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Hathras case: Four accused write to the SP from jail, say that victim was beaten by her own mother and brother

The four accused were arrested and jailed after the victim alleged gang rape in her statement to the police.

Fact Check: Congress leader Nagma spreads fake news, calls anti-CAA protestor as Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece

In a hurry to target the Modi government, Nagma took to Twitter to share a January video clip of an anti-CAA protestor, claiming that she is former PM Vajpayee's niece.

Baba ka Dhaba: How Netizens did their part in keeping the place afloat and lessons in humanity

There are innumerable 'Baba Ka Dhaba' in our neighbourhood. Maybe it is time to check upon them too.

Hathras: Bhim Army workers lived at victim’s house as ‘relatives’ after her death, vanished after police inquiry about their identity

The Bhim Army woman claimed to be a 'relative' and was actively giving media bytes, speaking against the state government and local administration. She vanished after police asked about her identity.

‘Study’ peddled by The Wire as that of University of Michigan was done by author in private capacity while on leave, university clarifies

University of Michigan has clarified that the random 'study' The Wire peddled as that of the varsity was carried out by the individual in his personal capacity while he is on leave.

Taiwan wants Indian media to say ‘GET LOST’ to China for asking them to follow ‘one China’ policy

China's directive to Indian media came a day after Taiwanese trade office in New Delhi had placed full-page advertisements in the Indian newspapers ahead of their national day on 10 October.

As Rahul Gandhi mouths off platitudes over Air India One, here is a throwback to the time his father used INS Viraat as a...

The two Boeing 777-300 ER planes uses as Air India One for VVIP travel were ordered by UPA govt for Air India

Yogi government takes comprehensive measures to foil the attempts to incite caste-based riots over Hathras incident. Read the details here

UP govt has been proactive in countering attempts by opposition parties to exploit Hathras incident to stoke up caste-based riots

Hathras case: Four persons including a Kerala journalist arrested, booked under UAPA and sedition charges for attempting to create caste-conflict in UP

UP police books Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others under UAPA and sedition charges for inciting riots using Hathras case

USA: Netflix faces indictment in Texas over the lewd exhibition of minor girls in ‘Cuties’ film

Streaming-giant Netflix is now facing indictment over the movie 'Cuties', a French film that has stoked a massive controversy over extreme sexualisation of minor girl, including charges of promoting paedophilia.

Watch: Gir forest employee’s endearing talk to a lion requesting him to let him pass

Gir forest in Gujarat is the only home in Asia to Asiatic Lions. It is one of the most important and protected areas in Asia.

Rajasthan: Minor girl gang-raped in Barmer, accused shot pictures and videos of the heinous act

A 15-year-old minor girl was kidnapped by bike-borne assailants in Rajasthan, who gang-raped her and filmed the heinous act

Joseph Stiglitz, the economist that Rahul Gandhi praised for attacking Modi, is known for his questionable policies and wrong predictions

Joseph Stiglitz had praised the economic policies of Venezuelan govt, said subprime crisis will not happen

The viral video of a boy describing sexual exploitation by Maulvi in Hathras Madarsa is from 2018. Read details

In December 2018, three juvenile offenders were arrested in Hathras for molesting a 5-year-old girl.

Fact-check: Is government giving free internet to students for online classes during coronavirus lockdown

A message has been circulating over the messaging apps and social media platforms that the government has decided to provide 10 GB of free internet to students so that they can attend online classes.

Christian preacher accused of sending inappropriate texts to minor girls says his messages were ‘misread’

Following the allegations, the board members of Scripture Union had taken the complaints into cognizance and had decided to take stringent action against Sam Jaisunder and Reuben Clement.

Aaj Tak reporter who had screamed near Hathras SDM’s face without a mask tests positive for coronavirus

Aaj Tak journalist Chitra Tripathi was recently seen in a viral video where she was screaming non-stop at Hathras SDM Prem Prakash Meena.

Hypocritical liberals attack Times Group head for issuing sermons over Rhea Chakraborty and drug trafficking cases

The Times Group head, Vineet Jain had posted a tweet arguing in favour of bail for embattled actor Rhea Chakraborty

Sushant’s family questions selective leak by AIIMS panel chief, writes letter to CBI to constitute a fresh forensic panel

The family of Sushant Singh Rajput, represented by Vikas Singh, has written a letter to the central investigative agency CBI accusing the head of the AIIMS panel of being "unethical" and "unprofessional".

Aatmanirbhar Bharat: 16 companies including Samsung, iPhone makers approved under PLI scheme, production of ₹10.5 lakh crore expected in 5 years

PLI scheme will lead to production of mobile phones worth Rs 10.5 lakh crores over next 5 years, 60% of which will be exported

Rahul Gandhi’s close aide in Hathras reveals Congress’ sinister plot to instigate caste-based riots

Shyoraj Jivan boasted in the Republic TV sting operation that Rahul Gandhi would become a part of the upheaval once 'bullets start flying' around in Hathras.

Public places can’t be blocked indefinity for protests, govt must remove them without waiting for court order: Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh protests

The Supreme Court bench on Wednesday said that no person or group of persons can block public places in the name of protests

Rhea Chakraborty granted bail by Bombay HC, her brother Showik’s plea rejected

Bombay high court granted bail to Rhea Chakraborty on Rs 1 lakh bail bond.

AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar booked by UP Police for visiting Hathras despite being COVID positive

The Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against the AAP MLA for travelling to Hathras while being COVID positive.

