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India

India witnessed 134 instances of free speech violations this year: Free Speech Collective

Since the beginning of the year, India has witnessed at least 134 instances of free speech violations in the country, according to a study by the Free Speech Collective. The report "Crossing...

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi shut over bomb threat, officials say it appears to be hoax

On Wednesday, around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email....

Congress will snatch all wealth of non-Muslims, says BJP’s new Islamophobic Instagram reel

An election campaign video shared by BJP's official Instagram page urging to vote for Modi, demonised Muslims to...

“Genociders are not welcome”: Palestine protest force JNU admin to cancel US envoy event

On Monday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration cancelled an event with the United States ambassador to India...

Rajasthan elections: Congress hopes to overturn BJP sweep

As voting in Rajasthan state wrapped up on Friday, with a low turnout at around 56 per cent,...

BSF man beaten to death for reprimanding man over uploading daughter’s video

A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Kheda was beaten to death on 24 December by a family when he went to reprimand a youth who allegedly uploaded videos of his minor daughter online.

Dental deformity: Kerala PSC denies govt job to Adivasi youth

An Adivasi youth in Kerala accused the Public Service Commission of denying him government job due to his buck teeth. The incident has sparked outrage on social media, with users calling out Kerala PSC’s “casteism” and ”unscientific policies.”
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‘Disappeared’: The long wait for cursed Kunan-Poshpora family

Khera Begum was one of the twenty-three women who was raped by Army men that night in Kunan. Three decades later, the lightning struck Begum again when the army personnel interrupted the family’s dinner with sharp knocks on 15 December. They inquired about Begum’s 27-year-old son, Abdul Rashid Dar. 

Large scale anomalies in Assam NRC updation, says CAG report

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam while the audit body is recommending action against a former State Coordinator and system integrator Wipro.
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BJP MP Pragya Thakur urges Hindus to keep weapons at home, cut enemy’s head

Terror case accused BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Sunday urged Hindus to keep weapons prepared at home to use against enemies. Thakur's remarks citing "Love Jihad" indicates she...

Delhi HC stays search warrants against advocate Mehmood Pracha

The Delhi High Court stayed the search warrants issued for searching the office premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha.
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“Champion of social justice”: Activists, friends mourn KP Sasi’s death

Veteran documentary filmmaker and human rights defender KP Sasi who died today in Kerala was a champion of social justice, said friends and activists mourning his death.

Veteran filmmaker KP Sasi dies at 64

Veteran documentary filmmaker and cartoonist KP Sasi breathed his last on Sunday. He was 65.
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Lucknow court registers complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi over remarks on Savarkar

A Lucknow Court on Saturday registered a complaint filed against former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his remarks made against Hindutva icon Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in Maharashtra during his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Muslim man stabbed to death in Karnataka: “Murder for political gain” allege Muslim leaders

Abdul Jaleel (45), owner of a fancy shop was stabbed to death at Katipalla, near Surathkal in Karnataka, in the late evening on Saturday.
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Actor Tunisha Sharma found dead on set of TV show, co-star arrested

Tunisha Sharma, a 20-year-old actor was found dead on the set of television show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul on Saturday.

Will open mohabbat ki dukaan amid nafrat ka bazaar: Rahul Gandhi in Delhi

Addressing party workers and leaders in national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the motive of Bharat Jodo Yatra is to open a 'mohabbat ki dukaan' (shop of love) amid a 'nafrat ka bazaar' (market of hatred).
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