Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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Importance of social media in democratising freedom of speech, tussle with the Govt of India and why Twitter must comply

As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms, like Twitter, in India

Supreme Court tells West Bengal government to implement One Nation One Ration Card scheme without giving any excuse

Supreme Court said West Bengal govt can't cite one or other problem for not implementing One Nation One Ration Card scheme

The Muslim community needs to work on population control, educate women: What Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said

HImanta Biswa Sarma urged the Muslim community to adopt 'decent family planning policy' to deal with poverty and other social problems

Censorship? Here are 8 short spoof videos on Maharashtra politics that have been accused of violating Indian laws

Political Kida has received a Twitter notice informing them that 8 of its tweets have been accused of violating Indian laws.

TV actor Sushant Singh’s troll account suspended by Twitter, restored later

Team Saath Official was the go-to Twitter account for left-liberals and rabid Islamists to silence nationalist voices in the country.

Chetan Kumar Cheetah: CRPF braveheart who took 9 bullets and survived is now critical due to Covid

Chetan Kumar Cheetah suffered several bullet injuries, and had also lost an eye during a counter-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir in February 2017.

Aatish Taseer shows how his ‘jamaat’ has mastery over playing victim, brands Bollywood pro-Modi even as it remains anti-Hindu

'Eminent intellectual' Aatish Taseer has has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attempting to silence Bollywood.

Japan Prime Minister refers to Taiwan as ‘country’, angry China lodges complaint saying it violates ‘One China’ principle

China said Japan PM violated principles of 4 political documents including China-Japan Joint Declaration by calling Taiwan a country

Viral video shows heaps of ration rotting inside Delhi school, was sent by Central govt for distribution among poor

BJP leader Ruby Yadav had recently filed a police complaint against the Kejriwal government for hoarding and destroying ration sent by the Centre.

Kerala: Missing for 11 years, Sajitha found living next door with her lover Rehman in a locked room

For 11 years, Kerala woman Sajitha lived just 500 meters away from her parent's house in her lover's house without the knowledge of anyone

Pakistan: Punjab govt to block SIM cards of those reluctant to get vaccinated against Coronavirus

Provincial govt of Punjab in Pakistan announced that it would block SIM cards of those reluctant to get vaccinated against Coronavirus

Dissidence in Punjab Congress: Navjot Singh Sidhu camp in no mood to relent after AICC panel suggested retaining Amarinder Singh as CM

Despite compromise formula suggested by AICC committee, anti-Amarinder Singh camp in Punjab Congress in no mood to relent

US FDA rejects emergency use application for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, asks Ocugen to launch additional trial for full approval

The US FDA had asked Ocugen to pursue BLA submission and not Emergency Use Approval(EUA), paving the way for the vaccine's full approval in the United States.

Temple vandalised, journalist attacked: Communal violence grips Tiljala, Kolkata, BJP leaders, Bengal Governor share details

BJP worker, Devdutta Maji, informed that a Shani Kali temple was vandalised by Islamists in broad daylight in Tiljala on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: Two arrested for helping Pakistani spies obtain sensitive Army information by running a parallel telephone exchange

A probe into the matter revealed that the Pakistan-based intelligence operatives exploited such illegal exchanges to route their calls to connect with Indian citizens and obtain information of military installations.

Journalist close to Congress reveals how it is the Sonia Gandhi factor that is stopping several rebels from calling it quits, Rahul Gandhi absent

According to writer Rasheed Kidwai, Sonia Gandhi is attempting to mitigate the damage by keeping dissident leaders soldered to the party

Former POTUS Trump tells Biden not to ‘fall asleep’ during meeting with Russian President Putin

In the run-up to last year’s presidential campaign, Former POTUS Donald Trump had nicknamed Joe Biden as "Sleepy Joe" and had repeatedly claimed that Biden's mental health was in decline.

