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If the Indian State does not dismantle the power structures within Islamic society, the country will be condemned to perpetual anarchy

There doesn't appear to be any long term strategy to deal with the menace of 'community crimes'.

Bengaluru: Nabi stabs friend Shoaib for refusing to hug due to bad breath, stabs friend’s brother too

Two brothers Shoaib and Shahid stabbed by friend Nabi after being refused to be hugged due to bad breath

Haryana: Fake pamphlets asking for ban on temple entry for Dalits distributed, police registers case

These pamphlets were found lying on the streets of Shahpur Kalan village barring the Dalits from entering the temples

The full story from Hauz Qazi: A vandalised temple, a missing Hindu boy, and a community losing faith

The Hindu residents of Hauz Qazi also claimed that the Muslim mob had not only broken the idols of the Durga Mandir but also urinated in the temple.

Frustrated with frequent fights, Jamshed Alam kills his two wives to live ‘peacefully’

Frustrated with the low income, Alam’s wives often had fights with each other. Alam had even sought a divorce from his wives last year, but they did not agree to it. Zabeena had also accused Alam of not being able to give her a child.

Rape of 7-year-old leads to violent protests in Jaipur, dozens of vehicles torched, internet suspended

Police have stated that tension spread in the area after social media circulations of a communal angle being involved in the case. Internet services have been suspended in 13 police districts.

Four persons arrested in Delhi temple attack case, home minister Amit Shah reprimands Delhi Police Commissioner

Delhi Temple attack: Four persons including Md Zubair and Md Anus arrested by Delhi police

Sonia Gandhi seems to have started associating privatisation with scams due to Congress’ own legacy

Sonia Gandhi's concerns that the corporatisation will lead to loss of employment didn't come in the way during the UPA tenure it seems. 

Video and Stats highlight from Sri Lanka v West Indies game

Chasing 339, West Indies had a poor start as they lost two wickets for 22 runs. Gayle was not at his best, scored 35 runs but took 48 balls for it, very unusual innings for him.

Delhi’s Chandni Chowk temple vandalism has broken the hearts of BJP supporters

The otherwise outspoken CM of Delhi is silent on Delhi temple desecration, but so what? There is no joke bigger than him anyway.

Kerala: Hundreds of priests protest against the Syro-Malabar Church’s decision to reinstate sacked Cardinal Alencherry

Cardinal George Alencherry, the head of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church had found himself in big trouble after the Kerala High Court directed the police to file a criminal complaint against him and three others over dubious land deals.

News agency PTI caught attributing false statement to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The PTI report was picked up and shared by various media houses where the story with a misleading headline with misattribute to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Kashmir: Viral video shows teacher holding an axe on a child’s neck, threatening to slaughter him

As per reports, the child being terrorised in the video is ten years old. Other students in the room watch helplessly as the child is held down and is threatened with an axe.

‘Match-winning lady’, Businessman Anand Mahindra cheers for India, offers to sponsor tickets of the elderly ‘lucky lady’ for India matches

The 87-year-old lady was cheering for India and the men in blue later went to take her blessings for rest of the tournament in a heart-touching moment.

Only criteria for appointment of judges in Collegium system are casteism and nepotism: Allahabad HC judge writes to PM Modi

Justice Rang Nath Pandey says that appointments under the Collegium system are made on the basis of favouritism and lobbying

Supreme Court seeks response of the Centre and the EC on a petition seeking ban on announcement cash transfer schemes before elections

The petitioner Dr. Pentapati Pulla Rao contended in the petition that such schemes provide an unfair advantage to the ruling party

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt demands strict action against miscreants who attacked temple in Delhi, says India is a Hindu Rashtra

Dutt tweeted to assert that India is a Hindu Rashtra and attack on our religion is unacceptable.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim man gives Triple Talaq to his wife for being fat

Muslim man in UP divorces wife through triple talaq for being fat

MHA reveals Madrasas are being used to radicalise and recruit terrorists in West Bengal

The MHA has informed in the Lok Sabha that Madrasas in several West Bengal districts are being used as radicalisation and recruitment centres for JMB.

Sunny Deol clarifies on appointment of representative, says it is to ensure smooth flow of work when he is out of the constituency

Clarifying on his appointment as Deol's representative Palheri told that Deol wanted to be available to the people of Gurdaspur round the clock, therefore, he made the appointment.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut says wall collapse deaths are not BMC’s fault, tweets poetry on raindrops

As Mumbai reels under torrential rains and people die, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut tweets monsoon poetry.

Congress leader whitewashes Chandni Chowk temple vandalism, says the attack was not on temple

Congress leader and Delhi municipal councillor Yasmin Kidwai says that Durga temple in Delhi was not attacked

Twitter users claiming to be employees of Kapil Sibal backed Tiranga TV allege they are being fired with just one month’s salary

Several Tiranga TV employees tweeted that they have been fired, and demanded to meet Kapil Sibal

Rahul Gandhi supporter attempts to commit suicide in front of Congress office, sympathisers chant Rahul Gandhi zindabad as police whisks him away

Rahul Gandhi has been insistent on resigning from the position of Congress Presidency after a humiliating defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid calls temple desecration ‘chhota sa waqia’, invokes his community’s ‘tolerance’ during L K Advani’s Rath Yatra

The Imam says that the facts regarding the incident, whether the temple was attacked, who attacked it and how much damage was caused will be clear only after a detailed inquiry.

ISKCON invites Nusrat Jahan as special guest for Rathayatra, the TMC MP accepts invitation

The 48th edition of the Ratha yatra organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) since 1971, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

I am a Hindu: Breaking of temples brings back the worst of my civilizational memories

The incident in Chandni Chowk, in the heart of Delhi, in today’s India, causes a deep pain. It reminds us of the humiliation that our ancestors suffered for being Hindus in India.

