues to rule the Box Office on Day-6, surpasses earnings of Bollywood A-list movies

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Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files', is steadily inching closer to becoming one of the biggest blockbusters in recent times
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Entertainment

Robert Vadra’s brother in law says his statements were misconstrued, claims that sex with industrialist’s wife while he watched was part of ‘reality gig’

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In an episode on MXPlayer reality show Lock Upp, Tehseen Poonawalla had said India's top industrialist had offered him to have sex with his wife while he watched
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‘They killed my sister’s son and threw his severed head on the front yard’: Kashmiri Hindu woman recalls the brutalities her family faced

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In a program aired on India TV, a woman recalled the brutalities her family and relatives had to face in the Kashmir valley.
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