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Amritpal Singh, who is lodged in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, to be interrogated by IB, RAW and other central intelligence agencies

Central intelligence agencies will interrogate 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh, who was arrested by the Punjab Police on Sunday and later sent to Assam's Dibrugarh jail. 

Serbia: Teenage boy shoots dead 8 students and 1 guard in a Belgrade school, several others injured in the pre-planned attack with a ‘kill...

A 13-year-old boy opened fire in his Belgrade classroom on Wednesday morning, shooting dead eight fellow pupils and a security guard

Alt News skips ‘fact checking’ fake reports of ‘rape with a dead body’ in Jodhpur after giving clean chit to Pakistan on ‘padlocks on...

Alt News did not 'fact-check' fake claims of rape of a dead body in Jaipur that was shared by many left-leaning propagandists.

Delhi court issues summons to BBC, Wikipedia and Internet Archive in BJP leader’s defamation suit alleging illegal availability of BBC documentary on PM Modi

A Delhi court issued summons to BBC, Wikimedia and Internet Archive after a defamation suit was filed by BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh over the BBC's controversial documentary on PM Mod

175 marks out of 700, failed in every subject: Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad’s 10th standard mark sheet surfaces online, punctures claims of his ‘academic...

Asad Ahmed scored 177 out of 700 marks, and the remarks on his mark sheet read, "Need to work hard on all subjects."

Russia claims it shot down two drones sent by Ukraine to assassinate Putin in Kremlin, Ukraine alleges it was staged by Moscow

Russia claimed that it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin.

Lucknow: Police officer Shahadat Ali caught harassing a schoolgirl in Cantonment area, complaint registered

A viral video shows a police officer harassing a school girl and riding his scooter alongside her.

Karnataka: IT officials raid house of Congress candidate’s brother in Mysore, find Rs 1 crore cash on a tree

The IT department has seized one crore rupees on a tree at the residence of Congress leader Ashok Kumar Rai’s brother in Mysore

Eyes gouged out, shot at 9 bullets, stabbed 10 times: Read how the Taliban tormented a former female Afghan police personnel

A former female police officer narrated her heart wrenching story about how she was attacked by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Rana Ayyub downplays the crimes of gangster Atiq Ahmed at UNESCO panel on ‘Press Freedom’, plays up her own ‘Muslim’ identity: Details

Rana Ayyub claimed, "Three weeks on camera, a lawmaker was shot dead live on camera. And we had people celebrating that on Twitter."

Amnesty International under fire for using AI-generated images in a post against human rights violations in Colombia: Full details

Amnesty International published posts against systemic brutality used by Colombian police to bring down nationwide protests in 2021 but used AI generated images

Pakistan economic crisis: Inflation hits record-high 36.42% in April, highest in South Asia

Pakistan's economic crisis continues to deepen as its YoY inflation hit its highest-ever level of 36.42 per cent in April.

CPI MP Binoy Viswam seeks inquiry into ‘The Kerala Story’, calls it ‘politically motivated hatred campaign against Kerala, Muslim community’

CPI MP Binoy Viswam wrote a letter to the Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur seeking an inquiry into the trailer of the upcoming movie directed by Sudipto Sen named 'The Kerala Story'.

In Ireland, you could go to prison if you share anything deemed ‘hateful’ by fact-checkers: How this is a ‘liberal’ paradise

Ireland is slowly inching towards becoming a liberal paradise as it passed a draconian law under the guise of curbing ‘hate speech’.

Go First files for voluntary insolvency: Here is how a faulty engine by US-based Pratt & Whitney is causing the collapse of an Indian...

Go First filed for voluntary insolvency before the National Company Law Tribunal blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines

You don’t talk about spine: ANI Editor Smita Prakash lambasts former editorial advisor of Congress mouthpiece ‘National Herald’. Here is what happened

Mrinal Pande had been at the helm of fake stories, surrounding the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the founding of ISRO

‘You abuse my team, you abuse my family’: Eye witness reveals a heated exchange between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir

An eyewitness has detailed what led to an argument between Gambhir and Kohli at Atal Bihar Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

IOA president PT Usha visits Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to meet protesting wrestlers

PT Usha reached Jantar Mantar where wrestlers have been protesting against WFI president.

