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‘Turn Muslim, no matter what you do in life, you go to heaven’: Old video of Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad persuading TM Dilshan to...

In the viral video, Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad tried persuading T Dilshan of converting to Islam on a cricket ground.

‘Sympathy-seeking jilted lover being scorned by SC’: Ex-Live Law staffer denigrates Law Min Kiren Rijiju over his criticism of the collegium system

Radhika Roy, a former associate editor at Live Law, had a meltdown on Twitter after Kiren Rijiju criticised the collegium system.

Gujarat AAP leader Indranil Rajguru leaves the party to join Congress, claims a large amount of money comes to AAP office

Indranil Rajguru claimed that Aam Aadmi Party is corrupt and that a lot of money used to come to its office.

ED questions Manish Sisodia’s PA in liquor scam case, the Delhi Dy CM alleges BJP doing it in fear of losing elections

ED questioned Manish Sisodia's PA Devendra Sharma in the liquor scam case, but Sisodia claimed Sharma has been arrested

RSS postpones route march in Tamil Nadu despite go-ahead from Madras HC due to restrictions imposed, to challenge the order

RSS asked for the permission to hold rallies in 50 places in the state. The Madras High Court had allowed the organization to take the route marches and hold the rallies in 44 places.

‘They will soon become a minority in India, won’t stay majority for long’: AAP MLA Rajendra Pal Gautam spreads hate against Hindus on The...

AAP legislator Rajendra Pal Gautam revealed his nefarious agenda of converting India into a Buddhist-majority nation.

Music director-singer DSP booked for hurting religious sentiment of Hindus in his new song O Pari

Music composer Devi Sri Prasad, popularly known as DSP, booked following a complaint alleging that his song O Pari hurts religious sentiments of Hindus

Old strangleholds loosening and new discourse appearing: Is a new Dharmic ecosystem finally taking shape

Elon Musk has just taken over Twitter. What more is 2022 going to do to the beleaguered left? While your guess is good as mine, there is not an iota of doubt that 2022, so far, has truly been a year of pleasant surprises like no other.

Freedom House finally responds to OpIndia’s query on The Wire’s Tek Fog fraud: Here’s how they continue to use their prejudiced index to malign...

Internet freedom in India report by Freedom House had cited The Wire's now withdrawn Tek Fog story to downgrade India's score.

Shiv Sena Takhali leader Sudhir Suri murder: Eyewitness says he caught the attacker, but 15 officers shoved him aside, accuses police of negligence

A day after Hindu leader Sudhir Suri was shot, eyewitnesses to the crime have spoken to the media, accusing the Punjab police of gross negligence.

Elon Musk threatens to publicly disgrace, ‘name and shame’ advertisers who are leaving Twitter due to layoffs: Read details

On Friday, Billionaire Elon Musk threatened to publicly humiliate sponsors and advertisers who are pulling out of Twitter after the social networking site announced major layoffs.

Sukesh Chandrashekhar pens second letter: Rs 50 cr to Arvind Kejriwal for RS seat, Rs 500 cr demand towards AAP and Satyender Jain’s threats

Sukesh Chandrashekhar claimed that Arvind Kejriwal forced him to bring 20 to 30 more people who would each provide Rs 500 crore to the party.

Did Shahid Afridi disrespect former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee? Here is why #ZehrilaAfridi is trending on Twitter

In 1993, Shahid Afridi shook hands with former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and made him feel embarrassed.

Pro-Khalistan group Justice League India claims responsibility for killing Sudhir Suri, Khalistani Gopal Chawla celebrates

The day Sudhir Suri, the president of Shiv Sena (Takshali) was shot dead in Amritsar, Punjab, a pro-Khalistani group Justice League claimed responsibility for the killing

Music label sues Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders for illegal use of KGF Chapter 2 music in Bharat Jodo Yatra promos

MRT Music files copyright infringement lawsuit against Rahul Gandhi, Supriya Srinate, and Jairam Ramesh for illegal use of KGF Chapter 2 Muslic

Coimbatore car blast terrorist Jamesha Mubin had shaved his body before the attack like ISIS suicide bombers: Report

Jamesha Mubin was the 29-year-old engineering graduate who died after an LPG cylinder in a vehicle exploded in the communally sensitive Kottaimedu region

Ansar Sheikh, prime accused in the Jahangirpuri violence against Hindus, who made ‘Jhukega Nahi’ gesture after arrest, granted bail: Read why

Bail granted to Ansar Sheikh, accused in Jahangirpuri violence, by Additional Sessions Judge of Rohini District Court.

