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Delhi: High Court asks for detailed status report from Delhi government following the PIL seeking aid at Yamuna flood relief camps

The division bench rejected objections made by Delhi government's counsel. It remarked that the petition has been filed for a “genuine cause” and sought detailed status report.

Uttar Pradesh: Setback to the opposition as several leaders from SP, BSP, and Congress join BJP months before Lok Sabha elections

Most of the leaders who joined the BJP on Monday come from the Other Backward Class (OBC) community.

‘Don’t want a burqa that strips you naked’: Muslim girl begs Yogi for help, says she wants to quit Islam

In a viral video, a Muslim girl claims that she is being tortured by her kin and her life is in danger. She asks UP CM Yogi Adityanath to help her quit Islam

Indian Seema Haider: Married Indian woman Anju from Rajasthan goes to meet her online lover in Pakistan, says she cannot live without Narsullah

The woman, identified as 35-year-old Anju from Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, had left last Sunday on the pretext of visiting Jaipur.

SC rejects West Bengal govt’s appeal challenging HC order, paves the way for NIA probe into Ram Navami violence

The SC while rejecting the Mamata-govt's appeal said it is not inclined to entertain the special leave petition (SLP) "as there is no challenge to the notification of the Central government."

Digikala, Iran’s Amazon, faces heat for posting images of female employees without hijab, govt initiates legal action

Digikala, often known as 'Iran's Amazon,' appears to have broken the law by publishing images of a corporate event where some female employees were not covering their faces with the mandatory hijab.

‘Planned to execute bomb blasts in crowded places in Jaipur and Pune’: ISIS terrorists arrested in Pune make shocking revelations

On 18th July 2023, Pune police arrested two wanted terrorists Mohammad Imran Mohammad Yusuf Khan and Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Yakub Saki for their alleged involvement in a terror case in Rajasthan.

24 hours after Subhashini Ali ‘apologised’ for spreading fake news about Manipur incident, she is yet to delete her tweet falsely blaming BJP leader

Twenty-four hours have, however, past since Subhashini Ali admitted that she had spread fake news about the Manipur incident and the RSS, yet she has not bothered to delete her malicious tweet

Union Government hikes interest rate on Employees Provident Fund for FY22-23 to 8.15%

The EPFO has increased interest rate to 8.15% and it will benefit over 6 crore subscribers in FY23. It has also asked filed offices to start crediting it into members' accounts.

Kuki MLA of BJP goes rogue, attacks own party’s Chief Minister of Manipur accusing him of favouring Meiteis

Haokip also accused CM Biren Singh of being "hands in glove" with radical organisations namely Meitei Leepun and Arambai Tenggol.

2021 copper wire theft case: Railway police nabs mastermind Kuddus Ismail Sheikh, a Bangladeshi resident evading arrest for last 2 years

Western Railway's RPF arrested a Bangladeshi resident identified as Kuddus Ismail Sheikh from Mazgaon in Mumbai. The accused has been on the run for the last two years

‘Muslim side misled the court’: What Vishnu Shankar Jain and Hari Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, said after SC ordered stay on Gyanvapi...

Advocate Ahmadi while presenting the arguments on behalf of the Muslim side said that the survey team had begun digging at the western wall.

West Bengal: Ex-TMC member stripped naked, thrashed by TMC goons for joining Congress party in Murshidabad

"I supported the Congress party so they thrashed me brutally. The TMC miscreants disrobed and assaulted me on the road," the woman narrated.

Gujarat: Police arrest Godhra train massacre convict Qasim Abdul Sattar for jumping parole

Sattar was serving a life sentence for his involvement in the Godhra train massacre in 2002. Last year, Sattar jumped parole and was absconding since then.

