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Crime

Tamil Nadu: Hindu Mahasabha leader brutally murdered outside his house, was denied police protection

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Hindu Mahasabha state secretary hacked to death in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
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News Reports

Bihar’s newly elected AIMIM MLA refuses to say ‘Hindustan’ during the oath-taking ceremony

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BJP leader Pramod Kumar had rebuked the AIMIM leader by saying that those who have a problem with the word 'Hindustan', can go to Pakistan.
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Politics

Former Assam Chief Minister and Congress stalwart Tarun Gogoi passes away at 86

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Former Chief Minister of Assam and Congress stalwart Tarun Gogoi has passed away on Monday due to Coronavirus complications.
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Politics

“They allowed only Rohingyas into old Hyderabad, not development”: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya hits out on Owaisi brothers

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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya likened AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to the founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah ahead of the GHMC polls in Hyderabad
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Social Media

Pratibha Patil is trending on Twitter and it is not what you think. Read details

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Former President Pratibha Patil was trending on Twitter and it was not because of what people think.
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Politics

Trouble mounts for Congress party, speculations rife about ‘vote-cutter’ Owaisi and AIMIM preparing to enter Rajasthan after West Bengal

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Speculations are rife that Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM could enter the fray in Rajasthan once the Bengal elections are over.
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News Reports

Kissing scenes in temple: MP Police to book Netflix officials for ‘A Suitable Boy’ after home minister’s order

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Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra stated that Netflix officials Monica Shergill and Ambika Khurana will be booked under section 295 A for hurting religious sentiments.
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News Reports

“Bharat ko hai Bharat ko bachana”: Man praises PM Modi in his song creating awareness about coronavirus, video goes viral

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A viral video of a man singing song to create consciousness among people about coronavirus was shared by many, including Information Consultant to UP government, Shalabh Mani Tripathi
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News Reports

NCB team attacked by drug peddlers in Mumbai, three accused arrested

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Two NCB officials have been seriously injured in the attack.
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News Reports

After withdrawing controversial order to give Rs 50,000 for interfaith and intercaste marriages, Uttarakhand govt orders inquiry into press release

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The Uttarakhand government had withdrawn the controversial order after massive criticism.
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Media

Washington Post editor, who ranted against white women, lies about France targeting Muslim children: Here are the details

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Global Opinions Editor at the Washington Post, Karen Attiah, is at the receiving end of great criticism after she spread fake news.
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Media

TRP case: ED to summon India Today executives this week for questioning, recording statement of Hansa Research first

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India Today was named in the initial FIR registered by the Mumbai Police on the basis of the complaint in the TRP case.
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News Reports

Journalist Tavleen Singh withdraws defamation suit against Twitter user PokerShash for his satirical tweet

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A defamation suit was filed by Tavleen Singh against Twitter user @pokershash for his satirical tweet on Singh and others over their relentless support to hate-mongerer Sharjeel Imam
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News Reports

Kejriwal grandstands over Delhi’s ‘improved’ rank in list of world’s best cities even as coronavirus cases soar amid pollution woes

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Arvind Kejriwal yesterday congratulated Delhi residents after a dubious ranking of world's best cities granted Delhi the 62nd position
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Politics

‘Even those who supported the LDF expressed concern’: Pinarayi Vijayan puts draconian law ‘on hold’ but justifies its necessity

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Section 118A of the Kerala Police Act will not be implemented for now and kept in abeyance, CM Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Monday.
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News Reports

‘Arunachal shares border with Tibet not China’: CM Pema Khandu calls out China’s illegal occupation of Tibet

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Arunachal CM Pema Khandu once again called out China's long standing claim of Arunachal being a part of China’s southern Tibet region
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News Reports

West Bengal: ‘Dead’ Coronavirus patient found alive days later, hospital accused of negligence

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The family members of Shibdas Banerjee were mourning his death and conducting his funeral rituals when they were informed by the hospital staff that he is alive.
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Social Media Fact-Check

