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Punjab: Congress Sarpanch Amandeep Singh, and 3 others arrested for looting 17 lakhs from UCO Bank in Patiala, had looted from SBI too

Amandeep, who is also accused of being involved in bank loot at Fatehgarh Sahib, was nabbed with his accomplishes during the manhunt launched by the police after the ₹17.85 lakh were looted from UCO Bank in Ghanaur.

‘It encouraged pan-Islamic and fissiparous tendencies among Muslims’: Central Info Commissioner on SC’s 1993 order granting financial benefits to Imams

The Commissioner said financial benefits to Imams and Muezzins set a wrong precedent fuelling social disharmony.

Opinion polls predict a landslide victory for BJP in Gujarat assembly elections, AAP predicted to snatch some seats from Congress

Opinion polls predict a landslide victory for BJP in Gujarat assembly elections to be held on December 1 and 5

Assam: Mob of school students attacks pregnant teacher and principal for telling parents about low grades

The incident occurred in the government-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dibrugarh on November 27.

Gujarat is not a one-issue state, different regions vote differently: Read how people in the state have voted in the last 25 years

Gujarat has been a bastion of the BJP for the last 25 years, coming to power in every assembly polls since 1998.

Former UP minister Dharam Singh Saini, who had switched from BJP to SP before 2022 assembly elections, returns to BJP

Dharm Singh Saini is all set to get back to the BJP in presence of CM Yogi Adityanath. He recently lost his traditional Nakur seat to BJP leader Mukesh Chaudhary by 315 votes this year.

AAP flaunting ‘services’ to illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis as an achievement? Viral video hails Kejriwal for ‘good work’

In January 2020 it was reported how Aam Aadmi Party’s Amanatullah Khan and Kejriwal’s Delhi government was systematically settling illegal Rohingya immigrants in Delhi.

England cricket squad hit by virus on the eve of first test in Pakistan, over a dozen members affected

Over a dozen members of England cricket squad, including captain Ben Stokes, is down with bug ahead of first test in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Police truck accompanying Polio vaccination team blown up in Balochistan’s Quetta, several dead

As per reports the police constabulary truck was on Polio duty and was there for the security of a team of Polio vaccinators. A woman and a child are reportedly among the dead too. A police sub-inspector named Ibrahim is also among the deceased persons.

8 players of the England cricket team visiting Pakistan, including captain Ben Stokes, fall ill a day ahead of the first test, advised rest

As many as 14 members of the visiting England team in Pakistan, including 8 players, are unwell and have been advised rest

Tamil Nadu: DMK councillor Sarbraz Nawaz, brother Jainuddin attempt to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 360 crore to Sri Lanka, arrested

The DMK brothers, who have been arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs to Sri Lanka, own and operate a cargo logistics company. Central and state intelligence services investigated them to determine their connections with mafia organizations or worldwide drug trafficking networks, as per reports.

Gujarat: AAP workers create a ruckus, obstruct Surat Municipal Corporation employees after damaging road barriers, booked

The Police after the investigation confirmed that AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's roadshow was to pass through the Katargam area stretch, for which the guard stones were removed by AAP workers.

Fact check: Did PM Modi compare Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury to Ramayana’s Surpanakha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had compared Renuka Chowdhury's loud laughter to an unnamed character from Ramayana.

Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy resign from NDTV promoter firm RRPR after the takeover of the firm by Adani Group

Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy has resigned from the board of RRPR Holding Private Limited, the holding company of the NDTV promoters

Bengaluru: 22-year-old woman raped by ‘Rapido’ driver Shahabuddin and his friend Akhtar

Shahabuddin, the Rapido driver, took the victim to his house, where he raped her along with his friend Akhtar.

Delhi MCD Polls: Kejriwal promises to grant RWAs ‘mini councillors’ status, BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla slams it as ‘old wine in a new bottle’

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promised to grant "mini parshad" status to Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in Delhi.

