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Assam: Three Swedish preachers arrested for violating visa norms by indulging in conversion activities, to be deported

Three Swedish Christian preachers held in Assam on charges of religious conversion while on tourist visa

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge forms a 47-member steering committee to replace the CWC, Shashi Tharoor not included

Congress steering committee includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Dr. Manmohan Singh and other loyalists of the Gandhi family.

Zimbabwean fan wants cricket team to beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup as revenge for sending fake Mr. Bean to Zimbabwe

Asif Mohammad is a citizen of Pakistan, who is known as 'Mr Pak Bean' as some believe he looks like Mr. Bean, i.e., Rowan Atkinson

Russian Defence Minister Shergei Shoibu expresses concern over possible use of Dirty Bomb by Ukraine in a telephonic conversation with Rajnath Singh

Russian defence minister expresses concern over possible provocations through the use of a ‘dirty bomb’ by Ukraine

Saurav Dutt’s new book ‘Modi and Me’ studies Narendra Modi led India’s fight against anti-India and anti-Hindu forces, an excerpt by the author

Author Saurav Dutt writes an excerpt of his new book 'Modi and Me', on the resurgence of Hindutva to defeat global Hinduphobia

Wikipedia covering up The Wire’s wrongdoings? Meta fiasco wiped off from Wire’s page, Tek Fog allegations removed too

Wikipedia refused to let Meta Vs The Wire saga to appear on its platform, redirected Tek Fog page to The Wire.

Prashant Bhushan spreads another fake news, shares AAP leader’s video claiming that he is BJP MLA

Prashant Bhushan shared a video of former BJP MLA and current AAP leader Yatin Oza accusing BJP of triggering riots to win the elections

Uttar Pradesh: Naushad kills 13-year-old Hindu girl from the neighbourhood after failed rape attempt, shot at police, arrested

Naushad had taken the minor daughter of Ravindra Pandey on the pretext of something, tried to rape her and then slit her wrist

Rana Ayyub shows off Global Muslim award from obscure Nigerian website which says UK’s Guardian is most ‘hijab friendly’ media house

OpIndia digs in to the random website from Nigeria, that talks and promotes Muslims and Islam, which gave Global Muslim of the year award to financial fraud accused Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub.

Jammu and Kashmir: Mosque named Masjid Mustafa and a house damaged after catching fire, 2 firefighters injured

Firefighters, with the assistance of locals, managed to bring the fire under control and prevented it from spreading further. The fire is claimed to have started due to an electric short circuit.

Owaisi wants a hijab-clad woman as PM of India, but does not have a single woman in senior leadership role in his own party

Interestingly, Owaisi’s own party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) does not have a single woman in a top leadership position, with or without Hijab.

‘Our daughter Honeypreet will now be called Ruh Di’, declares Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim while on parole

Gurmeet Ram Rahim singh said that his imprisonment is a "spiritual experience" and that he is writing a book about it.

As Rishi Sunak’s Kalava is discussed online, know when a Doordarshan journalist was asked not to let his Kalava be visible on air

Sunak is a practicing Hindu and is the first Hindu, the first non-white PM of the UK. His first address in front of 10, Downing Street after his appointment drew the attention of many in India and abroad to the Kalava, the ritualistic sacred thread worn by Hindus, on his wrist.

Make India Make: With Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, India can enter the take-off stage of national economic growth

India as a nation-state is looking upwards, there is a positive mood, and the economy is moving Northwards

Double, rather, triple jeopardy of Indian origin, brown skinned, Hindu man Rishi Sunak as UK Prime Minister

That makes him ‘wajib-al-qatl’ as per the Stalinist fringe left-Islamist jihadi fanatics continuum, as well as assorted Lutyens coolies of fascist looter dynasts that passes for liberals in today’s world.

10 Kashmiri Pandit families leave village in Shopian amid targeted terror attacks, shift to Jammu

10 Kashmiri Pandit families leave their residences in Choudharygund village in Shopian district in south Kashmir and shift to Jammu

As Rishi Sunak becomes PM of the UK, his statement on grooming gangs goes viral, had vowed not to let ‘political correctness’ stand in...

