A journalist with 7+ years of experience, I pretty much inhale and exhale news – figuratively speaking. Cooking, reading and playing with my dog take up the remaining hours of my normal day. I have an inclination for true crime stories, and love listening to such podcasts.
Articles by Sharangee Dutta
'Won’t take sides': Sonia clears air as Gehlot meets her for Congress prez polls
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has hinted of being the frontrunner in the race to become the next Congress president.
Updated on Sep 21, 2022 09:17 PM IST
On Cong prez polls, BJP jabs Tharoor, Gehlot: 'Seeking owner's manzoori'
BJP's national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Congress veteran Shashi Tharoor meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi amid buzz of them contesting in Congress presidential elections shows it's a “family firm or a private limited company”.
Updated on Sep 21, 2022 07:15 PM IST
Gehlot-Dhankhar banter on Mamata: ‘What magic did you do on the tough lady?’
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said he had once asked former two-time Rajasthan CM Vasundhare Raje for help regarding TMC boss and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in the form of “magic spell”.
Published on Sep 21, 2022 04:14 PM IST
‘Long live the Queen’: Britain bids farewell to their monarch | In Pics
Britain's new monarch King Charles III appeared to be fighting back tears as his mother's coffin was descended into the Royal vault beneath the St George's Chapel on Monday. All members of the royal family wore a sombre expression on their faces.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 11:47 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Spider spotted on top of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin during her funeral | Watch
The critter was seen walking over a note written to Queen Elizabeth II by her eldest son and Great Britain's new monarch King Charles III, which was placed atop her coffin.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 08:29 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Westminster Abbey: The witness to Queen's marriage, coronation and funeral
Leading up to the funeral service at the Westminster Abbey, the church's tenor bell tolled every minute for 96 minutes, signifying the age at which Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 07:15 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Lakhimpur rape and murder of Dalit sisters: 7-member SIT formed for speedy probe
Six men have been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody in the case that happened in Lakhimpur Kheri district. Police said two among the accused have confessed to strangling the girls after raping them.
Published on Sep 16, 2022 10:37 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta | Reported by Rohit Kumar Singh | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Day ahead of PM Modi's birthday, Putin tells ‘My dear friend, you’re…’
During his conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the good relations that his country shares with India, saying it is “developing” and has the nature of a “strategic, privileged partnership”.
Updated on Sep 16, 2022 08:23 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami
Cops seize cash worth lakhs, pistol from AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s aide
The raids pertain to a 2020 case related to Amanatullah Khan in connection with alleged irregularities in the Waqf board.
Updated on Sep 16, 2022 06:27 PM IST
On Sitharaman’s ‘half-baked’ jibe, Chidambaram says none was over-cooked like…
At a BJP event in Mumbai on Thursday, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the economic policies of the Congress regime in 1991 were “aadhe-adhure” (half-baked), adding the economy was not opened in the right manner but according to the strictures imposed by the IMF.
Updated on Sep 16, 2022 06:38 PM IST
PM Modi in Uzbekistan to attend SCO Summit, will meet Putin today
This is the first time the SCO Summit is being held in-person after going virtual for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Updated on Sep 16, 2022 12:05 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
William says walking behind Queen's coffin was ‘challenging’: ‘Brought back…’
William, Prince of Wales, and his brother Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walked alongside their father - King Charles III, behind the casket of Queen Elizabeth II during her final journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
Published on Sep 15, 2022 09:22 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Wall carpet with a twist: Indians in Uzbekistan have a special gift for PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to have bilaterals with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and Uzbekistan's Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the SCO summit 2022.
Updated on Sep 15, 2022 08:16 PM IST
Dalit teens - raped, hung from tree in UP - cremated after kin promised aid
The family agreed to conduct the last rites after assurance of financial help from the state and the case to be tried in a fast-track court.
