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Paddy stubble burning in Punjab: Claims versus reality
With air quality worsening in Northern India, including the National Capital Region (NCR), Punjab is in the eye of a storm with a rising number of stubble burning cases. Punjab produces nearly 20 million tons of paddy stubble every year out of which 93 per cent is usually consigned to the flames. The state government … Read more
Bengaluru riots chargesheet names 2 Congress leaders, claims they instigated mob
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) probing the August 11 violence in parts of Bengaluru over an alleged inflammatory social media post, has filed a preliminary chargesheet in the case in a local court. In the chargesheet, the CCB has named former Congress mayor R Sampath Raj as an accused in the DJ Halli violence. Besides … Read more
Covid-19 broke out in several parts of world last year, we only reported it first, claims China
In a desperate bid to come out clean in the entire debate over the origin of Covid-19, China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and “acted first”. Refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated … Read more
India Today Group’s statement on claims made in the TRP scam case
Ever since Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh held a press conference on Thursday claiming his team has evidence that suggests three TV news channels — Republic TV, Fakt Marathi and Box Cinema — were involved in manipulating TRP ratings, there has been a malicious campaign to malign the image of the India Today Group. A … Read more
TRP Scam: Claims against India Today not supported by witnesses, accused, say Mumbai Police
Mumbai Police has said that it found no evidence against India Today in the TRP manipulation racket busted on Thursday. The joint commissioner of police Milind Bharambe said India Today was named in the FIR but neither the accused nor the witnesses corroborated the claim. Joint commissioner of police Milind Bharambe. Mumbai Police has said … Read more
No chemical used against BJP workers, claims Bengal govt; 89 detained in Kolkata, 24 in Howrah
The West Bengal government has denied allegation levelled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the state police used water mixed with chemicals to charge at BJP workers when they were trying to march towards Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s office in Kolkata on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay said … Read more
Hathras case: SC to hear plea for court-monitored probe today, UP Police claims protests plot to defame govt
Continuing to face heat over its handling of the Hathras gangrape and murder case, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday claimed that certain groups were using the case to defame the Yogi administration and stoke sectarian violence. Police also said they have tightened security around the Hathras victim’s house. In the past, however, the family … Read more
Twist in Hathras case: Accused Ramu was working at dairy chiller plant on day of crime, claims employer
Hathras in Uttar Pradesh is in the national spotlight since the death of a local 19-year-old Dalit girl. In her dying declaration, the girl had accused four local upper-caste men of gang-raping and attempting to strangulate her. Now, in a major twist in the Hathras case, the owner of a dairy chiller plant has claimed … Read more
Claims Birmingham surgeon kept bones of patients probed
image copyrightGoogle image captionIndependent hospital group Circle Health Group said it was taking the issues “incredibly seriously” Claims a surgeon kept the bones of more than 5,000 patients he operated on have led to a police inquiry. Derek McMinn, who invented a hip treatment used on tennis star Sir Andy Murray, has been suspended from … Read more