Madhya Pradesh: Illegal property of Akhtar Ali, accused of raping a minor in mid-July, bulldozed off in Raisen

The accused Akhtar Ali has been booked under section 376 ab, 376 n, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and under section 5 m, 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The onslaught of dress-up Trans movement: Why it worries me as a woman

The trans movement is a worry for women and it is perhaps gaining momentum because men realise women don't push back

UP: 5 dead after double-decker crashes into a car on Yamuna Expressway, deceased include 3 men who had stopped to help accident victims

Three men were rescuing a family that was trapped in their vehicle after it met with an accident. At that moment, the car was rammed by a speeding tourist bus from behind. It ran over the car occupants and the youths involved in the rescue operation.

HAL share price jumps 5 times, crosses Rs 1.3 trillion market cap: How Rahul Gandhi had cried hoarse on PM ‘destroying’ HAL to help...

Rahul Gandhi who has frequently woven a cacophony of lies about HAL to disparage the Modi govt must not be too thrilled seeing the share price of the state-run aerospace company at all time high

50 people punched me, kicked me, dragged me out of assembly to stop me from exposing Ashok Gehlot: Sacked Rajasthan minister Rajendra Gudha

Before the proceedings former minister Gudha said that the atrocities against women are increasing in Rajasthan adding that there was nothing wrong about the remarks he made in the State assembly over the condition of women in the state.

Union Aviation Minister Scindia schools Jairam Ramesh, calls out his misleading tweet on the new Veer Savarkar Airport in Andaman & Nicobar

Jairam Ramesh claimed Veer Savarkar Airport inaugurated by PM Modi was either unfinished or substandard.

‘Rajasthan number 1 in crime against women’: Ex-Minister Rajendra Gudha refuses to apologise for his remarks on women’s safety, was earlier sacked by Congress

Former minister Rajendra Singh Gudha was sacked by Congress for admitting failure of Rajasthan govt in ensuring women's safety.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh suspended from Rajya Sabha for remainder of monsoon session of Parliament

Chairman Jagadeep Dhankhar sought the approval of the House for the motion and said that Sanjay Singh was being suspended "for having repeatedly violated directive of the Chair".

Supreme Court stays ASI survey at the disputed Gyanvapi Mosque structure in Varanasi till July 26

Supreme Court stayed ASI survey at the disputed Gyanvapi structure till 26th July 5 PM and asked the Muslim side's petitioner to approach High Court

134 illegal structures in Nainital demolished, Leftists, Islamists outrage about Pakistani national’s properties being bulldozed by HC order: Full details

Following orders by Uttarakhand High Court, Nainital Administration demolished illegal structures on enemy property

Pakistan’s Islamia University Bahawalpur staff held for possessing drugs, obscene videos of women, kidnapping girls and more: Here’s what happened

Baghdadul Jadid Police in Bahawalpur City of Punjab, Pakistan arrested officials of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB) for possessing drugs, objectionable videos and images of IUB female students and women staff members.

Seema Haider 2.0: Married Indian woman travels to Pakistan to be with her ‘lover’ Nasrullah. Here is what we know so far

A working woman in India, Anju said she was visiting Pakistan for sightseeing and not marriage, the family members of Nasrullah claimed, according to Aaj News.

Bareilly: Alt News co-founder Zubair does it again, shares cropped video of Kanwariyas to hide stone pelting by Islamists. Here is what happened

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who has a notorious history of shielding Islamists, came to the rescue of the stone pelters.

Scientific survey of the disputed structure called Gyanvapi “mosque” underway, Muslim side seeks urgent listing in Supreme Court: Details

The ASI team began the survey with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) which uses radar pulses to scan the upper surface.

CISF in talks with MHA to increase the number of security personnel posted at Manipur’s Imphal airport: Details

CISF which is responsible for securing public installations across the country, is in talks with MHA to increase security personnel at Manipur's Imphal airport

Communists use photo of BJP leader and his son to falsely claim that RSS was behind the Manipur viral video incident, case registered

Communists spread fake news that Manipur BJP vice president and his teenage son are behind the viral video incident, case filed

‘Bheek Maango Andolan’: Nashik man starts a campaign to send money to Ajay Devgn urging him to stop promoting online casino games

A man Nashik said that he is collecting alms which he will send to the Ajay Devgn and he will urge him not to promote online casino games.

