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Delhi Court convicts AAP MLA for assaulting AIIMS security staff in 2016, could go to jail for up to 2 years: Details

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti was convicted Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi for assaulting security staff at AIIMS Delhi in 2016
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News Reports

NIA arrests Naxals of CPI (Maoist) for distributing pro-Maoist brochures and radicalising youth, accused was teacher in tuition centre

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Vijayan worked with the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation's publication wing and translated radical Maoist literature from English to Malayalam.
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World

Pakistan’s first Sikh anchor contemplates leaving the country after receiving threats from his brother’s killers using govt number: Read details

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Harmeet Singh said that he has been receiving threats for himself and his family from the killers of his younger brother.
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Politics

Islamists attack IAS-turned-Islamist-turned-politician Shah Faesal after he takes u-turn to praise Modi’s vaccine diplomacy

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Earlier, it was reported that Shah Faesal has been informed by authorities that his resignation has not been accepted.
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Government and Policy

US State Department applauds Indian govt for sending free Coronavirus vaccine shipments to other South Asian countries

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The Modi government has decided to send Coronavirus vaccines to almost all neighbouring countries, with one notable exception of Pakistan
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News Reports

Masked man claims he was ‘assigned’ to shoot farmers, farm leader helps him remember his confession

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The masked man claimed that he and others were allegedly asked to pose as policemen and unleash violence during farmers protest
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World

The Keystone XL pipeline and why Joe Biden’s executive order has riled up Canada and fears of job loss

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On Friday, US President Joe Biden will make his first call with Justin Trudeau on Friday and discuss the issue of keystone pipeline.
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News Reports

Not a satire: North Korea raises concerns about ‘human rights violations’ in Australia at the UN

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North Korea raised concerns on human right violations in Australia during the universal period review at the UN Human Rights Council
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News Reports

NCB busts drug racket based out of Pakistan and Sri Lanka after seizing heroin worth Rs 1,000 crore from a boat

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NCB and the Indian Coast Guard had intercepted a vessel near the Tuticorin Port and found 95.87 kg of heroin in November 2020
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News Reports

Tamil YouTube channel reporter harasses Brahmin women and peddles caste hatred; Indu Makkal Katchi to file a complaint on the incident

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A reporter of a Tamil YouTube channel Red Pix was seen harassing a woman and peddling caste hatred against Brahmin people
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News Reports

How Brazil thanked India for sending Coronavirus vaccine doses: Pawan Putra Hanuman

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President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has expressed his gratitude towards India and Prime Minister Modi for vaccine exports from our country.
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News Reports

Farmer leader Ruldu Singh Mansa alleges Delhi Police smashed his car’s windscreen, video tells a completely different story: Details

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Farmer leader Ruldu Singh Mansa smashes the windscreen of his own car with a hockey stick, alleges Delhi police did it
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Politics

Yogi Adityanath the most popular CM in the country for third consecutive time, Mamata slips to 4th: India Today’s Mood of the Nation survey

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Yogi Adityanath has emerged as the most popular Chief Minister in the country in the India Today 'Mood of the Nation' survey.
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Crime

Elephant in viral video where a forest official was seen crying profusely over its death was injured by burning tyre in horrific attack: Details

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An elephant has died in Masinagudi in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu after locals attempted to chase it away with fire.
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News Reports

Pune restaurant launches ‘Bullet Thali’ challenge: Eat a 4 kg platter in 60 mins to win a Royal Enfield bike

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The Pune restaurant owner conceptualised the 'Bullet Thali' challenge to bounce back after his business incurred huge losses amid the coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

Ministers reportedly walk out of meeting after farmers refuse government’s proposal, 11th round of talks end in a stalemate

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Protesting farmers do not agree to Govt's offer to put the farm laws on hold for two years and forming and committee
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Cricket

‘That is New India,’ ‘Pujaras’s Pooja’ and more: Indian cricketer Ashwin and fielding coach Sridhar share stories from the Sydney test