Entitled Indian ‘journalist’ wants Rishi Sunak to find her lost wallet in London, gets ridiculed for her missing sense of reality: Here is what...

Sakshi Joshi assumed that the police investigation in London would be expedited on account of her influence in leftist circles in India.

‘Billionaire making efforts to comply with the law’: Attorney who sued Twitter after Elon Musk started laying off employees

Elon Musk cutting 3,700 jobs or nearly half of its working population, has prompted litigation against Twitter Inc

ED arrests Abbas Ansari, son of former BSP MLA ‘Don’ Mukhtar Ansari, was grilled for 9 hours in a money laundering case

Abbas Ansari was grilled for 9 hours at the Prayagraj office of ED before he was arrested by the central agency.

Imran Khan declares himself ‘Mujibur 2.0’, compares ongoing situation in Pakistan to 1971 when Bangladesh was created, Pak Army cries ‘defamation’

Imran Khan blamed Major General Faisal Naseer, Rana Sanaullah and PM Shehbaz Sharif, for the assassination attempt against him.

‘We are ready to deliver oil’: Iranian ambassador to India Dr Iraj Elahi says Iran is ready to ‘increase economic ties with India’

Iran was a major energy provider to India until May 2019, when the country ceased doing so after the US threatened to impose more sanctions.

‘Almost justified arrest’: Indian Express publishes editorial condemning action against Arnab Goswami after 2 years, Republic TV lashes out

Republic TV lashed out at Indian Express after they published an editorial that condemned the arrest of Arnab Goswami

Twitter fires almost all employees in India, major layoffs in the marketing, communications and engineering teams

Twitter has 300 employees in India and almost 250 employees across all the functions were fired on Friday

‘Forcibly entered into the temple-like body of the girl’: UP POCSO Court awards death sentence to ‘vampires’ Haleem and Rizwan for the brutal rape...

The UP POCSO court awarded death sentence to Haleem and Rizwan for raping and grievously injuring a minor girl.

Meet former journalist Isudan Gadhvi, the Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate for Gujarat assembly elections

Isudan Gadhvi belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), which account for 48% of Gujarat's populace.

‘Proceeds of crime used for riots’: Court frames charges against Tahir Hussain in money laundering case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots

A Delhi Court framed charges against Tahir Hussain in a money laundering case related to the 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots.

Tihar Jail DG Sandeep Goel transferred days after conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar alleged paying ₹10 crore to AAP minister for protection in the prison

The 1989 batch IPS officer Sanjay Beniwal has been appointed as the new DG (Prisons) in the Tihar Jail in Delhi.

‘Let football take center stage’: FIFA urges World Cup teams to focus on the game instead of politics and ideologies

“Please, let’s now focus on the football. Do not allow football to be dragged into every ideological or political battle that exists", the letter by FIFA president read.

Amritsar: Shiv Sena Taksali’s Sudhir Suri shot dead outside temple amid protests over broken idols of Hindu Gods found in the garbage dump

Sudhir Suri was protesting against temple authorities after the discovery of broken idols of Hindu Gods outside the temple.

Azamgarh: ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans raised during BSP civic poll body campaign rally, local candidate Pappu Khan and aide detained

Pappu Khan and his aide Khursheed Ahmed were detained after 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans were raised during the BSP rally.

