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College students, maulvi, rickshaw driver among those recruited by ISIS inspired terror module to carry out terror attacks

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College students, maulvi, rickshaw driver among those recruited by ISIS inspired terror module to carry out terror attacks

The National Investigative Agency (NIA) in a joint operation with the Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad on Wednesday conducted searches in 17 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with a new ISIS module named ‘Harkat ul Harb-e-Islam’.

As per NIA, a maulvi, a civil engineering student from Amity University in Noida, third year BA student, an auto-rickshaw driver, welding shop owner and a garments business owner are among those who are accused and suspects. A woman believed to be linked to the module is also detained and is being questioned.

The NIA has detained ten people for interrogation, from which five have been detained from Amroha itself. The NIA IG in a press briefing said that their level of preparedness suggests they wanted to carry out explosions in near future by remote control blasts and fidayeen attacks. He added that this is a new ISIS-inspired terror-module and they were in touch with a foreign agent.

As per NIA, a total amount of Rs. 7.5 lakh, 100 mobile phones and 135 sim cards were recovered along with laptops. Some searches are still underway. 10 of the initial 16 suspects are arrested by the NIA. As per the NIA, the module was largely self-funded and some members had even stolen gold from their homes to raise the funds.

Officials confirmed that they were planning to attack Delhi police headquarters, RSS office and other “vital installations” and important personalities in the national capital and in UP ahead of Republic Day celebrations next month.

Parallel raids were conducted in Simbhaoli, Lucknow, 6-7 places in Delhi, mostly Seelampur and other places.

In east Delhi’s Jafarabad area, the NIA carried out searches along with the Delhi Police’s Special Cell and arrested five ISIS terrorists namely Md. Azam, Anas, Zubair Zafar, Zaid and Zubair Mallik and recovered seven pistols and swords. ISIS flags have also been siezed from the suspects who had pledged alliance with the Islamic State.

Several sophisticated weapons and explosives like Ammonium Nitrate, pistols and one grenade launcher were recovered along with jihadi literature.

Despite Rahul Gandhi’s rhetoric on women empowerment, cabinets of 3 recently won states have negligible representation

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Despite Rahul Gandhi’s rhetoric on women empowerment, cabinets of 3 recently won states have negligible representation

After the Chief Ministers in the three States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh took oaths along with their respective cabinets, Congress’ hypocrisy on women empowerment is lying exposed. Despite Rahul Gandhi’s tall claims about the inclusion of women in politics, his party failed to give adequate representation to women in the three states where they recently formed the government.

The composition of the cabinets in these three states exposes the shallowness of the promises of women empowerment made by the party. In Chhattisgarh cabinet, there is only one woman legislator out of a total of 12 legislators. Similarly, Rajasthan cabinet is no better with one woman out of 23 as compared to 4 women legislators in the Vasundhara Raje government. There are 2 women in the 28-member Madya Pradesh cabinet led by Kamalnath who is facing allegations of involvement in the 1984 riots.

Of late Rahul Gandhi has portrayed himself as a strong advocate of women’s rights and has been talking about reservation for women in politics in what appears as an attempt to create a vote bank of women. Earlier this month he had directed the state governments of Congress and its allies to pass a resolution to reserve one-third of its seats in the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies for women.

In stark contrast to his political posturing, Rahul Gandhi’s party chose to appease Muslim fundamentalists instead of supporting the empowerment of Muslim women by opposing the Triple Talaq Bill introduced by the NDA government. However, if one looks at the history of Congress Party, this was not unexpected as Rahul’s father Rajiv Gandhi had also acted in the same way when he overturned the verdict of the Supreme Court in the Shah Bano case only to appease the fundamentalist Muslims for political gains.

Despite his own hypocrisy on the issue of women empowerment, he often targets the BJP and the RSS for not giving equal representation to women.  He once commented “Have you ever seen women wearing shorts working in RSS?” without realizing the sexist nature of the remark. In the month of July this year, Rahul had included a total of seven women out of 51 members in the Congress Working Committee, one of them being his own mother Sonia Gandhi.

Complaint filed against Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy by activist for his encounter order video

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Complaint filed against Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy by activist for his encounter order video

Trouble seems to be intensifying for the Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy for his remark– “kill them mercilessly” in a video that surfaced yesterday. Activist Narsimhamurthy has approached the Human Rights Commission to file a complaint against the Karnataka CM for his threat to call for violence.