Updated on Sep 15, 2022 06:29 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta | Reported by Rohit Kumar Singh | Edited by Sohini Goswami
‘Special bird’: Indian aircraft lands in Namibia to bring home big cats
A group of eight cheetahs, comprising five females and three males, will first reach Jaipur in Rajasthan on September 17, and then make another hour's journey to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Sep 15, 2022 05:11 PM IST
Why Harry did not wear a military suit at Queen's funeral procession
Prince Harry's elder brother William, Prince of Wales, and their father - the new monarch of Britain, King Charles III, were both in military suits. The king's sister Princess Anne, and younger brother Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, were also seen in the ceremonial garb.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 11:48 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
‘End of Covid in sight’: WHO as new cases globally fall to lowest since 2020
The statement by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus can be deemed as the most optimistic since the pandemic first emerged in China in late 2019.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 10:15 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
‘Police could’ve fired bullets but…': TMC's Abhishek Banerjee on Kolkata clashes
More than 20 people have been arrested in specific cases of assault on police officers and destruction of government property in Kolkata and Howrah during the BJP's ‘Nabanna Cholo’ march. The saffron camp, however, has maintained their stance that none of their workers were involved in violence.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 09:32 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
‘Operation Kichad’: Jairam's dig at BJP after 8 Cong MLAs switch sides in Goa
Congress leader Pawan Khera also took a dig at the BJP, saying the saffron camp adopted all kinds of tactics - using federal agencies, wooing with money, threats by goons, to make ‘Operation Kichad’ successful.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 08:50 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Begusarai firing: 7 police personnel who were on patrolling duty suspended
Two unidentified bike-borne assailants opened fire at 10 locations in Begusarai on Tuesday evening, resulting in the death of a 25-year-old man and injuring 10 others. Among those injured, as many as four are stated to be critical.
Updated on Sep 14, 2022 05:22 PM IST
'Chant slogans of Rajiv Gandhi, Gehlot, or...': Rajasthan CM's advisor at event
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot along with his advisor Babulal Nagar, and other ministers, attended the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games in Nawan and Dudu on Tuesday.
Published on Sep 13, 2022 11:03 PM IST
Shah warns against those 'selling dreams'; Kejriwal agrees, takes dig at BJP
Union home minister Amit Shah said the BJP will not only retain the government in Gujarat but will also win the assembly polls by two-thirds majority.
Updated on Sep 13, 2022 09:40 PM IST
‘We travel on chartered plane': BJP's 'aam aadmi' swipe at Arvind Kejriwal
The BJP's dig at Delhi CM and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal comes as the latter is on a two-day visit to Gujarat, with eye on the assembly elections scheduled later this year.
Updated on Sep 13, 2022 05:38 PM IST
On BJP's t-shirt jibe at Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot cites Amit Shah’s muffler
On Monday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said the BJP wants to talk about issues such as t-shirts, containers and shoes because it is “rattled and unnerved” by the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
Published on Sep 12, 2022 10:23 PM IST
Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law moves HC after ED stops her from flying abroad
Maneka Gambhir was on Saturday stopped by immigration officials from boarding a flight to Bangkok, where her parents live. She was asked to wait, and later an ED officer from the central agency's Kolkata office reached the airport and handed Gambhir the notice.
Published on Sep 12, 2022 09:55 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
Congress shares fact-check video after Smriti Irani's allegations against Rahul
In a video, Union minister Smriti Irani criticised the Congress party for forgetting to pay tribute to Swami Vivekananda when the party's ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ commenced in Kanyakumari last week. She accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of finding the gesture of paying respect “unacceptable”.
Updated on Sep 12, 2022 05:53 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
'I’m not sad…went to washroom': Ajit Pawar on walking out of NCP convention
On Sunday, Maharashtra LoP Ajit Pawar was seen leaving the stage before his uncle and NCP boss Sharad Pawar, as party leader and its state chief Jayant Patil was delivering his speech,
Updated on Sep 12, 2022 04:01 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
King Charles III: New ruler gets out of limo & greets people outside Buckingham
On Friday, King Charles III along with his Queen Consort Camilla returned to the Buckingham Palace in London, and was greeted by a sea of supporters, who chanted “God Save the King”, The Associated Press reported.
Updated on Sep 10, 2022 07:57 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
After Queen Elizabeth II's death, who are the world's longest-reigning monarchs?
Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, is now the only female monarch in the world.
Updated on Sep 10, 2022 05:01 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
Rainbow appears outside Buckingham Palace as people mourn Queen's death
With Queen Elizabeth II's demise on Thursday, her eldest son - Charles - immediately succeeded her to the British throne as the new monarch of the country. He will be known as King Charles III.
Updated on Sep 09, 2022 05:16 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi