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‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ in legal trouble: Case filed against Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Alia Bhatt and others for defamatory content

A case has been filed against Sanjay Leela Bhansai, Alia Bhatt and Bhansali Productions for the upcoming movie 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'

Gita, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Clean Environment and more: Key takeaways from 19th episode of Mann Ki Baat 2.0

In 2020's last episode of Mann Ki Baat PM Modi, talked about Gita, Leopards, Chaar Sahibzade, Old Temples, Kashmiri Saffron and more

Ayodhya: Students booked for raising ‘azaadi’ slogans during protests against college principal

Students from Saket College in Ayodhya have been booked on charges of sedition after they raised 'Azaadi' slogans during a protest.

First phase of bullet train may be completed in Gujarat due to slow land acquisition in Maharashtra: Railway Board Chairman

More than 80% of land acquisition for bullet train has been done in Gujarat. However, it is taking time to acquire land in Maharashtra

China sending a senior political leader to Nepal to access ground situation amidst political chaos in Nepal Communist Party

As the Nepal Communist Party has split into two, China is sending a senior political leader to Kathmandu to assess the political situation

Actor Sushant Singh continues to share fake news, this time lies about the release of suspended cop DSP Davinder Singh

n his hurry to target the Modi government and country's investigative agencies for taking action alleged terror sympathisers, Sushant Singh openly peddled false propaganda by conveniently ignoring the details of the case registered against suspended cop Davinder Singh.

Delhi: Maulana kidnaps and rapes a minor girl with intention to ‘sell her’, arrested

Maulana Naushad arrested by Delhi police for kidnapping and attempting to sell minor girl

‘Fashion magazines don’t cover prostitutes’: Donald Trump haters shame First Lady Melania Trump, call her filthy names

Reportedly, Donald Trump has been miffed over the fact that Melania has been ignored by fashion magazines while her predecessor Michelle Obama was regularly featured on the cover photo.

Under orders from China, Pakistan converting Gwadar into open prison by fencing Chinese projects

The CPEC authority is building a wall measuring 10 feet in height, covering the length of 30 km, has now created a massive discontent and furore in the region.

Pro-Congress ‘activist’ Shabnam Hashmi caught spreading fake news again

Shabnam Hashmi is followed on Twitter by various self-proclaimed fact-checkers and propagandists masquerading as journalists.

Ujjain: Begumbagh house from where stones were pelted at Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally demolished by police

Just hours after a Muslim mob on a house pelted stones at a rally to collect donations for Ram Mandir, police demolished the house

Yogendra Yadav tries to snivel his way into farmer-govt talks after being thrown out by Modi govt: Read how

Yogendra Yadav was barred from negotiations with the government clarifying that it would not entertain politicians.

Pakistan: Maulana Tariq Jameel continues to claim Covid-19 is Allah’s test after recovering from it, had earlier blamed women for the crisis

Popular Pakistani preacher Tariq Jameel of the Tablighi Jamaat has recovered after being diagnosed with Covid-19.

Uttarakhand: Muslim woman takes up Hinduism and marries a Hindu man, court grants protection as couple fears threat from woman’s brother

The Muslim woman had approached the Uttarakhand HC saying that her brother might physically harm them for marrying out of faith

“I will stab you with a knife”, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader’s wife issues death threats to PM Modi

Wife of the prominent Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that she will stab Narendra Modi for bringing farm laws

West Bengal: TMC goons go berserk in Kolkata, attack rebel party leaders who defected to the BJP

Former TMC leader Sunil Mondol, who joined BJP recently, was prevented by TMC workers from entering BJP office in Kolkata

Hyderabad: Man shot at by AIMIM leader Farooq Ahmed in viral video succumbs to his injuries

AIMIM leader Farooq Ahmed opened fire at 3 individuals from a rival group over a petty squabbling in a cricket match

Delhi HC issues summons to Karan Johar’s Dharma Production over allegations of copyright infringement in movie Gunjan Saxena

ISRA alleged that Dharma Productions commercially utilised 3 performances of its members in 'Gunjan Saxena- The Kargil Girl'.

New Zealand: Indian origin Radio host stabbed by assailants after he supported the new farm laws in India, in critical condition

New Zealand based Indian origin Radio host Harnek Singh stabbed by unknown assailants after he was accused of being anti-Sikh

The Sushant Singh Rajput Saga: What it tells us about the nature of public movements and why some succeed and most fail

The Sushant Singh Rajput saga has invaluable lessons for everyone and especially, for those in public life.

It’s the dog, he said: After submitting backdated prescription, Arjun Rampal says he is not the ‘Arjun’ NCB is looking for

NCB found discrepancies in the statement of actor Arjun Rampal and might summon him again for questioning

‘Those who teach me democracy not conducting elections’: PM Modi responds to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘no democracy in India’ comment.

PM Modi noted that despite court order Congress is not conducting elections in Puducherry, while alleging there is no democracy in India

Russia releases statement, could ban Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over arbitrary censorship: Details

Russia could move to ban social media giants Twitter, Facebook and YouTube if they are found censoring content by citizens or media

Madhya Pradesh: Muslim mob pelts stones at Ramnidhi Sangrahan rally in Ujjain, 10 people injured and several vehicles damaged

A Rally to collect donations for the Ram Mandir was attacked with stones in a Muslim dominated area in Ujjain

‘Is Maharashtra government running COVID-19 centres to benefit contractors’, asks Kirit Somaiya

Kirit Somaiya alleged that contractors running the COVID-19 centres in Maharashtra exploited nurses, ward boys and patients

FIR filed against advocate Mehmood Pracha for not cooperating and misbehaving with officials during raids at his office

Delhi police had raided the office of Supreme Court lawyer Mehmood Pracha in connection with anti-Hindu Delhi riots.

