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Case booked for spreading fake news on coronavirus

8:10 pm March 16, 2020

Hyderabad: A case was booked on Monday against an unknown person for allegedly spreading fake news about coronavirus (COVID-19) in the social media, police said here. The case was booked under section 54 (punishment for false warning) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, following a complaint by a police official who stated that one unknown […]

Aadhaar, dabba, hartal, shaadi make it to Oxford dictionary

4:10 pm January 24, 2020

New Delhi: The latest edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary features 26 new Indian English words, including Aadhaar, chawl, dabba, hartal and shaadi. The 10th edition of the dictionary, which was launched on Friday, has 384 Indian English words and incorporates over 1,000 new words such as chatbot, fake news and microplastic. The dictionary […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Fake news bigger menace than paid news: Javadekar

7:20 pm November 16, 2019

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday that fake news was a bigger menace than paid news and urged the media fraternity to introspect about ways to deal with it. Speaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India to observe National Press Day and confer National Awards for Excellence in […]

Top JK brass apprise EU MPs delegation of situation in state

11:51 pm October 29, 2019

Srinagar: The top police and civil officials of the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday told a delegation of 23 EU MPs that people have been yearning for peace but the terrorists have been continuously threatening them by firing bullets. During an interaction with the law makers from different European countries, DGP Dilbag Singh said […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Mahatma Gandhi showed love for non-violence is only way to defeat hatred: Rahul

11:53 am October 2, 2019

New Delhi: Several top Congress leaders, including party president Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary with Rahul Gandhi saying that the Father of the Nation showed that love for all living beings and non-violence is the only way to defeat bigotry and hatred. The Congress president and […]