The activist questioned the country’s law and constitution and said, “The Chief Minister asked police officials to gun down the killers. We have law and constitution in our country. The procedure of law should be followed, the Chief Minister cannot issue such orders,” Murthy said.

The Chief Minister was on Tuesday caught on camera endorsing lawlessness when he asked to ‘mercilessly’ kill the accused in the murder of a Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) worker.  As per media reports, the Chief Minister was apparently issuing orders to a senior police officer following the death of JDS leader Honnalagere Prakash.

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy was caught in a video instructing someone on the phone ‘He (murdered JDS leader Prakash) was a good man, I don’t know why did they murder him. Kill them (assailants) mercilessly in a shootout, no problem.” However, Kumaraswamy later retracted by claiming that it was his emotional outburst that led his unseemly behaviour. He also claimed that the suspects were wanted in two other murder cases. They were in jail and now they have killed one more person.

H Prakash was a former Zilla Panchayat member and JDS worker who was attacked by four men while he was travelling in his car on Mysuru Road at the highway near Maddur. The attacks reportedly opened the car’s back door, where Prakash was sitting and attacked him with a machete. As per the reports, Prakash survived the attack but later succumbed to the severe injuries at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences.

Ashok Gehlot’s pick for Jaipur District Collector has various cases of corruption against him

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Ashok Gehlot’s pick for Jaipur District Collector has various cases of corruption against him

Jagroop Singh Yadav, who took charge as District Collector of Jaipur today has been embroiled in various corruption cases. Believed to be a close aide of chief minister Ashok Gehlot, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had filed a case of corruption against him for alleged misuse of office while awarding 222 sq mtr of land to two beneficiaries in 1989.

Yadav was also named in another FIR filed by the ACB in 2014 for an alleged Rs. 2.5 crore scam when he was the CEO of Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC). It was alleged that the corporation had unduly favoured a contractor for deploying security guards at various parks in the city and the officers did not even bother to check the physical presence of the guards in the parks.

Yadav was also named in the 2001 case where was accused of indulging in corrupt practices like helping ration card dealer siphon off kerosene in open market and adulteration when he was the District Supply Officer.

A Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS) officer, Yadav was promoted to IAS rank in 2015. A case under section 420 (cheating), 467 (and 13(1)(D) of Prevention of Corruption Act were filed against him when he was an RAS officer. However, even when the investigation in the case was on, he was promoted as an IAS. Yadav is one of the 68 officers brought in by the newly elected Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in the large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle he undertook within days of swearing in.

Pakistan is trying to stoke unrest in Punjab by reviving Khalistani militancy, reveals arrested terrorist

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Pakistan is trying to stoke unrest in Punjab by reviving Khalistani militancy, reveals arrested terrorist

The interrogation of the suspected terrorist Shabnamdeep Singh, who was arrested from Patiala in Punjab last month, has revealed striking details of plans to create a new terror group in Punjab. The group, Khalistan Gadar Force, is allegedly being formed under the guidance of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. According to sources in the Punjab Police, Shabnamdeep was in constant touch with Javed Khan Wazir, an ISI agent and Gopal Singh Chawla, a Pakistani Khalistani supporter.

Singh also revealed that the ISI had promised to give ten million rupees to him for establishing the new Terror front ‘Khalistan Gadar Force’. Punjab Police hails Singh’s arrest as a major achievement in unravelling the Khalistani-ISI nexus behind the renewed attempts to foment terror in Punjab. Pakistan is constantly engaged in the conspiracy of terrorist activities in Punjab.

The Police had found incriminating evidence in form of several letters and pads of ‘Khalistan Gadar Force’ in Shabnamdeep Singh’s possession. The intelligence agencies have stated that ISI is actively involved in building Khalistani Terror Network by luring disgruntled Sikh youth of Punjab through Khalistani supporters living in countries like Pakistan, Britain and Canada.

According to an officer associated with a central security agency and who monitors Khalistani activities, ISI has been trying to create a new terror group in Punjab. Intelligence agencies have put all the groups connected with Khalistani terrorists under surveillance. Security agencies believe new terror groups benefit immensely as all eyes are fixed on activities carried out by already established terror outfits.

Intelligence agencies suspect that ISI is pumping huge money in Punjab to set up terror modules and stir unrest in the state. Not only this, some Khalistani supporters living in foreign countries are running an agenda in the name of Referendum 2020 under a conspiracy to achieve secession of Punjab from India. According to a security official, ISI issues instructions to the youth associated with Khalistani terrorists through a special messaging application in their mobiles. Agencies are finding it extremely difficult to intercept messages sent over this application in real time. Youths are informed about weapon consignment and other details through this application.

