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Lucknow building collapse: Samajwadi Party MLA Shahid Manzoor’s son detained

The police have arrested the son Samajwadi Party leader Shahid Manzoor in connection with the Lucknow building collapse on Tuesday.

Gujarat: Fake bride gang changes woman’s identity to trap Hindu men for marriage, runs away with money

Fake bride gang busted. Woman found changing name to marry Hindu man and running away with cash.

Bengaluru man who threw currency notes from flyover booked and detained, here is why he did it

Arun V threw currency notes from a flyover in Bengaluru and uploaded the videos on social media for publicity

Leftist students at JNU push, shove, attack a journalist while reporting on BBC documentary on Modi screening: Watch

According to Janam TV, the journalist was attacked by the leftist students while they were reporting about the illegal screening of the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair passes off Congress worker as the ‘voice of Kashmiri Hindus’ to attack The Kashmir Files film

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair passed off a Congress worker as Kashmiri Hindus to attack The Kashmir Files.

Pakistan’s former minister and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhary arrested for threatening election officials and their family members

Fawad warned the ECP, its members, and their families in his speech outside Imran Khan's house in Lahore, according to the FIR.

Rajasthan: Parents throw their infant daughter into a canal because the father wanted to secure his ‘govt job’

Jhanwarlal had in December given an affidavit of having two children. However, he feared that he will not be able to get a permanent appointment at his job after having more than two children.

Son of AK Antony quits Congress after being asked to retract tweet criticising BBC documentary on PM Modi

Anil Antony had said that the BBC documentary on PM Modi was an attempt to undermine India's sovereignty

Uyghur camps in China’s Xinjiang converted into formal prisons, detainees given lengthy sentences

The Communist Party of China (CCP) criticised and restricted the use of the Uyghur language, prohibited Islamic practices; razed mosques, shrines, and cemeteries; rewrote history to deny the longevity of Uyghur culture and its distinctiveness from Chinese culture; and excised Indigenous literature from textbooks. 

Former US Secretary of State Pompeo: ‘Pakistan was preparing for nuclear attack after Balakot surgical strike,’ says US worked to sort things out

“After an Islamist terrorist attack in Kashmir- probably enabled in part by Pakistan’s lax counterterror policies – killed forty Indians, India responded with an air strike against terrorists inside Pakistan. The Pakistanis shot down a plane in a subsequent dogfight and kept the Indian pilot prisoner,” Pompeo's book mentions.

‘He did not deserve to live, because he was a Hindu’: Read what has changed in a year since Kishan Bharwad was killed by...

Kishan Bharwad murder case: One year on, how the family has gathered their lives after their young son was murdered by Islamists over alleged 'blasphemy'

Screening of propaganda BBC documentary in JNU campus halted due to power cut, Leftist student body claims stone pelting

JUNSU President Aishe Gosh claimed that "ABVP pelted stones, but no step by admin yet. We almost completed the film's screening. Our priority is that electricity should be restored. We'll file FIR."

Indonesia: Crocodile finds the body of a drowned child and “returns” it to the search team

Crocodile helped in retrieving dead body of a 4-year-old child in Indonesia

Dutch leader Edwin Wagensveld tears apart Quran in the Netherlands before setting it on fire, video viral

The video of the said incident went viral over the internet in which the Dutch leader Edwin Wagensveld could be seen tearing apart the pages of the Quran.

Pune: Bodies of seven members of the same family found in a river bed, police suspect mass suicide

Seven dead bodies of members of the same family have been discovered in a riverbed in Pune, Maharashtra

BBC Chair accused of quid pro quo for helping ex-British PM Boris Johnson secure loans before his appointment: Details

According to The Sunday Times, the £8,00,000 loan was finalised only in February 2021 (the same month as the appointment of Richard Sharp).

#AasmanMeinBharat YouTuber and pilot Gaurav Taneja to make a large map of India in the sky for Republic Day

Pilot couple Gaurav Taneja (popular on social media as flying beast) and Ritu Rathee Taneja announced that they would draw a map of India in the sky on the occasion of Republic Day.

Afghan national Abdulrahimzai convicted for stabbing a British national, had got asylum in UK after killing two people in Serbia earlier: Details

Following the conviction, it emerged that the Afghan asylum seeker was legally admitted to the UK after he lied to the authorities about his age

Tamil Nadu Minister SM Nasar pelts stone at DMK party worker for failing to arrange chairs for an event

The DMK minister supposedly became enraged when a party worker failed to arrange chairs on time for the event and hurled a stone at him. 

IIT Madras developed BharOS to take on Android and iOS, watch Union Ministers trying it

BharOS provides ‘Native Over The Air’ (NOTA) updates to ensure enhanced security of the devices.

Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account restored, was banned in May 2021

Kangana Ranaut's Twitter account was permanently banned in May 2021.

Shah Rukh Khan has suffered the leanest decade of his career, can Pathaan finally reverse the trend for the Bollywood superstar

Shah Rukh Khan has suffered the leanest decade of his career (Image Source: News 18)

MP Mahesh Jethmalani asks Jairam Ramesh to come clean on his links to Huawei, a Chinese company banned by several countries for security reasons

Jairam Ramesh has been lobbying for Huawei for decades, Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani asked him to disclose links

India and radical Islam: Time for the BJP govt in Centre to act

A 2021 survey report showed that 74% of Indian Muslims preferred Sharia courts over regular ones. This Sharia support explains why Darul Khada has grown to be a menace.

Despite strict foreign imports control, bankrupt Pakistan imports 2200 luxury vehicles in current fiscal year

Due to the strict foreign exchange control, the piling of containers containing different consumer and industrial products touched almost 8,500 in the first half of this year at ports in Pakistan, Dawn cited an official source.