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Indian cricket superstar Ravichandran Ashwin shared stories from the tour of Australia on his YouTube channel on Friday.
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ is safe, vaccine led to enhanced immune responses to Covid-19, says medical journal Lancet

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The prestigious medical journal said that Covaxin generated tolerable safety outcomes and enhanced immune responses.
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Crime

‘Money earned in drug sale was used to finance anti-India activities’: NCB busts Dawood Ibrahim aide’s drug factory

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The arrested Chiku Pathan is said to be a close aide fo Dawood Ibrahim. He is one of the biggest drug lords of Mumbai and manufactures Mephedrone from multiple factories.
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News Reports

India sends Covid-19 vaccines to all neighbouring countries except Pakistan, China steps in to aid Pakistan with free Chinese vaccine

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India has not sent any vaccines to Pakistan, and there are no reports suggesting that Indian govt will send any vaccine to them
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News Reports

Delhi police books DSGMC president and Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa for embezzlement of Gurdwara funds

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A Delhi court had called allegations against Manjinder Singh Sirsa "serious in nature" while ordering probe in November 2020
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News Reports

80% of meat supplied is halal: Meat traders call SDMC’s move to display whether they are selling Halal or Jhatka meat ‘unwarranted’

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Yesterday SDMC passed order mandating eatries and meat shops to display whether they are selling Halal or Jhatka meat
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News Reports

Microsoft files a patent to bring back dead loved ones as ‘chatbots’ from their digital data

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Microsoft has reportedly filed a patent that would allow it to built a chatbot mirroring human beings based on their digital data.
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Opinions

Temples under attack in Andhra Pradesh: Hindus must be granted autonomy and the chance to defend themselves from external attacks

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The recent series of temple vandalism incidents across Andhra Pradesh have left Hindus all over the country horrified and shaken.
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News Reports

‘Traitorous angels became fake gods, corrupting humans through idols,’ miscreants drop condoms, posters with Christian message in temple hundi

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The incident took place just days after used condoms and fake currency notes were found in the hundis of 3 other temples
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Sports

#BanSportsTak: Netizens angry after India Today owned sports channel claims Virat Kohli suffers from ‘disorder’

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"It is a disorder for a captain to (be as aggressive as Virat Kohli). It might be acceptable for a player to have this aggression (but nor for a captain)," the journalist claimed.
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Politics

Maha Congress protests against Arnab Goswami over ‘ChatGate’, raises ‘Joote Maaro’ slogan while hitting his poster with shoes

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The Congress party on Monday took to the streets of Mumbai in huge numbers to protest against Arnab Goswami.
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News Reports

‘Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him’: How Lee Kuan Yew brought an end to pilots’ protest in Singapore Airlines

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In 1980, the Singapore International Airlines(SIA) and its pilots' union SIAPA was engaged in a bitter dispute over the demand of salary hikes.
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World

‘F**k Biden’: Twitter suspends prominent Antifa accounts after left-wing mobs continue their rampage following Biden’s inauguration

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Twitter has suspended prominent Antifa accounts following a spell of rioting on the occasion of Joe Biden's inauguration as president.
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News Reports

“Young generation of New India has a zeal of combating troubles with enthusiasm”, says PM Modi addressing students at Tezpur University

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PM Modi emphasised on how the Govt prioritised the development of North-East India opening new avenues for younger generations
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Politics

Congress head of minority cell arrested for involvement in attack on Tripura Congress chief, a crime media had blamed BJP for

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President of the Tripura Unit of the Congress party, was attacked on Sunday in Bishalgarh of Sipahijala district.
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News Reports

JNU fines Aishe Ghosh and other students for illegally entering JNU hostel by breaking locks, Shehla Rashid jumps into the fray to foment trouble

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JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was fined by JNU admin for illegally entering hostel by breaking lock during the lockdown
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Politics

West Bengal: Political turmoil in TMC continues as Cabinet Minister Rajib Banerjee calls it quits

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Cabinet Minister Rajib Banerjee tendered his resignation from the post of the Minister-in-Charge of the Forest Department on Friday.
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News Reports

