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Here are 10 incidents in last three months when journalists were attacked at ‘tolerant and secular’ gatherings

There have been several cases where mobs attacked journalists brutally and the 'ecosystem' kept shut

Daughter of Naseeruddin Shah, Heeba Shah, assaults two veterinary clinic staff members in Mumbai: Read why

Heeba Shah, daughter of Naseeruddin Shah, assaulted two vet staff members for being asked to wait for 5 minutes

Sharjeel Imam, Shaheen Bagh mastermind and The Wire columnist, booked under UAPA for his ‘cut Assam from India’ statement

Assam govt will file a sedition case against Sharjeel Imam, the mastermind of Shaheen Bagh, for his statements.

Repeat a lie until it becomes the truth: Shashi Tharoor again falsely accuses of Savarkar of being first to advocate two-nation theory

Shashi Tharoor claimed that Veer Savarkar propagated the two-nation theory before the Muslim League

Gujarat: Following Jumma Namaz, Hindus and Muslims clash allegedly over ‘flying kites’, one villager, Vinod Chawda dead

The situation is now under control and investigation is underway. Police deployment has also been increased heavily.

Threats, water supply cut and no puja being allowed: How Hindu families are being harassed by Christians in a Mumbai building

Christians of the Mumbai building harass Hindu families by issuing threats, shutting water supply and not allowing puja

It’s official: Endgame of Shaheen Bagh protest is second partition of India. Listen to what mastermind and The Wire columnist says

Sharjeel Imam, the mastermind of Shaheen Bagh protest and a The Wire columnist was seen instigating Muslims to break India

From The Print to The Wire: How journalists justified the attack on colleague Deepak Chaurasia by Shaheen Bagh goons

Consulting Editor of News Nation Deepak Chaurasia was attacked yesterday at Shaheen Bagh by people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says slowdown in Indian economy is temporary, expects better growth in 2020

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said at the WEF that economic slowdown in India appears to be temporary

CNN’s ‘Fredo’ Christoper Cuomo slams ‘Trumpers’ for criticizing Greta, days after CNN settled lawsuit for defaming a teenager

Earlier this month, CNN settled a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit filed by Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann.

Watch: Journalist Deepak Chaurasia attacked by anti-CAA mob at Shaheen Bagh, camera broken

Consulting Editor of News Nation, Deepak Chaurasia, was today attacked at Shaheen Bagh by people protesting against the CAA

After backlash, Ola cabs clarifies: Driver who irked pro-Congress passenger has not been fired

After social media users warned Ola against taking action the driver for his political views, they clarify he has not been fired

BJP MLA comes to Rajasthan Assembly with basket full of locusts to protest government inaction against locust attack on crops

BJP MLA Bihari Lal Nokha entered the Rajasthan assembly with a basket full of locusts on Friday

‘How can we tie down hands of authorities when properties are being burnt in the protests’: SC rejects plea seeking blanket ban on NSA

Serial petitioner ML Sharma's plea seeking a blanket ban on National Security Act rejected by Supreme Court

Saying citizens have right to refuse to be governed by a law they don’t support is a very shabby way to justify anti-CAA violence

Intellectuals remain silent on attack on CAA-supporters by those opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act

Uttar Pradesh minister slams actor-director Nandita Das’s Shaheen Bagh remark, claims ‘Tukde-Tukde’ gang present in Bollywood too

Lashing out at Nandita Das over her recent Shaheen Bagh remark, UP minister said that a 'tukde-tukde' gang is present in Bollywood

Legal Rights Observatory files a complaint against former journalist for advocating boycott of a Businessman by branding him an “Islamophobe”

Painting businessman Sachin Sahni as a 'Rabid Islamophobe', Irena Akbar had called on Muslims and 'Secular non-Muslims' to boycott the chain of gyms and beauty parlours owned by him.

George Soros vows to fight PM Modi and Nationalists: Here are some Indian ‘intellectuals’ and NGOs connected to him

George Soros claimed that the “biggest and most frightening setback” was in India and accused Narendra Modi

Senior Editor at TV9 Bharatvarsh resigns after two colleagues accuse him of sexual harassment: Read details

Two trainee girls had alleged that Ajaz Azad, TV9 Bharatvarsh output editor had indulged in sexual harassment

Madras High Court dismisses plea filed against Rajnikanth for his remarks on Periyar

Plea filed against Rajanikanth dismissed by as petitioners had not approached the magistrate court first

Anti-CAA riots: Police arrests one Furkan for violence in Jamia Millia, AAP’s Amanatullah Khan creates ruckus demanding release

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was also spotted at the Jamia Nagar protests which turned violent in December

Bihar: Minor girl gang raped in coaching centre, director Md Zaved, two others held after locals accuse police inaction

The victim was found lying in the coaching institute's toilet in an unconscious state in the evening, hours after her family initiated a search.

EC issues show cause notice to BJP’s Kapil Mishra after he equates Delhi polls to a contest between India and Pakistan in a tweet

Kapil Mishra stood by his statement saying speaking truth is not a crime in this country

Kerala Government fails to produce utilisation certificate of money released for 2018 floods, Centre denies more fund

Out of ₹ 3,048.39 crores allocated to Kerala for 2018 floods, utilisation certificate of only 900 crore given

After facing setback on key bills, Jagan Mohan Reddy hints at abolishing Andhra Legislative Council

The upper House of a state can only be abolished if the Lower House passes a resolution by a special majority, which means resolution should be passed to that effect by the majority in the assembly with not less than two-thirds of members present and voting. 

