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Ex-Chairman of the Shia Waqf Board files a petition in SC seeking removal of 26 verses of the Quran saying they ‘promote terrorism and...

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Syed Waseem Rizvi stated that the Quran has some verses that provoke young Muslims to become radicals and terrorists
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News Reports

Congress announces a list of 30-star campaigners for Bengal elections, includes stoic Manmohan Singh, comical Rahul Gandhi, and scam-tainted Azharduddin: Details

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Congress has released 30-star campaigners list for West Bengal assembly polls, which does not include anyone from G-23 leaders
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Law

Subramanian Swamy expresses angst over SC accepting Ashwini Upadhyay’s petition challenging the Places of Worship Act but not his

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Subramanian Swamy said that he will tag his PIL along with that of Ashwini Upadyay's petition against the Places of Worship Act
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World

Google search says James Hewitt, Princess Diana’s lover, is Prince Harry’s ‘real father’: Here is how the rumour began

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When one searches the term 'Prince Harry Real Father' on Google, the answer that props up is James Hewitt.
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News Reports

Massive furore in Pakistan Senate after the discovery of hidden Chinese spy cameras inside the hall

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar claimed that spy cameras were installed right over the polling booth
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh’s ‘little man’ wants Akhilesh Yadav to come back to power to find him a bride: Watch video

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Azeem Mansoori, who is just two feet in height, is frustrated as no girl wants to marry him due to his physical disability
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News Reports

Supreme Court issues notice after petition challenges validity of 1991 Act that prevents reclamation of Kashi-Mathura temples

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The petition was filed on behalf of BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay. The petitioner was represented in Court by Senior advocates Vikas Singh and Gopal Sankaranarayanan.
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News Reports

Union government to enhance distribution of fortified rice to fight malnutrition, production to be doubled in the country

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Fortified rice will also be distributed through Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) & Mid-Day Meal Scheme
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News Reports

USA, EU and UK block India and South Africa led proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights on vaccines to boost production

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Western countries have blocked a proposal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that would have boosted vaccine production.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s cash woes: UAE asks Imran Khan to return USD 1 billion by March 12 deadline

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UAE had deposited USD 1 billion in Pakstan's central bank. It has set March 12 as the deadline to retun the amount as the deposit has reached its maturity.
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News Reports

‘FCI has optimally used state storage facilities and Adani Silos, no loss to the exchequer as suggested by the CAG,’ clarifies Ministry of Consumer...

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Rejecting CAG assessment, ministry said that optimal utilization does not mean whole capacity at Adani Silos will be used all the time
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News Reports

Bhainsa violence: AIMIM councillor charged with attempt to murder and armed riot, 21 others arrested

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On March 7, an argument between a biker and some locals triggered a communal clash between Hindus and Muslims in Bhainsa, Telangana.
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News Reports

Indian businessman Gautam Adani becomes 2021’s biggest wealth gainer, beats Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk: Report

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Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, who is the chairman and founder of the Adani Group, has had the biggest wealth surge in the world
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Media

How can poor brown people make good vaccines? FT peddled lies claiming PM Modi may have ‘secretly’ taken a foreign dose

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Before India started the phase 1 of the vaccination drive for frontline workers, PM Modi had emphasised that politicians should wait for their turn and not 'jump the queue'.
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World

Harry Potter actress Katie Leung says publicists told her to deny racist abuse she suffered when role was announced

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Katie Leung has featured in other movies and television shows as well following her stint in the Harry Potter movies.
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World

China summons UK ambassador for her ‘arrogant article’ on media freedom, diplomat pushes back: Here is what transpired

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Britain ambassador to China was summoned by the Chinese foreign ministry to chastise her for an article she wrote
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Law

How the Govt can further improve transparency in foreign contributions related to NGOs after the recent FCRA amendments

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The article describe some suggestions for improving the transparency in operations of FCRA NGOs.
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Entertainment

Comedian Rahul Dua deletes YouTube video, apologises for hurting the feelings of dentists and physiotherapists: Here is what he had said