Poster War: BJP portrays West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as ‘Didi Amin’ after TMC mocked PM Modi as ‘Modenheimer’

BJP attacked the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and called her 'Didi Amin' in a recent poster.

Bihar: Two Chinese nationals held for trying to enter India illegally, immigration officials suspect angle of espionage

The arrested Chinese nationals have been identified as Zhao Jing (39 years old) and FU Cong (28 years).

Gujarat: Torrential rains trigger severe floods in Junagadh, state government and local authorities carry out massive rescue and relief operations

Heavy rains on the Girnar Mountain in Junagadh resulted in water seeping into the city and inundating several areas of the city.

Maharashtra ATS takes over probe on Al Sufa terror plot after the arrest of two suspected terrorists in Pune

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has taken over the probe after police arrested to man linked with Al-Sufa in Pune

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man Ram Akbal brutally murdered by Paru, Mehendi and Iqbal in Sitapur, body doused in acid and dumped into a canal

Ram Akbal, a Dalit was murdered by Paru, Mehendi and Iqbal in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh.

‘RDX-laden tanker with 2 Pakistanis reaching Goa’, Mumbai Police receive threat call days after a caller threatened to “destroy India” if Seema Haider doesn’t...

Mumbai police receive a call claiming that that a tanker filled with RDX and two Pakistanis onboard was going from Mumbai to Goa

Pakistan: Punjab province halts screening of ‘Barbie’ movie over LGBTQ content, later releases after cuts

LGBTQ+ content in Barbie movie led to temporary ban in Punjab province of Pakistan

Woman urinates on the floor of Spirit Airlines plane saying staff didn’t let her use the bathroom for two hours

A woman on board a Spirit Airlines flight urinated on the floor because she was denied access to the lavatory.

Madras HC denies request to install portrait of Dr. BR Ambedkar, rules that only Gandhi and Thiruvalluvar portraits/statues allowed in courts in Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court again rejected various representations that requested to install the portrait of Dr. BR Ambedkar on the court premises

Can make Chief Minister, force one to step down: Infighting breaks out in the Congress party, ‘sidelined’ leader Hariprasad issues veiled threat to Karnataka...

BK Hariprasad, who is believed to be close to Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, also lamented how his community (Ediga) as well as Billava and Deevara were being sidelined from the State's electoral politics.

Muslim side approaches Supreme Court after Varanasi court nods ASI survey of the Gyanvapi complex with carbon dating

Gyanvapi Masjid Committee has approached the Supreme Court urgently requesting the listing of their case

MP: Man sleeping at railway station assumed dead, wakes up when his “dead body” was being kept inside an ambulance

Subsequently, RPF officials along with Deputy Station Superintendent arrived at the waiting room and checked the sleeping man, who showed no movement.

Problems mount for Pakistan International Airlines, losses touch PKR 600 Billion, unable to operate a single day without funds from the national kitty

Pakistan International Airlines was unable to pay USD 50 million in navigation charges to Saudi Arabia, leading to potential disruptions in its operations after June 30, 2023.

West Bengal: BJP worker stabbed to death in Uttar Dinajpur, BJP alleges TMC-backed goons killed him for refusing to pay cut money

A trader named Aseem Saha, who was associated with the BJP, was stabbed to death by some miscreants at his shop in West Bengal

Remembering ‘Operation West End’ and how Tehelka magazine framed an Army Major General in false corruption case

"The alleged use of women, liquor, and money by the reporters to lure the unsuspecting in this whole episode have worked against Tehelka in the long term," wrote Media Ethics Magazine in its case study.

Delhi: Family including women arrested for assaulting another family in Sant Nagar over a parking dispute, video of the incident went viral

4 members of a family including two women and an elderly SIkh man were arrested for assaulting three persons over a parking dispute in Delhi.

Bengaluru: Woman alleges Rapido driver masturbated during ride, sent ‘love you’ messages to her, accused arrested

Rapido driver in Bengaluru arrested as he allegedly mastrubated during ride, sent 'love you' messages to female customer