The Home Ministry has issued a circular to all the agencies to collect all the information related to the ‘Khalistan Gadar Force’ and also find out how many people are associated with this group so far and who is behind them.

The arrest of Shabnamdeep Singh conclusively proves Pak-ISI nexus in promoting disorder and violence in Punjab. Sukhminder Singh Hansara, a known Khalistani activist had recently felicitated Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Pak Army Chief Bajwa in an event in Canada. Imran Khan even invited Gopal Singh Chawla, a Khalistani Terrorist known for his anti-India utterances in the Kartarpur groundbreaking ceremony.

Recently, Imran Khan took an opportunity to ridicule India by claiming that India should learn from Pakistan how to treat its minority. While India has a stellar record in treating its minorities, Imran Khan would do well to realise how Pak’s cosying up with terror outfits has adversely affected minorities of both Pakistan and India.

Congress leader spreads fake news about PM Modi waving without a crowd being present during Bogibeel bridge inauguration

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Congress leader spreads fake news about PM Modi waving without a crowd being present during Bogibeel bridge inauguration

The speed and efficiency with which the NDA government is completing major infrastructure projects seem to have forced Congress party to resort to peddling fake news and run petty narratives to hide their own failure over the past decades.

Actor-turned-politician and Congress national spokesperson Khushbu Sundar has resorted to a similar strategy to defame PM Modi by sharing a post on Twitter claiming that PM Modi was waving at an empty train and said that he was indulging in self-promotion.


In an urgency to slander Prime Minister Modi, Congress spokesperson Khusbhu perhaps forgot to comprehend facts relating to PM Modi’s gesture towards the public present in the train and also below the bridge.

This live TV report below shows a longer video of the same moment when PM was waving towards the train, and it can be clearly seen that the train is filled with people. The ANI video showed only an AC coach, hence its difficult to see people behind glass windows. But from the other coaches, people can be seen chanting ‘Modi, Modi’ and waving to him.

The relevant portion starts at around 13:50 in the India Today video above. The historic event was attended by thousands of people on both sides of the river. The presence of crowd was covered extensively by News Channels.

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Khushbu also asked people to pay attention to the shadow of the trolley camera, which was again bizarre because camera-less transmission and uploading of videos is a technology yet to be invented. Any video or image will need a camera to shoot, be it a professional camera or personal mobile phone cameras.

Many Twitter users also pointed out these facts to the former actress.


On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest railroad Bogibeel bridge. PM Modi also flagged off the first passenger train to cross the Bogibeel bridge yesterday. In fact, the original video shared by News agency ANI, showed the PM waving to the people inside the train, which appeared to be full of passengers.

The Indian Railways had offered free rides to the public for the inaugural ride across the bridge in the Tinsukia-Naharlagun Intercity Express and people of the area had gathered in large numbers to enjoy the historic ride. It is further interesting that Khushboo did not seem to decipher that dark glass panes in train windows mean that the people present inside the train will not be visible from outside.


Other videos and images of the event shared by ANI also showed a huge crowd present to greet the PM just below the bridge. A glance at the images of the crowd present below will make it clear that it will be only visible to a person standing near the edge and not from a distance.

PM Modi waving to the crowd during Bogibeel bridge inauguration, Image Courtesy: ANI

 The Bogibeel bridge was promised in the 1985 Assam accord. Numerous Congress governments at the centre and state did nothing while the people in the area kept demanding the construction. The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by former PM Devegowda in 1997 but the construction only began during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure as PM. During the 10-year long UPA rule barely half the work was completed. In the last 4 years since the Narendra Modi government came to power, the bridge saw rapid progress of work and was finally dedicated to the public yesterday on the occasion of Vajpayee’s birth anniversary.

Note: This article has been updated with additional information

Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana HC accused of sexually assaulting a woman in early 1990s

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Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana HC accused of sexually assaulting a woman in early 1990s

The former Chief Justice Punjab has been accused by a woman of sexually assaulting her in the early 1990s. Justice Mudgal knew the woman through her cousin and their families had close relations too.

According to the woman, Mudgal had asked her for a cup of coffee at 11 pm in the night which she did not like but confirmed. “I wasn’t pleased about it, and that must have been some kind of basic instinct that I didn’t know how to read”.

