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India becomes atmanirbhar in the toy industry, imports from China reduces by over 70% in recent years

As part of the Local for Vocal initiative, India is making a strong course correction in the toy manufacturing ecosystem.

Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasmah’s former ‘Roshan Singh Sodhi’ goes missing, father files missing complaint

Gurucharan aka 'Sodhi' was last seen at Delhi airport on April 22nd, where he was bound for Mumbai. However, he never reached his destination nor returned home.

Arvind Kejriwal has put personal interest over the national interest by not resigning: Delhi HC lambasts AAP govt & MCD for failure to provide...

The bench remarked that due to non formation of the standing committee, many projects in the national capital are stalled.

Meet Jahanzaib Ali: Pakistani ‘journalist’ known for peddling anti-India propaganda during US State Dept press briefings

Jahanzaib Ali has been involved in exploiting fault lines in the bilateral relation between India and the US. And he does it shrewdly by framing his pro-Pakistani propaganda in the form of questions.

Prashant Bhushan bats for inheritance tax after losing the EVM battle, yet again

Prashant Bhushan expressed support for inheritance tax after Sam Pitroda suggested that a US-like inheritance tax should be brought in India.

How Indian men and women differ when it comes to gameplay time

Traditionally, gaming has been perceived as a predominantly male activity, with men usually encouraged to pursue leisure activities that align with notions of competitiveness and strategic thinking.

Islam forbids organ donation, but allows receiving: As a Pakistani girl receives a heart transplant in India, Indians have many questions

The money was arranged by Aishwaryam Trust and the Pakistani girl's family didn't have to pay any thing for the operation.

Rajasthan: Supporters of independent candidate from Barmer Ravindra Singh Bhati and Congress’s Ummeda Ram Beniwal clash in Sheo

Ravindra Singh Bhati alleged that tapes were being pasted in front of his name on the EVMs. Meanwhile, Congress leader Ummeda Ram Beniwal’s supporters accused the supporters of Bhati of booth capturing.

West Bengal: CBI recovers foreign weapons from Abu Taleb’s house in Sandeshkhali, NSG called in to diffuse crude bombs

Citing sources, Republic Bangla also informed that the weapons, which also included imported ones, were recovered from the house of a man named Abu Taleb.

Emory Professor in Atlanta knocked to the ground and handcuffed: How universities across the US have become a hotbed of pro-Hamas protests

Universities across the US have become centres of antisemitism as a large number of Hamas sympathisers demonstrate against Israel-Gaza war.

Madras HC declares amendment to Tamil Nadu law on Waqf properties unconstitutional, rules only Waqf tribunals can evict encroachments

A Bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy struck down the provisions that enabled the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board Chief Executive Officer to order the eviction of encroachers.

INDI Alliance leaders should apologise for committing sin of creating doubt on EVMs, their dreams shattered by SC verdict: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the INDIA bloc over the Supreme Court decision rejecting the plea for 100 per cent VVPAT verification of EVM votes

‘Maybe I was born here in my last birth, or will be born again as child of a Bengali mother’: PM Modi seeing overwhelming...

PM Modi said, "You people are showering so much love that I think I have a deep-rooted connection with you all and West Bengal. As if I were born here in my past life or I will take birth here in my coming life."

Supreme Court Registry rejects plea challenging constitutional validity of Collegium system

Supreme Court Registry rejects plea challenging constitutional validity of Collegium system stating that the plea was filed to overstep established legal principles or with an ulterior motive.

Lok Sabha election: TMC workers attack BJP leader and workers, surround Balurghat candidate Sukanta Majumdar while raising offensive slogans

Sukanta Majumdar charged that the TMC workers were within 100-meter of the polling booth on the 2nd phase of Lok Sabha poll.

Supreme Court instructs ECI to keep Symbol Loading Units in strong rooms after elections: Read what these devices are and how the order will...

Symbol Loading Units are used to load candidate names and symbols into the VVPAT machines before the elections

‘Hit them, burn Kafirs to death’: Deadly attack on Hindu trader near Ram temple in Bharuch’s Ochchan; 11 including Abdul, Feroza, Sabina booked

FIR under Sections 143, 147, 149, 323, 337, 436, 504, and 506 (2) of the IPC has been registered against 11 people, including Abdul, Feroza, and Sabina.