Photojournalists from some media houses not allowed to attend joint press conference of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann

Photojournalists from The Print, The New Indian Express, and The Morning Standard were not allowed in AAP press conference

Twitter user accuses journalist Sucheta Dalal of derailing #MeToo investigation, Sucheta Dalal posts a detailed response

A Twitter user has accused Sucheta Dalal of ratting out on a 'source' investigating potential MeToo cases in Moneylife

Settling the ‘teleprompter’ issue once and for all – whether PM Modi uses one or not is immaterial. Here is why

Off late I have observed people ‘criticizing’ PM Modi for using a teleprompter for his speeches.

Punjab: Farmers hold a govt official hostage who had visited a village in Faridkot to inspect stubble burning, refuse to release

Patwari Sukhdeep Singh Sodhi has been kept hostage by villagers of Jeewan Wala village in Faridkot in Punjab for inspecting stubble burning

Gujarat bridge collapse: CO of Morbi municipality who admitted that the bridge was reopened without a fitness certificate suspended by govt

Chief officer (CO) of Morbi municipality Sandeepsinh Zala has been suspended over the bridge collapse incident.

Judiciary vs Sharia again: Court says Khula is the absolute right of Muslim women and not subject to husband’s will, AIMPLB says husband can...

On Thursday AIMPLB asserted that a Muslim woman does not have the unilateral right to end her marriage through Khula.

‘Stubble burning in Punjab has converted Delhi into gas chamber’: Delhi LG writes to Bhagwant Mann to take urgent steps to control pollution

Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena writes to Bhagwant Mann asking him to take urgent and substantive measures to control stubble burning in Punjab

Haryana records 30% dip in stubble-burning in one year, 55% in last six years: Read what state is doing to fight the menace

Haryana has not only seen a considerable decline in the number of occurrences of stubble burning this year

Over 2 lakh fake labourers registered in Delhi Construction Workers Welfare Board, BJP questions AAP Government

Between 2018 and 2021, the Delhi government registered 9 lakh labourers as workers, with about 2 lakh of them being fake.

SFI goons lock up college principal in Idukki over suspension of two comrades: Here is what we know so far

The SFI goons locked up the principal of Kattappana Government College in Idukki for suspending two of their comrades.

Delhi High Court imposes Rs 25,000 fine on petitioner who sought to make Elon Musk party to a case challenging suspension of Twitter account

Delhi HC calls plea to include Elon Musk in a case against Twitter 'highly misconceived' as Twitter was already represented in the matter

Netizens dig up old tweets by Arvind Kejriwal claiming he had solutions for stubble burning as he starts the blame game over pollution

Arvind Kejriwal has been boasting that he has found solutions to stubble burning, even as Delhi's air quality worsens.

Supreme Court orders transfer of all FIRs against blasphemy-accused former BJP leader Naveen Kumar Jindal to Delhi

Supreme Court also ordered that no precipitative action should be taken or no new FIR should be filed against Jindal for 8 weeks

Kerala: 6-year-old child of migrant labourers from Rajasthan brutally kicked and injured by one Sihshad, for leaning on a car

The little boy happened to lean against the white car of the accused while it stood at the roadside. The man was caught on camera brutally kicking the boy.

‘Can’t say centre can’t refuse renewal of licence on security ground’: SC reserves order on plea challenging ban on Malayalam channel MediaOne

Supreme Court said that the central govt has right ban on a TV channel on security ground in a plea filed by MediaOne channel

The spat between Elon Musk and AOC is the most juvenile thing on the internet today – and we love it: Here is why

One of the flag bearers of delusional Left ideas, Democrat and House representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Elon Musk had a rather public spat on Twitter

Honor killing in UP: 19-year-old girl murdered by brothers Tohid and Danish over love affair, audio clip of victim seeking help before dying goes...

The 19-year-old girl from Ghaziabad was smothered with a pillow by her brothers Tohid and Danish for having an affair with a youth whom the latter did not approve of.

Twitter web crashes globally, several users unable to access feed and log in

93% of Twitter visitors had issues with the web, but just 6% experienced issues with the app.

Pakistan in chaos: Protests break out in Peshawar and other cities over the alleged assassination attempt on Imran Khan at Wazirabad

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Corps Commander's House in Peshawar and raised their voices against the incident.