Rishi Sunak's old video where he vowed to tackle Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs without letting political correctness come in way went viral.

‘No Proud Hindu will be allowed in Shamsabad’: Mob of 40-45 Islamists attack minor Hindu boy over Facebook post, case registered

A minor Hindu boy named Mohit was attacked by a large group of Islamists for declaring himself as proud Hindu on Facebook

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi wishes to see a Hijab-clad girl as the PM, BJP hits back saying ‘start with a Hijab-clad girl as AIMIM...

Owaisi went on to level serious allegations against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the BJP's true purpose is to eradicate India's diversity and "Muslim identity."

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wants pics of Hindu god and goddess on currency notes, upsets Muslim Twitter users

Arvind Kejriwal claimed that images of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi will bless the nation and help improving India's economy.

Mumbai: Police book minor ‘nawab69_’ for deliberately firing Diwali rockets at neighborhood flats

Minor booked in Ulhasnagar for terrorizing residents of a building by shooting rockets at their apartments

Karnataka: Market Fouzan, Azhar, Faraz arrested for attacking Hindu man, raising hateful slogans in Shivamogga

The victim named Prakash stated that he could not identify the assailants as they had worn masks while attacking. He also said that after the attack, the miscreants raised anti-RSS slogans.

Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan says he had warned assassinated journalist Arshad Sharif about the looming death threat

Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Kenya allegedly by the local police after the journalist failed to stop at a checkpoint. The police were looking for a vehicle stolen in a carjacking incident where a child was abducted.

Gehlot throws shade on Kharge the day he takes oath as Congress party president

Gehlot, while speaking to mediapersons ahead of oath taking ceremony by Kharge, said that only Rahul Gandhi could challenge PM Modi and current government and hence till last minute efforts were made to make him the party president.

CCI slaps fresh fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google exploiting dominance, misusing Play Store policies to drive out competition

According to the findings of the CCI, Google is dominant in the market for licensable OS for smart mobile devices and app stores for Android smart mobile OS in India.

Meet Rowaida Abdelaziz, the HuffPost columnist who relies on lies, half-truths and malicious tropes to demonise Hindus in the US

The HuffPost reporter falsely claimed that the Indian Prime Minister was not just stripping Muslims of their citizenship but also building concentration camps.

Bihar: Dalit youth thrashed, made to spit and lick by a Maulana for having a relationship with a Muslim girl

The Dalit youth was thrashed and made to lick spit because he was in a love affair with a Muslim girl

Fans express concern for Katy Perry after she suffers eye malfunctioning during a stage performance

Pop sensation Katy Perry suffered eye malfunctioning during her concert at Las Vegas Resorts world.

The Wire’s ‘tech expert’ Devesh Kumar, who co-authored Tek Fog and Meta stories, deletes all his social media and internet presence

Devesh Kumar, a 'tech expert' with The Wire, deleted his accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and email accounts.

‘Trust is earned and I will earn yours’: Rishi Sunak in his first address as British PM; says he’s elected to fix mistakes

Rishi Sunak became the UK's first prime minister of colour and the first Hindu prime minister.

UP: 12-year-old girl cries for help after allegedly being raped and dumped, onlookers turn a blind eye as they film her on their phones

A video of an injured girl crying for help even as people around her continued filming her has gone viral on the internet.

‘Can India elect a Muslim PM like UK’s Hindu Rishi Sunak?’ Question puts onus on wrong set of people. Here is the right question

Rishi Sunak, an Indian origin, proud Hindu British lawmaker is set to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Assam Govt seals private ‘Miya Museum’ 2 days after its inauguration, CM Sarma says only Muslim-specific thing there is ‘Lungi’

Assam government shuts down Miya Museum two days after its inauguration, CM says its funding will be investigated.

‘Spices reducing male sex power’: TMC leader forces closure of Biryani serving outlets in Cooch Behar

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Rabindra Nath Ghosh forced the closure of two local Biryani outlets in Cooch Behar.

