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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."

Antilia Bomb Scare: Bombay High Court rejects bail plea of ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma

NIA in its affidavit to the Bombay High Court in May 2022, termed Pradeep Sharma the "main conspirator" in the Mansukh Hiren murder case.

UK: Pakistani national Abdul Wahab sentenced to life imprisonment after he admits torturing and killing his 5-year-old stepdaughter

The Pakistani national Abdul Wahab had brutally assaulted his 5-year-old stepdaughter on multiple occasions leading to her death.

Pakistani woman Iqra romances UP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav through online Ludo game, comes to India via Nepal, gets arrested in Bengaluru

The 19-year-old Pakistani girl was arrested in Bengaluru for forging documents and illegally staying in the country.

China: Over 12,000 Covid patients have died in one week, 80% of the population has been affected, says govt

Wu Zunyou has claimed that the present "wave of the epidemic has already infected about 80 per cent of the people" in the country of 1.4 billion population.

Jairam Ramesh stops Digvijay Singh from saying more senseless things on Pulwama attack, pushes away journalist

Jairam Ramesh stopped Digvijaya Singh as he was about to speak on his remarks on Pulwama attack.

Twitter takes no action against Turkish author Ramazan İzol despite his open call for murder over alleged ‘blasphemy’

"If I catch this rascal who burned the Quran, I will burn him alive", the Turkish writer wrote in a tweet

Supreme court directs ‘absconding’ Maulvi Mahmood, accused of deceptively converting 37 Hindu families, to appear before Investigating Officer

The Court pointed out that the merits of the case will only be considered after Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood complies with its order.

Read how Indian Army worked on war footing to rescue 172 workers stranded in a tunnel after an avalanche hit Sonamarg

Indian Army rescued 172 workers of Megha Engineering and Industry Limited at Zojila Tunnel construction site. They were stuck due to severe avalanche

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh casts aspersions on Indian Army’s surgical strikes across LoC, says there is no proof of it

Congress’ Digvijaya Singh on Monday raised aspersions on Indian armed forces’ surgical strikes across the LoC.

Agar films nahi hongi to entertainment kaise hoga: Kareena Kapoor Khan explains why ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend won’t work

Kareena Kapoor Khan stated that she does not agree with the emerging trend of calling for a boycott of movies and cancel culture because it would take away 'joy and happiness' from one's life

Watch: Topless female ‘activists’ wearing shorts soaked in red ink at the crotch disrupt the annual anti-abortion demonstrations in Paris

A group of 5 bare-chested women and wearing shorts soaked in red at the crotch disrupted the anti-abortion rally in Paris.

Play Agar as the second spinner alongside Lyon: Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann’s advice to win in India

Next month marks the beginning of a four-match Test series in India, and spin is anticipated to play a significant role in determining which team will prevail and take home the prized Border-Gavaskar trophy and significant ICC World Test Championship points.

PM Modi will have same fate Hitler, Mussolini, says Siddaramaiah, ex-Karnataka CM and Congress leader

On Sunday, January 22, Congress senior leader Siddaramaiah, taking a cue from his colleagues, compared PM Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler

Parakram Diwas 2023: PM Modi names unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra recipients, including Major Vikram Batra

PM Modi also unveiled a model of the National Memorial dedicated to built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep.

France: Engineer loses one of his testicles after being hit by a cop during protests

After finding him in a vulnerable position, one cop in riot gear charged at Ivan and planted a blow on his groin.

SC to hear financial fraud accused Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub’s plea against summons in money laundering case on Jan 25

Ghaziabad court has issued a summons against Ayyub for January 27 in money laundering case.

Pakistan struggles as power crisis hits, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore face massive power outages after grid failure amid cost-cutting

Earlier this month, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif ordered all the federal departments to reduce power consumption. Restaurants in the country were ordered to close by 10:30 PM and shopping centres were asked to close by 8:30 PM

Sweden: Copy of Quran burnt during anti-Turkey protests, Islamic nations outrage

The Quran burning incident in Sweden has sparked controversy.

Australia: ISKCON temple desecrated with slogans of ‘Khalistan Zindabad’, third attack in two weeks

The temple walls were defaced with anti-India slogans of 'Khalistan Zindabad' and 'Hindustan Murdabad.'

Himanta Biswa Sarma pulls up Indian Express for taking a dig over Shah Rukh Khan’s 2 AM call

Sarma was responding to an article by Indian Express titled, "Politics | ‘Who is SRK to Shri SRK in only 24 hrs’: Opposition takes digs at Himanta Biswa Sarma".

Hosts India blow a 3-1 lead as they crash out of the Hockey World Cup after losing a thriller against New Zealand

New Zealand will lock horns with defending champions Belgium on January 24 for a berth in the semifinals for the Hockey World Cup while India will face Japan on January 26 for the 9th-16th position in the tournament.

China records startling 13,000 covid deaths in a week between January 13 to January 19

As of January 12, China reported that approximately 60,000 individuals had died from Covid during the past month.

Kiren Rijiju shares video of retired HC judge saying Supreme Court “hijacked” constitution by appointing judges itself, calls them “sane views”

On Sunday, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the majority of people have the same "sane views" as a retired High Court judge who stated that the Supreme Court has "hijacked" the Constitution by choosing to nominate judges on its own.