Recalling what transpired that night after she prepared the coffee, she said that Mudgal grabbed the cup of coffee, place it on the table and slammed her on the bed. “I was down on the bed, and he was on top of me with full force. And I mean full force,” she alleged, grimacing.

“He slobbered all over me…It was disgusting…With her arms flailing and legs kicking, he finally relented and left the house. He didn’t go all the way. He didn’t rape me. But he did attack me,” she recalled.

She received bruises on her body during the tussle which she later showed to her cousin and a friend too. “When I saw myself the next day, I was covered in bruises. Even the exposed parts of my neck and shoulders were totally black and blue. I felt so ashamed, I remember thinking I had to cover the bruises that were exposed, and I wrapped myself up in a shawl,” she said.

The woman said that she chose to keep mum all these years as she did not want their families, who were quite close, to get hurt. But an alleged online sexual harassment of her daughter in 2016 by their neighbour and following the inaction of the police “magnified everything for her“. She decided to come out with her story when the MeToo movement hit the nation and texted Mudgal on WhatsApp on Oct 18. Mudgal asked her for permission to call her which she denied. Mudgal then contacted her cousin who speaking on behalf of Mudgal said that Mudgal had made a “mistake”. However, Mudgal denied terming the incident a mistake and said that her cousin might have used the word in order to resolve the matter.

“I did not say to him that I had made a mistake. However, it is possible her cousin may have used those words or even added something else in order to resolve the matter”, he reportedly said. The woman was infuriated by his action being termed as a “mistake”.  “All these years later, what Mudgal did is still considered a mistake. He continues to justify his actions by saying he was sad and lonely. It was no mistake. It was a crime. With intent,” she said.

“I want to tell this story because my child has suffered the same fate — even if in a different way. If the keepers of the law are themselves the perpetrators, can any woman hope to have any justice?”, she said.

Justice Mudgal has denied all the allegations against him calling them “utterly false and baseless”. He reportedly said, “The alleged incident is said to have taken place more than 25 years ago. While I did have a few meals with her around that period, our friendship did not continue as I felt that we did not have much in common. However, the allegations that I went to her house or that I had assaulted her and caused bruises are utterly false and baseless. I have lived a life without moral blemish. I have worked and moved with women of different ages and different spheres of life without giving a cause for complaint to anyone.”

Can even resign to pressurise government for a population control law : union minister Giriraj Singh

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Can even resign to pressurise government for a population control law : union minister Giriraj Singh

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh while participating in a program organised by Jansankya Samadhan Foundation in Noida said that population is becoming a hindrance in development and social harmony.

“For development and social harmony in the country, controlling the population is important,” said Singh. The Minister from Nawada constituency in Bihar said that a law is required to control the population. Singh was handed over a memorandum from the workers and office-bearers of the organisation to seek his support for the law. Showing solidarity in support of population control law, Singh said that he was even ready to resign also if needed. “I am ready to go to any extent for people’s awakening,” he said.

Singh cited the example of 22 Islamic countries where population control programmes are being carried out and expressed concern that in our country such programmes are linked to religion. He said that the law should apply to all equally and those who do not follow should be deprived of voting rights. “If the law says only two children are allowed, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists, and all others should follow it. Those who do not follow the law, their voting rights should be revoked, action on their finances be taken, legal proceedings initiated against them”, Singh stressed.

The Union Minister told how population burdens the natural resources.”Until that happens, the country would face reducing land, water, worsening environment and limiting of other resources,” he said.

Referring to the incident of the exodus of around 200 Hindu families due to fear of the Muslim majority in the small town of Kairana in Shamli, Singh said that social harmony is witnessed only in areas where Hindus are in majority. He claimed that around 54 districts in the country and 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh have witnessed a drop in Hindu population over the years. “Wherever in the country the population of Hindus has gone down, social harmony has suffered a setback there,” he said.

Fact-Check: Are Dalits not allowed to enter the Gorakhnath Temple, as claimed by India Today

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Fact-Check: Are Dalits not allowed to enter the Gorakhnath Temple, as claimed by India Today

Rahul Kanwal, a senior journalist from India Today shared fake news early morning on 26th December that his channel was going to run an episode that exposed the “ugly reality of India”. He claimed that their report showed that Dalits are not allowed in several of the biggest temples in India, including Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur.


Gorakhnath Temple is incidentally the temple belonging to the Nath sampraday, of which, Yogi Adityanath, the CM of Uttar Pradesh is the Mahant.