“Will leave filmmaking if The Kashmir Files is proved to be not based on truth”: Director Vivek Agnihotri gives a befitting reply over IFFI...

Vivek Agnihotri vowed to leave filmmaking if even one scene in The Kashmir Files is proven to be not based on truth.

Meerut: Hijab-wearing teacher gets death threats after she complained of harassment by students, suffers depression after video goes viral

The incident occurred in Meerut’s Ram Manohar Lohia Inter College in the Kithor Police Station area of Meerut, where Aman, Kaif, and Amaltas of Class 12 openly harassed the teacher

ASI reclaims 2300-year-old Ashoka edict that was illegally occupied and converted into ‘mazar’ in Sasaram, Bihar

ASI took to Twitter Tuesday to inform that the Ashoka edict in Sasaram in Bihar has been reclaimed by the agency

Gujarat: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge compares Modi with demon king Raavan in an election rally

Newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge made an offensive remark about PM Modi, equating him to the demon king Raavan.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister arrested after scuffle between her supporters and KCR party workers

YS Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and YSRTP president, was arrested in Telangana's Warangal district.

‘Liberals’ blame BJP IT cell for Israeli Ambassador apologising for their countryman denying the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits

Liberals took to Twitter to blame the BJP IT cell after Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon apologised for Lapid's remarks.

Congress and the leftist ecosystem endorse views of Palestine sympathising Israeli filmmaker who denied genocide of Kashmiri Hindus at IFFI 2022

Many members of the 'elite' leftist ecosystem have endorsed views of the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid who denied the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus at IFFI 2022

UP: Suhail arrested for kidnapping and assaulting a 15-year-old Hindu girl from the Dalit community in Baghpat

Suhail has has been booked under IPC Sections 363, 506, POCSO Act Section 7/8 and Section 3 (20(V)(a) of the SC-ST Act.

Mangaluru: 3 persons named Khalib, Dr Jameela and Aiman booked for forcing a Hindu woman to convert to Islam

The victim, a resident of Mangaluru, was given burqa, her name was changed to Ayisha, and was forced to convert to Islam.

Meet Lotta Volkova – The alleged brains behind the controversial shoot of luxury brand Balenciaga

Twitter user alleged stylist Lotta Volkova was behind the controversial shoot of luxury brand Balenciaga that has seen a huge backlash online.

Advocate Vineet Jindal files complaint against Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling genocide of Hindu community in Kashmir as ‘vulgar propaganda’

Complaint filed against Israeli filmmaker for hurting Hindu sentiments and using derogatory words to deny the genocide of Hindu community in Kashmir.

Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena’s out-on-bail Sanjay Raut opens his mouth again, says more pandits killed after release of Kashmir Files than by Islamists in...

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut supported Nadav Lapid calling the Kashmir Files movie by Vivek Agnihotri a "propaganda" movie

Jharkhand: Clerics ban dance, music, and fireworks in Muslim weddings, call weddings after 11 pm wrong

Fireworks, music and dance at weddings banned by Muslim clerics in Jharkhand's Dhanbad.

Elon Musk prepared to go to ‘war’ with Apple after iPhone maker allegedly threatens to remove Twitter from its App Store

Elon Musk in a now-deleted tweet said he would rather go to war with Apple than pay 30% fee to the iPhone maker.

Sam Brinton, drag queen ‘nuclear scientist’ in the US Dept of Energy caught stealing woman’s luggage from airport, charged with felony theft

Brinton, an MIT grad, used to conduct a workshop called 'Kink 101' on college campuses and worked as an 'anti-conversion therapy activist'. He is also a member of a drag queen society called 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' which mocks catholic nuns with sexually explicit innuendoes.

‘No regret even if hanged, will get hoors in Jannat,’ says Shraddha’s killer Aftab during polygraph test, report says

According to the police officer, Aftab confessed some stunning truths during the polygraph examination. The police seek to establish these findings following the narco test.