Roasting Raghuram Rajan, talking about economic upswing, forced conversion to Islam and Christianity: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bursts ‘liberal’ bubble

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The big bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was uninhibited his in his freewheeling interview with The Print founder Shekhar Gupta
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News Reports

“Pakistan can’t hide behind the smokescreen of UN resolution”: India slams Pakistan in UN over attack on Hindu temples in the country

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India said at the United Nations General Assembly that Pakistan being a co-sponsor at agenda item 'Culture of Peace' was an irony
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News Reports

‘Offensive, misleading’ social media posts against Govt officials, ministers, lawmakers to be brought under cybercrime category: Bihar ADG

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Bihar leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav slammed Nitish Kumar Government for the decision. He called the chief minister the "Bheeshm Pitamah" of the corrupt and the "protector of criminals".
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News Reports

CBI books Cambridge Analytica, alleged strategist of Congress for 2014 elections, over illegal harvesting of Facebook data in India

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Along with Cambridge Analytica, CBI has filed case against another firm named Global Science Research Limited for Facebook data theft
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Law

Arrest warrant issued against journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in a defamation case filed by the Adani Group: Details

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Thakurta's article was first published in the Economic and Political Weekly. After EPW's owners took down the article it was published on The Wire.
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Media

Left-wing fury at Vir Sanghvi shows just how much ‘liberals’ hate Hindus

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Vir Sanghvi published a column about the ‘shameful persecution’ of Munawar Faruqui and the ‘bogus controversy’ around Tandav
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News Reports

Mumbai Police denies permission to UP Police, disrupts probe in Mirzapur case as police reach to question Farhan Akhtar

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UP Police is investigating case filed against makers of the web series 'Mirzapur' and their probe is being disrupted by Mumbai Police
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Social Media

Twitter refused to take down child porn because ‘it did not violate company policy’, sued by sex trafficking victim

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The now 17-year-old victim has filed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of allowing the child sexual abuse material be circulated and shared on their platform for months, despite complaints, and refusing to take it down.
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World

Members linked to George Soros and Muslim Brotherhood to now decide the fate of Donald Trump’s Facebook account: Details

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Twitter and Facebook had suspended account of Donald Trump because they believed that he would incite further violence post Capitol Hill
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Crime

Lucknow: Blood-soaked body of Hindu priest found inside temple, investigation on

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The elderly priest was found lying in a pool of blood in his hut. There were injury marks on the back of his head.
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai ‘baffled’ by India Today survey that shows Modi govt winning a sweeping majority if elections held today: Details

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Taking to Twitter, Sardesai said that he was 'baffled' to see that despite the economic hardships resulted by the pandemic, Indians still love the Modi government.
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Fact-Check

Here is the truth about the images where medical officers from Karnataka were seen ‘faking’ Coronavirus vaccination for a picture

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Did medical officers in Karnataka fake vaccination for camera? Congress makes damaging fake claims to undermine fight against Coronavirus
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News Reports

“BJP will ban burqa, beard, skullcap, azan”, says AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal after forming alliance with Congress and Left to defeat ‘communal BJP’ in...

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Badruddin Ajmal alleged that if BJP comes to power in Assam again, it will destroy mosques, and put several restrictions on Muslims
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News Reports

Fact Check: Did the US State Department remove Fact Sheet on Coronavirus and China after Biden administration took over

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After the Biden administration took over, many netizens noted a fact sheet the US state department had published on Covid-19 is missing
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Editor's picks

AIMIM’s West Bengal ally Islamic cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui launches ‘secular’ party to contest West Bengal Assembly polls

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Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui said that he met AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi who assured him full support in West Bengal
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News Reports

Gujarat Forest Dept to take legal action against Christian Evangelist Paul Dhinakaran over unauthorised use of the department’s logo

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Website of Paul Dhinakaran claims of collaborating with the Gujarat Forest Department, a claim junked by the latter
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News Reports

Protesting farmer unions reject union government’s proposal to suspend implementation of farm laws for 1-1.5 years

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The decision was taken in a meeting of the protesting farmer unions today, saying that they only want the repeal of the laws.
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