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‘Nationalist’ Aquib Mir poses as Hindu to gain trust of married Hindu woman, tricks her into nikah, beats her when questioned about multiple affairs:...

The victim was already married and had a son when she came in contact with Aquib Mir. In her complaint, she said that at that time, she was in a vulnerable position as her husband was suffering from medical issues leading to stress and an emotionally weak situation. Aquib contacted her on Instagram posing as a Hindu man named Ravi Rajput in 2021. They became friends and slowly came closer. 

How Covaxin continues to be targeted by vested interest groups: ICMR rejects BHU ‘study’ that claimed adverse effects, doctors highlight misleading methods

ICMR, in its statement on BHU's study about Covaxin side effects pointed out that there were several methodological flaws in the study.

Rameshwaram cafe blast: NIA raids 11 locations across India, arrests Bengaluru-based Sohail over alleged links with mastermind Abdul Matheen

Sohail had been under the radar of the NIA for his suspected links with Abdul Matheen, the mastermind of the blast, as per NIA.

The US rubbishes media reports that describe India as anti-Muslim, says it engaged with India in protecting freedom of religion across the world

A recently published report in the New York Times alleged that Muslims have been othered in India, a stunning claim that does not jibe with the improving social indicators.

‘Received abuses through media for the past 23 years’: PM Modi thanks news channels for creating public curiosity about him

While speaking to News24, PM Modi sarcastically remarked, "If there was no media, then, who would have known me?"

One dead, several injured on London-Singapore flight after severe turbulence

A person died on a London-Singapore flight that experienced severe turbulence and plummeted for several minutes before being diverted to Bangkok.

Relentless mining for copper, gold, and lithium, sucking resources dry: How China is exploiting Tibet

China's excessive mining exploitation in occupied territories of Tibet has also led to health hazards, cultural subjugation of Tibetans, irreparable damage to land use patterns, pollution, severe environmental degradation, and disturbances to the pristine and ecologically sensitive Tibetan plateau. 

NIA submits chargesheet against Canada-based Arsh Dalla and 3 of his aides in Khalistani terror-gangster nexus case

Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala and his Indian agents Harjeet Singh alias Harry Maur, Ravinder Singh alias Rajvinder Singh alias Harry Rajpura, and Rajeev Kumar alias Sheela have been chargesheeted before the NIA Special Court, New Delhi.

Delhi excise policy scam: Former Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody extended till May 31

Manish Sisodia has been in custody since February 26, 2023, after arrest by the CBI. Thereafter, he was arrested by the ED. Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023.

Kerala: Youth Congress leader Ashiq Badaruddin arrested for filming women inside washroom

As per reports, Ashiq (30), works as a toilet operator in Thenmala Dam.

Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh police arrest three for harassing Hindu girl, forcibly trying to convert her to Islam

The victim had gone to Chharra town to write her B.ED examination. While she was returning home, the accused his friends began following her.

Chennai: Woman pushes her daughter’s friends from school into prostitution racket, 7 arrested

K Nadhiya, 37, targeted her daughter's classmates at a local school, and pushed them into prostitution.

Communists withdrew protests against Congress govt in Kerala after a journalist ‘brokered’ deal. The journalist then became an MP. Read about ‘solar scam’ of...

The revelations about the details od compromise in Solar Scandal were made in an article where Mundakayam stated that Brittas requested him to forward CPI(M)’s terms to Chandy and then-Home Minister of Kerala, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan.

Malayalam superstar Mammootty is a ‘jihadi working hand in glove with CPI(M)’, forced ‘Puzhu’ makers to make an anti-Hindu movie, claims a close associate

A recently published report said Ratheena PT was forced by Mammooty to direct 'Puzhu', a movie that projected Hindus in a bad light.

Congress and its allies destroyed lives of 3-4 generations, ruined 60 years of the country: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress and its allies of "ruining" 60 years of the country and "destroying the lives of three to four generations".

Big Tech against children’s online safety? Google, Meta spearhead over $1 mn lobbying efforts to oppose NY bills aimed at protecting children online

The lobby effort is being conducted against the two bills that would prohibit the use of algorithmic recommendations on children and the collection and sale of personal data from users under the age of 18.

‘Realisation is same as jail’: Delhi HC reduces life sentence of 5 JeM terrorists to 10 years, cites Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’

The bench stated unequivocally that the nature of the allegations was serious and worrisome, and the gravity of the acts could not be overstated.