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri asks Oil Marketing Companies to cut retail prices of petrol and diesel

Puri was talking to the media during a function to flag wave a CNG-driven boat race on the river Ganga here. This function was organized as a run-up to India Energy week which will take place next month in Bengaluru.

Uttarakhand: Private Muslim fund operator Abdul Razzaq disappears with crores of rupees deposited by thousands of Muslims

According to the police, the accused was running an interest-free transaction office in Jwalapur in the name of the Muslim Imdadi Fund for the last 10 years.

Drone with 5 kg heroin shot down along India-Pakistan border in Punjab, 2 arrested

According to Punjab Police, at around 4 am, a joint patrolling party of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Amritsar Police heard the humming sound of a drone and shot it down at the Lopoke area in Kakkar village, and seized 5 kg of heroin.

Mass shooting during a Lunar New Year celebration in Los Angeles leaves 10 dead, shooter still on the loose

Ten individuals were killed in a mass shooting that happened late Saturday in an area east of Los Angeles following a significant Lunar New Year event that attracted thousands of attendees.

3,000-page chargesheet prepared against Aftab Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, includes 100 testimonies

Delhi Police would most likely submit the chargesheet against Aftab in the Shraddha Walkar murder case by the end of January.

Gems of BBC: Twitter user collates headlines of BBC news which range from ‘Sanatani way of peeing’ to ‘why men wear dirty underwear’

The national broadcaster of United Kingdom, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which is being peddled as gold standard of journalism by Modi haters has indeed done some 'groundbreaking investigative' journalism like finding out why men wear dirty underwear.

Woman manhandled, pushed out from Rajasthan minister Mamta Bhupesh’s residence, video viral

It is notable that Mamta Bhupesh who is also an MLA from Sikrai in Dausa is said to be close to CM Ashok Gehlot. 

Four girl students assault classmate over drug use in Lahore, Pakistan, watch viral video

The four girls who are assaulting the other girl can be seen laughing and kicking her while the act was bing recorded.

Protest march against forced religious conversion, cow slaughter carried out in Pune, Maharashtra

Earlier Hindu organisations staged a 'Jan Aanch' march in Maharashtra's Kolhapur against 'love jihad', alleged illegal conversions and cow slaughter.

Gujarat: Brawl over ‘Free Fire’ video game behind the killing of teen in Surat

14-year-old Irfan, who was addicted to Free Fire, was playing the game with his friend Dilshad, when the two entered into an argument over winning and losing.

Mann govt transfers Health Secretary Ajoy Kumar after he objects to spending Rs 30 crore on advertising Mohalla clinics outside Punjab

Punjab Health Secretary Ajoy Sharma was allegedly removed after he refused to allow 30 crore expenditure on Mohalla clinics ads

Sasural Simar Ka’s Dipika Kakar Ibrahim and husband Shoaib announce pregnancy, expecting first child soon

Sasural Simar ka star Dipika Kakar Ibrahim and her co-star and now husband Shoaib announced that the couple is expecting their first child soon.

‘Some are not over colonial intoxication, consider BBC above SC,’ Kiren Rijiju on documentary on PM Modi

The Union Minister alleged that they "lower" the country's dignity and image to any extent to "please their moral masters". Taking to Twitter, Rijiju said that minorities in the country are moving ahead positively. 

Vinod Tomar, Wrestling Federation’s Additional Secretary, suspended by Sports Ministry following the wrestlers’ protest

The assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Vinod Tomar, was suspended on Saturday by Anurag Thakur's Sports Ministry in response to the protest organised by India's decorated wrestlers against the WFI.

‘Want to reduce madarsas in Assam’, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

This comes after Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, the Director General of Police (DGP) for Assam, confirmed that discussions about reforming madarsas in the state were in progress.

JD Majethia, Himanshu of the popular serial “Khichdi”, narrates how the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi encouraged him

JD Majethia, while speaking about the show, recalled how PM Modi always encouraged him and also spoke about how PM Modi wins everyone’s heart with his warmth.

Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre analogy on pilots and planes leaves netizens amused, here is how it was an assault on our sensibilities

Rahul Gandhi said, "Be ahead of the plane. So the pilots have to be significantly ahead of the aircraft. That's the first thing.

“Achha hisaab liya jayega”: Former CM Kamal Nath issues threat to Police officials in Madhya Pradesh

Taking a jibe at Congress after the remark by Kamal Nath, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that the party has always believed in an emergency mindset, in intimidation, revenge, and vendetta politics.

‘Excited as eloping teenagers’: Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin gets married on his 93rd birthday

Dr. Anca Faur who has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering is the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin's company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC since 2019.

BJP urges Delhi LG to suspend DCW chief Swati Maliwal for fair probe into molestation case

It is alleged that the man who allegedly molested Swati Maliwal is a close aide of AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal.

Shah Rukh Khan calls Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at 2 AM after protests take place over Pathaan screening

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma assured Shah Rukh Khan that it is duty of the state to maintain law and order and no untoward incident will take place over Pathaan screening.