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The Pune police lodged an FIR today against journalist Nikhil Wagle over a “defamatory” social media post that criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leader LK Advani over the latter being awarded the Bharat Ratna.

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज एक नहीं बल्कि अलग-अलग ख़बरों को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. किसी ने हलद्वानी में हिंसा तो किसी ने किसानों के दिल्ली कूच को पहली सुर्खी बनाया है. वहीं, कुछ अखबारों ने नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार द्वारा कांग्रेस के कार्यकाल पर श्वेत पत्र तो कांग्रेस द्वारा…

The prime minister has spoken. He speaks all the time, but when he decides to speak in Parliament, we are compelled to listen. It is an institution that he visits infrequently. However, given that the 17th Lok Sabha is winding down as we face a general election, we must pay…

A day after a Dainik Bhaskar Digital sting operation tried to uncover an alleged fraud racket offering jobs for cash in Uttar Pradesh, the reporter as well as the news outlet have been booked for alleged defamation and criminal conspiracy.

A network of 123 Chinese websites are reportedly posing as local news outlets in 30 countries and driving “pro-Beijing disinformation” and “ad hominem attacks” as part of an “influence” campaign linked to a Beijing-based public relations firm, said a report by research group Citizen Lab.   

हिंदी के प्रमुख अखबारों ने आज एक नहीं बल्कि अलग-अलग ख़बरों को प्राथमिकता दी है. किसी ने राज्यसभा में प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के अभिभाषण तो किसी ने दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल को कोर्ट द्वारा समन जारी किए जाने को प्राथमिकता दी है. वहीं, कुछ अखबारों ने उत्तराखंड विधानसभा में…

The National Investigation Agency has reportedly searched several locations in Hyderabad, including the residence of journalist S Venugopal, over alleged Maoist links.

Six days ago, a photograph went viral on social media. It was a scene from a stage performance by students of Savitribai Phule Pune University showing an actor dressed as Sita sitting and smoking a cigarette.

Since December, your news and social media feeds were probably drenched with updates on the Ram temple’s consecration. Which Bollywood stars were in attendance? What was in the goody bags handed to attendees? What colour was the sanctum sanctorum? How many IAF choppers were co-opted into the celebration?

The authorities in five BJP-governed states repeatedly used JCB equipment for “unlawful, punitive demolition” of Muslim properties in at least 33 instances, as per an Amnesty International investigation of 63 of 128 documented demolitions in Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

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