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Congress wins Challakere Assembly constituency becoming the first registered win, leads in over 120 seats

Congress candidate T Raghumurthy was on Saturday declared winner from the Challakere Assembly constituency becoming the first registered win

Karnataka: Congress, which blamed EVMs even before counting, forgets its own allegations soon after favourable results

Congress wrote a letter to the Election Commission. In his letter, the party had expressed concern about the EVMs used in South Africa which they claimed were also used in the Karnataka assembly elections.

Jalandhar LS by-polls: Congress loses to AAP candidate, sitting MP had died during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra

The by polls in Jalandhar was necessitated after the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, who died during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra

Uttar Pradesh municipal elections: BJP registers landslide victory by winning all 17 corporation seats; Congress and SP draw a blank

In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh municipal elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to win 14 out of 16 mayoral seats

CBI selection committee to meet today to decide new Director, may retain existing chief, panel has PM, CJI and LS Leader of Opposition: Details

While an extension is on the cards for incumbent CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, it needs to be approved by the 3-member committee.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 Results: Congress books flights and resorts for winning MLAs: Reports

Congress booked flights and Eagleton Resort for winning MLAs in Karnataka

The Kerala Story is a mission: Director Sudipto Sen after the movie releases in 37 countries, including over 200 screens in US and Canada

The Kerala Story was released on more than 200 screens in the United States and Canada on Friday, 37 countries in total

Parineeti Chopra-Raghav Chadha engagement: Priyanka Chopra arrives in Delhi for her cousin sister’s big day

Actor Parineeti Chopra and AAP leader Raghav Chadha's engagement is finally happening today, and global star Priyanka Chopra just arrived in Delhi to be with her sister on her special day.

As Congress gains edge in early trends, Congress credits Rahul Gandhi already: Is Karnataka yet another relaunch of the prince?

Ignoring Karnataka stalwart and state Congress President DK Shivakumar and former Chief Minister and Chairperson of state Congress committee Siddaramiah, the party's official Twitter handle chose to promote Rahul Gandhi for the good results

Farooq Abdullah asks youth to recite Quran, Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu declares him a ‘blasphemer’ over presence of Hindu idols: What happened

Junaid Azim Mattu made contentious remarks in response to the statement of Farooq Abdullah to the Muslim community to offer Namaz and recite the Quran.

The Kerala Story shows cancelled in the UK over a delay in certification by the British Board of Film Certification, Netizens outraged: Details

Sudipto Sen’s film The Kerala Story is continuing its phenomenal run at the Indian box office despite the controversies and efforts to ban the film.

“Am a small party, there is no demand for me,” says JDS’ Kumaraswamy

"No one has contacted me till now. Let us see the final results first. According to the exit polls, there is no need for options. Let us see," the JD(S) leader added.

Tamil Nadu Governor dismisses reports that he approved use of NSA on YouTuber Manish Kashyap: How media, liberals and Islamists spread the fake news

Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan has issued a statement dismissing the fake news circulating online that the governor has approved the use of the National Security Act against Manish Kashyap.

CBI registers case against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede for seeking Rs 25 crore to not name Aryan Khan in the cruise ship drug...

CBI has registered a case against IRS officer Sameer Wankhede for demanding Rs 25 crore bribe in exchange of not naming Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan in the cruise ship drug case

No decision taken by the cabinet on imposing emergency in Pakistan: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb

Pakistan's Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday refuted reports that emergency would be imposed in the country

Saket Gokhale comes out of jail and starts beating the same drum again, says Gujarat Police and ED were unleashed on him by BJP...

Jailed for misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 1.07 crore, TMC leader Saket Gokhale claimed that the Gujarat Police and the ED arrested him, on the direction of the BJP, in a case of Rs 500

Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta raids engineer with Rs 30000 salary, finds ₹30 lakh TV, luxury cars, foreign dogs and other riches in luxurious mansion

Madhya Pradesh engineer Hema Meena has been found to own assets worth crores of rupees in her and her family's name in a Lokayukta raid

‘Even communal bigots have started doing sports shows’: Netizens outraged after Star Sports gets Hinduphobic ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui for its IPL coverage

Star Sports India attracted public outrage after they got Munavar Faruqui for its IPL coverage in MI vs GT pre-match show.

