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58-year-old mother of late singer Sidhu Moosewala pregnant, the Khalistani sympathiser rapper was 28 when he died in 2022

Sidhu Moosewala was the sole kid of his parents. His father is claimed to be 60 years old, and his mother is 58. Had he been alive today he would be 30-years-old.

Saudi Arabia: Mohammad Bin Salman bans Iftar in mosques, prohibits Imams from collecting donations for Iftar ahead of Ramadan 2024

In addition to banning the collection of donations for Iftars, the Islamic Affairs Ministry of Saudi Arabia also imposed a ban on organising Iftar feasts inside the mosques raising concerns regarding cleanliness.

Uttar Pradesh: Zeeshan kills pregnant wife and attempts to shoot younger brother over suspicion of ‘illicit affair’ between the two

The Uttar Pradesh police said that preliminary prove revealed that the woman was pregnant and the husband suspected that the child belonged to his younger brother

Hectic parlays for Uttar Pradesh seats amid Rajya Sabha elections, SP Chief Whip resigns, 8 MLAs cross-vote for BJP: Here is what we know...

As per reports, around 5 SP MLAs also met UP CM Yogi Adityanath after casting votes in the Rajya Sabha elections

Gaganyaan Mission: PM Modi reviews project, bestows astronaut wings to astronaut designates at ISRO centre

The four prospective astronauts selected, all either wing commanders or group captains for the Gaganyaan mission are Shubanshu Shukla, Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Prathap, and Ajit Krishnan.

‘Sabka Vikas’ through connectivity: How Modi govt has focused on uniting all of India, bridge after bridge

Asserting a significant change from times of hardships and a palpable, metastasising sense of alienation, the Modi government is bridging the hearts and minds of every community left behind. The above bridges are the pillars of ‘Sabka Vikas’, extending arms of brotherhood and prosperity.  

Supreme Court upholds Madras HC order to raze unauthorised mosque constructed illegally on public land in Chennai

"The land belonged to the government. You did not have any right to it," the bench reportedly said upholding the demolition of the mosque in Chennai

Suspended WFI president invites protesting wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik to appear for national trials

The Wrestling Federation of India announced the trials on March 10-11, including the names of star grapplers Bajrang (65kg freestyle), Vinesh (55kg), and Sakshi (62kg), who declared her retirement from the sport on the day Sanjay Singh was elected president.

‘Need to book water tankers two days in advance’: Bengaluru braces for water scarcity, know why India’s tech capital is dry and thirsty

According to Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board, several parts of the city will face disruption due to the complete shutdown of Cauvery fourth stage second phase water supply line.

Mulayam Singh Yadav-led UP government’s decision to stop Hindu worship in Vyas Tehkhana at Gyanvapi illegal – Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court deemed then-CM Mulayam Singh Yadav's order to stop Hindu worship at disputed site of Gyanvapi illegal.

Uttarakhand: Md Shafi and Khatoon Jahan kill minor daughter over love affair, tried to bury body to cover up the crime, arrested

Miffed over their teenage daughter's affair, parents Mohammad Shafi and Khatoon Jahan strangulated and killed her. They then tried to pass off the murder as suicide and bury the body to cover up the crime. Uttarakhand police arrested the duo

Gujarat: Orphan minor girl living at aunt’s house in Surendranagar raped by uncle Rehman and four others, case registered under POCSO Act

The 16-year-old orphan girl was raped by her uncle Rehman and several others for months. She was found 6 months pregnant.

Nitasha Kaul’s statements on Kashmir aided Pakistan’s anti-India propaganda, was deported based on preventive lookout circular against her

Nitasha Kaul was invited by the Congress-led Karnataka government for the two-day event 'Constitution and National Unity Convention-2024' on 24 and 25 February in Bengaluru.

Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq, who wanted Quran in NCERT syllabus, dies at 93

During his lifetime, Shafiqur Rehman Barq had expressed open support for terror outfits and attempts to Islamise the country.

Extortion, land encroachment, illegal sale of property of tribals: Angry villagers attack the house of TMC leader in Bermajur, Sandeshkhali

"How did he dare to take our land? He conspired with (Sheikh) Sirajuddin and prepared forged documents of our land.," one woman wielding a stick told ABP News.

Attack on Hindus on Ram Navami in West Bengal: NIA arrests Afroj, Ashraf, Mohammad Pappu and 13 others

NIA arrested Mohammad Pappu and 15 others in Ram Navami attack case in Dalkhola, West Bengal

Nepali Congress to hold discussions with other parties to declare Nepal ‘Hindu state’, says party

During the previous Mahasamiti meeting, 714 individuals expressed their support for a Hindu state by signing a petition, which was then submitted to the party president.