‘Took active part in hatching a conspiracy’: Read what Delhi HC said while denying bail to UAPA accused Salim Malik in Delhi riots case

The Delhi HC called Salim Malik a "co-conspirator" in Delhi riots case and held that he took active part in hatching a conspiracy to commit the riots.

Eviction, suspension, and arrest: Violent pro-Palestine protests cost dearly to ‘woke’ students across several US universities

In the visuals emerging from Emory University, Georgia, security forces are seen tasering the pro-Palestine protestors, launching tear gas, and reportedly firing rounds of rubber bullets at crowds and protesters.

EVM wins again: Supreme Court rejects all petitions asking for 100% verification by VVPAT slips, refuses to take country back to paper ballot age

Justice Khanna delivered the verdict, stating that the court had thoroughly studied the procedures and technical factors and hence dismissed the request for 100% verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips.

George Soros and Rockefeller Brothers Fund behind pro-Palestine protests in US universities, had earlier fuelled anti-India propaganda

"Do the Rockefeller and Soros families want their money to be used to advocate for Hamas’s war aims?" asked Wall Street Journal columnist Ira Stoll.

‘Does not cause fear or alarm to public’: Delhi Police gives clean chit to X user who called Alt News co-founder Md Zubair a...

The Police said: "Thus, the captioned tweet by the complainant Mr. Jagdish Singh made on 18.04.2020 does not cause fear or alarm to the public or any section of the public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against any state or against public tranquillity."

‘India determines its own visa policy, we are not going to opine on it’: US State Dept rejects Pakistani journalist’s question on Avani Dias

Avani Dias, an Australian journalist claimed that she was not allowed to cover the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and was compelled to leave the country. However, later government sources revealed that her claims are "not correct, misleading and mischievous."

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Polling for second phase begins in 88 constituencies, over 15 crore people to exercise their right to vote

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said that adequate arrangements have been made for smooth polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls and urged voters to participate in the festival of democracy in maximum numbers.

Horlicks not a ‘health drink’ anymore, rebranded as ‘functional nutritional drink’: Know what happened and what it means

HUL drops health drink label for Horlicks, Boost after govt directions against the label, rebrands it 'functional nutritional drink'

Somaiya Trust takes note of OpIndia report on Islamist views of Somaiya School principal Parveen Shaikh: Details

According to Somaiya Trust, it would probe the matter and expressed disagreement with the statements made by principal Parveen Shaikh

Congress notified reservations for all Muslims in Karnataka under OBC quota, document shows, but AltNews’ Zubair tries to shift blame on JD-S to save...

Zubair tried to blame the Deve Gowda govt for Muslim reservation in Karnataka but forgot to mention that it was introduced by Congress govt led by Veerappa Moily

Lawyers seek contempt of court proceedings against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for saying that Calcutta High Court is purchased, judges are biased

Plea filed in Calcutta High Court seeking action Against CM Mamata Banerjee for saying HC had been 'purchased' and judges are biased

Congress leaders and others spread fake news that Jamyang Tsering Namgyal regrets joining BJP after he was denied ticket, the Ladakh MP says he...

Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal clarifies he never said that he regrets joining BJP after he was denied ticket

“We are judged by what we do at home, not what we say abroad”: MEA on police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests in American universities

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said democracies should, in particular, display this understanding for other democracies since “we are all judged by what we do at home and not what we say abroad."

Ministerial Round Table Conference at World Energy Congress discusses pathways to manage the evolving trilemma of energy security, access and sustainability

The Ministerial Round Table Conference at the ongoing World Energy Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands discussed how the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference was a game changer

In-house battle in Baramati – A look at how political equations work out for Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar in the polls

At Baramati, Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule will be pitted against her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar, wife of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Congress president Kharge writes to PM Modi seeking time to meet him to explain party’s manifesto, claims he is misinformed

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's 'Nyay Patra'.

‘We feel ashamed when we look at them’: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif laments over Bangladesh’s economic growth before country’s business community

Shehbaz Sharif recounted that Bangladesh which was earlier called "East Pakistan" was termed as a burden on Pakistan when he was boy.

