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Kedarnath Dhyan Gufa witnesses a historic rise in the number of pilgrims after PM Modi’s visit

Looking at the shooting popularity of the gufa after PM Modi's visit, the district administration is planning three more caves in its vicinity.

Shoaib Akhtar’s racist rant against Afghan cricket players: Insinuates they are ‘refugees from Peshawar’

Ahead of Afghanistan-Pakistan match at Leeds, Shoaib Akhtar launches a racist rant against Afghan players.

Watch: Pakistan and Afghanistan fans get into a fight after plane with ‘Justice for Balochistan’ slogan was spotted

Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing each other in the World Cup for the first time. 

Captain Virat Kohli rates the new orange Indian team jersey 8 out of 10

The orange colour has dominated the jersey which has already created controversy back home by the opposition parties.

Meet Mahua Moitra: The new darling of the ‘Liberal Left’ clown world

Mahua Moitra is the newly elected Trinamool MP from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.

World Cup Preview, Australia v New Zealand: A win will steal the semi final spot for the Kiwis

A battle of supremacy between the two neighbors. Australia has already booked their seats for the semi-final, New Zealand has to, by winning one match from the remaining two in the competition.

Owaisi accuses Congress of betrayal after charge sheet against Pehlu Khan, urges Muslims not to support the party

Condemning the Gehlot government, he said that Congress Party has a double face as the party had condemned the attack on Pehlu Khan earlier. He urged the Muslims of Rajasthan not to support the party.

Fatwa issued against Nusrat Jahan for wearing Sindoor and Mangalsutra, Deoband cleric says “A Muslim can only marry a Muslim”

Nusrat Jahan Ruhi recently had married a Hindu Jain man. She was seen taking her oath as a parliamentarian wearing the traditional adornments of a Hindu married woman.

Crisis in Congress: After 140 office bearers, AICC secretary and Rajasthan co-incharge Tarun Kumar resigns

Yesterday, about 140 Congress functionaries and office bearers from AICC, PCC, Mahila Congress and Youth Congress had tendered their resignations en masse

G20 Summit: Here is a list of bilateral meetings held by PM Modi

The 2-day summit held in the port city of Osaka, Japan provided an opportunity for many world leaders to come together and discuss strategic issues of trade and bilateral cooperations.

Congress government in Rajasthan to set up Vedic Shiksha and Sanskar Board: Ashok Gehlot

Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of the state, made the announcement while addressing the 25th state-level Bhamashah Samman Samaroh at the Birla Auditorium at Jaipur.

Indian Express, enough is enough: Pehlu Khan was a cow-smuggler

Indian Express can’t expect its readers—and I am one—to be polite any longer, especially, after its Pehlu Khan reportage

Sandesara brothers’ loan fraud is much bigger than Nirav Modi’s PNB scam: Enforcement Directorate

ED officials stated that the Sterling Biotech Limited and its main promoters Nitin Sandesara, Chetan Sandesara and Deepti Sandesara have cheated a consortium of Indian banks to the tunes of Rs 14,000 crores.

World Cup Preview, Afghanistan v Pakistan: A new rivalry in cricket to start

Afghanistan and Pakistan will face off in the World Cup contest for the first time.

Rahul Gandhi to become ‘ideologue’ and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for PM: Congress ‘masterplan’ for 2024?

It is also unclear what ideology Rahul Gandhi would endorse if he were to assume the baton of Congress party's ideologue.

India vs England: Time to include Rishabh Pant in the middle order

The presence of Pant in the middle order can give India a batsman who can keep the scoring rate up while Dhoni can take his time at the other end.

Video and statistics highlights from South Africa v Sri Lanka Match

Sri Lanka's losing to South Africa means they will be eliminated irrespective of their results against West Indies & India if England wins at least one of their remaining games.

Suspended Congress leader alleges Rahul Gandhi’s press meet passes were sold for Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,00,000

Karate Thiagarajan was summarily suspended yesterday on the premise of him being routine indulging in anti-party activities and breaching party discipline

Intellectual Maulanas and Ayatollahs in suits and boots are rattled by Arif Mohammad Khan and there is good reason why

Arif Mohammad Khan shattered the myth of perpetual victimhood that the liberal fraternity constantly feeds the Muslim community.

India is now producing the world’s cheapest solar power: Research by International Renewable Energy Agency reveals

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) survey in its research found out that India is the world's cheapest producer of Solar power.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asks if Yogi govt has ‘surrendered to criminals’, UP Police gives their report card to refute allegation

Sharing a collage of crime news clips from Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to Twitter today to claim that in the state of Uttar Pradesh, criminals are roaming freely and doing as they please.

Rajasthan: Charge sheet filed against Pehlu Khan for cattle smuggling

Pehlu Khan was attacked by a mob over his involvement in cattle smuggling.

Politics and propaganda of ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ continues over Tabrez Ansari, while Hindu victims are ignored summarily

Modi’s political opposition may be weak, but the media has taken the role with the narrative of Dara Hua Musalman

Dr Paribaha Mukhopadhyay, junior doctor who suffered skull injury in NRS Hospital mob attack, released after treatment

Almost all major hospitals and medical colleges had joined the protests against the Mamata government. The protests were only halted after CM Mamata Banerjee visited the doctors personally and assured safety and security at hospitals.