As Congress vows to ban Bajrang Dal, SDPI, political wing of banned PFI, supports Congress in Karnataka to ‘defeat BJP’: Here is how

SDPI which is the political wing of the banned PFI declared that it would contest only 16 Assembly seats in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 in order to help Congress

Same-sex marriage row: Centre to set up a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to address concerns of LGBTQIA+ community

The Centre will be forming a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to explore steps to address issues raised by LGBTQIA+ community.

US-based digital media house Vice Media may soon file for bankruptcy: Report

Vice Media may file for bankruptcy if does not fine a buyer, reports New York Times

Recent convert Andrew Tate challenges people to desecrate Quran and social media gets flooded with people accepting the challenge: What started the fiasco

Andrew Tate challenged people to desecrate Quran, people obliged and filled social media with photos and videos descecrating the holy book

Sharad Pawar forms committee to choose next NCP chief, Dharashiv NCP leaders resign, workers cry, demand reconsideration of resignation: Details

The 18 members included in the committee are Ajit Pawar, Supriya Sule, Jayant Patil, Dilip Walse Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal, Praful Patel, Jaydev Gaikwad, Anil Deshmukh, Rajesh Tope, Jitendra Whad, Hassan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Sunil Tatkare, Fauzia Khan, K K Sharma, Dheeraj Sharma, P C Chacko and Sonia Duhan.

Mohammed Shami’s estranged wife moves SC seeking lift stay on his arrest, alleges he had sex with prostitutes in BCCI hotel rooms, demanded dowry

Mohammad Shami's estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, has petitioned the Supreme Court to reopen the criminal case against him

‘Complete autonomy of temple administration to the devotees’: Here are 9 promises BJP makes in Karnataka in their manifesto on culture and heritage

On May 1, Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. In its manifesto, BJP made nine promises on conservation and promoting culture and heritage.

Bijnor: Shahid stabs his son Gulfam to death suspecting incestuous relationship with mother, arrested

Accused Shahid has confessed that he kill his son because doubted that his son and wife were having an incestual relationship.

SC collegium overrules IB objection, recommends lawyer Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla as Bombay HC judge, ‘minority’ identity also cited in resolution: Details

The Collegium noted that Pooniwalla professes Parsi Zoroastrianism and belongs to a minority community, despite IB objection

‘Advani had gone to jail, others will too’: Education Minister of Bihar, who had said Ramcharitmanas is full of ‘garbage’, now threatens Bageshwar Dham...

Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar Yadav who earlier said that Ramcharitmanas is filled with “kooda-kachra” (garbage) and should be burnt like Manusmriti has now targeted Pandit Dheerendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham.

Congress, which now wants to ban Bajrang Dal, withdrew cases against 1600 PFI terrorists, allied with SDPI and gambled with national security

The PFI was given a huge opportunity to grow in the state of Karnataka when the Congress was in power. The Congress remained in power in the state from May 2013 to May 2018 when Siddaramaiah was the Chief Minister.

Did Rana Ayyub speak at United Nations General Assembly? Not really. Here is what really happened

In a tweet on May 1, Rana Ayyub deliberately chose to omit the fact that she would be speaking at UN General Assembly Hall as a part of a panel guest.

No home, no water: How Pakistani Hindu refugees are living in abysmal conditions in harsh summer after their houses got demolished in Jodhpur

Pakistani migrant Hindus have to walk for several kolimeters to get water. They are living under scroching heat after their houses were demolished in Jodhpur.

Communist SFI protests against screening of The Kerala Story in JNU, says it is ‘propaganda’ to hurt ‘secular ethos’

SFI issued a statement and said, “The SFI-JNU unit strongly opposes and denounces the screening of this propaganda film as it would tarnish the fabric of the secular ethos.”

