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Delhi authorities decide to construct public toilets in the vicinity of British High Commissioner’s house deeming it necessary, UK Govt objects

Delhi authorities have have decided to erect public toilets near the residence of British High Commissioner Alex Ellis at Rajaji Marg at Meena Bagh in the Lutyens Delhi

UP Police attaches properties worth Rs 9 crore belonging to BSP leader and meat mafia Haji Yakub Qureshi, properties worth over Rs 31 crore...

Haji Yakub Qureshi, a former minister in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments is currently held in Sonbhadra Prison.

PM Modi arrives in Varanasi for ‘One World TB Summit’, to dedicate and initiate development projects worth over 1780 crores

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is also present with PM Modi at the summit. PM Modi will be addressing the summit on World Tuberculosis Day at Rudrakash Convention Centre.

‘Bhagwan Rama was sent by Allah’: Farooq Abdullah claims quoting Pakistani Maulana

Citing one Pakistani Maulana Asar’s exegesis on Quran who passed away recently, Abdullah claimed that he had written that “Lord Rama was sent by Allah to preach to the humans and guide them to the right path”. 

Listen to BJP leader Tajinder Bagga say ‘polis aa gayi polis’ for 2 minutes straight as Canadian Khalistani continues to abuse and threaten him

As early as 2017, Tajinder Bagga had been vocal in his criticism of Khalistanis and terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.

CJI Chandrachud’s speech at the Ramnath Goenka, speaking ‘truth to power’ and a crucial contradiction within minutes

Rajkamal Jha, and CJI Chandrachud before him, had said many important things about freedom of the press at Ramnath Goenka award

As court frames charges against Tahir Hussain, Kapil Mishra asks if Sanjay Singh knew about Ankit Sharma’s murder: What AAP leader had said back...

During an interview with News18, Tahir Hussain conceded that he sought help from Sanjay Singh during the anti-Hindu Delhi riots.

‘We will file FIR against those burning effigy of Raavan’, says Noida politician Shrikant Tyagi, who was earlier arrested for assaulting a women. Watch

Shrikant Tyagi, who made headlines after slapping a woman in Noida last year, is once again in the news for his recent video.

‘Clearcut objective to kill and harm Hindus’: Delhi court frames charges against Tahir Hussain in Ankit Sharma murder case, Alt News had given him...

The court observed, "Tahir Hussain also played the role of instigator to kill Hindus. and exhorting this mob as to not to spare Hindus."

Pakistan: Stampede breaks out in Swabi during distribution of subsidised wheat flour

Riaz Khan said people queued up for flour outside the THQ offices and a stampede occurred when they jumped the queue. He said many people attempted to get more flour.

Bihar: Shekhar Suman demands CBI probe to find his brother-in-law Dr. Sanjay Kumar who went missing 22 days ago

Shekhar Suman said, "We will definitely meet the chief minister and request that this case should reach a conclusion."

AIIMS Guwahati to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 14 April, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Guwahati is all set for inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 April

Police suspect Amritpal Singh stayed in Haryana’s Shahbad area based on new CCTV footage, woman who allegedly sheltered him arrested

Punjab police in pursuit of Amritpal Singh have claimed to have recovered CCTV footage which showed the last location of the fugitive Khalistani leader in Haryana's Shahbad area

Amritpal Singh supporting pro-Khalistan Canadian businessman issues threats to BJP leader Tajinder Bagga: Details

Threats are made to BJP politician Tajinder Bagga over the phone by a pro-Khalistan Canadian businessman.

Gujarat: Dalit girl from Nanakhanpur who went missing at Urs fair found dead, murder suspected as the body was wrapped in a sack

The girl had gone to see the Urs fair in the Mahisagar district with her family. She went missing on 19th March. Her dead body was found on 21st March.

Are Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra dating? Here is what we know

Rumours have started circulating online that Rajya Sabha MP from Aam Aadmi Party Raghav Chadha and Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra are in a romantic relationship.