NDTV journalist spreads fake news regarding IMA scam accused ex-Congress MLA Roshan Baig, wrongly drags BJP

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After several netizens pointed out the error, Gunasekar posted another tweet with correct information that Baig was never with BJP.
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News Reports

Hathras case: All 4 accused taken to Gujarat for lie-detector and brain mapping tests, kin demand narco test on victim’s family too

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The Hathras accused have been taken from Aligarh Jail to Gandhinagar by a team of CBI personnel and Hathras police.
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News Reports

As Delhi chokes yet again, the blame sits squarely on Delhi government’s shoulders. Read how

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The environmental cess is collected from the trucks that enter Delhi every day, and as a part of every litre of diesel sold in the NCR.
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News Reports

Umar Khalid ‘remotely-controlled’ Delhi’s anti-Hindu riots, timed it to Trump’s visit for international media coverage: Read details of fresh charge sheet

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The supplementary charge sheet was filed under the UAPA sections 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 17 (collecting funds for terrorist act) and 18 (conspiracy).
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Politics

It is offensive to pretend that anyone is shocked by Kerala’s draconian new censorship law

Abhishek Banerjee -
The Communists who once ruled Bengal with an iron hand would laugh at his Kerala's new draconian law. Kim Jong Un would be so unimpressed.
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News Reports

Kerala: Marriage between Christian woman and Muslim man upsets faithfuls, attending bishop says sorry

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Mar Mathew Vaniyakizhakkel, former bishop of Satna, has said he is sorry for having attended a marriage function of a Christian woman with a Muslim man.
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News Reports

Police Medal awardee Delhi Police ASI turned out to be an ‘informant’ of gangster who extorted rich businessmen

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Delhi Police personnel ASI Rajbir Singh emerged as a mastermind behind an extortion case in national capital
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News Reports

Bihar: Tension in Katihar district after Islamist mob desecrate, vandalise Chhath Puja ghat

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One local person informed that the son-in-law of a local Islamic cleric was involved in the disruption of Chhath Puja festivities
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News Reports

Jal Jeevan Mission provided tapped water to over 2.6 crore families so far: PM Modi

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2.6 crore families have benefited from the tapped water connections provided under the Jal Jeevan Mission since its launch.
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News Reports

Canada to return idol of Hindu Goddess Annapoorna stolen over 100 years ago from India

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The idol was stolen from a shrine in Varanasi about a century ago and was kept at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in the University of Regina.
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News Reports

J&K: Tunnel discovered near international border, suspected to have been used by terrorists eliminated during Nagrota encounter

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Sandbags were reportedly discovered with Pakistani markings. It is believed that the tunnel was not for one-time use.
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Politics

I am shocked that P Chidambaram is shocked about draconian anti-FOE law by Kerala govt

Nirwa Mehta -
Throwback to the time Congress-led UPA brought in the draconian section 66A of the IT Act that could put one in jail for 3 years over 'offensive' social media posts
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Editor's picks

Did Kerala govt hurriedly pass anti-media law anticipating criticism over underreporting of COVID-19 deaths? Read details

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Volunteer group records every Covind-19 related death in Kerala, and finds its around 43% more than official death figures for the state
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News Reports

Mizoram forces ‘illegally occupying’ Assam territory that could result in Cachar division losing 700 hectares of land, claims forest dept: Read details

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Border disputes between Assam and Mizoram have been a cause for concern for quite some time.
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News Reports

Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa sent to 14-day judicial custody over drug possession

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An NCB official informed that both Bharti Singh and her husband had admitted to the consumption of Ganja
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News Reports

FIR filed against Netflix series ‘A suitable boy’ for hurting Hindu sentiments by filming multiple kissing scenes in temples

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Gaurav Tiwari filed the FIR, saying that he is not against kissing scenes in ‘A suitable boy’, but against filming them in Hindu temples
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News Reports

Resentment over Bru refugee settlement, fake news doing rounds and background: All you need to know about the violence in Tripura

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Violence erupted in Tripura during protests against the settlement of Bru Refugees in Kanchanpur sub-division.
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Crime