Case registered against Ex-AMUSU president Faizul Hasan over ‘Muslims can destroy anything’ hate speech

Faizul Hasan, former AMUSU Pres, had said in his hate speech that he is from a community that can destroy anything

Indologist Shrikant Talageri, who has comprehensively debunked the Aryan Invasion Theory, awarded honorary D.Lit degree by Indus University, Ahmedabad

Shrikant Talageri is one of those scholars who have come forward to question the Aryan Invasion Theory

Kamlesh Tiwari case: Lawyer gets death threats for objecting to accused being provided mobile phone by unknown visitors in court

Founder of Hindu Samaj Party, Kamlesh Tiwari was assassinated in his office-cum-residence at Lucknow by Islamists on October 18, 2019.

Congress candidate Ilias bites off TRS candidate Imran’s nose in Telangana during local body elections: Read why

Telangana Police arrested the Congress candidate and registered a case against him for biting TRS candidate's nose

Kerala: 22 year Wahid arrested for sexually abusing a 9th standard girl after befriending her on social media

Modus operandi of Wahid involved collecting the numbers of high school girls from a local recharge shop

Malappuram: More details emerge from the area after water supply to Dalit families was stopped by Muslims for attending pro-CAA rally

22 Dalit families near Valanchery in Kerala allegedly denied water after some of them participated in a pro-CAA rally. A former CPM leader in the area has confirmed the water issue.

Watch: Muslim mob forces owner to shut shop in Chennai for selling pen with pro-CAA inscription, Hindu Munnani comes to shopkeeper’s aide

Muslim anti-CAA protestors have attacked a pen shop in Chennai for selling pens that carried a pro-CAA message

Gujarat: Case registered against Hindu mother for baptising her 8-year-old son without consent of father and district collector

A single Hindu mother who had her son baptised at a local church in Anand eight years ago was booked under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act

Allahabad court grants two day parole to rape accused BSP leader Atul Rai to take oath as MP

Victim had alleged repeated rape, filming of crime scene and threats to make video public against BSP leader Atul Rai

Yogi Adityanath is a mosquito, Pakistan was created to due to demand of Hindu Rashtra: NCP’s Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai

NCP leader Husain Dalwai says UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is a mosquito in front of Gandhi and Nehru

Kerala: ASHA worker administering Polio vaccination thrashed by Muslim family after they thought she was collecting NRC data

ASHA worker has been brutally thrashed by a Muslim family in Kerala after she was mistaken for NRC official

Here is how a Muslim mob went on a rampage, looting and burning Hindu houses after attacking a pro-CAA rally in Lohardaga, Jharkhand

The Muslim mob who had gone on a rampage with weapons, petrol bombs and stones at the rally in Lohardaga, allegedly later identified the shops and houses of Hindus in the area and burned them.

Bihar: Bajrang Dal leader abducted and murdered, body with bullet injuries and slit throat recovered from a well

A Bajrang Dal leader was found murdered in Hajipur in Bihar on Thursday after he was abducted

No proof for reopening Judge Loya case: NCP leader and Maharashtra Home Minister admits, Congress left red-faced

Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh clarified that the Maha Vikas Aghadi government has no intent to reopen the Judge Loya case

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shares fake news on Amit Shah’s Delhi rally, deletes his tweets twice as reality is pointed out

Rajdeep tweaked his earlier tweet a bit to mean that Amit Shah spoke very little on the issues of electricity, housing and education contrary to his earlier tweet where he had categorically stated that Amit Shah did not utter a word.

Management consultant at Kearney complains to Ola because his cab driver defended BJP, CAA, NRC and the Economy

A Twitter user complained to Ola about his cab driver defending PM Modi, the CAA and NRC and also the economy under the Modi govt

Pakistani Sikh politician forced to flee country after threats by Islamist fundamentalists, says minorities there are under constant threat

Tony had to earlier leave Peshawar and come to Lahore leaving his business and properties due to threats by fundamentalist groups.

Lohardaga, Jharkhand: Section 144 imposed in area where Islamists had pelted stones from Mosque at pro-CAA rally

After Islamists indulged in mindless violence, Section 144 has been imposed in the Lohardaga area of Jharkhand

Congress ‘poster man’ Haseeb Ahmed in UP cries at a graveyard, prays buried ancestors to prove his citizenship

Ahmed has stated that he is praying to his ancestors to prove his citizenship as a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Anti-CAA Jamia riots: Delhi Police summons former Congress MLA Asif Mohd Khan, local leader Ashu Khan and AISA member

Delhi Police Crime Branch has issued a notice to former Congress MLA Asif Mohd Khan and others for the anti-CAA Jamia riots

Good news for anti-Modi industry and ‘liberals’ worldwide, 1 Billion USD help coming in to fight ‘Nationalism’: Read details

George Soros accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "creating a Hindu nationalist state" in India

West Bengal: Clashes broke out after land donated for building temple used by state govt to open Madarsa education office

Hindu groups object to Madarsa office built on land donated by a widow to build a temple or school in West Bengal

Actor Javed Jaaferi spreads fake news by Pakistani website claiming India has become the most dangerous place to live

The claim that India is ranked as the most dangerous place to live is completely false as no such survey was done

Former journalist declares views of owner of Healthzone ‘Islamophobia’, asks Muslims to boycott chain of gyms and beauty parlours

Irene Akbar, a former journalist at The Indian Express, is leading the charge against Sachin Sahni for his pro-CAA stand.

“We are from that community which can destroy any country if we feel like”: Former AMU student union president Faizul Hasan during anti-CAA speech

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh had emerged as one of the epi-centres of the anti-CAA agitations