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Sonia, Rahul and the entire coterie should apologise for injustice done to PV Narasimha Rao, says grandson NV Subhash

Subhash also accused Congress of neglecting their own leaders other than Nehru-Gandhi family and added that the party, not only gave credit to Nehru-Gandhi family for success but also blamed Narasimha Rao for the party's failures.

Rahul Gandhi upset that no other senior leaders offered to take responsibility of poll debacle and resign

The month-long theatrics seems to be reaching its climax now as Rahul Gandhi during a meeting with Haryana state coordination committee stuck to his decision to resign as Congress president

Amarnath Yatra: Security arrangements enhanced after alert over a possible Jaish attempt to target pilgrims

Safeguarding Amarnath pilgrims has been of utmost importance for the Central government considering the tragedy in July 2017 where several pilgrims were killed after terrorists opened fire at their bus.

Cricket World Cup match preview – South Africa v Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka needs a win to stay alive in the tournament

It was Sri Lanka which made the world cup enjoyable when they beat England in their last game

Jagan Mohan Reddy govt serves notice to Chandrababu Naidu asking him to vacate his residence

The residence which is within 100 meters of the Krishna river has been served a notice for violating the river conservation rules

‘People were waiting for us to fail,’ says English cricketer Bairstow

English opener said that English fans wait for them to fail so that they can criticize them.

Video and statistical highlights from India v West Indies Cricket World Cup match

An easy win for India put them on the second position of the World Cup's points table.

Odisha: Viral TikTok videos of nurses dancing inside Sick Newborn Care Unit creates outrage, govt to take action

Four nurses posted in the SNCU in district hospital Malkangiri have been issued show cause notices after their TokTok videos while being on duty go viral.

Hinduism has no concept of Dhimmis or Jaziya – Arif Mohd Khan dismisses “Hindu Rashtra” fear mongering by The Wire journalist

Former cabinet minister in Rajiv Gandhi government dismisses the 'dara hua Musalman' narrative.

Kejriwal govt wakes up after outrage, gives compensation to families of Dhruv Tyagi and Ankit Saxena

Nearly 17 months after Ankit Saxena's, the Delhi government has finally agreed to pay compensation, especially after multiple outrages it faced over ignoring the plights of Saxena's ailing and old parents, who had lost their sole breadwinner.

“Leave our area, you Hindus”, said Safayat Nabi’s family while lynching man for complaining about minor daughter’s kidnapping

Gangaram Singh Chauhan was lynched at home for complaining against his Muslim neighbour for abducting his 13-year-old daughter in UP's Moradabad

Top Kerala police officers honey-trapped along with minister Kadakampally Surendran

A rape complaint was filed against an SI following which warning messages have been circulated in police WhatsApp groups

FIR against Aditya Pancholi on rape charge levelled by Kangana Ranaut

Kangana's sister Rangoli had filed an email complaint with the Mumbai police accusing Aditya Pancholi of 'assault and exploitation'

Bombay High Court upholds Maratha reservation as constitutional, directs state govt to reduce cap

The petitioners had argued that the State government passed the SEBC Act on the basis of unqualified data and without revising the list in the light of the provisions of the existing list of backward classes.

Fact-check: Union Government didn’t ‘reject’ any proposal for ‘free ride to women in Delhi Metro’ from Delhi government

Union Government of India had denied having received any proposal for free rides to women in Delhi Metro from the Delhi government

Anti-Sterlite protests were orchestrated by vested interests: Vedanta tells Madras HC

The company has said that the various reports by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in support of the Sterlite Copper Smelter unit cannot be ignored.

Air India’s Mumbai-Newark flight AI191 makes precautionary landing in London due to bomb threat, turns out to be hoax

Air India's AI191 lands at Stansted airport in London due to a bomb threat, escorted by RAF fighters

Union Government denies having received any proposal for free metro rides for women from Delhi Government

Arvind Kejriwal had recently announced free metro rides for women to ensure 'safety'.

Ahmedabad police nabs Uvais Syed for making ISIS hoax call, says he became paranoid about terror attack after reading too much ISIS news

The police later found that the man was mentally unstable and became paranoid after reading ISIS news reports

Bihar: Mother-daughter duo tonsured, beaten and paraded for resisting a molestation attempt, ward member Khurshid, 5 others booked

A mother and her daughter were beaten, tonsured and paraded in the village for resisting a molestation attempt by miscreants. Local ward member Khurshid is among the people booked for the crime.

Noida: Mohammed Shakil Ansari booked for coercing his daughter and son-in-law to leave their house to accommodate his 2 new wives

Mohammed Shakil Ansari married a 16-year-old Shahnaaz soon after his first wife died in February 2019

Cricket World Cup Match preview – India v West Indies: Can India remain unbeaten?

India has played much better than any team in this World Cup, and despite the hiccups against Afghanistan, they remained unbeaten.