Bihar: RJD candidate and daughter of Lalu Yadav accused of booth raiding, post-poll violence leaves one dead

The clash between BJP and RJD escalated on Tuesday morning, leaving one dead and two others injured.

Windows PC will take screenshot of all activities, will use ‘photographic memory’ of AI to ‘Recall’ and search anything and everything: Satya Nadella explains

Using the ‘Recall’ feature on Copilot+PCs, users can perform visual searches for items. For example, if you search “red t-shirt” in Recall’s search panel, it will not only search the text from the local digital history but will also show visual elements that match the search.

Pune hit-and-run case: Killer was driving Porsche without registration for 2 months, Devendra Fadnavis tells police chief to take strict action

"It was the responsibility of the owner to get it registered. The vehicle came to Pune RTO and an inspection was done. However, the owner didn't pay the fee required for the registration," informed Pune RTO officer Sanjiv Bhor

Swati Maliwal warns AAP for calling her a ‘BJP agent’, says she will take Kejriwal and Co. to court for every lie spread against...

"According to them, I was 'Lady Singham' until I filed a complaint against Bibhav Kumar and today I have become a BJP agent? "I will take you to court for every lie you spread!" Maliwal said in a post on Monday.

‘I owe a lot to one organisation’: Retiring Calcutta HC judge thanks RSS for shaping his personality, instilling patriotism

The former Calcutta High Court judge informed that he had to distance himself from RSS after being appointed as a judge.

After Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, AAP’s Chief Media Coordinator Vikas Kumar under the scanner: Times Now crew files complaint that he assaulted them

Following the attack, the Times Now reporter dialed 100 and informed the Police about the incident at the hands of AAP functionary.

Rohingya Muslims continue persecution of Hindus and Buddhists in Myanmar: Over 5,000 houses torched amid escalating communal tensions

Nearly 5,000 houses belonging to Buddhists and Hindus were set on fire by Rohingyas in Myanmar's Buthidaung as communal tensions escalate.

Why deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was known as ‘The Butcher of Tehran’: An insight into the brutal past of a dictator

The Islamic Revolution in 1979 marked the beginning of the Islamist hardliner Ebrahim Raisi's career.

‘Confused’ Gauhar Khan alleges deprivation of voting rights, vents anger at authorities, only to find her name on the voter list at old address

Several users took a dig at Gauhar Khan's argument that an Aadhaar card alone should be enough to cast a vote even on wrong/any polling booth.

Jaipur Police arrests serial rape accuser Bhavna Sharma who filed 14 rape cases since 2016: Details

Bhavna Sharma filed 14 false cases to allegedly extort money including rape cases since 2016. She was arrested after one of her victims filed a counter FIR against her on 8th May.

From stones pelting not being dangerous to pepper spray being one: How some of the judiciary’s confounding decisions have left the public befuddled 

In April this year, the Karnataka HC refused to dismiss a criminal case against the director of a private company and his wife, who was accused of using pepper spray on a man in self-defence.

AAP received Rs 7.08 crore foreign funds from 2014-2022, violated FCRA and RPA norms: ED to Home Ministry

The investigations so far revealed that amounts were collected through fund-raising campaigns in the US and Canada and identities of actual donors had been concealed in the books of accounts maintained by the AAP

AAP’s streak of misbehaving with women remains unbroken: Delhi Police reaches AAP office after Times Now journalists dial 100 over mistreatment by party workers

Times Now journalist Aakanksha Khajuria and video journalist Radha Krishna were reportedly pushed around and slapped by AAP workers.

Bhopal: Faizal alias Badhshah takes Hindu girl to Kerala’s Kozhikode, forces to convert, Islamic documents recovered from victim

According to reports, the police have also recovered some documents from the victim girl that pertain to the Islamic faith and how to recite Kalma.

‘I respect Hinduism and support BJP, so I was assaulted’: Kutch resident Alimamad tells OpIndia why he was assaulted by miscreants of the Muslim...

Alimamad, told OpIndia "I have been beaten to such an extent that I cannot even urinate properly after the attack. I have been beaten so severely on my buttocks, back, and legs that my entire skin has turned black. "

‘Miscreants with firearms and daggers assaulted us’: Ramakrishna Mission in Jalpaiguri files police complaint after Mamata targets Hindu advocacy group

It must be mentioned that Mamata Banerjee stirred the hornet’s nest on Saturday (18th May) by attacking Hindu organisations, working in West Bengal.

Gujarat: ISIS terrorists Mohammad Nusrat, Mohammad Nufran, Mohammad Faris and Mohammad Razdin arrested from Ahmedabad Airport

The ATS is currently interrogating the Islamic State terrorists to determine their purpose for arriving in Ahmedabad.

