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Anti-CAA vandalism: Sambhal district administration serves notices to 59 people for allegedly damaging public property during protests

Sambhal district admin sends notices to 59 people for damages worth 15.35 lakhs during anti-CAA riots

Ministry of External Affairs denies reports that Indian ambassador to Austria has been recalled on corruption charges

MEA says reports of the envoy to Austria recalled on corruption charges are mischievous, false and baseless

‘I expected but no Muslims doing it’: Tamil Congress politician and writer Nellai Kannan incites Muslims to kill Amit Shah at rally of Islamist...

Nellai Kannan hinted that he expected Muslims to kill Home Minister Amit Shah for implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act

Malaysian university question paper refers to radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik as ‘icon of Islamic world’, asks why he is not allowed to preach

Malaysian university initiates probe after controversy over its question referring to Zakir Naik as ‘icon of Islamic world’

Career protestor Shehla Rashid busts mainstream media propaganda, claims liberals are trying to hijack Muslim struggle against CAA

Shehla Rashid has called out liberal charade of secularising the anti-CAA protests, claiming that movement is inherently Muslim in nature and is sustained by Muslims.

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena goons assault govt employee for calling Uddhav Thackeray ‘Nalayak’ in a Facebook post

This brazen incident by Shiv Sena goons in Maharashtra is the second such incident in a span of a week

The Art of Ruling: The Modi-Shah Doctrine of Governance and how the duo brought the Media and Mobs to kneel in 2019

The Liberal Conception of the Indian State was thrown into the garbage dump by Modi and Shah in 2019 and Hindutva entrenched itself firmly in the corridors of power.

Pakistani filmmaker accuses country’s leading newspaper The Dawn’s CEO Hameed Haroon of raping him 13 years ago

Pakistani filmmaker Jamshed Mehmood says The Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon had raped him 13 years ago

Anti-CAA protests: Kerala Church holds IUML organised Namaz after Youth Congress leader and AIPC State President convinced Church

The Kerala Church in Ernakulam allowed anti-CAA Muslim protestors to offer namaz at its premises

Railway property worth Rs 80 crore damaged during anti-CAA riots, to be recovered from the rioters: Railway Board Chairman

80% of damage to railway property during anti-CAA riots took place in West Bengal, cost to be recovered from rioters

NDTV Editorial Director spreads fake news while trying to prove that NDTV is not biased

Senior NDTV journalist Sonia Singh repeated the fake news that Ajit Pawar was given clean chit by BJP govt

Watch: 20 year old Dilshan dies while attempting stunts on local train in Mumbai

20-year-old Dilshan died when he was video recording a stunt on a moving train.

Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: Sanjay Raut upset over brother Sunil Raut’s exclusion from the cabinet

Sanjay Raut's brother, Sunil Raut, an MLA for Vikhroli, was left out from the extended Maharashtra cabinet by the chief minister Uddhav Thackeray

Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan and Bharti Singh tender unconditional apology to Cardinal Oswald Gracias for mocking ‘Hallelujah’

Choreographer Farah Khan, actor Raveena Tandon and comic-artist Bharti Singh were booked for mocking 'Hallelujah'

Muslims to claim possession of the ruins of the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya

Hindu parties have said they have no objection to Muslim parties taking possession of Babri Masjid ruins

2019 anti-CAA protests: 9 visuals that prove they were motivated by deep seated anti-Hindu bigotry and Islamic extremism

Anti-CAA protests brought out into the open the ugly hatred that has been festering in the hearts of Islamic extremists

Maharashtra: Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh who opposed Yakub Memon’s hanging is now minister in Uddhav Thackeray cabinet

Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh who had written a letter to the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee appealing for mercy for 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon swore in as Maharashtra minister

Despite Priyanka Gandhi Vadra breaching security protocol, appropriate security cover was provided: CRPF calls out the Congress scion

CRPF said due to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra unscheduled movement without intimation, the advance security liaison (ASL) protocol could not be conducted.

India Today publishes report with misleading headline implying that UP govt took blankets back after distribution by CM: Read details

India Today headline is misleading as it implies that UP govt took blankets back after distributed by CM

Iranian national arrested in Bihar for living in India as Buddhist monk for 11 years without visa

Iranian Hamed Akbari living in India without a visa as a Buddhist monk, caught while trying to go to Nepal

The Judiciary in 2019: Six significant verdicts that either created a storm or brought an end to one

The Judiciary in 2019 issued quite a few historic verdicts on various matters of import.

Tamil Nadu: Dalit villagers deny media reports of converting to Islam after wall collapse incident which left 17 dead

Days after media had reported that 3,000 Dalits in Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, converted to Islam, the villagers have denied these reports.

Five Big Bang decisions of Modi Govt in 2019, how it laid the foundation for New India and marked The Dawn of a New...

When history books are written in the future, they will say that it was in 2019 that India was changed was forever, thanks to the Modi govt

Facebook blocks Radio Pakistan for spreading fake news on Kashmir and violating community standards on dangerous individuals and organisation

Facebook also removed problematic posts by Radio Pakistan after blocking its live streaming

After Marxist Irfan Habib heckled Arif Mohammad Khan, Aligarh Society plays victim, claims ‘democratic dissent’ being stifled

Aligarh Society has issued a statement in support of Irfan Habib and against Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

Aligarh: Jamia Urdu registrar and OSD accused of threatening to kill an employee if he does not convert to Islam, case registered

Kamal Singh, who works as gardener supervisor at Jamia Urdu Aligarh, has accused the educational institute's registrar and officer on special duty (OSD) of trying to forcefully convert his religion to Islam.