Sonia Gandhi indulges in fearmongering, opposes corporatisation of Railway production units by terming it as ‘privatisation’ in parliament

Sonia Gandhi lies in Parliament, says corporatisation of Railway production units mean privatisation

Ahmednagar: Muzaffar Patel, Gulshan Sheikh arrested for keeping a woman captive, raping her for not embracing Islam

According to the complaint filed by the victim, Muzaffar Patel had threatened to kill her and her father and forced her to embrace Islam

World Cup Preview – India v Bangladesh: A must win game for Bangladesh

Bangladesh plays against India to keep its hopes for entering the semi-finals alive.

PNB Scam: Singapore High Court orders attachment of properties of fugitive Nirav Modi worth Rs 44 crore

The Singapore High Court ordered the freezing of balance of $ 6.122 million (Rs.44 crores) crore in the bank account maintained in Singapore by Pavilion Point Corporation, British Virgin Island, a company beneficially owned by Mayank Mehta and Purvi Modi brother-in-law and sister of Nirav Modi.

TV9 Bharatvarsh deletes its video after Twitter users expose the fake video claiming PM Modi met former PM Manmohan Singh to discuss Indian economy

In fact, no formal meeting between the present and former PM has taken place in recent days. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had met the former PM Singh last week. Though no official details of the meeting were available, it was cited as a 'courtesy visit'.

Chandni Chowk MP Dr Harshvardhan directs police to take strict action against the miscreants who desecrated the Durga temple

Though the tension prevailing over the temple vandalisation moves into its third day, the Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal is yet to come out and make any statement

Rahul Gandhi to choose a Dalit to follow his orders? Reports suggest Shinde might become Congress President

Sitaram Kesri was the last non-Gandhi, who served as Congress’ party president between 1996-1998.

Muslim groups carry out violent protests over alleged bike thief Tabrez’s death, stone pelting, clashes with police reported from Agra and Meerut

Both in Mawana and Agra, hundreds of Muslims had first gathered at Mosques and had then carried out violent protests and stone pelting.

Delhi temple attack: Witness says AAP MLA Imran Hussain joined the mob and did not stop attacks on temple

Union Minister and Chandni Chowk MP Dr Harsh Vardhan visited the site this morning and condemned the incident while appealing for peace.

Mumbai rains: Wall collapse leaves 16 dead, trains suspended, flights diverted, schools closed as city reels under a torrential downpour

The rainwater has drained into Mithi river, which has now crossed dangerous levels. At least 1000 people have been evacuated from Kranti Nagar area of Kurla in Mumbai to safer places to avoid any untoward incident due to the overflow of Mithi river.

He knowingly violated CARA guideline and JJ Act: Journalist who accused filmmaker Vinod Kapri of faking an adoption story for self promotion

Despite warning from CARA CEO, the couple continued to post pictures of the child on social media. Kapri had even put up the child's photo as his profile picture on Twitter.

Make your train journey delicious: How to get food from your favourite restaurant delivered at your seat on Indian Railway

Passengers can either use the phone, mobile app or even log on to the website to order their food from IRCTC eCatering service

Lok Sabha passes bill reversing court order which had effectively ended reservation in college and university teacher posts

Lok Sabha passes bill overturning Allahabad High Court order which had reduced the number of reserved posts in college-universities by up to 95%

Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha: Those endeavouring to break India will be responded back in the same coin

Amit Shah tabled Jammu and Kashmir reservation bill in Rajya Sabha that provides reservation to the children living along the International Border

Odisha: IAS officer accused of spending 70 lakh in six months for renovation of her official residential quarters

The Odisha Government has transferred the District Collector of Sundargarh for defrauding the government

After TRS leader arrested for assaulting forest officer, his brother and TRS MLA Koneru Konappa caught teaching villagers to blame the officers

TRS MLA Koneru Konappa teaches villagers to say that his brother had assaulted female forest officer because the officials had come to grab land

Congress Chief Ministers meet Rahul Gandhi to persuade him to continue as party president, Kamal Nath offers to resign

In a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting following the Lok Sabha election results, Rahul Gandhi had lashed out senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot and P Chidambaram for putting their sons above the party.

USA: Violent Communist group Antifa, celebrated by Democrats and mainstream media, attacks gay journalist

Gay Journalist Andy Ngo was attacked by members of the Far-Left terrorist group Antifa in Portland, USA while he was covering one of their rallies.

Delhi BJP accuses AAP government of Rs 2000 crore scam in the construction of classrooms

Manoj Tiwari alleged these classrooms could be constructed at a cost of Rs 800 crore only which shows that there was a scam of Rs 2000 crore.

RSS worker Rudresh murder case: Supreme Court rejects accused PFI leader’s plea against framing charges

The NIA had made serious charges against PFI member Asim Sharif for his alleged involvement in the killing of RSS activist Rudresh. Rudresh, the RSS worker, was hacked to death in the Shivajinagar area of Bengaluru in October 2016.

Lower corporate tax and cost of capital to river interlinking: My wishlist for Budget 2019

Low cost of capital is critical to help bring in requisite investments and give a major boost to our growth

Zaira Wasim’s manager flip-flops: After claiming her SM accounts were hacked, now says Zaira herself made those posts

Zaira Wasim has earlier posted on her Social Media account page her decision to quit from the Bollywood claiming that her chosen line of career impacted her relationship with Islam.

The not-so-syncretic Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb and the false wails of how ‘Sanghis’ turned Urdu into a ‘Muslim language’

Often one sees 'liberals invoking Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or the Syncretic Hindu Muslim culture of North India every time they hear the idea of New India. In reality, they see it as an attack on anything Muslim by the BJP.