Deputy Commissioner exposes lies by AAP and Arvind Kejriwal, says no stone was pelted during the Surat roadshow: Details

Surat police has denied the allegations levelled by Arvind Kejriwal that there were stones pelted during his rally.

NDTV promoter company transfers 99.5% equity to Adani, giving Gautam Adani owned company 29.19% stake in media house

If Adani Group has indirect control over a stake that is more than 25%, it is required by Indian law to make an open offer to buy at least 26% more from current shareholders and give them the opportunity to withdraw.

IFFI Jury Chief and Israeli filmmaker, accused of hating his own motherland, makes speech denying Hindu genocide, calls ‘Kashmir Files’ propaganda

Israeli filmmaker and International Film Festival of India (IFFI) jury chairman Nadav Lapid said called filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ “vulgar” and “propaganda”.

‘I am ashamed’, Israeli Ambassador to India apologises after Jewish filmmaker calls The Kashmir Files ‘vulgar propaganda’, read his open letter

In an open letter Ambassador Gilon shared on Twitter, he said that Lapid should be ashamed of himself.

Journalist Shiv Aroor faces online attack by leftist trolls for featuring bikini pictures of Richa Chadha in India Today show over her Galwan jibe

Shiv Aroor is facing a barrage of abuses on Twitter over his India Today show that featured Richa Chadha's bikini pictures.

Taiwan welcomes Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy that expresses concerns over China’s rise as a disruptive global power: Details

Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy criticised China for trying to exploit the rule-based international order aftery benefitting immensely from it..

MIT Manipal initiates inquiry, suspends lecturer after controversy erupts over his alleged comment against a student

On Monday, the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka's Udupi district issued a statement in response to the controversy sparked by a video that went viral on social media

For us to progress, our National character has to be changed: Here is why it may take 7 generations

What is the biggest hurdle for a nation to progress? I feel it is the national attitude. Let me compare this with an industrial unit or even a disciplined army unit.

Hackers demand Rs 200 crores in cryptocurrency as AIIMS Delhi server remains dysfunctional for 6th day

Delhi AIIMS server remains dysfunctional for the 6th consecutive day as hackers demand a ransom of Rs 200 crores.

Gujarat: Allahu Akbar reverberates in campaign for AAP as ‘Muslim Fighters Club’ says AAP-Muslim ‘ilu-ilu’ in Ahmedabad

2002 rape survivor Bilkis Bano was also present in the meeting where she said that Kejriwal is an educated leader and has done good work in education sector. Hence, Muslims should vote for AAP, she said.

Wannabe Bhindranwale Amritpal Singh says ‘India didn’t exist before 1947’, time to recall how Rahul Gandhi promoted this ‘India is not a nation’ trope

Amritpal, who is currently on a 'Khalsa vaheer' march across Punjab right now to spread his message, is not the first one to say that India didn't exist before 1947.

Mother-son spiked father’s drink, slit his throat before chopping his body into pieces: Chilling details emerge in Delhi’s Pandav Nagar murder case

Delhi police arrested a mother-son duo for killing father, chopping his body in 10 pieces, and storing them in the fridge.

Espionage, electoral interference, and disinformation campaign against Conservatives: Here is how China is undermining Canada’s sovereignty

“The Chinese Communist Party...is using all elements of state power to carry out activities that are a direct threat to our national security and sovereignty," CSIS told Global News.

Central government stops scholarship for madarsa students from Classes 1 to 8 across the country: Details

The central government stopped the grant of scholarship to madarsa students in Classes 1 to 8.

FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Multilingual preachers at mosques, QR codes, and many other methods to propagate Islam among visiting football fans

India had earlier raised concerns over the presence of radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik at the events hosted by the Qatari govts.

Fan assaults goalkeeper with a corner flag as the passion boils over during a football match in Turkey

The second division match in Turkey between Anatolian rivals Göztepe and Altay was called off 25 minutes into the first half after a Göztepe fan attacked the Altay goalkeeper with a corner stick.