Assam Govt to initiate stringent action under POCSO Act against child marriages across the state

The Assam Govt has launched a massive crackdown on chid marriages across the state

Strong earthquake tremors in Delhi-NCR

No injuries or damages have been reported yet. More details are awaited

Three attacks on Hindu temples in Australia by Khalistani elements: Understanding the rise of Khalistani movement in island country

The Khalistani movement is no longer fringe in Australia and is slowly on its path to becoming mainstream.

Kerala: Communist groups to screen BBC’s propaganda documentary on PM Modi

CPIM-linked DYFI and SFI have planned to screen the banned propaganda BBC documentary across Kerala.

The Chhattisgarh Files: How senior lawyer, paid Rs 80 L to represent Baghel govt in NAN scam, was taking orders from accused whom ACB...

While NAN scam is elaborate, what is far more elaborate is extent to which Bhupesh Baghel seems to have gone to save Anil Tuteja

JNUSU booked over screening of BBC’s propaganda documentary on PM Modi: Details

Advocate Vineet Jindal filed a complaint against JNUSU stating that screening of BBC's propaganda series would sow discord.

Nora Fatehi took money from me to buy house in Morocco: Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar

Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar claimed that he paid a huge amount for Nora Fatehi's house in Morocco

People of Pakistan share their woes on Twitter as power outage hits the country amid severe economic crisis

As the country plunged into darkness, the people of Pakistan have resorted to Twitter to vent their frustrations

Khalistani terror outfit SFJ issues death threat to SC advocate Vineet Jindal, FIR lodged: Details

Adv Vineet Jindal filed a police complaint alleging that he had received death threats from Khalistani terror outfit SFJ

The dark side of Gujarat 2002 propaganda: How it is used for conversion to Islam and why Muslim students screening the documentary should raise...

For years, propaganda videos have been used by terror organisation to radicalise youth, trainee terrorists to make them join the ranks of terrorism.

Saraswati Puja pandal in Kolkata chooses the ‘West Bengal SSC scam’ as its theme, showing the deity caged due to corruption

A Saraswati Puja pandal in Kolkata chose the 'West Bengal SSC scam' topic to highlight social evils plaguing the society.

Students at Madhya Pradesh’s NIMHR accuse deputy registrar Mohammad Ashfaq of running it like a ‘madarsa’, providing undue benefits to his community

NIMHR students have accused deputy registrar Mohammad Ashfaq of unilaterally running the institute like a 'madarsa' and forcing his Islamic beliefs on the students

‘India is a vibrant democracy, shared values tie us’: US State Department spokesperson rebuffs Pakistani journalist trying to discuss BBC documentary

The Pakistani journalist claimed that the US has compromised on its value by refusing to condemn PM Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Massive protests erupt in Turkey, Yemen, Iraq over Quran burning in Sweden, people burn Swedish flag, call for the boycott of Swedish brands

The protesters meanwhile also burnt the poster of Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, in front of the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul on January 22.

Morbi bridge tragedy: Gujarat court issues arrest warrant for Oreva Group’s Jaysukh Patel

The Supreme Court in November said the Morbi bridge collapse incident was an "enormous tragedy", as it asked the Gujarat High Court, which was already holding hearings in the matter suo motu, to hold periodical hearings.

How to know your favourite influencer is doing paid promotion of a product in their vlog or Instagram post: Govt issues guidelines

Failure to disclose any material connection or non-compliance of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 and Rules made there under would make such violators liable for strict action under the law," it further cautioned.

Pakistan: Married Hindu woman abducted and raped for three days for refusing to convert to Islam

Married Hindu woman from Sindh, Pakistan was abducted and raped for three days as she refused to convert to Islam.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of Dera Sacha Sauda cuts cake with a sword while out on parole, watch viral video

The Sirsa-Dera chief who is serving a 20-year jail term for rape and murder, is out on a 40 day parole. He walked from the Sunaria Jail in Haryana's Rohtak district on Saturday and arrived at his Barnawa Ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat.

Fact-Check: Did Pakistan go so dark due to grid failure that it vanished from the world map?

Power failure in Pakistan made a journalist share photoshopped image of the darkness-engulfed country on Twitter

Muslim students groups organise screening of BBC documentary on PM Modi on Hyderabad Central University campus

Student Islamic Organisation (SIO) & Muslim Student Federation known as the Fraternity group has organised a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the Hyderabad Central University.

‘Gandhi vs Godse’ maker Rajkumar Santoshi seeks police protection from violent protestors, fans of Gandhi had earlier disrupted his press conference

Rajkumar Santoshi further added that he has received numerous threats from unknown people asking him to stop the promotion and even the release of the film.

‘Digvijaya Singh is not aware of the facts and is misinformed’: Former IAF officer dismisses Congress leader’s ‘surgical strikes proof’ remark

Congress' Digvijaya Singh kicked up a storm after raising questions on the retaliatory surgical strikes after Pulwama attack.

1984 anti-Sikh pogrom: How Congress shielded and rewarded its leaders accused of leading violent mobs to target Sikhs

Several Congress leaders accused of leading violent mobs during the anti-Sikh pogrom in 1984 saw their political fortunes grow in its aftermath.

Congress-friendly journalist claims Bharat Jodo Yatra is aimed at regime change in India with the help of foreign powers

"Much before September 2022, there had been a growing concern among foreign powers about the possible reincarnation of Nazism in India," Anil Tyagi claimed.

Tunisha Sharma death case: Sheezan Khan, accused of abetment to suicide, files bail plea in Bombay High Court

The court observed, "Sheezan and Tunisha broke their relationship on December 15 after which she died of a panic attack. It has also been revealed that Sheezan was the last person to meet Tunisha before she died."