“To me, this is misuse of freedom of speech”: EAM Jaishankar on space given to Khalistani elements by Canada & other countries

Recalling the vandalism incident on the Indian High Commission in the UK by Khalistani elements, he said that the mission didn't get the protection New Delhi had expected.

‘We use Arabic, it is our language’: Kuwait-based designer company slams Pakistanis for ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans against a girl wearing Arabic dress

The company added, “We use arabic words and letters in different fonts everywhere since its our language!” 

‘Privileges are not above the law’: Delhi customs responds to journalist Yana Mir’s tantrum on bag checking incident at IGI airport

Replying to her post, the Delhi customs department said Yana Mir was non-cooperating, and creating a “fuss” about bag checking.

Supreme Court stays criminal proceedings against Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, says his remarks are not deemed as hate speech

Annamalai remarked during an interview that Christian Missionaries had filed a petition in court against the use of firecrackers in Diwali.

Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath suffers mild heart attack: Doctor says sleep deprivation, over-exercising may be the reason

“I wondered why a person who's fit and takes care of himself could be affected," said Zerodha's Nithin Kamath.

‘Can’t stretch Article 21 to protect those threatening national sovereignty & integrity’: Karnataka HC dismisses bail plea by ISIS terrorist charged under UAPA

The prosecution opposed the appeal submitting that the intention of the ISIS terrorist was to wage war against India

West Bengal: Five Hindu temples vandalised in Howrah on Shab-e-Barat, youths wearing skull cap spotted in CCTV, locals protest

After the matter came to light, local Hindus staged a protest on Monday (26th February) morning. The angry demonstrators also blocked the rail lines, demanding an immediate arrest of the culprits.

Legendary Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas passes away at 72

In a statement to the media, they wrote, "With a very heavy heart, we are saddened to inform you of the sad demise of Padmashri Pankaj Udhar on February 26, 2024, due to a prolonged illness."

Stay on Mamata’s aide Shahjahan Sheikh’s arrest cancelled; TMC leader Ajit Maity, whom locals thrashed with slippers, arrested: Latest in Sandeskhali case

Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's 24 Pargana (North) has been on the boil for a couple of weeks several locals, especially women, took to the streets to protest against the rampant incidents of sexual assault and land grabbing being carried out by Shahjahan Sheikh and his goons.

Tripura’s top forest officer suspended for naming lion pair as Akbar and Sita after VHP’s complaint: Details

Agrawal, a 1994 batch IFS officer, was then Tripura's top wildlife warden. When he sent the lion couple to Siliguri, he wrote their names as Akbar and Sita in the dispatch registry.

Multi-floor buildings, showrooms and madrasas built on illegally occupied land: Bulldozer action in Lucknow’s Akbarnagar after CM Yogi holds meeting

A Jagran report says that there are 1068 residential illegal constructions in Akbarnagar I and II. Many big illegal houses up to four storeys and madrassas have been built in it.

UK NHS Trust says chemical secretion induced from breast of biological males calling themselves women are same as mother’s milk for newborns

A think tank named Policy Exchange has lashed out at the NHS trust calling it "unbalanced" and "naive".

‘Galti ho gayi’: Arvind Kejriwal says in Supreme Court after retweeting defamatory video of propagandist YouTuber Dhruv Rathee

Arvind Kejriwal told the Supreme Court on Monday that he made a mistake by retweeting a defamatory video posted by German YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018.

Protesting ‘farmers’ whine about produce being exploited at Mandis, after forcing Modi govt to withdraw Farm Laws: Why their WTO demand makes no sense

Farmers during protest demand India's exit from WTO, ignoring the fact that GoI's pro-farmer stance at international stage.

Anti-Kashmir propaganda, endorsement from Pakistan, falsehoods about RSS and PM Modi: Meet Nitasha Kaul, the propagandist invited by Congress but deported from India

Due to her anti-India antecedents, Nitasha Kaul was invited as a guest at the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) in July 2020. She was part of a panel discussion alongside anti-Hindu 'historian' Audrey Truschke.

‘I won’t allow Congress to run child marriage shop ruining lives of Muslim daughters’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in assembly

"Hear me carefully, as long as I am alive, I will not let child marriage take place in Assam. I will not let this happen as long as Himanta Biswa Sarma is alive...I would like to challenge you politically, I will shut down this shop before 2026," Sarma said.