Drones, explosives, and hate literature: How a village just 50 km away from Mumbai turned into India’s ISIS nerve centre

A report by journalist Pankaj Prasoon on the transformation of a village close to Mumbai into an ISIS hub underscores the dangers of Islamic radicalism prevalent in India.

Fact-Check: YouTuber Ravish Kumar fear-mongers, shares disinformation claiming BJP wants to change basis of reservation

Sharing disinformation, Ravish Kumar in a post in Hindi, wrote, "Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has given an interview to Amar Ujala. Rajnath Ji is saying that the basis of reservation should be poverty. What they are talking about changing the basis of reservation?"

Saga of violence continues in West Bengal as assault and intimidation mar polling: BJP candidate Arjun Singh says TMC workers threatened to shoot him

According to ABP Ananda, 471 complaints were registered with the Election Commission of India in the first two hours of polling during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Bengal.

Iran chopper crash: Bodies of President Raisi, foreign minister and others recovered, transported Tabriz city

The head of the Islamic Republic Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pir Hossein Kolivand, said in televised statement today that the large-scale search and rescue operation for Raisi and other officials concluded as their bodies were sent to a place in Iran's East Azarbaijan province where they will be buried.

Petition filed in a very casual and cavalier manner: Supreme Court junks PIL questioning the validity of new criminal laws

The PIL, which was filed in January 2024, sought setting up an expert panel under the chairmanship of a former judge of the Supreme Court to examine, assess and identify the viability of the three new criminal laws.

Chhattisgarh: First Imran abducted and raped a 13-year-old Hindu child, now, his relatives say the victim and her sisters are all ‘characterless’ – Details

Organiser journalist Subhi Vishwakarma went to the village where the family of the accused and the victim stayed. She talked exclusively to relatives of accused Imran who tried to blame the victim, calling her 'characterless'.

Nobody should have kids, India has too many people, they don’t have food to eat’: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum, who was in a relationship with...

Martha Nussbaum said India has 1.6 billion people, a number according to her, was "too many". She claimed that people in India do not have enough to eat and there is "widespread famine in lots of parts of India."

Pune builder’s son granted bail within 15 hours of killing 2 people with his overspeeding Porsche, bail condition says, ‘write a 300-word essay’

The teenager's car speeding luxury car reportedly crashed into multiple vehicles before hitting a pavement. Locals rushed to the spot and assisted the injured persons.

Bihar: Govt teacher arrested for violating MCC by telling students nobody should vote for PM Modi, arrest after parents of students file complaint

A govt teacher from Bihar was arrested for violating MCC after he told students that nobody should vote for PM Modi

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi feared dead, ‘no sign of life’ says Iranian Official after helicopter crash

Iran President Ebrahim Raisi is feared dead after state TV on Monday morning reported that was "no sign of life" at the site of the crash of the helicopter. 

Left, Islamists two sides of the same coin: 2 CPI (M) members who died 9 years ago while making bombs get ‘martyr’ status, memorial...

9 years ago, two CPI (M) workers called Shibu and Shyju died while making crude bombs to target the BJP and its leaders and workers. Now, the ruling party of Kerala is about to give them the 'martyr' status

Semi-naked dead body of a girl found inside Mosque premises near Taj Mahal in Agra, face crushed with stone, Police suspect rape and murder

Semi-naked dead body of a young woman was found inside a mosque complex near the Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on Sunday (19th May)

As the entire Aam Aadmi Party takes Bibhav Kumar’s side against its own MP, DCW member Vandana Singh emerges as the lone AAP voice...

DCW member and AAP student wing leader Vandana Singh opens front against her own party in support of Swati Maliwal

Helicopter carrying Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister and others makes ‘hard landing’ near Azerbaijan border, rescue hindered by bad weather

A helicopter carrying Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi made a “hard landing” near Iran’s western border on Sunday, Iranian state TV reported

No CCTV camera in drawing room, there are cameras at bedroom and dining hall of CM’s residence: Claims AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj accusing Delhi police...

Responding to police claim that no CCTV footage was found related to assault on Swati Maliwal, Saurabh Bharadwaj said there is no camera in Kejriwal's drawing room

Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav forced to leave INDI Alliance rally in Prayagraj without giving speeches after crowd breaches barricades creating stampede-like situation

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav were forced to cut short the public meeting in Prayagraj's Phulpur as the crowd broke the barricades and reached the dais, creating a stampede-like situation.