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‘New facet of discrimination’: Rajasthan HC pulls up State govt for denying jobs to women owing to their unmarried status

The Rajasthan HC came down heavily on state govt for denial of jobs to Anganwadi women owing to their 'unmarried' status.

Another bribing scheme for specific community: Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar slams Karnataka govt’s vehicle subsidy scheme for religious minorities

The Congress govt in Karnataka has announced a 50% vehicle subsidy scheme only for religious minorities

Bangladeshi man flashes cabin crew on Muscat-Mumbai flight, hugs and tries to kiss her; arrested

A Bangladeshi man was arrested for sexually harassing a female attendant on board a Muscat-Dhaka flight.

‘Misleading’: PIB fact checks media reports based on an article by Reuters claiming Gautam Adani-Mukesh Ambani invited to G20 special dinner

The Press Information Bureau (PIB) took to X, formally Twitter to debunk a Reuters report that suggested 500 Indian businessmen including billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani have been invited to join G20 leaders at a dinner in the national capital

Another assault on Hinduism by I.N.D.I. alliance: Bihar RJD chief Jagdanand Singh says Tilak-wearing Hindus enslaved India

BJP slammed RJD Bihar Chief for saying that the country became slave due to people who put tilak on their foreheads.

‘Wagh Nakh’, the weapon used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja to kill tyrant Afzal Khan, to be brought back home from London museum

Maharashtra govt is bringing back Shivaji Maharaja's Wagh Nakh weapon from Victoria and Albert Museum in London

Canada: Another Hindu temple vandalized in British Columbia, defaced with ‘Punjab is not India’ slogans

Notably, this is the second incident wherein the Khalistani terrorists targeted a Hindu temple in Canada's Surrey, British Columbia. On August 12, two Khalistan supporters defaced a temple in Surrey with anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti.

‘Thala fever in USA’: Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni pictured playing golf with ex-USA President Donald Trump and Netizens can’t keep calm

Social media has been abuzz after pictures and videos emerged showing former India cricket captain MS Dhoni playing golf with former USA President Donald Trump

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala heckled during India Today debate, Preeti Choudhry misquotes him, Rajdeep Sardesai calls him ‘low level’ and more

Shehzad Poonawala's post was reshared by many X users exposing how India Today's 'journalists' ganged up to bully the BJP spokesperson. However, no clarification in this regard is given by the chairperson or the news director of the media group.

G20 Summit 2023: In a rapidly evolving multipolar world, here is how India is showing the path to global peace and prosperity

India has held a persistent approach and policy on the Ukraine war. Its repeated attempts to broker talks between Russia and Ukraine, while also not letting the stakeholders' position derail its policy shows that India has indeed drawn the world's attention to Asia.

8 editions, 1 year, 10 lakh new recruitments by PM Modi led govt: Here’s how Rozgar Mela recruitment drive has benefitted India’s youth so...

The Rozgar Mela is a step in fulfilling Prime Minister Modi's promise of generating jobs. It is anticipated to serve as a catalyst for increased job creation

Minnesota democrat Shivanthi Sathanandan, who vowed to dismantle the police, gets carjacked and attacked, now calls for tougher action on criminals

Sathanandan claimed that she sustained cuts, and bruises and was left with a broken leg after four young men armed with guns attacked her outside her home

Brussels: Rahul Gandhi meets EU parliamentarians who were behind anti-India resolution, again seeks out political lobbies that want to interfere in India’s affairs

In Brussels, Rahul Gandhi met with EU Parliamentarians Alviina Alametsa and Pierre Larrouturou, among others. Congress shared images from the meetings where Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda were seen with MEPs.

“Political parasites”: UP CM Yogi Adiyanath rips apart I.N.D.I. Alliance over repeated instances of Hate speech against Sanatan Dharma

Yogi Adityanath refers to the leaders of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc as "political parasites" over their comments calling for eradication of Sanatan Dharma

Distributing Bible not allurement for religious conversion under UP Anti-conversion law: Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court said that distributing the Bible and imparting good teachings cannot be termed as an "allurement for religious conversion"

Congress leaders, journalists use old photo to spread fake news that BJP has put up hoardings to insult world leaders attending G20 Summit in...