Maharashtra: Mumbai girl who went missing traced to UP, had eloped with local criminal Rahim Shaikh

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According to Supriya's (name changed) relatives, she took her laptop bag and other things and left for office on 18th November 2020 but never returned.
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News Reports

WhiteHatJr and its founder slaps whistle-blower Pradeep Poonia with Rs 20 cr defamation suit over allegations of scamming customers: Read Details

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Poonia had alleged that WhiteHatJr team is getting negative remarks against them removed on social media platforms
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Maharashtra: Woman and her newborn kid die as the only ambulance in the area reached two hours late due to COVID-19 duty

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There is only one ambulance available in the town, and it was on Covid-19 duty at a facility 50 km away, causing the delay
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News Reports

French Embassy in Pakistan calls out fake news circulated by a Pakistani federal minister claiming that France is bringing new law for Muslim citizens

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Pakistan human rights minister Shireen Mazari had claimed that France will force Muslims to wear special identities like Jews in Nazi Germany
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News Reports

JeM terrorists apprehended in Delhi had connections with Deoband and Pakistani handlers; wanted to spread Islam

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On Monday, the Delhi police had apprehended the two terrorists from Sarai Kale Khan area near Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border.
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Politicians, Bollywood and Underworld: The NN Vohra Committee report in 1993 highlighted the unholy nexus that broke India. Read details

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On Friday, Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking concrete action on the Vohra Committee Report submitted in 1993 opening a can of worms.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Tension after a group declares Chhath Puja land as Kabristan in Ballia, police says situation under control

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Reportedly, a village resident named Tausif had called for a ban on the Chhath puja celebrations by claiming that the land is a graveyard.
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Lieutenant Kanika Rane: Two years after her husband immortalised himself fighting infiltrators at LOC, she pays this fitting tribute to him

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The 29-year-old Major Rane was martyred during an operation in Kashmir in August 2018 with three other Indian soldiers — rifleman Hameer Singh, rifleman Mandeep Singh and Vikramjeet Singh.
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Entertainment

Actress Sana Khan who quit bollywood for Islam marries a Muslim cleric who was introduced to her by hatemonger Ajaz Khan

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Sana Khan married the Muslim cleric in a small intimate ceremony in Surat. The newly married couple also cut a cake after the wedding.
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News Reports

Marriage between first cousins per se illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, observes Punjab and Haryana High Court

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The high court was hearing a anticipatory bail plea by a man living in live-in relation with a minor girl, both are first cousins
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News Reports

OTV MD Jagi Mangat Panda seeks probe by a national agency on charges against the channel, alleges harassment with false cases by BJD govt

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OTV MD Jagi Mangat Panda said that 20 cases has been filed against OTV and people associated with it, including her 84 year old father
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: How the govt utilised the MGNREGA to revive a river and improved the lives of scores in the process

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The UP Govt has planned on rejuvenating rivers and in the process, generate employment under the MGNREGA.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Deaf-mute minor Christian girl abducted by son-mother duo, forcefully converted, married, and gang-raped by 5 men for 2 months

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The Christian girl said that she was abducted by Kashif and his mother, forcefully converted to Islam and married, and gang-raped by 5 men
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News Reports

“We are not here to promote American values”: Airbnb co-founder to company top executive over the company sharing user data with China

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Airbnb top executive reveals that company shares user details like phone number, email ID, chat messages etc with the Chinese govt
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‘References to Kashmir by Biden campaign attempts to garner votes’, ‘India has to highlight Pakistan’s 1947 invasion’: Speakers at webinar discuss Kashmir

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A webinar was conducted by the Usanas Foundation on 20th November which highlighted the Pakistani invasion of Kashmir in 1947.
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TMC MP Saugata Roy refutes claims that he is resigning from the party to join BJP, says BJP IT Cell is spreading fake news

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BJP MP Arjun Singh had claimed that TMC leaders including Saugata Roy were likely to resign from the party anytime and join BJP
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