As Ramzan starts, Pakistanis struggle with high prices, businesses forced to shut down due to all-time high inflation

As the Islamic holy month of Ramzan has started today, people in Pakistan are facing and feeling the pinch of inflation with food bills skyrocketing

Satluj Network – US-based pro-Khalistan channel spreading misinformation and hate against India

Satluj Network and Satluj TV were founded by Mangat Group, owned by Tony Mangat, t the beginning of 2022. .

“Allah ke ghar gayi, wahan bhi adhi nangi”: Muslim Instagram users attack actress Hina Khan with filthy comments over her attire

Even though Khan was seen wearing salwar kurta and a hijab, the Insta users posted hateful comments, calling her outfit immodest and unIslamic.

Question of same-sex marriage, the Judiciary and Indian society: The issues and why it might be a slippery slope

Should same-sex marriage be legal in India? It is legal in about 55 countries either in the form of marriage or civil union.

Khalistan supporters throw eggs, ink at Indian High Commission building in London

The police had deployed forces in 24 buses as well as the mounted police, however, they were successful in vandalizing and defacing the premises, putting the police under the scanner, and questioning their security promises to the Indian High Commission.

Advocate Vineet Jindal writes to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla seeking disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from the house

Advocate Vineet Jindal seeks disqualification of Rahul Gandhi under Section 8 (3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951

Khalistan supporters protest in Raipur against the crackdown on Amritpal Singh, effigy of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann burnt

Around 50-60 people gathered on the streets of Raipur in support of the pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh

Drunk passengers in Indigo’s Dubai-Mumbai flight create a ruckus, handed over to CISF on arrival

The arrested passengers have been identified as Dattatreya Bapardekar and John George D'Souza.

Rahul Gandhi’s sentencing: Sushil Modi says Congress leader will be convicted in Patna Court as well, Priyanka Vadra says her brother is not scared

Sushil Kumar Modi shared that he has also filed a defamation suit against Rahul Gandhi in Patna's Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court (CJM) court

Will Rahul Gandhi be disqualified from Lok Sabha? What the law says and how he had trashed an ordinance that could have saved him

According to section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, Rahul Gandhi is deserves to be disqualified with immediate effect after his conviction

How safe are we Gujaratis? Politicians continue to dogwhistle against people from Gujarat, making them easy target for hate crime

Are 6.5 crore of us Gujaratis subhumans? How long before such targeted attacks on people of Gujarati community dogwhistled by mainstream politicians is normalised and we are driven out of our homes?

Police probing deposits worth Rs 40 crore in accounts of Amritpal Singh’s aides, some in the name of helping farm protests’ ‘victims’: Report

Investigation agencies found dubious transactions exceeding Rs 40 crore in multiple bank accounts of five members of 'Waris Punjab De.'

As Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to 2 years in jail for defaming Modi surname, here is what he said in 2019 and how the...

As Rahul Gandhi gets convicted for defaming Modi's surname, here is a timeline of how the case progressed

Islamist hate preacher Zakir Naik arrives in Oman amidst reports of deportation

Reportedly, Zakir Naik has arrived in Oman as a ‘state guest’. The controversial preacher will be delivering his first lecture on ‘Holy Quran is a Global Necessity’. 

‘India is secular because Hindus are the majority’: Old video of Atal Bihari Vajpayee giving befitting reply to Javed Akhtar goes viral

"Once Pakistan was formed, the Hindu majority did not seek an exclusivist Hindu Raj with no place for minorities," Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said.

Surat Court convicts Rahul Gandhi for defamation, sentences him to 2 years in jail, gets bail to appeal in higher court

"Why all the thieves, be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi or Narendra Modi, have Modi in their names," the Congress leader had said during a rally.

Over 1,000 artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art linked to traffickers and looters: Report

In an investigation of the Met's antiquities collection, the ICIJ and Finance Uncovered discovered that at least 1,109 items had previously been acquired by people who had been charged or found to have committed crimes including looting and trafficking.