Rahul Gandhi’s ’15 minutes’ claim: From Nehru’s Himalayan blunder to UPA’s silence as China took over Indian land in Ladakh

Rahul Gandhi claims that a Congress government would have thrown Chian out in 15 minutes, forgets that Congress governments over the years have watched thousands of square kilometres of Indian territory being taken over by China.

Michelle Obama gaslights Americans as she defends riots in US, calls it very small fraction of ‘overwhelmingly peaceful’ protests

Edorsing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Michelle Obama, the wife of former US President Barak Obama, in her 24-minute speech attacked US President Trump and claimed that Republicans were "stoking fears about black and brown Americans".

Video of Narendra Modi taking oath as Gujarat Chief Minister on 7 October 2001 goes viral. Watch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday entered 20th year as an elected public representative.

Will Kheti Bachao Yatra turn out to be India’s Rose Garden superspreader event, thanks to Rahul Gandhi?

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, who tested positive for coronavirus, had shared stage with Rahul Gandhi just one day prior.

Lawyers in Pakistan refuse to take up Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case after lawyers from India were refused permission

The International Court of Justice had stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav after he was awarded death sentence in 2017.

‘Kerala model’ myth suffers a blow as State ranks third in the number of Coronavirus cases

Kerala has now climbed to the third spot in the highest number of active cases after it was deemed to be a success against the pandemic.

Rihanna apologises to Muslim community for using a song with Hadiths in virtual runway show for lingerie collection

Rihanna receives criticism for using a song with Hadith during a virtual runway show of her Savage X Fenty lingerie collection.

FIR filed against so-called PM of PoK Raja Farooq Haider under Pakistani laws for treason

Following the registration of a sedition case against the so-called PM of PoK and others, Imran Khan has distanced itself from the move

Rahul Gandhi indulges in fearmongering over recently passed farm bills, claims Centre will take away farmers’ land and give it to Adani-Ambani

Rahul Gandhi said that roads would not be constructed since the centre has abolished the Mandi Tax and the farmer won't be able sell his produce in the absence of infrastructure and roads

Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi over aircraft the procurement process of which began in 2011 under UPA: Read details

Rahul Gandhi targeted PM Modi and the central government over the acquisition of VVIP planes that the UPA decided to procure.

Netizens decide to boycott Mirzapur season 2 on Amazon Prime as lead actor Ali Fazal had celebrated anti-CAA violence

Ali Fazal had tweeted in support of the violent anti-CAA protests which culminated into riots in February 2020.

Pakistan: Muhammad Azmat with a group of armed men try to rape a Hindu girl in Sindh, brutally kill father for attempting to stop...

Reports on forced abduction, rape, conversion and oppression of Hindu minorities have continued to pour in from the terror state of Pakistan.

Who will hold banner and appear on TV? Mumbai Congress workers ‘protesting’ over Hathras fight among each other

Two local Congress leaders had started fighting over who will hold the banner and give a media byte on the Hathras incident.

Rahul Gandhi attends mass gathering for anti-farm bills protests after sharing stage with Coronavirus positive Punjab Minister a day earlier

Rahul Gandhi has not only landed himself in trouble but has also jeopardised the lives of thousands for the sake of petty politics.

From COVID-deniers to flouting social distancing: How Rahul Gandhi’s anti-Farm Bills rallies could be next superspreader hotspots

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu tested positive for the Coronavirus on Tuesday after sharing stage with Rahul Gandhi.

Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu who shared stage with Rahul Gandhi on Monday tests positive for coronavirus

A day before testing positive for coronavirus, Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu had said in a rally that masks hardly mattered

Kerala: Calicut medical college students protest against controversial order over Raksha Bandhan in govt medical colleges

Kerala State Medical Education Director Dr Ramla Beevi has stated that no groups were ever banned from conducting any celebrations and the order only asked for prior permission before holding events.

‘It is like Draupadi’s Cheerharan’: Four get life imprisonment for gang-raping Dalit woman in Alwar, Rajasthan while husband held hostage

In April 2019, a Dalit woman was gang-raped by four men in front of her husband and videos of the heinous crime circulated.

NCW issues notice to Digvijay Singh, Swara Bhaskar and Amit Malviya seeking explanation for revealing identity of the Hathras victim

The NCW has sought explanation from Bhaskar, Singh and Malviya regarding their social media posts in which the identity of the Hathras victim was revealed.

Assam: Ex-Assam Police DIG PK Dutta arrested from Nepal in SI recruitment scam

The former DIG, who is said to be the alleged mastermind in the exams question paper leak scandal, had been on the run after the incident came to the fore on September 20.

Uttar Pradesh: Six-year-old Hathras girl dies after being raped by cousin in Aligarh

The family of the deceased minor girl placed her body at the Sadabad-Baldev road and protested, alleging that the police have arrested the wrong person.

Hathras hearing: UP govt files affidavit asking Court-monitored CBI probe, SC asks for a response on its witness protection plan

The Supreme Court has asked the UP government to file an affidavit detailing the protection granted to the victim's family, lawyer being provided to the family and the scope of the High Court in the case.

Scroll gives space to journalist who writes drivel for Pakistani papers to blame India for tensions between the two countries

Scroll has republished an article initially published on Pakistani media outlet Dawn where India was blamed for the tensions.

Bahujan support group continues to school Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhaskar on how not to hog the limelight and hijack the stage

The response of the Bahujan group comes after Swara Bhaskar's tweet wherein she expressed her 'grief' on being targetted for leading the movement.

India Today speaks half truth in their ‘fact check’ to shield Rahul and Priyanka as they laughed their way to Hathras

The Gandhi scions were seen laughing on their way to Hathras in the viral video which India Today fact-checked.