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"I don't know why physiotherapists call themselves doctors. After all, it is just an expensive massage," Rahul Dua had said.
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World

USA: Manhattan school’s guidelines advise students to use gender neutral terms instead of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’, endorse gay marriage

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The Grace Church School's Inclusive Language Guide also calls the concept of 'traditional' family "outdated".
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News Reports

Antilia bomb scare: Phone used to make terror claim traced to Tihar Jail barrack that houses IM terrorist Tehseen Akhtar

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The mobile phone was traced to the barrack of Tihar jail inmate Tehseen Akhtar, an Indian Mujahideen terrorist who was arrested in 2014.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh police arrest 40-year-old Irshad for trying to molest a 4-year-old girl behind a temple

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Seeing the 4-year-old girl crying in front of a temple, Irshad took her to back of the temple and attempted to molest her
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan files SC petition on behalf of illegal Rohingya immigrants to stop their deportation from Jammu

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The application has been filed in a 2017 writ petition filed before the SC seeking protection against deportation for Rohingyas.
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World

British Embassy in Bolivia supported November 2019 coup through ‘civil society orgs’ and media to secure access to Lithium: Report

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Socialist Eva Morales stepped down as the president of Bolivia on the 10th of November 2019 in a widely recgonized coup.
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News Reports

Why are some countries putting use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold and should we be worried? Not quite. Here is all you need to...

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Several EU countries have suspended administering Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a few people who received it developed blood clotting
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News Reports

Theatre artist loses job after joining BJP, vocal Communist supporter behind the removal: Here is all you need to know

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Although the 'cancel culture' in India is still in its nascent stage, leftists are pouncing on every possible opportunity to mainstream the financial and societal boycott of individuals on the basis of their political leanings.
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Politics

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s kin summoned by CBI in connection with coal smuggling case: Details

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The previous month, Rujira Banerjee, the wife of Abhishek Banerjee, was summoned by the CBI in connection with the coal theft case.
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News Reports

Bareilly Muslim organization issues diktat to boycott weddings where women ‘mingle with unknown men’ and ‘don’t wear full hijab’

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Muslim fundamentalist organisations have issued many more such bizarre fatwas in the past as well
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News Reports

NCPCR asks Netflix to stop streaming ‘Bombay Begums’ over the inappropriate portrayal of children in the web-series: Details

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Minor children in 'Bombay Begums' were depicted having sexually suggestive conversations and snorting cocaine and other drugs
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News Reports

Pro-Khalistani Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh’s relative under investigation for the attack on Tiranga-Maple rally organised in Canada

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A rally taken out by the Indian diaspora in Canada was attacked by Khalistani supports who abused and attacked the participants.
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News Reports

Zomato founder issues statement after allegations and counter-allegations between an Instagram influencer and a delivery agent: Here is what he said

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A delivery agent Zomato was booked and arrested for allegedly attacking a Bengaluru-based 'Instagram influencer' named Hitesha Chandranee
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News Reports

Zomato controversy: Delivery agent says the customer had attacked him with slippers, nose injury was due to her own ring

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The Zomato delivery agent has stated that customer Hitesha had attacked him with slipper and had abused him in Hindi. He has also claimed that her nose I jury was due to her own ring
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News Reports

Protesting farmers stay in tents, two ‘farmer leaders’ stay in 3-star hotel with bill worth lakhs paid by scam-accused hotel owner: Details

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The two farmer leaders, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Kulwant Singh Sandh, are two amongst 40 farmer leaders who have been spearheading this movement
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav heckles journalists, his supporters and security personnel assault and shove them: Here is what we know so far

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Samajwadi Party spokesperson Juhie Singh labelled the victims as 'actors'. She also shared a photo of the injured Fareed Shamsi and wrote, "Wow, the group of CM's advisors, your acting performance was great."
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Media

DMK leader Kanimozhi ‘elected’ as the president of The Hindu’s employees’ union, netizens ask whether the publication is a ‘Godi media’