‘I know all your wives, where you live’: Zomato delivery man Mohammed Nadeem sets Khan Market police station on fire, pelts stones

A video of Zomato delivery agent Mohammad Nadeem issuing threats to bystanders after he set police station on fire has gone viral on social media.

From mocking his Gau Puja to spreading fake news about Rishi Sunak eating beef: How UK’s first Hindu PM was subjected to Hinduphobic attacks

There are attempts to disconnect new Prime Minister Designate of the UK Rishi Sunak from his Hindu roots with lies about his beef eating

Karnataka: Hindu man attacked by bike-borne assailants when he tried to stop them from tearing posters of murdered activist Harsha

Prakash who has suffered head injuries revealed that he could not identify the assailants as they had worn masks while attacking. He also said that after the attack, the miscreants raised anti-RSS slogans.

Coimbatore car blast: Jamesha Mubin was questioned by NIA in 2019 for links with Sri Lanka Easter bombing accused

The blast took place on Sunday outside the famous 'Kottai Eshwaran Temple' in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Pune court withdraws notice asking women lawyers not to fix their hair in open after severe backlash

The notice was issued by the Pune District Court on October 20 in which it asked the women advocates to refrain from fixing their hair in the open courtroom. The notice said that this act of women was disturbing the functioning of the court.

Whatsapp outage: Users across several countries report failure to send and receive messages triggering meme fest on Twitter

Users across several countries have reported disruptions in the services of popular messaging app, Whatsapp.

Muslim goons planned Diwali night attack in Pani Gate as celebrations irked them, VHP Vadodara Mantri says

Reports say that Gujarat Police investigating the case have also said that the lights were switched off before the attack so that the perpetrators could not be identified, thereby indicating that the riots were preplanned.

‘Shirk’, ‘You’d go to hell’: Islamists attack Indian cricketer Zaheer Khan after he shares his picture celebrating Diwali

Zaheer Khan, dressed in traditional and sporting tilak, had shared a picture with his wife wishing Diwali.

Five arrested in Coimbatore blast case where suspected ISIS suicide bomber Jamesha Mubin died inside car that exploded near temple

Notably, Ukkadam is considered to be a sensitive area and has a Muslim-majority population. The blast on Sunday took place outside the famous 'Kottai Eshwaran Temple'.

Dear Sonia fans, Rishi Sunak has become UK PM because he was chosen by Tory MPs for that post, not under some minority quota

The same Sunak was rejected just a couple of months ago. He now has the support of Tory MPs that currently has a majority in the UK parliament because that is how their democracy works. He has not been appointed PM under some minority quota.

Delhi: #DhuaHuaKejriwal trends as netizens share pictures of firecrackers being burst on Diwali defying ban by Arvind Kejriwal govt

It appears like it has been a very happy Diwali for Delhi residents this time, despite the firecracker ban.

‘Environment Canada’ singles out Diwali fireworks for poor air quality, retracts statement later

The contentious observation by Environment Canada and Ontario's Ministry of the Environment had raised fear of backlash among the local Hindus.

PM Modi’s congratulatory message to Rishi Sunak mentions the ‘living bridges’ of Meghalaya, read what they are

Read about living root bridges that PM Modi mentioned in his congratulatory message to new UK PM Rishi Sunak.

Gujarat: Petrol bombs hurled, shops set on fire as communal clashes erupt in Vadodara on Diwali night

Police is currently going through CCTV footage and interviewing eyewitnesses to find reason behind the communal clashes.

Intelligence inputs say the Coimbatore explosion opposite Kottai Eswaran Temple was an act of terror, Mubin possibly a suicide bomber: Details

Coimbatore blast outside Kottai Eswaran Temple, by one Mubin, was a terror attack, intelligence agencies believe

Rishi Sunak is new Prime Minister of UK, first Indian-origin person to hold the chair

Rishi Sunak will be third Prime Minister of UK in seven months.