AAP led Delhi Waqf Board promises money, govt job to Jharkhand’s Tabrez’s wife while Delhi’s Ankit Saxena’s father awaits compensation

Recently, Yashpal Saxena, father of Ankit’s father had expressed his disappointment at Delhi government for not keeping up the promises of compensation and financial and legal assistance.

The first time in 30 years, no bandh in Jammu and Kashmir on Union Home Minister visit

Separatist groups have been silent since Home Minister Amit Shah's arrival on Wednesday

Nirav Modi’s 4 bank accounts having cumulative funds of USD 6 million frozen by Swiss authorities

So far Nirav Modi has tried to get bail four times, but have been unsuccessful in each of them

Mamata Banerjee reaches out to Congress and CPI(M) seeking support in her fight against BJP in Bengal, rebuffed

The TMC supremo accused BJP of trying to run a parallel government and bringing in an alien culture in West Bengal

Ramalingam murder case: NIA arrests Myden Ahmed Shali, head of the ‘Dawah’ team linked to PFI

Earlier, the NIA has stated the motive was not only to limited to brutally killing Ramalingam but also to create communal tensions. The NIA had even stated that the murder of Ramalingam was a terrorist act.

Video and statistical highlights from New Zealand v Pakistan match

For Pakistan to remain in the hunt for the semi-final spot, they have to depend on how India plays, especially against England.

Not our car, not our man: Delhi Police’s clarification over viral TikTok video

Police have clarified that the vehicle that used was of a private contractor and the stunt was performed by the friend of the private driver of the vehicle.

Singer Chinmayi Sripada resorts to spreading fake news targeting Uttar Pradesh police, UP police schools her with facts

As Chinamayi resorted to false propaganda, the Uttar Pradesh police stepped into action to school her with facts pertaining to the case.

AIMIM’s revenge over Tabrez Ansari? Village women allege party men threatened them of rape and bomb blast

Women in the village have alleged that several men had come in AIMIM vehicles and had threatened the villagers with rape, violence and bomb blast.

Haryana Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary shot dead in Faridabad

Chaudhary was hit by more than ten bullets when he was coming out of the gym.

Tabrez’s father was murdered over a dispute by his friend and not by lynching: Victim’s uncle refutes media reports

Marsood Alam, Tabrez Ansari's uncle has refuted any such claims regarding the lynching of Tabrez's father Maskoor

Tayyab Khan and Sajid arrested for attacking ABP News crew in Delhi

The incident took place on 9th June when two bike-borne assailants attacked the ABP News crew car with an intention to loot them

I was pressurised to take back my resignation in connection with Shah Bano case: Arif Mohammad Khan

The day I resigned and left my resignation in the Prime Minister's Office, I disappeared from my house and spent the night at a friend's house, said Khan.

Violence in Jharkhand, Bengal and Kerala should be dealt with equally: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

Prime Minister Modi in his Rajya Sabha address today slammed the Congress of politicizing the lynching of a man in Jharkhand.

Live bombs found in Bengaluru based on information given by arrested JMB terrorist

The Bengaluru police had yesterday caught the accused in Burdwan bomb blast Habibur Rehman Sheikh

Rising Intolerance? Here are a dozen ‘hate crime’ stories that turned out to be fake

In recent times, there has been a spate of 'hate crimes' which gained great press coverage but invariably turned out to be fake.

Congress party opposes Indian cricket team’s orange jersey against England in World Cup, claims it is saffronization by BJP

Congress and SP says Indian cricket teams orange away jersey is saffronizaion by BJP

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya arrested for hitting a Municipal Corporation official with cricket bat

Akash Vijayvargiya has been booked for assault and obstructing a public servant from performing their duties

Highlights from PM Modi’s first Rajya Sabha address after coming back to power

The Prime Minister hit out at Congress for having an obstructionist approach and opposing every scheme launched by the BJP government, even the ones like Aadhar that were introduced during the UPA regime.

“You voted for Narendra Modi and want me to get your works done”, Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy shouts at protesters

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy refuses to listen to villages as they voted for Modi

UP government to launch a month-long security awareness drive for schoolgirls

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered to strengthen the security of women and girls in the state and directed the authorities to implement stringent measures

Journalist advices Kerala CPM chief’s rape accused son to convert to Islam to solve his problems

The journalist claimed that having two wives wasn't a problem in Islam citing the example of the actor Dharmendra

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order permitting AgustaWestland accused Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad

Earlier, Delhi HC had permitted Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad for the treatment of blood cancer and other ailments.

CPM admits Sabarimala row proved detrimental to party’s fortunes in the Lok Sabha elections: Report

Despite being in power in the state, the CPI(M) had an electoral rout in Kerala, winning only 2 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats.

You want the ‘Old India’ where Indian Navy was used for family vacations? PM Modi tears into Congress’ narrative

PM Modi said he is shocked that schemes such as constructing toilets, Swachha Bharat, Jan Dhan and Yoga day are being mocked at.