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Fact Check: Arvind Kejriwal lies again, claims Delhi govt is carrying out highest number of COVID tests in the country

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Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday tried to mislead the public by claiming that Delhi govt is carrying out highest number of Covid tests.
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News Reports

Meerut: Muslim woman marries Hindu man, says she didn’t tell her family about it as she feared they would kill her

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Muslim woman Farha said that she did not tell about her marriage with Hindu man Naman to her family as she feared that her family would get her killed
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News Reports

NCP leader threatens Hindus to leave India, abuses Hindu women, says ‘All Hindus are my brothers’ after Hindus take up his ‘Dum hai?’ challenge

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Using extremely foul language, NCP leader Arbaaz Khan threatened Hindus and insulted Hindu women.
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News Reports

10 MLAs from TMC, Congress and left join BJP in presence of Amit Shah in West Bengal, here is the full list

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Several MLAs and party leaders from TMC, Congress and left parties joined BJP along with Suvendu Adhikari in presence of Amit Shah
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Politics

‘Our fight is to restore West Bengal to its former glory’: Read full text of Suvendu Adhikari’s emotional letter to TMC colleagues, resigns from...

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Suvendu Adhikari penned a moving letter addressing his colleagues in TMC amid speculations that he was set to join the BJP.
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Politics

Amit Shah in West Bengal: Khudiram Bose’s kin gets emotional, says never accorded such respect by any govt, including TMC

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After arriving in West Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah paid homage to Swami Vivekananda and freedom fighter Khudiram Bose.
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Entertainment

Why do we make ourselves so vulnerable to anti-India brigade?: Kangana Ranaut releases video after PM Modi exposes ‘farmers’ protests

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Kangana Ranaut was speaking in the wake of the farmers’ protests that have swept the national capital region over farm bills
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News Reports

Karan Johar’s interesting statement to NCB: Lost my phone, here is the video from social media

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Karan Johar has sent his reply to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in response to the notice that was served to him.
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News Reports

After food fiesta, massage parlours and gym langars, farmer protests in Delhi now have library, free newsletter and free tattoo stalls

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Volunteers participating in the farmer protests have launched a bi-weekly newsletter by the name of 'Trolley Times'.
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News Reports

‘I will segregate you as second, third-class citizens when you come with grievances,’ Kerala CPI(M) leader threatens people who did not vote for him

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After winning local body polls in Kerala, the CPI (M) leader asked people to chant 'Hare Krishnakumar' instead of 'Hare Ram'
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Media

‘Are you a spokesman of those pushing false narrative’: Watch as Hardeep Puri gives Rajdeep Sardesai a quick lesson in journalism

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Puri advises Rajdeep Sardesai to try and isolate people who speak with a forked tongue and behave like an objective anchor
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News Reports

After volunteer slaps Rs 5 cr suit against Serum Institute for adverse effects of Coronavirus vaccine, Poonawalla seeks protection from Govt

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Adar Poonawalla made the comments on Friday during a virtual panel discussion at Carnegie India's Global Technology Summit.
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Crime

Delhi HC to hear Shashi Tharoor’s plea seeking contempt action against Arnab Goswami over show on Sunanda Pushkar death case

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Shashi Tharoor alleged that Arnab Goswami did a show on Sunanda Pushkar death case despite a restraining order from the court
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News Reports

‘We were committed to ensuring such brazen lies and fake news are called out’: Read full statement by Vivek Doval after Jairam Ramesh apologised

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The letter also stated that Vivek Doval has decided to accept the apology tendered by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
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News Reports

‘Identify the trouble mongers from now onwards’, EC begins preparations for 2021 assembly polls in West Bengal

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To conduct a free and fair election, EC has already started taking stock of the poll preparedness in the politically volatile West Bengal
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Media

‘Secular’ media drops ‘Om Namah Shivay’ while reporting actor Dhanush’s statement on his new Netflix Hollywood movie

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Dhanush expressed his excitement and thanked his fans for the love and support for the Netflix movie, directed by Russo Brothers
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Cricket

Indian cricket team posts lowest ever innings total in its Test history: Here is what happened and why