Pawan Khera, Shashi Tharoor and others spread fake news claiming that BJP has put up hoardings insulting world leaders attending G20 Summit

“Construction of the Haj house is a secular activity, not religious, do not confuse yourself,” Bombay High Court tells petitioner

Bombay High Court says that Construction of the Haj house is a secular activity and it is not a religious activity

Harvard University, often praised by Indian leftists and liberals, sinks to the bottom of the free speech ranking list in a recent survey: Details

Despite its esteemed reputation as an academic institution, Harvard University received a free speech ranking of 0.00 on a 100-point scale

Bareilly: ‘Friend’ Shifat Ansari forces Dalit girl to eat beef, gets her raped by Nadeem-Shoaib, films the act to blackmail her

In the complaint filed with the Bareilly police by the Dalit woman, a girl named Shifat Ansari, who happens to be the victim's 'friend', force fed her beef and got her raped by her two aides Shoaib and Nadeem

Chhattisgarh: Private school teacher gang-raped by Saddam and Imtiaz in Jashpur, both accused associated with NSUI

A private school teacher was gang-raped by Saddam Khan and Imtiaz in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh.

DMK stands for Dengue, Malaria and Kosu: Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai asks people to eradicate the diseases and teach the party a lesson

K Annamalai, the chief of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for the eradication of DMK, calling it "Dengue, Malaria and Kosu."

UK’s second largest city Birmingham declares bankruptcy, claims it does not have enough funds for equal pay it owes to female govt employees

Birmingham City Council has reportedly declared bankruptcy and halted non-essential spending due to equal pay claims

On Bharat Jodo Yatra anniversary, Rahul Gandhi talks about ‘eradicating hate’ as his alliance partners talk about ‘eradicating Hinduism’

On Bharat Jodo Yatra anniversary, Rahul Gandhi said that the yatra will continue till ‘hatred is eradicated’ and India is united

Moradabad: Muslim woman accuses ‘childhood friend’ Shoaib, his brother and two friends of raping her after spiking her drink, blackmailing her with video

A MUslim woman approached the Moradabad police against her childhood friend-turned-lover Shoaib, his brother and two friends accusing them of rape and blackmail

West Bengal: Police arrest Anandabazar Patrika journalist after report on hooch dealers in Kharagpur, BJP says

Journalist arrested in WB after reporting about illicit alcohol trade, BJP highlights silence by left-liberals

Rabies virus has a 100% fatality rate, and India is ‘world leader’ in Rabies deaths: Read about the dangers of stray dog problem

India contributes for 36% of rabies-related deaths worldwide. India records 1.7 crore dog bites per year.

As Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Jawan’ releases, Sameer Wankhede gets major relief from CAT in Rs 25 crore bribery case against him

Sameer Wankhede and four others were accused of soliciting a bribe of Rs 25 crore from actor Shah Rukh Khan to avoid framing his son Aryan, who was allegedly involved in the 2021 drug seizure on the Cordelia cruise ship.

TMC plans an agitation to hide their corruption, writes letters to Delhi police seeking permission: Here is why centre withheld MNREGA funds from Bengal

TMC govt plans to hold protest against centre's decision to withhold MGNREGS funds for WB after it detected these large-scale anomalies and corruption in the implementation of the welfare scheme

‘Even those with specific roles have got bail’: Delhi court says while granting bail to Md Khalid, accused in Ratan Lal’s murder in 2020...

The court also stated that even those persons who were accused of a specific role, such as damaging CCTV cameras, were given bail by the Delhi High Court.

BJP will take one-sided decisions if opposition boycotts special session of parliament, there should be debates: Jairam Ramesh of Congress

If the opposition parties boycott the special session of Parliament, the BJP will take a one-sided decision, said Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

Parliament of World’s Religions cancels talk by Vivekananda Kendra Vice President Nivedita Bhide after vicious campaigns by leftists and Islamists

Nivedita Bhide boasts an impressive literary record with more than 15 published books to her name. She conducts regular yoga teachings and spiritual retreats worldwide, imparting her wisdom.

Sanatan Dharma should be compared with HIV, leprosy, Udayanidhi Stalin was soft in comparing with dengue, malaria: DMK MP A Raja

DMK MP A Raja said that Sanatan Dharma should be compared to diseases with social stigma like HIV and leprosy

‘If the law is same for everyone, why my son faces NSA and Udhay Stalin does not’: Manish Kashyap’s mother writes to President Murmu

Manish Kashyap's mother demanded that if the constitution is same for all then Udhaynidhi Stalin should be booked under the NSA too. Moreover, she demanded that an independent committee formed by the Supreme Court should investigate the video of the migrant Bihari labourers.

