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Jammu and Kashmir: A suspected Pakistani intruder apprehended by BSF while sneaking into India

As the Pakistani forces continued unprovoked mortar shelling and firing along the LoC and International Borde, the BSF was alert about the intrusion of terrorists from Pakistan across the Line of Control.

Parody country Pakistan’s business tycoons meet the ‘Army Chief’ General Bajwa to express concerns over ‘dwindling economy’

It is rather strange that the business delegation of a country is appraising about the serious economic situation of the country to the Army Chief instead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The journey from Mohandas to Mahatma also started from a train: HM Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today flagged off New-Delhi-Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) Vande Bharat Express in the national capital.

Non-Muslims cannot become Prime Minister or President in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt rejects amendment to constitution

The parody country Pakistan has yet again displayed its contempt towards the already persecuted religious minorities in the country.

Article 370 was a ‘mistake’, its abrogation is only correcting the mistake, says eminent lawyer Harish Salve

Salve was a part of India's legal team that has secured a major victory yesterday in the Royal Court of Justice where the verdict over the Hyderabad Nizam's funds of 35 million pounds held in a bank account in London came in favour of India.

Rae Bareli MLA defies Congress, attends special session of UP Assembly despite boycott call given by SP-Congress

Congress, BSP and SP had called to boycott the Assembly session. Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh, however, defied party line

Watch: Racist attack on Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, asked to ‘cut off’ his turban in Montreal’s Atwater Market

Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh later took to Twitter to talk about the incident and said, "do not change who you are".

Viral video shows Ahmed Patel asking where the party has gone in Haryana after told about dismal internal survey results for assembly elections

When told internal survey shows Congress winning only 14 seats in Haryana, Ahmed Patel asks Party gayi kahan

Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government reshuffles SIT probing the honey trapping case, changes chief for the third time in ten days

Madhya Pradesh government changes the Special Investigative Team probing honey trapping case again

West Bengal: Hindus in Kanglapahari village have been celebrating Durga Puja since 2016 after not being allowed for years by Muslims

Contrary to claims on social media, Kanglapahari village in WB is celebrating Durga Puja since 2016

Article 370 was the only temporary provision in the constitution: EAM S Jaishankar explains rationale behind govt’s Kashmir decisions

India abrogated Article 370 from its constitution on August 5 and subsequently bifurcated the state into two union territories

Controversial Samajwadi MP ST Hasan compares parliament to ‘Dharmic congregation’, says he is feels ashamed to be there

The controversial SP leader made these comments with reference to raising of religious slogans like 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai Shri Ram' inside Parliament during this monsoon session.

Pakistan faces yet another embarrassment, British HC rules in favour of India in Nizam of Hyderabad’s property rights case

The British HC' order saying that the property of Nizam of Hyderabad belongs to India helped unmask Pakistan's deceit

Sonia Gandhi is right, Gandhi would not like the India of the last 5 years: Here is why

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Sonia Gandhi made some grandiose remarks at Rajghat following a padayatra led by Rahul Gandhi.

Infighting in Haryana Congress: Former state chief Ashok Tanwar holds protest outside AICC headquarters

Ashok Tanwar has been involved in a bitter fight with Hooda after his exit as Haryana Congress chief under Hooda's pressure.

When a Pastor from Sweden had declared Greta ‘How Dare You’ Thunberg as the successor of Jesus Christ

A tweet posted in 2018 by the Pastor from Sweden declaring teen star climate activist Greta Thunberg as the successor to the Jesus Christ has resurfaced in the wake of her 'How Dare You!' speech before UN

Uttar Pradesh: Minor boy brutally stabbed inside a Madarsa, police suspects some insider’s role

The child was attacked inside a hall in the Madarsa where 17 children were sleeping.

Inspired by PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Google Maps lists 57,000 public toilets in India

Users can now search for 'public toilets near me' on Google Search, Google Assistant or Google Maps

US warns of possible attacks on India by Pakistan based terror groups over the abrogation of Article 370

Article 370 was hollowed out by the Indian government on August 5, 2019, provoking a spree of terror threats and sabre-rattling from Pakistan.

Imran Khan’s party PTI and organisation linked to Hizbul Mujahideen behind anti-India protests at Houston

Shockingly, the shabby plan of Pakistan to disrupt the'"Howdy, Modi' rally was devised directly while keeping Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the loop. According to the Sunday Guardian investigation, the protests also got support from Islamic organisations linked to terror group Hizbul-Mujahideen.

Halalonomics is a deeper conspiracy than it seems: OpIndia talks to Ravi Ranjan Singh, Chairman of Jhatka Certification Authority

The chairman of Jhatka Certification Authority, Ravi Ranjan Singh claimed that a part of profits from halal products are diverted for promoting jihadi activities

Ahead of Block Development Council elections, Jammu leaders released from preventive detention

Jammu and Kashmir administration has freed almost all local leaders in Jammu who were under preventive detention

Assistant Director of Doordarshan’s Tamil channel suspended for blacking out address of PM Modi at IIT-Madras

Assistant Director of Doordarshan Podhigai TV, Tamil channel of DD, R Vasumathi, has been suspended for dereliction of duty as she did not broadcast live the speech of PM Modi

Twitter and Tweetdeck face global outage, Twitter says it is working on a fix

A Tweetdeck outrage map shows that the Twitter app is down across the globe

‘My dear friend’: Read the letters Mahatma Gandhi wrote to Adolf Hitler, the ‘ultimate monster’

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi as he is fondly called the world over, wrote two letters to the German Dictator Adolf Hitler, one in 1939 and the other, in 1940.

