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‘I can’t pass urine. I have a prostate problem’: Pakistan’s former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed to the medical team in Zardari remarks case

Pakistan's ex-interior minister Sheikh Rasheed said he couldn't pass urine to medical team sent to collect his urine sample.

Bihar Police book over 200 protesters for demanding action against radical Islamists who stabbed youth Ankit to death

After the murder of youth Ankit in Basdila village of Gopalganj, Bihar police booked both the accused and people who protested against the murder

Mohammed Zubair brazens out dog-whistling Islamists against Nupur Sharma, cites inaction by Times Now and anchor to give himself a clean chit

Alt News' Mohammed Zubair brazened out his dog whistling against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

‘Convert to Islam or will chop you into pieces like Shraddha Walkar’: Ali Khan poses as Aman to trap a minor Hindu girl, rapes...

A case was registered on the basis of the complaint lodged by the victim's mother at the Gadhmukteshwar police station in Hapur on Friday (February 3).

Bihar police and NIA arrest 3 PFI members from Motihari, refute media reports of link with Ram Mandir bomb threat

NIA, in a joint operation with the Bihar police, have arrested three PFI members from Motihari in Bihar

British Sikh man, who was caught with a loaded crossbow attempting to kill Queen Elizabeth II for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, pleads guilty of treason

Jaswant Singh Chail, who had gone to Windsor Castle carrying a crossbow and told a guard that he was there to kill the Queen, pleads guilty of treason charges

Video of a couple harassing a puppy for their entertainment goes viral on social media, Bareilly police take cognisance

A disturbing video of a boy and a girl torturing a puppy has surfaced online, after which Bareilly police took up the matter

Aligarh: Man gives triple talaq to 70-year-old wife, daughter accused of physically assaulting her

In Aligarh, a man gave triple talk to his 70-year-old wife, who also claimed that her daughter has viciously assaulted her.

Not the first time an FPO has been taken back, won’t affect perception of India: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Adani Enterprises decided not to go-ahead with its fully subscribed Follow-on Public Offer (FPO), with the Group chairman Gautam Adani stating on Thursday that it would not be "morally correct" to go ahead with the Rs 20,000-crore share in the current market condition. 

Banned PFI member Sultan Usman Khan posts provocative video, vows to replace Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir with Babri Masjid

Khan posted the video on Facebook and said, "This stone is being taken to Ayodhya for Ram Temple, for RSS' temple which is being built on our Babri Masjid. Take this stone there today but remember Babri Masjid will be built one day at the same place. Babri Masjid Jindabad. Nara-e-Takhbeer Allah-hu-Akhbar."

‘Will return in July 2023’: Olympian Dipa Karmakar breaks silence on doping ban

Dipa Karmakar pointed out that her suspension by the ITA has been decreased by 3 months and back-dated by 2 and half months.

‘I am an adult, I converted and married with my own free will, I love the Hindu faith’: Saba adopts Hinduism and marries Ankur...

A Muslim woman Saba has changed her name to Soni and married her Hindu boyfriend Ankur Deval in the Agastya Muni Ashram in Bareilly, UP

ED questions Rahul Gandhi’s close aide on Saket Gokhale’s claims of receiving Rs 23.5 lakhs from Congress

Over three days earlier this week in Ahmedabad, Sawai was interrogated and also confronted with Gokhale. “We are now confronting him with Gokhale to find out the truth,” an ED officer said.

Uttar Pradesh: Man accused of selling sugarcane juice adulterated with beef granted bail by Allahabad High Court

Fuzail arrested on suspicion of peddling beef-adulterated sugarcane juice has been granted bail by the Allahabad high court. Justice Deepak Verma granted bail to the accused-applicant, after taking into account the specifics of the charges included in the FIR and the rules established by the supreme court.

Pakistan-origin Islamic preacher attends religious events, one such in AMU, while visiting India on a tourist visa, complaint filed

Legal Rights Protection Forum has filed a complaint against Islamic preacher Saqib Iqbal Shami who visited India on a tourist visa but attended Islamic conferences

TMC MP Mahua Moitra lies about SBI’s exposure to Adani Group, deletes tweet on being called out

In a tweet, Mahua Moitra claimed, "SBI says Adani group owes it ₹27000 crores - a whopping 27% of its loan book. Finance Secretary says it is a storm in a cup."

