SC orders mediation in Ayodhya dispute, imposes media gag

This mediation will be held in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad district. Former apex court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla will head a panel of mediators in the case. Read More
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Ex-BJD MP Baijayant Jay Panda joins BJP ahead of LS election

With the general election around the corner, former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant Jay Panda has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Monday. Panda had quit the BJD nine months ago after falling out with the BJD chief and Odisha chief minister, Naveen Patnaik. Read More
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Panel: Twitter must address issues ‘real-time’, ‘engage more’ with EC

After a parliamentary panel chaired by BJP MP Anurag Thakur received complaints alleging bias against right-wing voices on the platform, Thakur asked Twitter to address issues in “real-time” and “engage more” with the Election Commission. Read More
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Twitter says it will make changes to ‘protect integrity’ of LS election

Twitter listed a series of changes it has made to “protect the integrity” of the election conversation in India ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election. The organization said that it has been facing allegations of being biased, propelling fake news and hosting malicious content. Read More
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CBDT: Aadhaar-PAN linking must for tax filers; March 31 deadline

Central Board of Direct Taxes stressed over Aadhaar-PAN linking as “mandatory” for those filing an income-tax return. The deadline for completion of the linking of Aadhaar with PAN is March 31, 2019. Read More
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Kolkata cops raid firm allegedly linked to CBI’s Rao: Report

Kolkata Police reportedly conducted raids at two different offices of Angela Mercantile Private Limited – a non-banking finance company, allegedly linked to the CBI’s former interim director Nageswara Rao’s wife, Mannem Sandhya. Read More
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House panel summons Twitter after right-wingers allege ‘bias’

Officials from the ministry of electronics and information technology has been also called by this panel. The meeting is supposed to be held in New Delhi at 3pm on February 11. Read More
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Hindu Mahasabha re-enacts Mahatma’s murder, cops book case

The main accused, while confirming the re-creation of the assassination, said the organization has started this new tradition and re-enactment of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination will be practiced as an annual event just as the immolation of demon king Ravana. Read More
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‘State’s writ ends here’: ‘Pathalgadi’ signboards now in Maharashtra

Following the Pathalgadi movement of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, a few tribal dominated villages in Dahanu taluka of Maharashtra’s Palghar district have put up signboards announcing that laws passed by Parliament or the state assembly are not applicable in their areas. Read More
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Haren Pandya murder: NGO files plea in apex court for fresh probe

Centre for Public Interest Litigation, a non-governmental organization, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding fresh and court-monitored investigation in the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. Read More
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