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Russian President Putin’s critic and his friend die under mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Odisha, what we know so far

Both were staying in same hotel in Rayagada and died within 24 hours of each other under mysterious circumstances.

Bihar: Samastipur residents accuse Christian group from Telangana of forcing religious conversion, police probe underway

The video of the incident went viral over the internet in which the local residents of Vaini village can be seen exposing the couple who were asking Hindus to convert their religion.

BSF jawan beaten up to death for protesting against youth who uploaded his daughter’s video online

The BSF personnel was identified as Melaji Vaghela (45). He died on the spot after he was allegedly attacked with sticks and sharp weapons reportedly by the youth's family on December 24.

Videos of couple and students offering namaz at MS University in Vadodara go viral

The Hindu organisations recited Hanuman Chalisa at the premises in retaliation. On the other hand, some Hindu activists also went to the Vice Chancellor’s office and raised slogans demanding a probe into the matter.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky calls PM Narendra Modi, seeks help in implementing ‘peace formula’ with Russia

In a telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday exchanged views about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. 

Threefold increase in drone sightings along the border with Pakistan, with 311 incidents reported in 2022

Drone sightings along the border with Pakistan has tripled in the last year, with observations in 2022 swelling to 311.

Salman Khurshid declares Rahul Gandhi a superhuman for wearing t-shirt in winters, also likens him with Lord Ram

It is yet to be seen how many Indians vote for Rahul Gandhi for wearing a t-shirt, but reactions from Congress members suggest that they think they have stumbled upon a winning formula with this t-shirt.

Pakistani fishing boat carrying arms, ammunition, narcotics, and 10 crew members caught in Indian waters

The Indian Coast Guard intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat carrying 10 men, narcotics, and arms off the Gujarat coast.

Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in Assam from a tea garden in Dibrugarh

Earlier in Biswanath, as many as two people were apprehended as the Assam Police seized a large quantity of Ganja in the Biswanath district

Tehreek-e-Taliban attacked defense establishments in Pakistan 148 times during the past year

The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan has given these terror attacks by TTP a boost. But the Pakistan government seems reluctant to take action against them,

Ghar Wapsi in Bulandshahr: Over 100 revert to Hinduism in UP

Over 100 from 20 Valmiki families returned to Hinduism in an elaborate 'Ghar Wapsi' programmed organised in Khurja.

Did Sadhvi call for the genocide of Muslims? Liberal hypocrisy, fake news, and how they see Hindus defending themselves as aggression in itself

On Sunday, Sadhvi Pragya, the BJP MP from Bhopal spoke at the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s South Region annual convention, talking about the rights of Hindus to defend themselves

ICICI loan fraud case: CBI arrests Videocon’s chairman Venugopal Dhoot over financial irregularities

Chanda Kochhar allegedly misused her position in the ICICI Bank and granted loans to Videocon group promoter Venugopal Dhoot in 2009 and 2011

Agle janam mohe ‘liberal’ hi kijo…

I want to be a 'liberal' so I can get away with fabricating documents, conjuring up imaginary 'dangerous' apps with industrial grade spying abilities straight out of science fiction novels, trigger riots, murders over 'blasphemy' and whine on international platform that government is baying for my blood.

Karnataka: Wearing masks made compulsory in restaurants, pubs, theatre halls, schools, colleges

Health Minister of Karnataka K. Sudhakar said to ANI, "There's no need to panic. But we have to take precautions from now on." 

Asaduddin Owaisi upset as court orders official survey of the disputed Shahi Idgah complex at Shri Krishna Janmasthan in Mathura

Owaisi had expressed displeasure and also seemed to have instigated his supporters when the court-ordered videography of disputed structure at Gyanvapi complex was carried out earlier this year.

MK Stalin says Rahul Gandhi’s speeches are “creating tremors”, a day after Gandhi scion said ‘dogs, cows, buffaloes, and pigs attended BJY’

MK Stalin also compared Rahul Gandhi to India’s first PM, claiming that he sometimes spoke like Nehru.

Aligarh Muslim University: Fight breaks out between groups of Kashmiri students and Ghazipur students

Two teams each from Proctor's office and Police Administration immediately reached the spot and pacified the agitating students after assuring them of a meeting with the District Magistrate to solve their grievances.

‘Sushant Singh Rajput did not commit suicide, he was murdered’: Cooper Hospital employee who attended actor’s post-mortem

Rupkumar Shah, a man who was present in post-mortem of Sushant Singh Rajput, said the actor was murdered.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hospitalised, undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi

Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman has been admitted to a private ward in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

College student commits suicide at official bungalow of Congress MLA in Bhopal, MP

The student named Tirath Singh was studying at Congress MLA Omkar Singh Markam's bungalow for the last four years. The incident took place in the Shyamala Hills area. 

Shraddha murder case forced breakup with Tunisha, ex-boyfriend Sheezan Khan tells police

Tunisha and Sheezan broke up a fortnight before she was found dead inside a toilet in a TV shoot set on December 24. 

After Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi invents IB reports to hype up ‘popularity’

Congress leader targeted PM Modi and HM Shah claiming IB is interrogating BJY's attendees

Man walking only in underwear in Delhi cold demands to be made challenger to Modi

Although critics are saying that Rahul Jha stole the idea from Rahul Gandhi, who has been winning praises for wearing just a t-shirt while everyone else in north India shivers in cold, Jha claims that his idea is novel

Fact-check: Did former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal get arrested for child porn? Here is the truth

Many social media users shared a report from 'Vancouver Times' to claim that Parag Agarwal, former Twitter CEO, was arrested for child porn.