Mass arrests in US after Shaheen Bagh-type encampments in US universities by pro-Palestine protestors: Here’s how US supports the same elements in India

Shaheen Bagh-like encatchments are showing up in the United States with pro-Palestine students protesting in varsities across the country

Delhi: YouTuber Manish Kashyap joins BJP at party headquarters in the presence of Anil Baluni and Manoj Tiwari

The YouTuber gained national headlines after he was accused of sharing a fake video and spent almost nine months behind bars.

Wealth redistribution: Supreme Court says ‘won’t go by Marxist interpretation’- Details

"We don't have to go as far as the Marxist socialist interpretation by Justice Krishna Iyer [of Article 39(b) in Ranganatha Reddy case of 1977]. But community resources will surely include resources which the present generation holds in trust brd on inter-generational equity," the CJI said.

PM Modi hits Congress hard on inheritance tax, recalls how Rajiv Gandhi abolished it just before his children inherited Indira Gandhi’s estate

PM Modi today slammed the Congress party for revoking the inheritance just before transferring Indira Gandhi’s estate to her grandchildren

Bankrupt Pakistan’s business leaders urge PM Shehbaz Sharif to restore trade ties with India to save the economy

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened with the business community, aiming to rejuvenate the economy through robust exports.

Manipur govt’s war on drugs: Chief minister N. Biren Singh shares video highlighting success against state’s massive drug problem

Drugs like cannabis, opium and yaba have catastrophic environmental impacts from deforestation to land sinking in Manipur.

BJP MP Ram Shankar Katheria’s wife Mridula Katheria to contest against him as independent from Etawah Lok Sabha constituency

Mridula Katheria, who is the wife of BJP MP Ram Shankar Katheria, has decided to run for the Etawah Lok Sabha seat as an independent candidate

BJP candidate Madhavi Latha faces hate in Hyderabad, opposition supporters question whether she is a man or a woman

Several videos of such hate campaigns are making rounds on social media in which the AIMIM leaders or Muslim leaders can be heard saying that they have doubts about whether Latha is a man or a woman.

Mastermind of the excise policy scam, tempered evidence, destroyed 170 phones: ED challenges Arvind Kejriwal plea against arrest in Supreme Court

The affidavit highlighted that Arvind Kejriwal had been evading interrogation, despite being summoned nine times by the ED.

Actress Tamannaah Bhatia summoned by Maharashtra cyber department in illegal IPL 2023 streaming case: Details

The Fairplay app is a subsidiary app of the Mahadev app, promoters of which have links with Dawood Ibrahim’s D-company and are being probed in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate.

Chinese citizen, who threatened a person for advocating democracy in China, sentenced to prison in USA

This verdict follows Wu's conviction in January on charges of cyberstalking and interstate transmission of threatening communication, as announced by the US Attorney's Office in Massachusetts.

Judge RK Diwakar, who ordered videographic survey of disputed Gyanvapi structure, gets threats from international phone numbers

In a letter to the SSP, the judge stated last week that he has been receiving malicious calls from international numbers, "which is deeply concerning."

‘Ashok Gehlot was taping phone calls of Sachin Pilot and others, kept Congress high command in the dark’, says his former OSD Lokesh Sharma

Sharma further stated that the paper he gave to the media contained references to the audio messages in the pen drive, saying that the audio was phone conversations between Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Late MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma, and Sanjay Jain. He added that he was asked by former CM Gehlot himself to circulate them in the media.

Wealth re-distribution: Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai asks Rahul Gandhi to distribute his ‘benami assets’ first

Former chief minister and BJP candidate from the Gadag-Haveri Lok Sabha constituency Basavaraj Bommai hit out at the Congress and asked Rahul Gandhi to distribute his 'benami assets', before speaking about the re-distribution of the nation's property.

Haryana: Around 400-year-old idols of Vishnu and Lakshmi unearthed during house construction, ASI rejects demands to place them in a temple

3 metal idols, estimated to be about 400 years old, were unearthed during excavation for a house construction in Manesar’s Mohammadpur Baghanki village. 

India had Inheritance Tax for over 3 decades, it was abolished by Rajiv Gandhi govt just a month before transfer of Indira Gandhi’s estate...

Estate Duty Act 1953 that imposed inheritance act was abolished just a month before transfer of Indira Gandhi’s estate to her grandchildren

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