Nehru did not learn ‘Tyaag’ from Gandhi, Shastri did: Film maker Vivek Agnihotri pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary

As Shastri deviated from Nehruvian ideology, the media, people and intellectuals, who were patronised by Nehru and became the beneficiaries of the seeping corruption, called Shastri's call for 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' a political gimmick, writes Vivek Agnihotri.

Read details: Juvenile Justice Committee report on ‘minor boys arrested in Kashmir’ calls out lies of Quint, Scroll, and Washington Post

Interestingly, the 'activists' Eenakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha had based their petition not on actual complains but on reports by news portals such as The Quint, The Scroll, Caravan and Washington Post.

Times of India has done a massive disservice to the memory of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh

Times of India today had a middle in its edit page where a Bhagat Singh researcher, Prof Chaman Lal has been interviewed

Ram Mandir case: SC reprimands Muslim parties for constantly repeating same argument, Rajeev Dhavan apologises for interruptions

Rajeev Dhavan had tried to drown Vaidyanathan’s arguments in the Ram Mandir case by interrupting through the microphone

Former ASI regional director KK Muhammed explains why Muslims should voluntarily hand over the land at Ayodhya to Hindus

Ram Temple at Ayodhya is as important for Hindus as Mecca an Medina is for Muslims, said the ex ASI official

Security of Amritsar Air Force base taken over by Indian Army following inputs of terror attack: Times Now report

Snippers are posted on the top of ATC tower as well as fire safety towers of Amritsar Airbase

AAI to introduce seaplane services in Assam to boost tourism and connectivity, three locations selected

Government has renewed the initiative to start seaplane services in the country with the launch in Assam

Watch: Balochistan activists hold protests in London against abduction of women and children by Pakistan Army

A video has emerged in which activists of the Balochistan National Movement (BNM) were seen holding protests outside 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister

Buying only Halal meat and not Jhatka, Kosher is discriminatory: McDonald’s India gets legal notice

The legal notice was sent to McDonald's India for serving only Halal meat and not Kosher and Jhatka.

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley’s family denies pension, asks money to be donated to lesser paid employees of Rajya Sabha

Arun Jaitley’s family denied pension entitled to the deceased leader citing his “philanthropic past” as grounds for refusing to accept the pension

P Chidambaram appeals for home-cooked food inside Tihar, court to hear plea on the day his judicial custody ends

P Chidambaram’s judicial custody at Tihar is set to end on October 3, the same day when the court listed his application seeking home-cooked food inside jail.

Alwar, where suspected cattle thief Pehlu was lynched, remains a hotbed for cattle smuggling and related violence: Here is how

Rajasthan's Alwar district sees numerous incidents of cattle smuggling and related violence every month.

Mother Teresa’s Missionary of Charity nun accused of child trafficking gets bail by Jharkhand HC

Sister Concelia was arrested in July 2018 after allegations of child trafficking surfaced against 'Nirmal Hriday', a Missionaries of Charity shelter home for destitute women in Ranchi.

“Wrong and contemptuous to say that SC has allowed prosecution of Devendra Fadnavis”, Maharashtra CMO rubbishes media reports

Supreme Court has sent the case back to the trial court for fresh consideration, not ordered prosecution of Devendra Fadnavis

Came to UAE for Islam and true love: Christian girl Ciyani becomes Aisha, says she left family to be with lover

Benny confirmed that she embraced Islam on September 24 in a court in Abu Dhabi and wishes to follow the religion throughout her life.

Kashmir petitions: SC rejects petitions on internet restoration, gives govt 28 days to file affidavit on Article 370 abrogation

Ten different petitions filed by different petitioners, including Shehla Rashid, Shah Faesal, ML Sharma, CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami, NC leader Mohammad Akbar Lone and others were listed before the bench.

Recovery in employment generation, 4 million jobs created in last one year: Reports CMIE, known for its proximity to P Chidambaram

CMIE says that there has been an increase in employment with more than 405 million employed during May-August 2019.

US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushes Pakistan propaganda, makes false claims about Kashmir

Controversial US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez retweeted a video of herself posted by a pro-Pakistan Twitter user, where she can be seen scribbling on a poster during a so-called "solidarity march" on Kashmir in New York.

No ‘Adultsplaining’: Here is a teenager’s grouse with the Greta Thunberg phenomenon

Why are so many people worshipping Greta Thunberg? The answer lies in one word- pedophrasty

Saradha chit fund scam: Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar gets anticipatory bail by High Court

Fearing arrest by the CBI, Rajeev Kumar, who is accused of destroying evidence in the Saradha scam investigation has been on the run.

Pakistani PM Imran Khan humiliated on an American talk show, anchor calls him ‘Voter from Bronx’

An American news anchor compared Pakistan PM Imran Khan to a ‘voter’ from the Bronx.

10 year old boy dies because of a Muslim healer, media gives the report a Hindu spin

According to a complaint by one Arfina Bibi, her son Jan Nabi Sheikh died and six-year-old son Jahangir Sheikh is admitted to a hospital with serious injuries due to occult practice by Muslim healer Alpana Bibi

After removal of Lord Ganesha idol in NIT, legal rights group demands removal of Christian idols from all govt offices in Meghalaya

Legal Rights Observatory has demanded that all Christian idols be removed from government offices and campuses in Meghalaya.

Supreme Court recalls its order which had virtually diluted the SC/ST Act, allows review petition by centre

SC says its order diluting the SC/ST Act was not within the parameters of Article 142 of the Constitution

Demography is Destiny: The lesson from the removal of the Lord Ganesh idol from NIT Meghalaya

Demography is Destiny. That's the message that was conveyed loud and clear by the removal of the idol of Lord Ganesh from NIT Meghalaya.