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2 years
The Grand Mufti of Oman along with Twitter handles with a large following have called for the boycott and also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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"Narendra Modi is a very ill-informed person." Satyapal Malik opens up to Karan Thapar on what really happened in Pulwama - including the PM's instructions to not speak about lapses - in this explosive interview. Full video here:
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5 years
No script. Join us at 8. @khanumarfa in conversation with @RahulGandhi .
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"I'm asking the excellent officers of the army - you are the strongest pillars of our democracy. Don't give the use of your experience and knowledge to these monkeys and help them to destroy democracy." ~Ravish Kumar at #TheWireDialogues
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"You write injustice on the earth; We will write revolution in the sky." Pink Floyd's Roger Waters read out a translated verse from the poem 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega' written by Aamir Aziz. He described the CAA as ‘fascist and racist’.
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3 years
"I'm proud of what I did on the 23rd of Feb, and if it happens like that again, I will do that again." In an exclusive interview, Kapil Mishra says that Hindutva activists played no role in the Delhi Riots & defends the 'goli maaron salon ko' slogan.
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1 year
"भारत की मीडिया का 99.99999% केवल मोदी सरकार की तारीफ करता है, लाखों करोड़ों रूपए लगा कर झूठ और नफ़रत फैलाने का काम करता है..." - Ravish Kumar
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1 year
In an extraordinarily revealing interview with Karan Thapar, Satyapal Malik says that the CRPF had asked for aircrafts ahead of the Pulwama tragedy, and the request was denied by the Union govt. Full interview here:
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4 years
"If you are acting like the British Government then we will act like Bhagat Singh," says a protestor at Red Fort in Delhi. #IndiaAgainstCAA
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"Modi Ji Stopped Ukraine War" | Propaganda or Reality? | Ministry of External Affairs Fact-check
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4 years
Statement by the Founding Editors of The Wire:
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According to the RBI, banks in India lost Rs 12,50,553 crore during the 9-year of Modi govt. Never before in Indian history had banks lost such a gigantic amount without a whisper of a scam or any public debate of consequence. | @jawharsircar #Banking
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4 years
"I do not need any reassurances, that Muslims do not need to worry. I am not worried....I am not afraid, I'm not anxious, I am angry. That such a law has been imposed on us." #NaseeruddinShah in an interview with @bombaywallah . Watch the interview here:
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4 years
"Jamia ke ladkiyon ko inqalaab zindabaad!" The women of Jamia Millia Islamia University continue to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Jantar Mantar four days after being subject to police violence. #IndiaAgainstCAA
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3 years
Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.
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1 year
Does the Prime Minister's Office have full control over the appointments made by India's President Draupadi Murmu? Satyapal Malik says yes. Watch his full interview with Karan Thapar here:
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1 year
BREAKING | Satya Pal Malik, recently in the news for revealing previously unknown information on the Pulwama attack has been called in by the CBI “for questioning” on April 28. The ‘questioning’ will allegedly be on the Reliance Insurance issue.
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5 years
Journalist #Ravishkumar has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless”. Kumar is among the five recipients of this award, which is regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
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3 years
Here’s a list of journalists arrested in the last few months, who haven’t got the same solidarity from the ruling party as #ArnabGoswami . The list of journalists who have FIRs against them or have been summoned by the police would have been even longer.
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3 years
In a major embarrassment to the BJP, the central crime branch of the Bengaluru city police arrested an aide of its MLA Satish Reddy in connection with the COVID-19 bed booking scam.
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2 years
The head of Sri Lanka’s electricity authority has testified before a parliamentary panel that he was told by @GotabayaR that @narendramodi had insisted a 500MW wind power project be directly given to the Adani group.
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3 years
Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against the director of a Lucknow hospital and others after the former released a notice saying there was an oxygen shortage. | Ismat Ara
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3 years
The Lancet severely criticised the Narendra Modi government for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis in India, saying it has given the impression of being more occupied with “removing criticism on Twitter than trying to control the pandemic”.
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11 months
As something of a gateway to Korean culture, dramas and music, BTS have redefined what it means to have cultural power for South Korea and their popularity has put openly racist mores of arbitrating culture under the spotlight, writes @SoumashreeS . #Art
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The Wire
5 years
There are still a few journalists left who have the courage to question the reigning government. Prashant Kanojia's arrest is a warning - if you do your jobs too well, there will be consequences. #FreePrashantNow @khanumarfa explains.
