Raghvendra Rao

Raghvendra Rao

Journalist

Raghvendra Rao reports on government & policy for WION and is always looking for stuff beyond the obvious. The urge to go out there, get the story and tell it drives him. Films and music keep him sane. He hopes to be able to play the guitar someday.

Watch: World War II-era Dakota finally home-bound to India

  • 2018-04-24 18:09:59

The Dakota is being flown to India by a joint crew of the Indian Air Force and M/s Reflight Airworks Ltd.

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Opinion: Is the Dalai Lama letting down the Tibetan people? 

  • 2018-04-05 19:15:03

The Dalai Lama says Tibet no longer seeks freedom from China, only autonomy. His people disagree with him

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Opinion: Rollback of fake news crackdown is Modi government's first, most significant retreat

  • 2018-04-03 19:24:18

And to think that Smriti Irani's I&B ministry could have come up with the diktat, proposing the cancellation of the accreditation of journal...

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Government proposes penalties for journalists reporting 'fake news'

  • 2018-04-03 00:49:14

The penalties range from the suspension to cancellation of accreditation of journalists found guilty of reporting 'fake news'

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Tibetans only seeking 'certain rights' mentioned in Chinese constitution: Dalai Lama to WION

  • 2018-03-31 23:22:07

Dalai Lama spoke to World Is One News (WION) on the sidelines of the “Thank You India” programme organized in the Tsuglagkhang temple in McL...

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Inside details of India's cross-border raid across Line of Control in Pakistan

  • 2017-12-26 10:07:29

Sources say this was a localised tactical operation conducted by Indian Army Commanders on the ground.

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Indian Air Force gets two more women fighter pilots

  • 2017-12-16 15:26:11

The number of women fighter pilots in Indian Air Force has now gone up to five

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The imprisoned Lord: First-person account from Ayodhya

  • 2017-12-08 12:30:08

WION travelled to Ayodhya on December 6, 2017 - the 25th anniversary of the Babri mosque demolition - and visited the makeshift Ram Temple t...

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Multiple EVM, VVPAT failures reported in Himachal Pradesh polls

  • 2017-11-09 12:00:29

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal cast their votes at Rampur and Samirpur respectively.

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'Homegrown terrorists' on the rise in Kashmir Valley: Defence sources to WION

  • 2017-11-03 14:02:10

While the year 2016 saw 130 terrorists being gunned down, the numbers have already crossed 170 this year.

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J&K: As cross-border shelling increases, govt accelerates building of civilian bunkers

  • 2017-10-26 10:58:37

By October this year, the number of ceasefire violations was already more than double that of last year

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Central forces can't substitute state police: Home ministry to states

  • 2017-10-18 13:54:27

It comes in the backdrop of ongoing standoff between the MHA and the West Bengal government over the pulling out of central forces

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Gujarat, Himachal polls: VVPAT machines from each constituency to be tallied with EVM results

  • 2017-10-17 13:24:41

Paper slips from at least one VVPAT machine from each assembly constituency will be tallied with the results recorded in the Electronic Vot...

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Over 400 Indian troops leave for first ever tri-services joint military excercise with Russia

  • 2017-10-16 17:13:43

Exercise INDRA-2017 will be conducted at the 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky and in the Sea of Japan near Vladivostok.

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Navy commissions INS Kiltan as India's stealth capability in the Indian Ocean gets major boost

  • 2017-10-16 09:40:27

About 81 per cent of the ship is indigenous and is well-equipped to fight in nuclear, biological and chemical warfare conditions

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WION Exclusive: Post-Doklam?India to boost infrastructure along India-China border

  • 2017-10-13 08:54:12

The roads will connect Niti, Lipulekh, Thangla and Tsangchokla pass?over the next three years, sources have told WION.

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Don't post us in field areas since we are 'non-combatants', say personnel of Indian Army's 'services'

  • 2017-10-12 15:48:34

All arms and services are 'combatants', says the Indian Army as the bitter career progression battle in the Indian army comes out in the ope...

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In a first, Indian Air Force men on 'live situation' training killed in J&K

  • 2017-10-11 13:01:18

This is the first time IAF personnel have died in counter-insurgency operation in Kashmir.

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6 IAF officers get Vayu Sena medal for gallantry: Here are their stories

  • 2017-10-11 02:42:08

The officers braved machine failure and damage in the air to prevent catastrophe on the ground

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