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‘Jo na bole Jai Shri Ram, bhej do unko Kabristan’ singer arrested by UP police

Singer Varun Bahar had shot into fame after he posted a song on YouTube which translates to "Those who do not chant Lord Ram's name should be sent to the cemetery."

Arnab takes dig at ‘unemployed journalist of Radia fame’ without naming anyone, Barkha hits back

Arnab Goswami of Republic TV threw an arrow at unemployable Radia type journalists, Barkha Dutt took the arrow to heart

62 celebrities write an open letter to point out hypocrisy of the ‘achievers’ who wrote an open letter on ‘rising intolerance’

The celebrities assert that they are confident that India shall continue to develop and progress without paying heed to the ones with those who want to destabilise the country.

Azam Khan should be appreciated: NCP’s Majeed Memon endorses sexist ‘poetry’ on BJP MP Rama Devi

During the debate of Triple Talaq Bill, Speaker Rama Devi had asked Azam Khan to speak looking at the chair and address the house through the presiding officer.

Bangladeshi cow smugglers tie explosives to cows neck, throw them in river to discourage the BSF from intercepting at West Bengal border

Earlier this month, a BSF jawan had lost his hand after Bangladeshi cattle smugglers hurled bombs at him.

Exclusive: DD National instructed to discontinue re-run of series by Yoga instructor Ira Trivedi, other DD channels issued advisory

The series that was hosted by Ira Trivedi was produced by Doordarshan Delhi as part of a series of different yoga programmes produced to highlight yoga prior to the International day of yoga in 2017

Former Indian diplomat says Referendum 2020 movement backed by Pakistan’s ISI lacks mass support

Former Indian diplomat said despite Pakistan's backing, "Referendum 2020" has failed to gain mass support.

Amidst acute economic crisis, Pakistan federal minister daydreams sending first Pakistani to space by 2022

Pakistani Federal minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain made an outrageous claim that by 2022 Pakistan will send 25 people to Space

30 convicted illegal immigrants lodged in Assam jails deported to Bangladesh

Bangladeshi nationals convicted of illegal immigration were deported by Indian authorities through Kalibari ghat border in Assam.

Yoga teacher Ira Trivedi takes a u-turn after social media outrage over her anti-Hindu and beef promotion posts, says she loves Hindu Dharma

After social media backlash, a self-proclaimed yoga teacher, Ira Trivedi, who runs a show on national broadcaster Doordarshan, has taken to Twitter today to proclaim that she is a strict vegetarian and respects Hindu religion.

Pakistani cricketer Imam-ul-Haq lands in controversy after his obscene chats with multiple girls leaked on Twitter

This Tweet attracted mixed reactions from various Twitter users and the player's fans

Why have most prominent Samajwadi Party leaders proven themselves to be sexist and creepy?

What is it about Samajwadi Party leaders that makes them so naturally sexist? Perhaps it comes from the top.

Lieutenant Colonel MS Dhoni deployed for patrolling and guard duties for 15 days in Kashmir valley

Dhoni will be assuming the patrolling and guard duties along with the 106 TA Battalion Para troops in Kashmir Valley

Shiv Sena scores big: NCP’s Mumbai chief joins Sena, more expected to follow

Shunning NCP's Mumbai city chief position, Sachin Ahir joined the Shiv Sena in presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray

Azam Khan makes creepy, sexist remarks against female BJP MP in Parliament, Akhilesh Yadav calls it ‘poetry’

While under normal circumstances this could amount to harassment and sexual abuse, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, however, found nothing wrong with it.

‘Sex crimes committed on impulse, offenders deserve chance for reform’, Catholic priests oppose death penalty for paedophiles

The Catholic Church is against the death penalty for any crimes, Bishop Jose Chittooparampil said.

Kerala CPM chief’s son Binoy tried to settle rape case filed against him, audio clip suggests: Report

The audio clip is of a phone conversation between the CPM chief's son and the complainant that allegedly took place on January 10 has been doing rounds in the media.

Hindus in a Bareilly village fear forced religious conversion by Muslims, contemplate exodus: Reports

"Better to leave a place where you can't even pray to your god," a villager reportedly said. The residents of this Bareilly village are living with fear facing persecution from the Muslim community.

Samajwadi Party MP who compared actresses to ‘tawaif’ says triple talaq ‘better’ than setting your cheating wife on fire

ST Hasan is the same MP who had earlier stoked controversy by comparing actress to a 'tawaif'.

After NIA and UAPA amendments, Amit Shah needs to go after conversion mafia

Who would believe that just 3 years ago, the government could barely get the opposition on board with the surgical strike?

Sadhguru was talking about the Kanakadhāra Stotram, but ‘liberals’ expected him to know of acts of sexual deviancy

Sadhguru dubbed Hima Das a 'golden shower', meaning she was showering gold on India by winning repeated gold medals

West Bengal: 1.6 kg jewellery, 90 coins and a wrist watch removed from one Runi Khatun’s stomach

Runi Khatun, said to be mentally unstable by her family, has been swallowing coins, metals and jewellery for weeks.

Indian Mujahideen threatens to blow up Bareilly railway station if Kanwariyas pass through Muslim areas

A purported Indian Mujahideen area commander issued the threats in a letter sent to Bareilly railway station superintendent

8 new cases of land grabbing lodged against ‘land mafia’ Azam Khan

Eight new cases of land grabbing in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh have been filed against SP leader Azam Khan for forcefully grabbing the lands of farmers for his university.