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3 years
Dainik Bhaskar's analysis of tweets posted by ten Union ministers revealed that none of them tweeted to help a COVID-19 victim find an oxygen cylinder or a hospital bed through handles.
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5 years
"In a country where ministers cannot produce degrees to prove that they graduated from college, you expect dispossessed people to show papers, to show that they belong to this country?,” said TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
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3 years
BREAKING | #PegasusProject 3 phone numbers belonging to the SC staffer who accused former CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment were selected as potential targets for surveillance. 11 numbers associated with her and her family were also present.
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3 years
In a humiliating setback for the BJP, a May 18 tweet by its chief spokesperson Sambit Patra that contains screenshots of a purported Congress ‘toolkit’ to corner PM Modi on his handling of the pandemic has been flagged as “manipulated media” by Twitter.
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4 years
"They asked him to chant ‘Modi zindabad’ and when he refused, he was slapped by one of the accused. They abused him and forced him to chant religious slogans. They also snatched his wallet, watch, and Rs 700 from him, and decamped."
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The Wire
7 years
Revenue from company owned by @AmitShah 's son jumped from just Rs 50,000 to over Rs 80,00,00,000 in a single year.
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5 years
"I appeal to everyone in India. For the next two months, please don't watch TV channels. They have a contract to destroy democracy. Neither your voice nor your concerns are present." ~Ravish Kumar at #TheWireDialogues Watch the rest here :
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4 years
EXCLUSIVE | “I am innocent and a victim of communal violence myself. I have full faith in the justice system of my country. I want to surrender before the court.” Suspended AAP councillor and an accused in recent violence in delhi, Tahir Hussain.
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3 years
A doctor who saved thousands of lives by providing timely and cost-effective cardiac care services to his patients even during the pandemic finally succumbed to COVID-19 after battling the disease for more than 10 days. | Dr. Faiz Abbas Abidi
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4 years
Who funds hate? Republic TV and Republic Bharat: Raymonds, Muthoot Group, Jio, Max Bupa, Kent, Air India, Star Health Insurance, Nissan, Dabur, Mahindra, Amazon, Samsung, Sony, Maruti, Nerolac, and Toyota. Avay Shukla writes.
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4 years
Supriya Varma argues that, “even today, there is no archeological evidence that there was a temple under the Babri Masjid.” According to her, “Underneath the Babri Masjid, there are actually older mosques.” #BabriMasjid
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5 years
. @kanhaiyakumar is the antithesis of the Corporate-Hindutva desire to transform India into vulgar communal capitalism. His victory in the upcoming polls will be the victory of the ‘big Indian dream'.
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The Wire
7 years
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations."
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The Wire
4 years
Juveniles being released at Daryaganj Police Station have told The Wire that they have been beaten during the lathi charge and inside the station. A minor has alleged that the police asked them to remove their pajamas and beat them with a belt in the station. #DelhiGate
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3 years
A collective of journalists have gathered outside the YMCA, New Delhi, today to protest against the arrest of #MandeepPunia who was taken into custody by the Delhi Police on Saturday while covering the ongoing farmers' agitation at Singhu Border. Stay tuned for more updates.
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2 years
The Wire Exclusive | We investigated the anonymous Twitter account that got @zoo_bear jailed. It led us to thousands more, with one man in common. He happens to work for a political party - guess which one? Coming today. #MohammedZubair
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#Governance | The 'Last Press Conference by an Indian PM in India' Was 10 Years Ago on This Day Journalist Pankaj Pachauri has pointed out that on this day, in 2014, Dr Manmohan Singh fielded 62 questions from over 100 journalists. #Media
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7 years
. @AmitShah ’s son has seen a dramatic increase in some of his businesses since @NarendraModi became prime minister.
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The Wire
3 years
According to Nodeep’s lawyer, a medical examination of Nodeep was sought after she was arrested by the Haryana Police, that showed wounds on her body and private parts. “This points to the fact that Nodeep was sexually assaulted in police custody."
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4 years
Devangana Kalita, an MPhil student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has been arrested for the third time in less than 10 days, this time by the Delhi police crime branch. She has been sent to police custody for three days.