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With a paltry total of 89 runs, defeat of India cricket team in the first test match against Australia is thus inevitable.
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Law

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh apologises to Vivek Doval for making false allegations based on hitjob by far-left website ‘Caravan’: Full details

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The apology came after Vivek Doval had filed a defamation case against Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and Caravan Magazine.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik threatens Kirit Somaiya with a Rs 100 crore defamation suit: Here are the allegations levelled by BJP

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BJP leader Kirit Somaiya had on Wednesday accused Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik of cheating middle-class home buyers
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News Reports

Kerala: 11 CPIM goons arrested for vandalising Subramaniam temple, attacking BJP workers after Palakkad Municipality loss

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Times Now earlier reported that an RSS office in Karthikapally in Alappuzha was allegedly attacked by CPIM goons on December 16
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News Reports

Doordarshan will not broadcast ‘Sheikh Chilli’ anymore: Broadcaster takes action after snippet of Hinduphobic episode goes viral

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A cartoon show run on the public broadcaster Doordarshan named - "Sheikh Chilli and Friends" had stoked a controversy
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News Reports

Fugitive Godman Nityananda urges followers to apply for a 3-day visa and visit his fictitious country ‘Kailasa’: Read details

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The Gujarat police had registered an FIR against Swami Nithyananda after two girls went missing from his ashram
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News Reports

Video of Telangana AIMIM leader brandishing sword and gun goes viral, arrested after injuring three: Here is why he opened fire

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AIMIM Adilabad district, Telangana president and former municipal vice chairman Farooq Ahmed opened fire on a group of people
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News Reports

Sikh organisation from Uttarakhand and UP calls for boycott of Sikhs supporting the three farm laws

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The Sikh organisation said that any member of their community supporting the farm laws will face boycott from the community
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News Reports

‘I will go wherever Suvendu Adhikari goes’: Another jolt to TMC as its MLA Banasri Maity resigns, to join BJP with Adhikari

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A string of TMC leaders submitted their resignations following the resignation of senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari.
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News Reports

After Mumbai HC stayed transfer of Kanjurmarg land for metro car shed, Shiv Sena govt eyes land at BKC worth Rs 45,000 crore

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BJP slammed Shiv Sena govt saying that more than development, Maharashtra govt is keen on stalling central govt's project
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News Reports

From promising similar reforms in Punjab elections to dramatically tearing off laws: The sordid saga of AAP’s U-turns on Farm Laws

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In its manifesto for Punjab elections in 2017, AAP had promised to amend APMC Act to allow farmers to sell outside the state
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Media

New York Times admits ‘institutional failure’, says it was likely duped by a Pakistani-Canadian pretending to be an ISIS executioner

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New York Times has admitted an 'institutional failure' on its part following the 'Caliphate controversy' that hit Rukmini Callimachi.
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News Reports

Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari selected for the SpaceX Crew – 3 mission of the NASA, to be the spacecraft commander

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Raja Chari will be flying to the International Space Station as part of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission that will be launched next year.
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News Reports

VHP slams Rahul Gandhi for trying to defame Bajrang Dal citing already debunked report by Wall Street Journal

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The Facebook report Rahul Gandhi had used to defame Bajrang Dal had been termed as wrong and untrue by Facebook India
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Politics

Six senior TMC leaders resign from Mamata Banerjee’s party posts in the last 72 hours

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Six resignations, that too in a span of 72 hours must have surely come as a massive jolt to the TMC government in WB
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News Reports

Animal fat used to make ghee in Agra: Police recovers animal horns, hooves and bones, arrests Shafi, Chand Babu and others

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UP Police raided the factory in Agra and recovered more than 100 kg of counterfeit ghee along with animal bones, horns and hooves
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Satire

Rahul Gandhi claims BJP conspiracy to get him elected Cong president, Kapil Sibal fears he could miss out on role of Wormtail in Bollywood...