Church priest arrested over forced religious conversion in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

In October this year, Uttar Pradesh Police lodged an FIR against nine people for alleged forced conversions to Christianity in Meerut. 

Veer Baal Diwas – A tribute to the 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh’s four sons who were executed by the Mughals

The four Sahibzade Khalsa warrior princes were the sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji.

Kerala: Six-member family from Kasaragod on radar of security agencies after they illegally enter war-torn Yemen, suspected of joining ISIS

Both the man and his wife are MBA graduates from Bengaluru. The couple took their four children to Yemen. The four children are aged three, five, six, and nine years old.

Madhya Pradesh: Youth arrested after he brutally kicked a girl till she fainted and the video went viral, administration bulldozes his house

Youth Pankaj Tripathi arrested after video of him beating a girl till he fainted went viral [on social media

Pakistan: US embassy issues a warning to staff and restricts them from visiting Marriott Hotel in Islamabad due to a possible attack

The security alert issued by the embassy said that they are aware of a plot to attack Americans at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad during the ongoing holiday season.

Three major international organisations stop working in Afghanistan after the Taliban government banned women from working in NGOs

Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and CARE stopped working in Afghanistan after Taliban banned women working for NGOs

TV actress Kamya Punjabi posts a tweet shaming those who commit suicide, gets called out by netizens for her insensitive judgment

Kamya Punjabi shared this tweet a day after TV actress Tunisha Sharma allegedly committed suicide in Vasai on the sets of her TV show

Maoist Centre leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal

In the new coalition, the CPN-UML has 78, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 14, Janata Samajbadi Party 12, Janamat Party 6, Nagarik Unmukti Party has four MPs and three independent lawmakers are in support of Prachanda.

Defence ministry clears procurement of Pralay tactical ballistic missiles, to be deployed along China border

Defence Ministry has cleared the procurement of around 120 Pralay ballistic missiles for the Indian armed forces

Chhattisgarh: Tribal girl stabbed 51 times with a screwdriver, reports claim Shahbaz murdered her for ignoring his phone calls

As per media reports, the reported incident took place in the Pump House colony of South Eastern Coalfields Limited.

Does Muslims eating food with Christians on Christmas lead to committing ‘kufr’? Here is what Darul Uloom Deoband says

Does eating feast with Christians on Christmas nullifies Nikah? Darul Uloom Deoband answered.

British Royal Family remains ‘united’ even after Harry and Meghan Netflix docuseries release

Arthur Edwards, a longtime royal photographer, recently told Page Six that Harry may say whatever he wants, but that "it won't change anything" for the family.

UN expresses concern over ban on women working in NGOs in Afghanistan, seeks clarification from Taliban

The UN will seek to meet with the Taliban leadership to obtain clarity on ban on women working in NGOs in Afghanistan

‘Merry Christmas’ is Haram and even good Christians have to go to Hell: Here are some of the claims of Zakir Naik

“Is saying Merry Christmas wrong? I am telling you it is wrong. It is 100% wrong according to me,” Zakir Naik had said.

Monkey killed and hanged near Chamunda temple in Amroha, FIR registered against unknown persons

Members of the Hindu organisations have given the police a week's time to arrest the accused. They said that if action is not taken within the stipulated time, a fierce agitation will be launched.

Chinese have been intruding into Indian territory in Arunachal to collect expensive fungus known as Himalayan Gold, says report

Several attempts of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory were to collect caterpillar fungus or the Himalayan Gold

Bihar: Mohammed Kalamuddin arrested at Darbhanga airport with live cartridges, several fake ID cards also recovered

Notably, police have recovered multiple identity cards,  ATM cards, 2 mobile phones, and two bags from Kalamuddin.

As Rahul Gandhi says, cows came to his rally and were not hurt, time to recall how Congress workers slaughtered a calf in the...

In 2017, Congress leaders slaughtered a calf in Kerala in middle of the road. In December same leader joined Bharat Jodo Yatra

Uttarakhand: Villagers protest against forced religious conversion attempt at a Christmas program, FIR registered

The villagers and Hindu organization activists have demanded a probe into the alleged forced religious conversion angle

‘You will regret it if you don’t withdraw’: Chhello Show director Pan Nalin says he was threatened after making it to the Oscars as...

Thus filmmaker Pan Nalin revealed that he had to face a lot of hatred after the film's nomination for the Oscars.

Who is Sheezan Khan: The accused in the abetment of suicide case of Tunisha Sharma

Some reports mentioned that the deceased Tunisha Sharma was pregnant at the time of her death. However, it was later confirmed that she wasn't pregnant at the time of her death, and died due to suffocation.

The first look of the biopic ‘Main Atal Hoon’ unveiled, ace Actor Pankaj Tripathi to play the role of former Prime Minister AB Vajpayee

Ace actor Pankaj Tripathi to play role of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in upcoming movie 'Main Atal Hoon'

Ghaziabad teen suicide: Father-son duo Abdul and Irfan arrested for uploading the intimate video of the girl and abetting her suicide

As per a press note issued by the Ghaziabad Police, the co-accused Abdul Rahim, who was absconding after the girl’s suicide, was nabbed near Lal Kuan bridge in Ghaziabad and has been sent to judicial custody.

China’s projects threat to environment, economy, says report

The BRI projects have sparked protests and are strongly opposed by conservationists as many developments specifically on indigenous and local communities throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America have deep impacts on forests and other ecosystems.

Footballer Mohamed Salah gets cancelled by Islamists on social media again for wishing on Christmas

Mohamed Salah was also attacked earlier when he said that he doesn't consume alcohol because he doesn't feel like and many Islamists felt he should be a proud Muslim and say it as it is that alcohol is haram (prohibited) in Islam.