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Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind asks Supreme Court not to admit pleas of Hindus seeking to reopen Kashi-Mathura dispute cases

Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind tells Supreme Court that admitting pleas to reopen Kashi-Mathura temple disputes will create fear in Muslim minds

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput commits suicide

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput has reportedly committed suicide on Sunday, June 14, 2020.

“Coronavirus sleeps when your sleep and dies with your death”: Pakistani Maulana makes bizarre claims while attacking PM Imran Khan

Pakistani Maulana claims Imran Khan govt is labeling deaths due to heart and liver ailments as Coronavirus death to create fear

In their hate for Prime Minister Modi, Congress ends up admitting Rahul Gandhi is not very smart: Read how

On Sunday, Twitter was flooded with tweets under the hashtag '#मोदी_ही_पप्पू_है'. Rahul Gandhi has often been referred to as 'Pappu' for not being too smart.

Supreme Court refuses to stay investigation against journalist Vinod Dua in sedition case after urgent Sunday hearing

Supreme Court grants interim protection to Vinod Dua from arrest till July 6 to in sedition case against him over his YouTube show.

Delhi Police Cyber Cell arrests two more men for sharing morphed obscene images of co-convener of Delhi BJP IT cell

Delhi police cyber cell have arrested 2 men from Bihar 1 month after first arrest for sharing morphed photos of female BJP leader

Protesters in USA attempt to replicate the success of CHAZ, Police dismantle autonomous zone in Asheville, North Carolina

Police in Asheville, North Carolina dismantled an autonomous zone setup by Antifa.

America: 27-year-old African-American man Rayshard Brooks shot dead by Atlanta Police, protests erupt

Days after the brutal killing of George Floyd in Minnesota by a white police officer, 27-year-old African-American man Rayshard Brooks was shot at and killed by Atlanta Police officer at Wendy's on June 12.

Islamic terror groups like ISIS and Boko Haram using coronavirus epidemic to expand and consolidate their strength: Read details

The Islamic terror groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS have used the coronavirus pandemic opportunity to increase their control over areas and also to inflict more terror.

#HinduUnitedAgainstTerror Global campaign of online protests sees people participating from 100 cities across the world

On Sunday, thousands of Hindus living across the world organised a global protest campaign in more than 100 cities against the brutal killing of Jammu and Kashmir Sarpanch Ajay Pandita by Islamic terrorists.

Body bag controversy: Amid allegations of corruption, BMC cancels the contract, to place a new tender

On Friday, the Shiv Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was reportedly forced to scrap its contract with an Aurangabad-based company named Vedant Innotech Private Limited over allegations of malpractices in the procurement of body bags.

Newly whitewashed Jamia walls defaced with ‘Free Safoora’ and ‘Free Sharjeel’ graffiti

The newly whitewashed walls of Jamia Millia Islamia were again defaced by miscreants and 'Free Safoora' and 'Free Sharjeel' was written across them.

SC makes an exception to sit on Sunday to hear Vinod Dua’s petition for quashing sedition case

Vinod Dua had approached the apex court on Saturday asking protection from coercive action.

NIA gets custody of woman LeT terrorist from Kolkata, was in touch with Pakistani handlers though WhatsApp

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has got custody 22-year-old Lashkar-e-Taiba handler Tania Parveen from Kolkata, West Bengal.

India rejects new Nepal map including Indian territories, says this artificial enlargement is not based on historical facts and is not tenable.

Foreign ministry says that artificial enlargement of map b Nepal is not based on historical facts, hence it is not tenable.

India’s foreign exchange reserves see a significant surge, cross half-a-trillion USD mark for the first time

This is for the first time that India’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed the half-a-trillion US Dollar mark

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath hails courage of constable Vatan Pawar who caught cow smugglers despite being stabbed thrice

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter to heap praises on the valour of Uttar Pradesh police constable Vatan Pawar.

Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad sneaks out of his hideout, offers namaaz in Abu Bakr mosque

CCTV footage captures Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad visiting a mosque to offer namaaz on Friday

“Muslim mob set the house on fire, ransacked shops and looted jewellery”: Narrates Pooja, Dalit victim of the communal clashes in Jaunpur

Dalit victim of communal strife in Jaunpur, Pooja claimed that Muslim mob ran riot attacking and pillaging shops, houses in the Dalit colony

Trouble in Paradise: Citizens of ‘autonomous zones’ within the USA excrete in tents, farms unlikely to yield any fruits for leftist secessionists

The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zon (CHAZ) was the first autonomous zone to come up in the USA as leftists take control of streets.

Zoom admits to blocking activists and ending meetings on the request of Chinese govt, to make changes to enable blocking participants in particular countries...

Zoom admitted terminating accounts outside mainland China and shutting down their meetings on request of Chinese government.

The ‘protests’ that burnt the nation: How American citizen Siddharth Varadarajan’s The Wire collaborated with anti-CAA ‘protesters’

The passage of the CAA in both the Houses of the Parliament unleashed a spree of violence across the whole country.

Bengaluru shows the way to fight Coronavirus to other Metropolitan Cities

The capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru, has also reported the highest recovery rate (51.5%) amongst other metropolitan cities.

Nepal Parliament’s lower house passes amendment to include the controversial new map: Here are the details

Nepal lower house of parliament on Saturday passed an amendment to include a new map including Indian areas of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in the constitution of the country.