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Rahul Gandhi has claimed that it is part of a well thought-out conspiracy by the BJP to prevent him from vacationing abroad.
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Law

‘You can’t deliver sermons’: Karnataka High Court rebukes CPI(M) after the party filed affidavit highlighting its fundamental right to protest

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"Who is taking away your fundamental right of speech? Are you saying that the Court wants to infringe your right to protest?" The court asked CPI(M)
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News Reports

Kerala High Court orders Pinarayi Vijayan govt to return Rs 10 crores to Guruvayur Devaswom Board. Read details

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Earlier in May 2020, Guruvayur Devaswom chairman KB Mohandas sparked a massive row after he admitted allocating temple money for CM's COVID-19 relief fund and during floods in 2018.
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News Reports

‘Ganga-like purity in government’s intent, MSP here to stay’: PM Modi defends farm laws, asks opposition to take credit for reforms they had promised

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PM Modi said that the farm laws were not brought overnight, but several political parties, experts, farmers had long demanded them
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Law

‘India should learn from Israel’: Petition moved in SC for Sanskrit to be declared as ‘National Language’

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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court asking to notify Sanskrit as the national language of the country.
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News Reports

Suvendu Adhikari tries to resign, but Bengal Assembly speaker rejects, asks him to meet on 21st December: Here is why

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Adhikari had recently resigned from the Bengal assembly as an MLA. Speculations are rife that he may join the BJP soon.
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News Reports

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, arrests 54 people who duped around 4,500 foreign nationals of Rs 100 crores

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The main accused was operating the fake call centre in Delhi from Dubai. Efforts are being made to extradite him with the help of MEA
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News Reports

Scamsters put Varanasi office of PM Modi for sale on OLX for Rs 7.5 crore, 4 arrested

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The accused posted a picture of the Varanasi office of PM Modi on OLX listing a price of Rs 7.5 crore for it
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News Reports

Six firms that supply manpower to Wistron’s iPhone plant may be blacklisted for non-payment of wages that led to vandalism by workers

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Staffing firms didn't pay salaries to workers employed at Wistron's Apple iPhone plant in Karnataka, which had triggered violent protests
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Politics

BJP leader claims threat to life from ex father-in-law TMC MP Kalyan Bannerji, locked in Covid isolation ward with patients

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Kabir Shankar Bose was confined to a Covid isolation ward with other patients, thereby, threatening his life.
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News Reports

Bengal: BJP writes to ECI seeking deployment of female CPF personnel to verify identity of Burkha-clad voters

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The BJP pointed out that there has been a 10% rise in the number of voters in the ward No. 66 of the Kasba Vidhan Sabha constituency, despite no 'new township or settlement'.
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News Reports

Trump administration set to add dozens of new Chinese companies to its trade blacklist, chipmaker SMIC to be one of the new entrants

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President Donald Trump plans several new hard-line moves against China in the remaining weeks of his term
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News Reports

Reports contradicting earlier media reports emerge, farmer did not die due to biting cold and was not protesting for days: Details

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The deceased Bhim Singh's body was found on Thursday morning, a day after he had joined the farmers' protest along the Delhi border
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News Reports

Hathras Case: CBI files chargesheet against 4 accused, for murder and gangrape, on the basis of last statement of victim

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The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the Hathras Case against the 4 accused on the basis of the final statement made by the victim.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hindu boy attacked by an Islamist mob, bullets fired at 3 Hindu businessmen in Sindh market

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As per Austin, Islamists had attacked and fired bullets at 3 Hindu businessmen in Umerkot's Aisha Market. The mob had reportedly been threatening the men to leave their property and flee.
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Opinions

Clown to clown conversation between Rohini Singh and her comrade: Why do rich liberals hate the Middle Class so much?

K Bhattacharjee -
There was a remarkable conversation between self-proclaimed 'journalist', Rohini Singh and her comrade Aditya Menon.
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News Reports

Bengal elections: Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra to campaign for Congress-Left Front alliance from next month

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The Congress has formed an alliance with the CPI(M)-led Left Front for the Bengal elections.
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News Reports

Kerala: RSS, BJP offices vandalised, party workers assaulted allegedly by CPIM workers: Reports

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BJP offices in Kanjangaadu in Kasargod district, RSS office in Karthikapally in Alappuzha in Kerala were attacked by CPIM workers
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