Mumbai: BMC brings bulldozer to demolish illegal construction around Mazar at Mahim coast after MNS chief warns to build Ganesh temple there

The Mahim Dargah Trust however took cognizance of the incident and said that the 'illegal dargah' as alleged by Thackeray is 600 years old.

With anti-Hindu violence and anti-India forces being allowed to fester in UK, time has come for India to consider leaving the Commonwealth

In the wake of multiple attacks on Hindus and those of Indian origin in England and the recent attack on the Indian Mission in London, voices are growing louder in India urging the country to consider leaving the Commonwealth

Madhya Pradesh: four Tablighi Jamaat members from Gujarat and MP drown in Narmada, three bodies recovered

Four Tablighi Jamaat members died due to drowning in Narmada in Madhya Pradesh.

NIA conducts raids in Nagpur, Gujarat and Gwalior in Ghazwa-e-Hind case

The NIA initially registered the Gazwa-e-Hind case on July 22 last year at Phulwarisharif Police Station in Bihar. 

Rahul Gandhi convicted in defamation case by Surat District Court, know what the case is about

During an election rally in the run-up to the 2019 elections, Rahul Gandhi had mocked an entire community by saying, “Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi… how come they all have Modi as a common surname? How come all thieves have Modi as a common surname?”

Chhattisgarh: Clashes in Bastar over death of a tribal woman who had converted to Christianity, locals protest, demand cremation instead of burial

The deceased woman, Mate Bekko was a tribal woman who had lately converted to Christianity. The villagers gathered during her funeral and opposed to her burial process. They demanded her cremation instead.

Khalistani separatist fugitive Amritpal Singh blackmailed women with obscene videos, chatted with married women: Reports

Amritpal Singh lamented how women supposedly become too attached to him and justified the idea of extra-marital relationships as long as the marriage in question is unharmed.

Cow urine jibe, threats of assault: Pro-Khalistani Dal Khalsa UK member abuses Gujarati Hindu man in London

Pro-Khalistan Dal Khalsa member Gurcharan Singh seen abusing Gujarati Hindu man in London.

Bihar cabinet minister Tej Pratap Yadav tweets video of himself watching Shri Krishna while asleep, well past midnight, netizens amused

Tej Pratap Yadav had earlier seen late Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav in his dream and then cycled to work the next day with an entourage of media personnel and his own security personnel.

Punjab Police question Amritpal Singh’s wife and mother over alleged foreign funding, NRI wife’s Babbar Khalsa links under scanner

Reportedly, a woman police officer questioned Amritpal’s wife Kirandeep, and mother Balwinder Kaur in connection with the alleged foreign funding for the activities of Amritpal Singh and his group ‘Waris Punjab De’. 

‘Whose tomb it is? A fish?’: Raj Thackeray shares video of ‘illegal dargah’ in Mahim Bay in Mumbai, threatens to build Ganpati temple there...

Raj Thackeray warned that he would erect a Ganpati temple next to a 'illegal Dargah' in Mahim Bay if it is not demolished within a month.

Assam assembly passes resolution against the controversial BBC documentary, CM says it is an international conspiracy against India

Legislative assembly of Assam adopts resolution against BBC over its controversial documentary against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM Modi reviews the preparedness of public health response to Covid-19 and influenza, directs enhanced Whole Genome Sequencing to identify new variants

PM Narendra Modi said that the Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet and observing Covid appropriate behavior including wearing masks on hospital premises is very important.

Jharkhand: Four-day-old baby dies after a policeman allegedly steps on him during a raid

A four-day-old baby died in Giridih district in Jharkhand after a policemen allegedly stepped on it during a raid.

Punjab Police recover motorcycle on which Amritpal Singh escaped; NRI wife reportedly associated with Babbar Khalsa terror group

The police have recovered the motorcycle on which Amritpal Singh took off from the Jalandhar Cantonment area on Saturday.

Khalistan supporters hold another protest at Indian High Commission in London, this time behind barricades with heavy police presence

After Sunday vandalism, Metropolitan Police in London confine Khalistani supporters behind barricades in front of Indian High Commmission