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4 years
Why has the outrage and empathy gone missing here in the case of this pregnant woman? Why did the celebrities and politicians not raise a hue and cry? Why did social media not seethe with righteous anger? | Bedabrata Pain writes.
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5 years
“I know one minister (in the Narendra Modi government) has said (that) how can we be growing at 7% and not have jobs. Well, one possibility is that we are not growing at 7%,” said Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.
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3 years
Ramdev should be prosecuted under the Epidemic Diseases Act as “untutored” statements are “a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling prey to him”, the IMA said in a statement.
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1 year
The Satyapal Malik interview with Karan Thapar has had an explosive effect on the political establishment, with the opposition as well as families of soldiers demanding govt accountability. Here's a thread of the highlights:
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1 year
"I told him it was our fault, if we had given aircrafts, this would not have happened." In an interview that has rocked the political establishment, Satyapal Malik says that the govt's strategy was always to blame Pakistan and reap electoral gain. Watch:
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4 years
On the occasion of Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday, Twitter users took upon themselves to remind the prime minister of the growing joblessness and acute economic crisis that the country is facing. #NationlUnemploymentDay #HappyBirthdayPMModiji
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4 years
A student in an ambulance, who was in the library describes the police assault against him. Both his legs were fractured by the police lathi charge, and he says that the police told him to run. When he said he could not, the police continued to beat him. #JamiaProtest
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2 years
The restaurant run by Irani's daughter, Zoish, has got a show cause notice from the Goa excise commissioner for allegedly holding an illegal bar licence.
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5 years
. @kanhaiyakumar is the hope for the people, not because he will run the state by representing it in parliament. But by instilling confidence in them that one can win without caste or community slogans or without corporate funding.
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“Dear Dr. Singh, When you were the prime minister, I felt safe as a citizen." An imagined conversation with #ManmohanSingh via @livewire
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Why is the BJP Govt being called a ‘Hafta Vasooli Sarkaar’? @Priyanshi50 decodes:
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The Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh for “spreading rumours” on social media after Singh tried to draw CM Yogi Adityanath’s attention towards alleged criminal neglect by some officials in Varanasi.
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2 years
The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has found that debates on Delhi riots conducted by two Times Now anchors – Rahul Shivshankar and Padmaja Joshi – were not conducted in an “impartial and objective manner”.
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4 years
Setting aside Republic TV editor-in-chief and anchor Arnab Goswami’s plea that all hate speech cases against him be quashed, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Maharashtra police to proceed with investigations.
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"In order to prove that the “king is always right”, the government went to the extent of even undercounting the number of government employees who died while performing panchayat election duty." | Sharat Pradhan
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3 years
The Manipur Police have now invoked the draconian National Security Act (NSA) against journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem and activist Erendro Leichombam, who were arrested for saying that cow dung and cow urine were no cure for COVID-19.
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3 years
With FIRs being registered against those who put up a poster critical of Narendra Modi, it appears the citizen does not have the fundamental right to express an unfavourable opinion of the government and the prime minister. | Badri Raina writes
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5 years
Eid Mubarak from The Wire! #EidMubarak
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“My mother insisted that the photographer should leave the room... but she was completely ignored... My parents are elderly people. Not animals in a zoo. Their request for privacy should have been respected,” former PM Manmohan Singh's daughter said.
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Faisal Husain, a vegetable vendor in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, died less than an hour after being brutally beaten by the Bangarmau police for violating lockdown curfew on Friday (May 21). | @IsmatAraa
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The Indian government has refused the request for private firms in Punjab to commercially import liquid medical oxygen from Pakistan to bridge the gap in supply and enable the creation of more health infrastructure.
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3 years
In an unprecedented show of brotherhood that reaffirms the syncretic soul of Ayodhya, a Muslim cleric who is part of a lone Muslim family in Hindu-dominated Rajanpur village in Ayodhya district won the gram pradhan election with a thumping margin.
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Delhi Police has registered 17 FIRs and arrested 15 people for allegedly pasting posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the vaccination drive against COVID-19, officials said on Saturday.
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4 years
"The irony of #SushantSinghRajputDeathCase is that those who call themselves his fans fail to understand that his legacy is now being associated with consumption of drugs rather than his acting talent," said @ReallySwara in an interview with @khanumarfa .