SSC recruitment scam: Calcutta HC cancels recruitment of 36000 teachers in WB over irregularities, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay orders fresh recruitment within 3 months

The Calcutta HC ordered the cancellation of jobs of 36,000 illegally appointed untrained primary school teachers in state-run schools over SSC scam

Allahabad HC allows the scientific survey of Gyanvapi Shivling; ASI had earlier submitted that carbon dating of the Shivling is not possible

This comes after the ASI submitted its report as sought by the High Court, which rebuked the ASI in April this year for its laxity in submitting its report on the feasibility of carbon dating the Shivling found inside the mosque.

Retail inflation in India comes down by 1% in a month to reach 4.7% in April

Retail inflation in India eased further in April to 4.7 per cent as against 5.7 per cent the previous month.

‘Not entitled to live and move freely in society’: Bihar Court awards death sentence to one Mohammad Shahid for rape and murder of a...

A Bihar court convicted one Mohammad Shahid for rape-cum-murder of a minor and awarded him death sentence with Rs 76,000 fine

Rana Ayyub gets endorsement and support from Pakistan Press Counsellor in Washington: Dissecting Ayyub’s anti-India, anti-Hindu rhetorics in WaPo article

Rana Ayyub recently penned a vicious article in Washington Post, replete with half-truths, distortions, and polarising rhetorics.

As The Kerala Story continues to gain acclaim, here is how ‘Arsh Vidya Samajam’ is rescuing and helping ‘love jihad’ victims depicted in the...

Arsh Vidya Samajam is an educational institution, which aims at Panch-Kartavya (study, ritual, propagation, teaching and protection of Sanatan Dharma).

‘I fear that I will be arrested again’, says Imran Khan, Islamabad High Court stays his arrest in all the cases till May 17

The Islamabad High Court ruled that Imran Khan shall not be arrested in connection with any case against him till May 17.

‘Why banned in West Bengal when it is running elsewhere without issues’: SC issues notice to Mamata Banerjee govt over ban on The Kerala...

SC questioned Mamata Banerjee government as to why the movie The Kerala Story can’t be screened peacefully in the state when it has been running without issues in the rest of the country

Blessed are we Pagans and Kafirs: From Starbucks India to Stalin worshippers, all these pro-bono educators chose us, after all

Just a couple of days back, Starbucks, which sells “overpriced and tasteless coffee” (not my words, that of eminent anti-Modi intellectual Sadanand Dhume) wants to educate us on LGBT rights.

Maharashtra government drops charges against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, suspension revoked

Maharashtra government recently withdrew all charges against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.

Promoting Jihadi ideology on social media, grooming youths to become terrorists – There is a male version of The Kerala Story: Here are stories...

It is not just women from Kerala who were converted to Islam. This racket also converted many men to Islam and made them terrorists

The Kerala Story: Haq-e-Hindustan’s Tamanna Hashmi issues threat, offers 21 lakhs to anyone who cuts the film Director Sudipto Sen’s eyes out

Sudipto Sen, the director of The Kerala Story has received threat from an outfit called 'Haq-e-Hindustan.'

The Kerala Story continues its phenomenal run at the box office earning more than Rs 80 crore in 7 days, to enter the Rs...

The total collection of The Kerala Story's, a movie that brings forth the plight of ISIS brides, now stands at Rs 81.36 crore.

Haryana: Mausam Khan poses as Prem and gives expensive gifts to trap a Hindu girl, rapes and forces her to convert and marry at...

A fresh case of Love Jihad has emerged in Haryana where a Hindu girl has accused a Muslim man of cheating, abduction, rape, torture and forced conversion.

