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Jamaat-e-Islami wreaks havoc after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster: Their Jihadi activity in India, funding to Hamas, genocide of Hindus, and the security risk to India
Apart from terror activities, Jamaat-e-Islami has been fueling and attempting to mainstream radicalism and extremism in India.
As Hamas chief is killed in Iran, read how Hamas was funding SIMI in India and how radical roots of PFI, SDPI are interwoven
The founder of Hamas, Sheikh Yaseen addressed SIMI's "Ikhwan Conference" in Kanpur in 1999.
Wayanad landslide: How ecological damage, geography, population rise and politics have all played a role in the catastrophe
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The Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology in Kalpetta had issued a landslide warning for Mundakkai in Wayanad's Meppadi 15 hours before the huge landslide occurred that destroyed entire villages and killed over 160 people.
Balochistan rises up in protests against the Pakistani govt: Atrocities, firings fail to prevent thousands marching for Baloch National Gathering in Gwadar
Earlier in the day, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee said that shopkeepers and entrepreneurs have observed a shutter down strike in most areas of Balochistan, including Khuzdar, Kalat, Mangchar, Nushki, Dalbandin, Mastung and Kharan, against state oppression and brutality at the Baloch National Gathering and the imposition of curfew in Makran, including Gwadar.
The destruction of Mecca and Medina: How Wahabi Islam razed down ancient structures like Taliban destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas, fearing idolatry
Of the famed "Seven Mosques" originally established by Prophet Muhammad's daughter and four of his "greatest Companions", five have been demolished.
Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh has been in jail for 24 years without parole, Odisha govt kept the file pending despite multiple recommendations for...
Dara Singh's family stated that the SC is their final hope after their requests for the former's release was rejected repeatedly.
HNG, longest running IBC case: CoC lead by SBI making Rs 850 crores losses due to delay, workers threaten suicide – Is Resolution Professional...
SBI led CoC is making a loss of over Rs 35 crores per day due to the delay in the HNG IBC process - is the Resolution Professional to be blamed
Palitana, one of the holiest religious centres for Jains, bans non-veg food: The significance of Shatrunjay Hills and why Jains wanted a meat ban...
Palitana houses Shatrunjay Hills, one of the holiest religious centres for Jains, for it is the abode of first Tirthankar of the current cycle, Lord Aadinath.
Madhya Pradesh: 3000 houses built in two months to siphon off compensation from NHAI for the Singrauli-Prayagraj Highway. How the forgery unfolded
While there are 2000 to 3000 houses constructed within a short span of time, these houses have been built by people from Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. A Bhaskar report says that these non-MP residents have constructed as many as 32 houses each with one sole motive—Muavza [compensation].
Shubh Karan Singh death case: FSL report reveals death by shotgun pellet, Punjab and Haryana HC orders further investigation. Read how it was politicised...
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Though it was not mentioned in the court order, the court observed in case of the death of farmer Shubh Karan Singh that "Shotgun is not carried by police officers".