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Assam Police files FIR against YouTubers for ‘vulgar discussion’ during comedy show
YouTube took down the video after receiving a notice from the Union government.
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Rights body asks YouTube to remove video containing ‘vulgar’ remarks by podcaster ‘BeerBiceps’
Ranveer Allahbadia jokingly made the comments during an episode of the talent show ‘India’s Got Latent’, hosted by comedian Samay Raina.
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Chhattisgarh court files case against BJP MLA for allegedly derogatory remarks about Jesus Christ
The court in Jashpur district directed Raymuni Bhagat to appear before it on Friday.
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Why is Google Maps misdirecting users in India?
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
‘Kaushaljis Vs Kaushal’ review: The older couple steals the show
World Bank cancels funding for 4 waste-to-energy plants in Gujarat after residents object
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
Kerala CM says Narayana Guru shouldn’t be confined to Sanatana Dharma, sparks BJP criticism
The Bharatiya Janata Party asked if Pinarayi Vijayan could question other religions in a similar vein.
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Kerala a ‘mini-Pakistan’, terrorists vote for Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi: BJP’s Nitesh Rane
The Maharashtra minister’s remark was an attack on the unity of India, the Congress said.
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TMC ‘strongly condemns’ West Bengal minister’s ‘Muslims can become majority’ remark
The party said that the statement did not reflect its ideology, and warned that such remarks would be met with strict measures.
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Eco India: Is growing air pollution leading to increased risk of chronic diseases in Indian cities?
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Video: The epidemic of hate speech in India
Eco India: Are Delhi's waste-to-energy plants trading one environmental crisis for a deadlier one?
Eco India, Episode 279: How can we rethink waste before it overwhelms our cities?
Jharkhand minister booked for making allegedly derogatory remark about BJP’s Sita Soren
Irfan Ansari, a Congress MLA, claimed that an ‘edited video’ had been used to defame him.
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SC takes cognisance of Karnataka HC judge referring to Muslim-dominated locality as ‘Pakistan’
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said it may lay down basic guidelines about judges making observations in court.
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Respond to Mahua Moitra’s plea to quash FIR on X post about NCW chief: Delhi HC tells state police
The police on Friday provided the Trinamool Congress MP with a copy of the first information report lodged against her earlier this month.
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‘Kaushaljis Vs Kaushal’ review: The older couple steals the show
‘Babygirl’ film review: Terrific performances in a film about lust without caution
Degrees are of no use, open puncture repair shops to earn, BJP MLA tells students
The legislator, Pannalal Shakya, later claimed that his remarks were taken out of context.
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Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra booked by Delhi Police for allegedly derogatory post about NCW chief
On Friday, the National Commission for Women had filed a police complaint against Moitra and sought an action taken report within three days.
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We need two-thirds majority to amend or rewrite Constitution, says BJP MP Lallu Singh
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Opposition INDIA bloc was spreading lies that the Constitution would be changed if his party retained power.
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Ripples of fear reached India as Palestinians revolted against the British in the 1930s
How the world treated India’s diaspora at the time of its independence
After 90 years, Agra gharana has moved out of its home in Mumbai
When the US was panicking over Indian immigration in 1910s, this man tried to assuage its fears
Mumbai’s architecture is losing its poetry