Jharkhand: Chief Minister Hemant Soren withdraws sedition cases against Pathalgadi armed separatists

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has decided to withdraw sedition cases registered against the supporters of Pathalgadi movement, an armed struggle which dismissed the authority of state and central government

France: 19-year-old abused by Church priest charged for ramming a crucifix down the pedophile’s throat and murdering him

A 19-year-old teen charged with the murder of the Church priest who had subject him to sexual abuse

La ilaha illallah: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor attacked by radical Muslims for cautioning against Islamist extremism

Shashi Tharoor called bigot by Muslims for objecting to use of La ilaha illallah in anti-CAA protests

Jharkhand: Pieces of meat thrown near Shiv temple causes outrage among devotees, road blocked for 6 hours

Miscreants throw pieces of prohibited meat in Temple in Jharkhand, same area witnessed tensions due to beef last year

Delhi: Muslim Uber driver Naseem asks Pakistani Hindus to get off his cab, flees without taking them to Majnu Ka Tila camp

BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Bagga today took to Twitter to share that one Uber driver Naseem asked Pakistani Hindu refugees living in Majnu Ka Tila camp to get off his car and drove away.

Sexist protest by Congress: Youth Wing attempts to burn Yogi Adityanath’s effigies clad in Saree and bangles, detained by Police

Youth Congress staged a protest against CAA in Mumbai where they crossed all boundaries of decency and civility.

Uttar Pradesh: Congress worker who drove Priyanka Gandhi Vadra without wearing helmet challaned for Rs 6100

Congress worker has been penalised as neither him nor Priyanka Gandhi were wearing a helmet while riding a two wheeler.

When petrol-bombs replace placards, it is no more a student protest. It is by all means a political conspiracy

The current protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is perfect example of youth being misled in the name of revolution by vested political interest.

Andhra Pradesh: Four arrested in Temple Town of Srisailam for ‘actively propagating Christianity’

The accused were found holding bibles and conspicuously reading out passages at Rudra Park in Srisailam on Friday.

Not happy that I can’t buy land in Kashmir, Kashmir Pandits and Buddhists in Ladakh are discriminated against: Indira Gandhi in 1981 letter

Indira Gandhi revealed that she could not take up the issue of Kashmir pandits due to negative press coverage of her

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Our comrades try to beat up Sanghi goons even as fascism rises in India

We are well and truly in the Nazi era now. Our voices are getting suppressed, we are being shut down.

From mobilizing people for blood donation to crowdfunding for a humanitarian cause to a selfless prayer for a daughter battling life: The real face...

The Right on social media—which is a unified group of serious thinking people—are using this free space for popularizing the ideas that are in the national interest.

NPR manual does not list Islamic festivals for a specific and valid reason, not for imaginary anti-Muslim bias of Modi govt: Read details

The NPR Manual does not list Islamic festivals as they don't help in guessing the month of birth if that is not known

Kerala: Jamia ‘Shero’ Aysha Renna heckled by Communists, forced to apologize for comments against CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Jamia 'Shero' Aysha Renna, during her visit to Kerala, made comments against the state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

TTD to construct temples of Lord Venkateswara at Jammu and the Prime Minister’s constituency at Varanasi

The TTD has also sanctioned an amount of Rs. 30 crore for the construction of the Sri Venkateswara temple and information centre at Bandra in Mumbai.

Jharkhand: Month after snubbing Uddhav Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi attends Hemant Soren’s swearing in ceremony

Swearing-in ceremony of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was held today.

I pray you do as good in life as she did: Sushma Swaraj’s husband’s tweets are all things warm, fuzzy and inspiring

Former external affairs minister and BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj breathed her last on the night of August 6 after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Pakistanis accuse Twitter user of blasphemy for questioning polygamy of the Prophet, call for her public execution

Pakistani Twitter users are tagging PM Imran Khan asking for execution of a woman accusing her of blasphemy

UP police officer Dr Archana Singh rejects Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s manhandling allegations, says her car had diverted from scheduled route

Dr Archana Singh wanted to know the tour detail of Priyanka to arrange security, and manhandling charges are baseless

“Kids die, nothing new in it,” Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot after 77 children die in Kota in December

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot while speaking to media on the death of children in the state said that children die, there is nothing new in it.

Jagan govt decisions in Andhra Pradesh are anti-Hindu and freebies encourage conversion to Christianity, report suggests

Experts have expressed their concerns regarding the spree of freebies doled out to the Christian communities by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government.

Karnataka: Pejavara Matha Seer Sri Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji passes away in Udupi

The chief of Pejavara Matha Sri Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji passed away due to multiple organ failure on Sunday at Udupi.

Maharashtra: Cracks in Maha Vikas Aghadi emerge as NCP, Congress upset over Shiv Sena taking credit for farm loan waiver

The NCP and Congress are upset at the Shiv Sena for taking all the credit over the farmer loan waiver announced by Maharashtra govt led by Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance earlier this month.

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath govt to build India’s first transgender university in Kushinagar

In the university, the transgender community will be able to study right from class one to PG and even do research and get PhD degree.