Nepal is already a Hindu nation in principle, if India becomes a Hindu nation, it will positively impact the world: What Former Chief Justice...

On May 1, former Chief Justice of Nepal Gopal Paranjali advocated making India a Hindu nation. He said if India becomes a Hindu nation, it will positively impact the whole world.

Operation Kaveri: 12th flight carrying 230 Indian evacuees from Sudan departs from Jeddah for Mumbai

Under 'Operation Kaveri', the 12th flight carrying 231 stranded Indian evacuees, departed from Jeddah on a Mumbai-bound flight. 

Shah Rukh Khan, Byju’s staffer ordered to compensate IAS aspirant for ‘fraudulent behaviour’ and ‘unfair trade practices’: Details

Shah Rukh Khan and a BYJU's staffer were ordered to compensate the victim with Rs 1.08 lakhs paid at the time of admission i. 2021, along with 12% annual interest.

Appeasement politics, targeting Hindu groups, and redundant poll promises: Congress manifesto for Karnataka elections seems like a recipe for disaster

Congress has made redundant poll promises in its manifesto, rechristening existing schemes with new names to woo voters.

Pakistan: People turn to ‘lizard oil’ for enhancing sexual stamina amid ban on viagra

Pakistan is a country that has a religiously driven society where having many babies is socially expected, and infertility is heavily stigmatised.

Uttarakhand: Bajrang Dal worker Arvind shot dead in Ramnagar in Uttarakhand; Azam, Rizwan, Irfan, Sabir detained

According to Harbans Singh, SP City, "The murder report has been filed. Police are raiding in search of the accused."

No interim relief for Rahul Gandhi in defamation case: As Gujarat HC reserves order, from ‘motormouth’ to ‘law breaker’, what was said in court

Disqualified Congress MP Rahul Gandhi did not get interim relief in defamation case from Gujarat High Court

Uganda: Politician shot dead by army soldier guarding him

Slain politician Charles Okello Engola was the deputy minister for gender and labour in Uganda. Earlier he had also served as the defence minister of Uganda.

‘I want Hindu women to be alert and aware of the traps’: Autorickshaw driver promises free rides to ‘The Kerala Story’ movie goers

Sadhu Magar said, "I decided to start this offer because so many Hindu women have fallen prey to this love jihad. I want Hindu women to be aware and alert of the traps."

Operation Kaveri: 18th batch of Indian evacuees depart Port Sudan for Jeddah

18th batch of Indian evacuees was carried from Port Sudan to Jeddah, where they will be brought to India under Operation Kaveri.

Karnataka: Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Congress as ‘Muslim fundamentalists’, says even Jinnah won’t have made such a manifesto

Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I believe that even if Jinnah had been alive, he would never make such a manifesto."

‘They first had a problem with Lord Ram and now with those who hail Bajrang Bali’: PM Modi slams Congress for vowing to...

PM Modi hit out at Congress, saying that they earlier had a problem with those who revered Lord Ram and now with those who revere Lord Hanuman

Village head from Bareilly, UP, Mohammad Arif arrested, had posted video where saffron flag was removed and Islamic flag was hoisted on Temple

The accused happened to share a video on Facebook in which an Islamic flag was shown being hoisted on a temple after throwing the original flag from atop the temple.

Congress in its Karnataka manifesto wants to ban Bajrang Dal: Hypocrisy, false equivalence with PFI and a dangerous design

Congress' manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka Elections vowed to ban Bajrang Dal if it's voted to power in the state.

The Kerala Story: Movie gets ‘A’ certificate, censor board asks for changes in ten scenes including an interview with an ex-CM

Censor Board ordered ten changes in The Kerala Story, removed former CM interview from the movie

Sharad Pawar steps down as President of the Nationalist Congress Party. Here is what we know so far

Sharad Pawar made the announcement during the launch of his book 'Lok Maze Sangati.'

Congress supporters try to use the decade-old feud between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir to get votes for their party in Karnataka

The Congress supporters targeted Gautam Gambhir and alleged that the player had dragged politics into the game after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.