Udhayanidhi Stalin claims BJP is distorting his ‘Annihilate Sanatana’ statement, alleges BJP leaders demanding action based on ‘fake news’

Udhayanidhi Stalin issued a statement claiming that BJP is distorting his ‘Annihilate Sanatana’ statement to claim that he called for genocide

“Love Jihad Band Karo”: Buddhists in Ladakh protest against Manzoor Ahmed marrying Buddhist girl and converting her to Islam, demand anti-conversion law

Massive tensions erupted in the Kargil region of Ladakh over a Muslim man named Manzoor Ahmed marrying a Buddhist girl and converting her to Islam

Rajasthan: Youth welcomes CM Ashok Gehlot with chants of ‘Modi-Modi’ at Bhilwara, Gehlot smiles and leaves

Youth chanted Modi-Modi when Ashok Gehlot came out of his vehicle to greet them in Bhilwara, Rajasthan.

Watch Sanjeev Sanyal demolish Devdutt Pattnaik’s attempts to claim ‘Bharat’ is Brahminical imposition, while ‘India’ is ‘secular’ and ‘pluralistic’

Sanyal explains that Pattnaik's claim that the battle of ten Kings happened in the Kurukshetra is entirely wrong. It happened on the banks of Parushni, that is Ravi, Western Punjab.

‘It was not his first time’: In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Larry Sinclair says he had gay sex and snorted cocaine with Barack...

In an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson, an American commentator, author Larry Sinclair revealed that he had gay sex with former US President Barack Obama

Tamil Nadu Police books BJP leader Amit Malviya for calling Udhayanidhi Stalin’s comment on Sanatan Dharma a call for genocide, says comment ‘distorted’

Earlier, Udhayanidhi Stalin and Congress leader Priyank Kharge were booked in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur for their comments on Sanatan Dharma

Udhayanidhi Stalin, his statement on Sanatan Dharma and 3 steps to tackle it: Annamalai, following the money trail and painstaking groundwork

The recent hate speech by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin’s son and minister as well as anointed heir to the throne, Udhayanidhi Stalin against Hindus has produced a variety of interesting responses

Punjab and Haryana High Court slams Punjab police in illegal mining case, accuses them of shielding culprits and selectively targetting poor

The court said, "It is a sorry state of affairs that the police are trying their best to shield the real culprits, at whose instance the illegal mining operations were being carried out."

Akshay Kumar joins the India-Bharat debate, changes his film’s title to ‘Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue’

Akshay Kumar has changed the name of his upcoming film and the title of the movie will now be 'Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue.'

From Commonwealth Games to G20 Summit: Delhi transforms from a symbol of corruption and infrastructural woes to a modern-day national capital

Rampant corruption, inordinate delays to infrastructure projects and incomplete works during Commonwealth 2010 brought disgrace to India.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan captures several villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, attacks army posts killing 6 Pakistani soldiers

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday (6 September) launched a "large-scale" military offensive against the Pakistani army

AAP and Congress Punjab units refuse to share seats as I.N.D.I. alliance’s “as far as possible” resolution faces its first roadblocks

Punjab AAP leader Anmol Gagan Mann said there would be no alliance with the Congress party in the state.

PM Modi departs for Indonesia to take part in ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit in Jakarta

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for Indonesia on Wednesday to take part in the ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit.

Udhaynidhi Stalin claims not inviting President Droupadi Murmu to open new parliament was caste discrimination, forgets his own party voted against her

"President Droupadi Murmu was not invited for the inauguration of the new Parliament building, that is the best current example," Udhayanidhi Stalin said.

China: Lawmakers mulling over introducing a law to ban clothes that ‘hurt feelings’

The Standing Committee of Chinese legislature released a draft law that could prohibit a wide range of behaviour and clothing.

Explore the Nishkalank Mahadev Temple in Bhavnagar in Gujarat, where sea waves anoint Lord Bholenath, read how sacred Dhwaja is protected even during high...

Nishkalank Mahadev Shivalaya, situated in the Arabian Sea approximately 3 km from Koliak village within Bhavnagar district, offers a truly captivating experience in close communion with nature.

‘India vs Bharat’ is not a matter of debate, Supreme Court already said both names can be used: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that there is no debate over the names India and Bharat