‘Actors must be respected, but so should be the sentiments of the masses’: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on ‘Boycott Bollywood’ campaign

When asked about Boycott Bollywood campaign, Yogi Adityanath said the actors must respect the sentiments of the masses.

After threat by Al Qaeda, Ram Janmabhoomi receives phone call threatening to blow it up, case registered

Bomb blasts have been threatened for the Ram Janmabhoomi compound in Ayodhya, which is currently being constructed. Manoj, who lives Ramkot, Ayodhya, is said to have received this threatening call and reported it to the local police department right afterwards. The police are investigating the matter.

Delhi Court discharges Sharjeel Imam in the case of instigating the 2019 Jamia Nagar riots, to remain in jail in Delhi anti-Hindu riots case

Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam has been discharged in a case related to the 2019 Jamia violence but would still remain in jail

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia after 48-hour deadline to remove ‘blasphemous content’ ends

Earlier, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) degraded access to the online encyclopedia by reducing or disrupting access to it after giving it a 48-hour deadline to remove all 'blasphemous' content.

Assam Police arrests 2044 in illegal child marriage cases, number of complaints and accused rises to 4074 and 8000 respectively

In a sweeping crackdown on child marriage in Assam, the police arrested around 2,044 people for their involvement in child marriage

Kerala: Zahhad, a biological woman, halts transitioning into a man to produce a baby with her partner who is a biological male, transitioning into...

In a first, a trans-couple from Kerala who were undergoing hormonal therapy already to get their genders changed, announced their pregnancy on Friday.

Columbian Medical College endorses using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers, later apologises after outrage

Colombian Medical College tendered an apology after it endorsed a controversial paper which called for using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers.

‘Bharat is secular because it has Hindu majority’: What CM Yogi Adityanath said about Sanatan Dharma, Bharat and our ‘tolerance’

Recently, during an event related to the restoration of Neelkanth Mahadev Temple in Jalore, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the Sanatan Dharma as the ‘national religion’ and said that every citizen of the country should respect it.

‘Allah-Hu-Akhbar’ and ‘Naara-e-Taqbeer’ slogans raised in AMU again, students stage protest, extend support to BBC documentary: Read about their demand

On Friday, Allahu Akbar and Naara-e-Taqbeer slogans were raised in the AMU campus yet again when the students staged a protest

Second spy balloon spotted over Latin America, Defence Sec Antony Blinken postpones his Beijing visit even as China calls it a ‘weather balloon’

A day after a spy balloon was spotted flying over Montana in the United States, another spy balloon has been spotted flying in the skies of Latin America, Pentagon confirmed

Saradha chit fund: ED attaches properties belonging to Nalini Chidambaram, others worth crores, wife of P Chidambaram worked as ‘consultant’ for Saradha

In a press release, EDsaid it has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹3.30 crores and ₹3 crores respectively.

‘Poora Hij*a hai’: Pakistanis leave homophobic comments on pictures of North Nizamabad’s new Assistant Commissioner

Hazim Bangwar, the new Assistant Commissioner in Pakistan's North Nizamabad, became an object of homophobic ire.

Delhi High Court refuses 2006 Mumbai train blast convict’s plea to disclose probe report on the case, says it will compromise national security

Delhi High court dismissed appeal of Ehtesham Quubddin Siddiqui, a death row convict in the 2006 Mumbai Train blast case, seeking probe report

‘Don’t beg, go with an atom bomb in one hand and Quran in other’: Islamist leader tells Pakistan Govt to threaten countries with nuclear...

TLP chief Saad Rizvi asked Pakistan govt to stop 'begging' in front of other countries and instead threaten them with a nuclear bomb and demand money

Kanjhawala hit and run case: Anjali Singh’s viscera report suggests she was heavily drunk at the time of the incident

Kanjhawala hit and run case victimAnjali Singh's viscera report reveals she was 'heavily drunk' at the time of the incident

Saradha scam: ED attaches assets of ‘beneficiaries’, including P Chidambaram’s wife

Saradha Group ran a chit-fund scam with operations spread over the states of West Bengal, Assam and Orissa, till 2013.