Several times it has been reiterated, even by the Mahant of Gorakhnath, that even Muslims hold the faith of Gorakhnath very close to their heart. However, this claim by Rahul Kanwal left many people in shock.

No sooner had Rahul Kanwal tweeted did the reactions to this report, which has not been telecast yet, started pouting in. Abhinav Prakash, a Dalit himself instantly rubbished Rahul Kanwal’s assertions. He said that he himself has been to Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur along with many Dalits.


A Twitter user called Vikas Pandey then tweeted that another netizen, Gaurav Kumar was on his way to Gorakhnath to take sound bites from devotees there to debunk this motivated campaign by India Today and Rahul Kanwal. He said that Gaurav would be interviewing several people who belong to SC/ST and have been living and working inside temple premises.


Soon enough, Gaurav tweeted three videos with the statements from people who have been living and working in Gorakhpur.

Gaurav tweeted the video of one Dalit worker of the temple who lives and works within the Gorakhnath temple premises. He said that he has been working in Gorakhnath Temple since 1964 and allegations that Dalits are not allowed inside Gorakhnath Temple is rubbish.

He said that there has been no discrimination of any sort with him as a Dalit in all these years in Gorakhnath Temple and that he has worked and lived there with dignity. He said till date, he has been treated well and that he is extremely attached to Gorakhnath.


Another gentleman who was interviewed said that he himself is connected to the Dalit community and in Gorakhnath nobody ever asks a devotee his caste or religion. Everyone is free to visit and he himself has been going to the Gorakhnath Temple for the past few years. When asked why Rahul Kanwal would assert that Dalits are discriminated against at Gorakhnath, he said that he might have a policial agenda to make such wild claims.


A third video was also tweeted by Gaurav Kumar. A worker of Gorakhnath Temple called Shravan invited Rahul Kanwal to visit the temple before making wild accusations.


He said that he has been working at the Gorakhnath temple for a long time and even Muslims and Christians work and live there. He said that a person who works with him within temple premises is a Muslim and nobody has faced any discrimination at Gorakhnath Temple ever.

This is not the first time Rahul Kanwal or India Today have been caught spreading fake news. Earlier, Rahul Kanwal spread fake news about Meerut police filing false cases. India Today too has been caught spreading fake news several times.

With Dalits themselves busting holes in Rahul Kanwal’s propaganda, one is forced to wonder the ultimate goal of such faulty news reports. It is evident that disenchanting Dalits and creating a wedge between Hindus is the end goal of Congress and perhaps, the party is depending on a little help from Media friendlies like Rahul Kanwal and India Today.

Sanjay Bhandari case: ED issues Look Out Circular against Robert Vadra’s Executive Assistant Manoj Arora

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Sanjay Bhandari case: ED issues Look Out Circular against Robert Vadra’s Executive Assistant Manoj Arora

In a major development in the investigation against middlemen and lobbyists in arms deals, Enforcement Directorate has issued a Look Out Circular against Manoj Arora, who is Executive Assistant of Robert Vadra. He is being probed in the case against arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, who is a close associate of Vadra. Robert Vadra is married to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sister of Congress President Rahul Gandhi.


On December 8, The ED had questioned Manoj Arora along with several other persons connected to the case, which included Congress worker and another close aide of Robert Vadra, Jagdish Sharma. ED had raided several places connected to Vadra as part of the investigations. Few other employees working for Vadra were also questioned by ED.

The case against Sanjay Bhandari goes back to 2016 when during a raid by Income Tax department, confidential defence ministry documents were found in his possession. He had several documents related to meetings and decisions of Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). During further probe, email exchanges between Bhandari and Vadra were recovered.

One mail trail recovered from Bhandari’s computer was an exchange between Sanjay Bhandari, Robert Vadra and Manoj Arora. The mail conversations were regarding payments and renovations of the London house. According to official records, a UAE based company had bought the property for around ₹19 crore.

The emails were sent to Sumit Chadda, a relative of Sanjay Bhandari’s based in London. In one of the emails, Sumit Chadda had reported the progress of repair and renovation work done in the house to Robert Vadra and asked for payment for the expenses. In reply, Vadra wrote that he will look into the issue and his “secretary Manoj” will be in touch for follow up. After that, Manoj had exchanged emails with Sumit regarding the matter. This email communications clearly indicated that Vadra is the real owner of the London property.

Sanjay Bhandari is wanted by Indian authorities under several cases, who at present lives in London.

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