DPS Mathura Road receives bomb threat over email, turns out to be a hoax after search

DPS Mathura Road receives bomb threat over email from a student's ID, the student denies sending the mail

SC stays the promotion of 68 judicial officers as district judges in Gujarat; the judge who convicted Rahul Gandhi unaffected by the order

The SC judge clarified that judge who convicted Rahul Gandhi will be promoted and not be affected by the order.

Delhi HC directs Sudarshan News, SM platforms to delete report of alleged forced conversion of a Sikh woman by Azmat Ali Khan, cites ‘threats’...

The Delhi HC ordered removal of reports of a love jihad case citing threats received by the accused Amat Ali Khan.

Brother of aide of Tillu Tajpuria commits suicide, was ‘highly disturbed’ by the stabbing of the gangster inside Tihar jail: Delhi police

Brother of aide of Tillu Tajpuria died by suicide as he was reportedly 'highly disturbed' by the gangster's murder inside Tihar jail

‘Influenced by mosque, don’t want to convert, but want to pray’: Hindu girl living with ‘Muslim friend’ wants to offer namaz, claims threats from...

Uttarakhand High Court directed the local police station in charge to provide security to a Hindu woman wanting to offer namaz at Piran Kaliyar mosque in the state's Roorkee area.

EC raps Congress for claiming EVMs from South Africa are being used in Karnataka polls: Read about Congress’ blatant lies and EC’s counter

EC rejected the baseless claims made by the Congress party about EVMs being deployed in South Africa and then used for Karnataka polls without re-validation and re-verification.

Sydney’s Khalistan Referendum propaganda event by terror org Sikhs For Justice cancelled by Blacktown City Council: All you need to know

Authorities in Australia ordered the cancellation of a pro-Khalistan event in Sydney's Blacktown City after they received hundreds of complaints about threats by Sikhs For Justice’s propaganda event.

PM Modi documentary: BBC and Wikipedia argue as a foreign entity, say Delhi court can’t deal with the defamation case, invoke Hague convention

BBC and Wikipedia's legal representatives claimed that they were foreign organisations that were not served properly and that they were appearing in protest

Pakistan: Hindu man beheaded by a Muslim mob in the middle of the night for protesting against the eve-teasing of his daughter

Atrocities against Pakistani Hindus continue as a 50-year-old Hindu man named Amlakh Bheel, belonging to the Bheel tribe was beheaded by Muslims

Former BharatPe managing director Ashneer Grover and his wife booked for fraud, ‘criminal act’ caused loss of Rs 81 crore to the company, says...

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi police has registered a case against former Bharat pe managing Director Ashneer Grover, his wife and others "for using company funds inappropriately on the basis of various forged documents". 

China’s War against Islam: From ‘mosque rectification program’, to Quran being burnt, pork being fed, Namaz and Hijab being banned and more

China has declared war on Islam and its policies have focussed on erasing Islamic customs and Islamic identities of its Muslim Uyghur population

Pakistani journalist conjures up interview of Bilawal Bhutto with ANI, tells Smita Prakash, the editor-in-chief of ANI, to ‘check facts’ when called out

The falsehoods of Munizae Jahangir were debunked by ANI Editor-in-Chief Smita Prakash, who made it crystal clear that no such interview was conducted in the first place.

Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma forms a four-member committee to examine the state’s authority to ban polygamy, to scrutinise Sharia and Article 25

Assam government, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, constituted a four-member committee to examine the legal authority of the state legislature to implement a law prohibiting polygamy.

Indore: Teenage student Janvi commits suicide, family alleges she was being harassed by a coconut vendor Aman Khatik

A class 12 student Janvi committed suicide in Indore after she was harassed and threatened by a coconut vendor named Aman Khatik

Prompt response of the Army and Assam Rifles averted large-scale violence in Manipur: Defence sources

Army and Assam Rifles became the first responders to the request by Manipur government in maintaining law and order.

‘I was brainwashed, getting influenced towards Islam, the movie made me realise’: What a The Kerala Story moviegoer had to say

The movie The Kerala Story, based on true events, has not only been breaking box office records but also inspiring people to promote ‘The Kerala Story’ among Hindu women on their own