Supreme Court allows next ‘Hindu Jan Akrosh’ rally in Mumbai, asks govt to video record the event over allegations of hate speech

Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking a ban on the proposed 'Hindu Jan Akrosh Sabha' in Mumbai on Monday

Pune: Man fakes death to evade arrest over thefts, arrested

A man, who indulged in thefts, published a report of his death to evade arrest. However, he was apprehended in MP.

United Kingdom: Islamist Shakeel Afsar threatens Hindu diaspora with a gun, calls them ‘target practice’

After his Instagram story labelling Hindus as 'target practice' went viral on social media, Shakeel Afsar claimed innocence.

Ramcharitmanas row: SP supporters abuse party’s women leaders who criticised party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya for insulting the scripture

SP workers abuse party leaders Dr. Roli Tiwari Mishra and Dr. Richa Singh as they refused to abuse the Ramcharitmanas

Jaish-e-Mohammad module busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, six terrorists arrested, arms and ammunition seized

The Jammu and Kashmir police Friday busted a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror module in Kashmir's Kulgam district.

It takes courage to think long term by focusing on capex in the last full-fledged budget before general elections

The govt could have spent hugely in populist schemes in budget ahead of the 2024 elections, but they chose long term capex

‘Do not anticipate any difficulties for Adani Group to service its debt, they have a history of timely payment’: SBI Chairman says group’s exposure...

The SBI chairman Dinesh Khara said he doesn't envisage any challenge from Adani Group in meeting its debt obligations.

‘Pfizer vaccine may have impacted menstrual cycle of women’: Fresh video by Project Veritas has a senior employee telling on camera

‘Project Veritas’ had set up an undercover 'date' with Jordon Walker and quizzed him about the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer.

‘I don’t want to end up in a fridge’: Rakhi Sawant Fatima accuses husband Adil Khan Durrani of cheating on her, alludes to Shraddha...

Rakhi here made a reference to the gruesome Shraddha Walkar murder case wherein the 28-year-old victim Shraddha Walkar was killed by her Muslim live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala.

Congress suspends Captain Amarinder Singh’s wife MP Preneet Kaur alleging involvement in anti-party activities

The Congress party suspended MP Preneet Kaur, the wife of Capt Amarinder Singh, alleging involvement in anti-party activities

‘Funds raised were utilised for personal expenses’: Gujarat HC dismisses bail application of TMC leader Saket Gokhale in crowdfunding case

While dismissing the bail plea, the Gujarat HC observed that prima facie it appears that Saket Gokhale had utilised the funds raised for his personal expenses

Punjab: Three people including an AAP leader arrested with pistols and cartridges, case registered

Punjab AAP leader Deepak Goyal and his aide arrested by police after six pistols and several cartridges were found from them

Local Muslims vandalise Ahmadi mosque in front of police officials in Karachi, Pakistan: Video goes viral

In the video of the incident, it can be seen that three masked men are standing atop the Ahmadi structure and smashing the pillars and minarets with hammers

Uttar Pradesh police initiate action against Youth Congress leader over spreading fake news on Twitter: Read what it was

Uttar Pradesh police initiated action against an Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leader named Vaibhav Upadhyay for spreading fake news on Twitter.

Hate against Ramcharitmanas: FIR in Gwalior against SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya and 8 others

Earlier, Hindu Mahasabha also sent a letter 'written in blood' to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding action against SP leader Maurya over his remarks against Ramcharitmanas.

‘Govt should take our responsibility’: Father of slain Ankit laments they are still awaiting financial assistance

Ankit was killed by Mohammad Shahadat and Mohammad Sonu Miyan in Gopalganj, Bihar, over a spat on cricket match.

Chhattisgarh: ED files second chargesheet in coal levy scam case, names CM Baghel’s deputy secretary as key link with prime accused

ED filed a second chargesheet in the Chhattishgarh coal levy scam naming Saumya Chaurasia, former deputy secretary to CM Bhupesh Baghel, as key accused

NSE places Adani firms under Additional Surveillance Mechanism framework: Here is what it means

Adani Group stocks were put under Additional Surveillance Measures (ASM) to curb short selling and stock volatility.