Nashville explosion: The curious case of a Youtube channel that uploaded a video of the blast

Ford Fisher, the Editor of News2Share, revealed that the Nashville blast video was originally uploaded on Youtube.

Bengal elections can finish career of Prashant Kishore, and he is desperate, can his media friends save him?

While BJP wants to win 200 seats in Bengal, TMC is confident of retaining its majority in the state, bolstered by inexplicable Prashant Kishor.

Babri petitioner Iqbal Ansari trashes Dhannipur Mosque design, doesn’t want it to be known by Babar’s name

Iqbal Ansari did not approve of the design of Dhannipur masjid, says a mosque is not meant for show but for reading namaz.

After vandalising Reliance Jio towers, Punjab ‘farmers’ ransack venues screening PM’s interaction with farmers, BJP workers injured

After hijacking the Delhi border's for almost a month, 'farmers' have began stirring violence in many parts of the country

Delhi HC stays eviction orders issued to artists for overstaying in government accommodation

Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the central government's eviction order against three artists, including two Padmashri awardees

Madhya Pradesh Government clears bill against unlawful religious conversion, to be tabled in the assembly

Madhya Pradesh becomes the third BJP-ruled state to clear anti-love jihad law after Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh

Rahul Gandhi’s fanboy Saket Gokhale thinks bank transfers under DBT cannot happen on a bank holiday. Here is an explainer

The fund transfers under DBT do not take place using RTGS/NEFT systems, and it happens via a direct electronic fund transfer

Pakistan via Dubai: How member of Khalistani SFJ Vikas Verma, arrested at Delhi Airport, became Mohammad Vikas and facilitated terror

Vikas Verma aka Mohammad Vikas was an active member of banned outfit Sikhs for Justice and routed phone calls using IVRS

‘Caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, calling Ahmadiyya leader a Muslim’: Why Pakistan is threatening Google and Wikipedia

Pakistan decried internet giants Google and Wikipedia for disseminating sacrilegious content through its platforms

Nashville explosion, the investigation and human tissue: The curious case of an RV and an automated voice message

Three people were injured in the Nashville explosion and they are now being treated at a nearby medical facility, human tissue has also been found

As Muslims issue fatwas against Coronavirus vaccine and wonder if it would be ‘halal’ or haram, Saudi prince gets first dose

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has received the first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine after its recent launch

Allegations of interference in Rs 619 crore ‘Safe City’ project surface against IPS officer D Roopa, officer clarifies: What we know so far

IPS D Roopa, who says that she is a whistleblower in the case, found several irregularities in the bidding process of Safe City Project

‘Will pile up corpses’: Congress MP close to Rahul Gandhi warns of violence if demands of ‘farmers’ not met, hints at ‘plan’ after Jan...

Congress leader and MP Ravneet Bittu Singh issued open threats of violence in a bid to 'transform' the nature of 'farmer' protest

NCPCR investigation into six children home established by Badruddin Ajmal: Funds from Turkish org linked to Al-Qaeda, mistreatment of children and more

NCPCR found irregularities in six childcare institutions. running under the aegis of "Markazul Maarif", established by Badruddin Ajmal

Delhi High Court rebukes police for not filing FIR even after a man alleged that his daughter was taken away by Muslim man in...

The Delhi High Court came down heavily on the SHO terming his inaction in the case as "complete dereliction of duty".

Even as NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar continues to rant against new Farm Laws, he had argued for similar reforms in 2015: Read details

In 2015, Ravish Kumar had passionately made a case for reforms needed in the agriculture sector in an article on NDTV

In September 2020, a Punjab Govt report had suggested opening up farm markets beyond APMCs, inviting companies for contract farming

Modi govt's new farm laws offers the exact same reform Congress led Punjab Govt batted for in September 2020

Here is why Captain Amarinder Singh is suddenly appealing to farmers to not axe Jio towers

If the attack on telecom infrastructure of Jio continues in Punjab, the centre may be forced to send central forces to protect them

Producer Manish Mundra promises to donate Rs 1 crore for the construction of Ram Mandir

Manish Mundra has earlier made huge monetary donations to help people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Farmer protestors in Uttarakhand run tractor over police barricades almost crushing police personnel

The person driving the tractor crushed the police barricading despite seeing police personnel standing next to it.

‘The Economist has always been anti-India’: NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain again left red faced while peddling anti-Modi agenda, this time by HDFC Chairman

Sreenivasan Jain interviewed HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh in which he attempted to solicit a statement against the NDA Government.

Congress celebrates no new COVID patients in Dharavi, consider it Maharashtra govt’s achievement that 70% already got infected

Congress leader Milind Deora celebrates that 70% of residents of Dharavi are estimated to have already had COVID

Faizal Khan who had offered namaz inside Nand Baba temple granted bail, says the temple priest had given him permission

Faizal Khan claimed that he was allowed to offer namaz in the temple by the priest as the mosque was away.