After Jitin Prasad’s exit, Congress desperately tries to keep Sachin Pilot in the party: Here is what happened

After the exit of Jitin Prasada from Congress, the high command of the party has sprung into action to ensure Sachin Pilot does not exit as well

Mamata Banerjee is all set to marry Socialism in the presence of Communism, Leninism, Marxism. Read details

Communism is a practising lawyer, while his two siblings - Socialism and Leninism, run a silver anklet manufacturing unit in Salem. Socialism is the youngest of the three siblings. Both Communism and Leninism are married, and the latter has a son named Marxism.

Father of Sushant Singh Rajput moves Delhi HC to stop movies based on the actor’s life, Court refuses

KK Singh claimed that the said movies was released by 'close confidants' of the accused involved in the abetment of suicide case of Sushant Singh Rajput.

Chinese spy arrested from Malda by BSF, had infiltrated into India from Bangladesh

Han's associate was earlier caught by UP ATS and had spilled his name. Han could not get an Indian visa as his name was flagged by security forces.

Actor Aisha Sultana booked for sedition, had said Modi govt used COVID-19 as a bio-weapon in Lakshwadeep: Details

Lakshadweep police registered a case of sedition against Aisha Sultana for claiming that Modi govt had used Covid-19 as a 'bio-weapon'

Health ministry and cyber experts rubbish the offer of alleged hacker group to sell CoWIN portal data on dark web, say its fake

DarkTracer had posted that a hacker group is reselling CoWIN registration data of 150 million vaccinated people for $800

Nusrat Jahan’s ‘invalid marriage’: Nikhil Jain says she had refused to register the marriage, refutes her allegations over property and money

Asked Nusrat Jahan to register marriage but she avoided, says Nikhil Jain in his statement released today

UP lawyer’s kidnappers confess to police they are associated with Bhim Army, say the plot was hatched in the party office

Bhim Army members had kidnapped of HC lawyer in UP for Rs 1 crore ransom, caught by police before getting any money

Alt News edits fake fact-check claiming states did not demand decentralisation of vaccine procurement, continues to obfuscate

Alt News edits its ‘fact-check’ to add Rahul Gandhi’s demand on vaccine decentralisation, claims it does not matter and PM Modi is still lying

Yogi Adityanath transfers Rs 230 crores in bank accounts of 23 lakh daily wagers who have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic

Besides, Yogi Adityanath also launched a website. By merely registering to this website, every labourer would be offered annual insurance of Rs 5,000,00 by the state govt

FIR filed against JNU students for vandalising and illegally occupying library, NSUI says “Sanghi administration” keeping it closed

FIR filed against JNU students for illegally occupying B. R. Ambedkar Library after vandalising it demanding its reopening

Islamic terror outfit Hamas honours Al Jazeera for its ‘high professionalism’ during the recent Israel-Gaza clashes

The deputy head of the terror outfit Khalil al-Hayya hailed the Qatari channel Al Jazeera for its high professionalism during its coverage of the "Sword of Jerusalem" battle and for demonstrating its affiliation with the cause of the 'oppressed' Palestinian people.

Farmer protest ‘activists’ confess to raping West Bengal girl in the train and at protest venue: Read details

Main accused in the Tikri border rape case Anil Malik confesses he had raped the Bengal girl in train and farmer protest site

Complaint filed against Andhra Pradesh Addl DGP for hate speech against Hindus, running private organization with divisive agenda

Legal Rights Observatory files complaint against Andhra Pradesh DGP PV Sunil Kumar for hate speech against Hindus

Kerala: Clubhouse discussion on ‘Love Jihad’ by Christian groups angers Muslims

In the chat sessions that were organised by members of the Christian community, some of the speakers had raised issues such as Love Jihad and had reportedly made some negative remarks about the Muslim community.