Union Health Ministry releases new Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19, adds two new symptoms that are observed before respiratory issues

New MoHFW protocol for COVID-19 says that Loss of smell and loss of taste occurs before the respiratory symptoms in Coronavirus patients

Delhi HC takes suo moto cognisance of non-payment of salary to Resident Doctors in MCD hospitals

Delhi HC took suo moto cognisance of the matter after various news reports claimed that salaries of resident doctors of MCD were withheld from the last 3 months

US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard urges Hindu students to find solace in Bhagavad Gita amidst such testing times

Tulsi Gabbard said that success could not be defined by the happiness one derived through service to the society.

Evangelical Church in Argentina reopens as a bar in protest against lockdown orders imposed on churches

Church in Argentina converts to bar in protest as bars and restaurants are allowed to open but Churches are not allowed to re-open

Amethi boy puts up ‘house for sale’ board after Muslims attack the family, SP orders probe after local police refused to act

"We want to sell our house to move to a safe place", says Hindu boy in Amethi after the family came under attack from Muslims

How The Hindu justified not publishing anything other than the Left agenda and chided a reader in the process

Reader gets chided for asking the Readers' Editor to ensure that The Hindu publishes the opinions from all sides and not restrict itself to “left-leaning commentators”.

India section on Malala Fund’s website shows a cropped image of Indian map, excludes Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh from Indian territory

Malala Fund clearly violates the official rules by showing Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) as the territory of Pakistan.

Provide arms and training to Hindus in the valley to protect themselves from terror, says former J-K Police chief SP Vaid

SP Vaid also added that weapons should be provided to the members of the community and arms training should be provided to minority Kashmiri Hindus to take protect themselves from the terror attacks.

AIIMS reveals Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and his doctor Harjit Bhatti did not reveal his blood disease before donating blood

AIIMS says Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad donated blood without revealing that he has polycythemia vera, a blood disease

Troubled media house NDTV loses another ‘star anchor’, Nidhi Razdan to quit the channel to join Harvard as Associate Professor

Nizdan Razdan announced that she is joining Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences as Associate Professor after 21 years of working at NDTV.

Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi tests positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus

Former cricketer and captain of the Pakistani national team Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus.

77% new Coronavirus cases can be ascribed to hotspots in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi

A study by Professor Shamika Ravi revealed that 77 per cent of the new coronavirus cases in the country can be attributed to the hotspots in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi

Truth about the ‘haunted’ park in Jhansi, UP, where people alleged ‘ghosts’ were exercising on a swing that moved on its own

Jhansi Police said that the grease ensures that the swing keeps moving for a short while after its movement has once been initiated.

Making sense of the tax on parota vs roti debate: Read what the GST authority’s ruling exactly says

The tax order saying parotas are not rotis is applicable only for packaged parotas, and not for regular parota available at restaurants

Whatsapp group formed on Feb 25th to retaliate against Muslim mobs during anti-Hindu Delhi riots, chargesheet filed

The role of one WhatsApp group has now come forward in the anti-CAA riots that took place in Delhi in the month of February.

The Wire raves and rants, accuses Modi govt of ‘Patriarchal Authoritarianism’ to shield arrested women anti-CAA hoodlums

The Wire recently published an article in which corrective action against women anti-CAA protesters such as Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal, Gulfisha Fatima and others were defended by accusing the Modi government of espousing patriarchal authoritarianism

Hindu organisation challenges Place of Worship Act in Supreme Court, criticises Parliament for transgressing its legislative power

The petition argued that the Parliament had 'transgressed' its power of making laws by barring judicial remedy to reclaim temples.

Fresh cases of coronavirus reported from the Chinese capital city Beijing, markets, schools shut

Fresh cases of coronavirus have been reported from Chinese capital city Beijing this week

Former CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal booked 63 train tickets in January, used only 7

Former CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal asked for reimbursement of unused train tickets worth Rs.1,46,920 in January 2019 alone.

Maharashtra Coronavirus cases cross 1 lakh mark, Mumbai alone records 55,000 cases

While Total Coronavirus cases in India has crossed 3 lakh, cases in Maharashtra has crossed 1 lakh, with one-third share in the country

Rituparna Pegu brutally murdered in Guwahati after argument over a seat, Hussain and 4 others arrested: Details

Rituparna Pegu slapped Hussain Ali who then called his family members, thrashed the victim and stabbed him from behind.

‘Selfless comrade’: Kerala CM pays tribute to CPI(M) leader convicted in murder of party rebel who was stabbed 51 times

Kerala CM and CPI(M) leaders gave a farewell on the death of 72-year-old PK Kunjananthan, convicted ofl murder and sentenced to life imprisonment

Story of Lakshmi, the humble elephant of Manakula Vinayagar Temple in Puducherry: What PETA alleged, what devotees say

Puducherry temple elephant Lakshmi forcibly taken away after a complaint by PETA and animal rights activists, devotees allege conspiracy against Hindu temples

Scroll publishes misleading article claiming that Modi govt is actually charging extra for Shramik Special trains, here are the facts

Scroll publishes misleading article on Shramik Special Trains claiming they are costly and they take more time than regular trains

Alka Lamba uses a 4-year-old stock image to claim temples were opened after lockdown to collection donations

Alka Lamba defamed Hindu temples by claiming that they were opened after the lockdown for the sole purpose of collecting donations

Statues of Churchill, Gandhi, Mandela in London covered in boxes ahead of BLM protests as protestors demand removal of statues of ‘racists’

Statues of prominent personalities in London covered after demand for removal of them grows from anti-racism BLM protesters