West Bengal: Bombs hurled, bullets fired at the residence of Barrackpore BJP MP Arjun Singh

The miscreants hurled two country-made bombs and fired bullets outside Arjun Singh's residence in North 24 Parganas.

‘Shoe shining box scam’: Twitter users, including actor Parineeti Chopra, fall for the ‘spirited’ Mumbai shoe shining boy

It started with a tweet on Tuesday, where twitter user @agentgreenglass put up a picture of a young boy, about 16-17 years of age.

Mamata Banerjee Zindabad: TMC workers attack professor and students for not chanting pro-Mamata slogans

The shocking incident took place on a day the Trinamul rallied support behind a section of activists for writing an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging intolerance across the country.

Gautam Navlakha was in touch with Hizbul, Kashmiri separatists: Pune Police tells Bombay HC

Gautam Navlakha is accused of having links with Maoists, Kashmiri separatists, Pakistan's ISI and banned terror organisation Hizbul

Alka Lamba does a Kejriwal on Kejriwal, says Delhi CM not allowing her to work for the people of her constituency

Chandni Chowk MLA Alka Lamba accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of interfering the developmental activities of the work as revenge for speaking out against him in the past.

Congress sends 2 BJP MLAs in Madhya Pradesh who cross-voted in their favour to an undisclosed location

Two BJP MLAs-Narayan Tripathi and Sharad Kaul went against the party command and voted in favour of the Congress party during the voting for criminal law (amendment)

National Commission for Minorities member says no mob lynching case filed with them, Govt says no common pattern of mob lynching

Manjit Singh Rai assured the commission would initiate strict action against culprits for exploiting and ill-treating minorities when such cases are highlighted before the commission.

A dangerous turn: ‘Scholars’ and ‘celebrities’ cross the boundaries of mere hypocrisy and ally with a convicted naxalite

A rag-tag bunch of 'intellectuals' and 'celebrities' have written to the Prime Minister on Tuesday claiming that atrocities against Muslims and Dalits have increased under the NDA regime and have deemed Jai Shri Ram a 'provocative war-cry'.

Arnab Goswami remotely ‘hacks’ into the press conference of ‘achievers and celebrities’, questions them on their hypocrisy

Arnab Goswami intervenes Aparna Sen’s press conference by remotely asking questions, Sen refuses to answer

Rajasthan Mahila Congress leader launches personal attack on PM Modi for sharing playful pics with his “special friend”

Reena Mimrot, State General Secretary of Rajasthan Mahila Congress targeted PM Modi for sharing playful pictures with his "special friend"

India jumps 5 places to Rank 52 on the list of Global Innovation Index 2019

India holds on its distinction of being the most innovative country in the Central and South Asian region

Russia unable to find any document on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in their archive: Government in Lok Sabha

India has requested Russia several times since 2014 seeking information on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Under-achiever Bhayanak Sen writes to PM Modi, talks about rising ‘achiever-thought-terrorism’

Referring to oneself as 'intellectual' does not make one 'intelligent' and above criticism.

“When will he learn to place country over politics?” Tejasvi Surya slams Rahul Gandhi for his attack on PM Modi over Trump’s comment

The regular hate mongers, which includes a section of trolls from the media and politics and the Congress, of course, jumped to this opportunity to train guns at PM Narendra Modi

Convicted Naxalite Binayak Sen signs ‘rising intolerance’ letter to PM Modi, calls self ‘peace loving proud Indian’

The letter written by prominent 'achievers and celebrities' to Prime Minister Modi claiming that atrocities against ‘Muslims and Dalits’ have increased in India was signed by convicted Naxalite Binayak Sen

‘Wax her testicles, transphobic bigot!’ Trans Activist who wants to force women to wax ‘her’ male genitalia in the dock for predatory behaviour

Jessica Yaniv, a transgender activist, has brought into the fore the inherent inconsistencies within 21st century Feminism.

Was Gumnami Baba really Netaji Bose? Can’t say for sure, says Judicial Commission report

The Justice Vishnu Sahai Commission was constituted in 2016 to probe the identity of Gumnami Baba.

AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi repeats his ’15-minutes’ hate speech, says RSS yet to recover from his 2012 speech

Akbaruddin Owaisi resorted to hate speech after he repeated his '15 minutes' infamous speech against Hindus which he had made in 2012.

Man brutally murdered after altercation over public urination, one accused Amin Khan nabbed, four others absconding

Hitesh's dead body was found on the wee hours of Tuesday in an open ground in Pune.

ISIS linked group planned mass murder by mixing poison in temple prasad, Maharashtra ATS files charge sheet against 10

10 members of ISIS-linked group charge-sheeted for planing murder by poisoning temple prasad

UP govt releases Rs 20 crore for completion of under-construction Mughal Museum in Agra

The work on Agra's Mughal Museum had started in June 2016 during Akhilesh Yadav's govt and was planned to be completed by the end of 2017

Homebuyers’ money diverted to MS Dhoni and his wife’s company, auditors tell Supreme Court

The name of MS Dhoni has now been dragged in the Amrapali money laundering case.

Zakir Naik’s Peace TV banned in UK for saying ‘gay people worse than pigs’, ‘people who left Islam should be killed’ and more

Zakir Naik's Peace TV gets banned in the UK for describing gay people as worse than pigs and for airing several other problematic opinions

Netflix launches Rs 199 mobile only India plan

To tap into the the growing mobile market, Netflix has introduced reduced plan for mobile users.