Police arrest all three accused in the rape case of a woman at farmer protest site at Tikri border

Primary accused in the Tikri border rape case Anil Malik and his associates Anup Chinaut and Ankush Sangwan arrested by police

Kerala: Woman confined inside flat by live-in partner, beaten, raped and tortured for weeks

The woman had managed to flee from the flat and had taken refuge at a friend's house.

Rift in Punjab Congress widens, posters of Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu pop up in each other’s constituencies

An AICC Committee has submitted its report recommending to suitably accommodate Navjot Singh Sidhu in a revamped Punjab govt

Dehumanising ‘Sanghis’ and weaponisation of sex: Why the defence of the ‘hate sex’ audio by one of the women present is problematic

The entire idea is about dehumanisation of political adversaries. Once adversaries have been sufficiently dehumanised, all manners of crimes against them are justifiable.

Days after banning Twitter, Nigerian govt debuts on Indian micro-blogging platform Koo

On Thursday, the Federal Government of Nigeria opened its account on Koo and posted several posts on the platform

Bhim Army worker’s audio clip vowing to rape upper caste girls goes viral, Etawah police takes cognisance

After the audio was shared on the microblogging site, Netizens outraged and demanded the arrest of the Bhim Army member

AltNews comes up with a lousy fact-check on PM Modi, ends up exposing opposition’s lies about decentralised vaccine procurement

AltNews claimed that the PM's statement regarding some state governments demanding for decentralised vaccine procurement was untrue. However, their so-called 'fact-check' is full of loopholes.

Shashi Tharoor mocks divyang people while trying to poke fun at PM Modi’s supporters

Shashi Tharoor said that if PM Modi's supporters donate eyes, their eyes will remain blind supporters of Modi even after their death

Karnataka: After VHP’s protest, govt withdraws decision to pay Muslim clerics from Hindu temple funds

The VHP divisional secretary suggested that if the government wants to pay Muslim clerics, it should bring the mosques and madarsas of the Wakf Board under its own control and utilise their funds to benefit Imams.

Twitter to appoint Chief Compliance Officer in a week, says will obey new IT rules

Twitter added that they will provide additional details with respect to new IT rules in a week.

Jharkhand: BJP leader’s minor daughter found murdered with eye gouged out, family alleges sexual assault

The distressing details revealed that the girl was beaten mercilessly before the culprits killed her and hung her body from a tree using a cloth, with her right eye gouged out.

India records highest ever deaths within 24 hours due to COVID on Wednesday. Here is why

Bihar government on Wednesday reconciled its actual death figures after a 20-day audit and added 3,951 deaths to the tally.

Jharkhand: Minor girls sexually abused, tortured at Mother Teresa Welfare Trust, accused are absconding

The accused include Harpal Singh Thapar, the director of the NGO and his wife Pushpa Rani Tirkey, the chairperson of East Singhbhum district CWC, the warden, her son and a staff member Tony Singh.

Perils of woke feminism: How recent Clubhouse conversation encourages sexually predatory behaviour and promotes Grooming Jihad

In a audio conversation on Clubhouse, luminaries of liberal and feminist firmament encouraged sexually predatory behaviour against Hindus.

Jitendra Prasada, father of Jitin Prasada, had died months after losing a “fixed election” against Sonia Gandhi: Details

Jitendra Prasada, father of Jitin Prasada, nhad contested against Sonia Gandhi for party president post in 2000, had lost badly

Christian convert son refuses to cremate Hindu mother, granddaughter travels 1100 km to perform the last rites

David alias Dharam Pratap Singh refused to perform last rites of his mother as per Hindu customs as he has converted to Christianity

As TMC MP Nusrat Jahan declares her marriage invalid, questions arise whether she lied to the parliament on her marital status

While Nusrat Jahan says her wedding was invalid, the Lok Sabha records show Nikhil Jain as her husband, and she is listed as married

Former India Today journalist justifies rape culture of ‘liberals’, says rape jokes are okay because man cracking them is gay

Rape jokes are okay if person cracking is a gay man and subject of jokes are men - Liberal logic.