Rajasthan: Youth arrested for selling 4500 GB confidential information on dark web, along with military and govt information, IS and Taliban data also recovered

During the raid, the officials discovered over 90 million data belonging to US individuals, as well as a large amount of data belonging to the Islamic State and the Taliban on the dark web

‘We will transform India into a global export hub, Viksit Rashtra in next 25 years’: PM Modi at Bharat Tex 2024

"Today the government is supporting lakhs of cotton farmers, purchasing lakhs of quintals of cotton from them. The Kasturi Cotton launched by the government is going to be a big step towards creating India's own identity," he added.

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Tamil Maanila Congress joins forces with BJP, chief GK Vasan says decision based on ‘Tamil Nadu’s welfare and national outlook’

He reportedly said that the people have realised that another term under Prime Minister Modi will lead to economic prosperity and reduction in poverty, among others.

Mira Road, Mumbai: BJP’s T Raja Singh holds rally to commemorate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s birth anniversary

T Raja, accompanied by local legislator Geeta Jain, spoke from a makeshift stage. Raja, who professed the value of 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra', spoke on Aurangzeb, asserting that the Mughal emperor destroyed several temples.

Indian villages have prospered over the past ten years: purchasing power has risen, poverty level down to 5 per cent of population

Over the past ten to eleven years, the economic gap between the village and the metropolis has narrowed.

Bengaluru to implement new property tax system from April 1, tenants and house owners both worried: Details

This significant increase in property tax values is anticipated to raise rents for tenants who are already paying higher prices for renting.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal not to appear before ED today, likely to skip seventh summon: Sources

The fresh summons to the Delhi Chief Minister were issued after he skipped the fifth summons on February 2.

‘Aaj kutton ka waqt hai, hamara daur ayega’: AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel refers to Hindus as ‘dogs’ as he supports Mufti Salman Azhari

Miffed by the arrest of the Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari for his hate speech in Junagadh where he incited people against Hindus, AlMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel went on to insult the Hindu community by calling them 'dogs'

“I join the ranks of Tibetan & Ukrainian exiles”: Anti-India propagandist Nitasha Kaul says denied entry into India by Centre, was invited to a...

During a US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on South Asia Human Rights, Kaul claimed there was a "humanitarian crisis" in Kashmir.

Allahabad High Court dismisses Muslim side’s plea against Puja in Vyas Ka Tehkhana, upholds Varanasi District Court order

The Allahabad HC verdict dismissing the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea was delivered by the single judge bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal. Justice Agarwal had reserved his order on February 15.

‘No armed foreign soldiers in Maldives’: Ex Maldivian FM says President Muizzu’s claim of “thousands of Indian military personnel” in Maldives a lie

Posting on his social media X, the newly elected president of the Maldivian Democratic Party said, "100 days in, it's clear: President Muizzu's claims of 'thousands of Indian military personnel' were just another in a string of lies.

Pakistan: Mob assaults woman wearing dress with random Arabic words mistaking the text to be Quranic verses, woman apologises after police rescue her

In Lahore in Pakistan, Islamic fanatics assaulted a woman because they believed she committed blasphemy by wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy.

‘They are ending MSP under WTO policy’: As farmers justify demand to exit WTO, read how India is resisting western pressure to reduce farm...

‘Under WTO policy, they are working to end MSP’, Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal justifies demand to withdraw India from WTO

Read the grand history of Lord Krishna’s Dwarka where PM Modi performed underwater pooja, the divine city is older than the Indus Valley Civilization

The holy city of Dwarka drowned just as Lord Krishna was stuck with an arrow of a hunter while he was resting in a forest.

Rajasthan Police rescues 125 cattle from forests in Karauli district after receiving a complaint of hearing strange sounds

Karauli SP Sumit Mehra stated that under Operation 'Nandi,' a team freed 100 to 125 cattle from the forests along the Gambhir River on Friday night.

PM Modi to lay foundation stone for over 2000 railway projects worth over ₹41,000 crore on 26 February, including 553 Amrit Bharat stations and...

PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for redevelopment of 553 railway stations worth over 19,000 crores under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme

Rajkot: PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone for projects worth over Rs. 48,100 crores including 5 AIIMS, over 200 health projects, power plants,...

PM Modi dedicates to nation and lays foundation stone for multiple development projects worth more than Rs. 48,100 crores in Rajkot, Gujarat