Hooghly village on boil after BJP victory march attacked by TMC men, worker chanting Jai Shree Ram brutally beaten up

Clashes broke out between the workers of the BJP and the TMC over chanting of "Jai Shri Ram" at Gurap village in West Bengal's Hooghly district

Mangoes turning saffron from green after Modi’s victory is a huge concern, activists say

The is being seen along with developments like colour of Indian cricket team's jersey turning saffron from blue.

Agsar Ali made to do sit-ups and chant Jai Shree Ram by another Muslim man, Apsi Miya arrested after video goes viral

Apsi Miyan has been arrested for making another Muslim man, Agsar Ali, chant 'Jai Shree Ram' forcefully in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. 

Anti-Corruption Bureau unearth ₹177 crore loan fraud by J&K Bank officials and NCP leader’s son

NCP leader's son took loan from J&K using fraudulent means, settled it for much less amount by willfully defaulting

Ranchi: Tribal man killed for objecting to weed being smoked outside his house, Md Sajid, Azam Ansari and Ramzan Ansari arrested

Mangru Pahan, who is survived by his wife and four children was a resident of Sarna Toli in Kadru area under Argora police station area

Doctor says Tabrez Ansari could have died of cardiac arrest, police maintain mob lynching not cause of death: Reports

Tabrez Ansari was allegedly brutally beaten by a mob in Jharkhand on the 22nd of June on the accusation of theft.

In ‘respect’ and ‘honour’ of Rahul Gandhi, Congress office bearers resign en masse

Rahul Gandhi was visibly upset that no other Congress leaders had offered to take responsibility of the Lok Sabha poll debacle and resign from their posts

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha goes on an abusive spree against people who criticize his film Article 15

When Twitter users criticised his film, Sinha lost his cool and started abusing everyone.

Move over Narendra Modi, there is a new ‘hated figure’ in ‘Left Liberal’ town

Move over Narendra Modi as there is a new 'hated figure' in the town who is earning the wrath of 'Liberals' these days - Virat Kohli

Vedanta claims that Chinese companies funded anti-Sterlite protests in order to capture Indian copper market

Sterlite had supplied 38% of India's copper demand. After its closure, the demand was met by foreign companies.

“TMC has become Total Muslim Congress”, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh

Reacting to WB govt decision to build dining halls having 70%+ minority students, WB BJP says TMC is Total Muslim Congress

Our stance has not changed, Article 370 is a temporary provision: Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

Amit Shah reiterated BJP's position on Article 370 that it is a temporary provision.

In the winter of his public life, why can’t Dr Manmohan Singh engage his own staff rather than being petulant?

The latest bit is Dr Singh’s refusal to accept the trimmed numbers of his personal staff to five—two each personal assistants and peons and one lower-division clerk—against the 14 he perceives is his right.

It is due to Nehru’s failures that one third of Jammu and Kashmir is under Pakistan: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

Amit Shah held Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for losing one-third territory of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan and the enduring issue with the inclusion of state with the Union of India.

Manmohan Singh protests to PMO as Modi govt decides to reduce his staff size from 14 to 5

Former PM Manmohan Singh is angry over his staff size reduced to 5 from 14 by Modi government

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed in Lok Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today morning moved the J&K Reservation (Amendment Bill) in the Lok Sabha and had said that this bill is not to please anyone but for those living near the International Border

ED summons Congress minister in Halal investment group scam, attaches IMA property worth over Rs 200 crores

ED summons sitting Congress minister in Karnataka Zameer Ahmed Khan over alleged involvement in the IMA Group's ponzi scam.

Tulsi Gabbard might find the United State’s stance on religious freedom a joke

A new report—“Religious Persecution in the United States”--has burned Uncle Sam at the stake of religious discrimination on its land over the centuries.

Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary had a criminal past, could have been killed due to personal enmity: Haryana CM ML Khattar

Khattar informed that police teams have been formed and assured that Vikas Chaudhary's murderers won't be spared.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks Dalits inside a temple for playing bhajans on loudspeaker, six arrested

As per reports, the Muslim mob attacked the temple and beat up the Dalit men with lathis and sticks.

Kerala Catholic body issues diktat: No chanting of prayers, no idol worship, no embracing Hinduism while practising Yoga

The guideline warned that "Christians must be vigilant against the fact that they should not be embracing another religion (Hinduism in this case) while practising meditation”

44 accused in the Bulandshahr violence case to be charged with sedition

Sedition charges added in Bulandshahr violence where two persons including a cop was killed

Amit Shah seeks report after BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya was seen thrashing a Municipal Corporation official with cricket bat

The BJP MLA had alleged that the officers had dragged the women residents and verbally abused one of them

Twitter informs Italian journalist critical of Pakistan that she violated Pakistani Law

Francesca Marino, an Italian journalist, was informed by Twitter of some of her tweets violating Pakistani law. Twitter claimed to have received official correspondence over her account.

Guess who supported the Emergency? The Communists, of course

Every anniversary of Emergency in India (June 25, 1975) and worn-out clichés on muzzling media, despotic Indira, state repression and the complicity of judiciary begin to do rounds.