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4 years
As a proud Indian citizen, I have to hang my head in shame at the gross misbehaviour of our elected leaders – both for their attempt to curb media independence and for their efforts to violate freedom of speech in the country | Amartya Sen
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4 years
While protestors in Delhi brave potential police detention, their sense of humour remains undeterred. #IndiaAgainstCAA
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3 years
In a video that has gone viral on the internet, Ramdev said that patients “just don’t know how to breathe properly” and are “spreading negativity” by complaining of a shortage of oxygen.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'We will build a strong coalition with Mayawatiji and defeat BJP in 2019', says @yadavakhilesh in an interview with @svaradarajan
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“If the Babri Masjid was not demolished, and Hindus went to court saying that Ram was born there, would the court have ordered it to be demolished?” a former Supreme Court judge asks. #BabriJasjid #RamMandir
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"Comparing #RheaChakraborty and #KanganaRanaut is wrong because Rhea has been pulled into the controversies of #SushantSinghRajputDeathCase and Kangana has started the political war herself." | @ReallySwara speaks with @khanumarfa
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4 years
Three years after the tragic deaths of infants at a Gorakhpur hospital, the truth of the incident is yet unknown. But it is evident that Dr Kafeel Khan is being punished for not remaining silent on institutional failures. | Manoj Singh writes.
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Dr Fazal Karim, head of the cardiology department at Era Medical College and Hospital, was known for his dedication to his patients from the city’s lower socioeconomic groups. | Dr. Faiz Abbas Abidi
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On July 23, @SaketGokhale took to social media to allege that the Maharashtra chief electoral officer had hired an advertising company that had a direct link with the BJP. Company owner Devang Dave is in fact an office-bearer of the BJP's youth wing.
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. @kanhaiyakumar is the hope for the people, not because he will run the state by representing it in parliament, but by instilling confidence in them that one can win without caste or community slogans or without corporate funding.
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"“Delhi Police must immediately make public all FIRs, arrests and detentions with their legal status and conduct a free and fair investigation into all the incidents of violence."
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5 years
. @kanhaiyakumar talks of community, of fighting together and he also speaks of his fears. And then there is Ravish Kumar. Fear won’t stop him from asking questions because whether someone wins or loses an election, the truth will always remain true.
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Sonam Wangchuk fasting in -12°C, what do Ladakhis want? @Priyanshi50 explains why there are protests in #Ladakh and their struggle for democracy. #Rights
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#Religion | 'It's Divided, Not United India': Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth on #RamTemple Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati speaks with Karan Thapar and explains how he views the Prana Pratishtha of the Ram Lalla murti in #Ayodhya on Jan 22. #Watch :
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BTS has sold more than 2.5m copies of their compilation album 'Love Yourself: Answer' – twice as many sales as One Direction’s last album.
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"गोदी सेठ, तुम अपनी जेब में नोट रखो, जिगर में दम मैं रखता हूँ" - Ravish Kumar Watch the full video here -
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"Our present-day mainstream media is no longer the fourth estate of democracy, it is the first estate of a political party. Thanks are due to the BJP and Modi ji for bestowing such a spineless mainstream media on India." ~ Ravish Kumar.
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In our country, questioning this government is dangerous. We're going to do it anyway. With your help.
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Renowned music conductor Zubin Mehta has alleged that The Times of India removed just one line from an interview he recently gave to the newspaper – in which he said that he wishes Muslims in India are able to live in peace forever. Watch: #Media
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In Satyapal Malik's explosive interview, he also says that @RahulGandhi 's disqualification took place as he makes the establishment uncomfortable - and has been asking the right questions, that the BJP cannot answer. Watch :
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"Unke sar phod rahe the." A girl who went to protest alone for the first time today talks about how the police lathi charged without warning, hitting a young boy on the head who said he was not protesting, he just worked in the area. She took him bleeding to LNJP. #DelhiGate
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This farmer has gone viral. But what else did he have to say? You can watch the rest of @khanumarfa 's ground report here. #KachoWaliSena
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Actor Prakash Raj said the country does not need statues that could cost Rs 3,000 crore and if the government wants to prepare a register, then it should make one on the country’s unemployed youths and uneducated children.
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