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Malini Parthasarathy, the Chairperson of The Hindu Publishing Group (THGPPL), took to Twitter to say she was delighted that the DMK leader has been re-elected President of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union.
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Media

NDTV pats itself on the back because it did better than a Hindi channel in the United Kingdom: Here is what happened

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NDTV on the 11th of March took to Twitter to pat itself on the back for doing a remarkable job in terms of TRP - in the UK.
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News Reports

“Undignified to even respond to allegations”: Election Commission issues stern response to TMC’s letter on ‘attack’ on Mamata Banerjee

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Election Commission said that the memorandum submitted to it by TMC leaders is full of insinuations and averments
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News Reports

How Congress supporter lied, used wrong RTI response to allege Amit Shah was lying about bomb factories in Bengal

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Saket Gokhale used MHA reply to his RTI query on Khalistanis in farmer protests as the reply to query on bomb factories in West Bengal
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Opinions

‘Let’s see what the voters will think’: Here is why TMC sees an opportunity where others see a meme

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On the 10th of March, Mamata Banerjee alleged that she had been attacked. The CM alleged four-five people deliberately pushed her, after which she fell down and suffered an injury on her leg.
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News Reports

China sues German anthropologist who had exposed atrocities on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, demands compensation for losses

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Dr Adrian Zenz’s analysis played a significant role in exposing the Chinese government’s repression of ethnic Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang
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News Reports

Pervasive surveillance, indoctrination, and state repression: Tools employed by China against Tibet’s Buddhist monasteries

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Under authoritarian leader Xi Jinping, China has displayed an eager alacrity to subjugate the Buddhist monks and nuns and seize control of the Tibetan monasteries
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News Reports

Prime Minister Modi’s mother Heeraben receives the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

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PM Modi had tweeted informing that his 90-year-old mother has received her first dose of Covid-19 vaccination.
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News Reports

India downgraded by around 25 unknown ‘experts’ working for an organisation advised by JNU leftist and Pakistani politician: Details

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The Democracy 2021 report by Swedish organisation V-Dem had downgraded India from a democracy to electoral autocracy
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News Reports

Administrator Praful Khoda Patel booked in Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar’s suicide case

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Delkar's son has accused Dadra and Nagar Haveli administrator of harassing his father in connivance with some bureaucrats.
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News Reports

From ‘attacked by 5 people’ to ‘it was an accident’: How Mamata Banerjee did a U-turn and police report confirmed eyewitness account

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Mamata Banerjee said that when she was sitting on the bonnet of her car, suddenly the car crushed her legs, injuring her
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News Reports

TMC’s Madan Mitra blames RSS for ‘attack’ on Mamata, compares it to Godhra carnage

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While Mitra did not explicitly compare the incident with Mamata Banerjee to the Godhra carnage, that he believes that the incident would 'lead to Godhra like riots' could mean only one thing.
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Culture and History

Kerala: Thrissur administration bans Hindu devotees from performing rituals at Kodungallur Devi temple on Meena Bharani

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Devotees and oracles performed the ritualistic dance infront of the temple to protest against the district administration's decision to ban Meena Bharani festival over covid restrictions.
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Opinions

British activist Nigel Farage insists nobody in ‘History’ has done more for people of colour than British royalty: Here’s why he is patently wrong

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The British royal family has found itself mired in a raging storm after Meghan Markle levelled charges of racism against it
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News Reports

Geeta is ‘Radha Waghmare’: Hearing and speech impaired woman finally reunited with family after 20 years

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Geeta has gone missing and had somehow reached Pakistan. She was brought to India after the intervention of former MEA Sushma Swaraj.
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Crime

Mumbai: 67-year-old Ahmad Shahi arrested for raping over 30 stray dogs in Juhu area

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The NGO worker has informed the police that Ahmad Shah is a repeat offender and has been caught and warned against such acts by locals in the past too.
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Politics

On Women’s Day when PM Modi was speaking about women entrepreneurship, Congress’ Bhupinder Hooda made women pull tractors

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When party leaders like Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi mouth off platitudes on women empowerment, party leaders are busy treating women like animals.
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