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PFI ban: The group’s sinister plan to instigate a civil war in India over NRC and CAA

PFI wanted to create Civil War-like situation in India, according to diary recovered from the group

Kenya bans films with LGBTQ+ content citing Christianity and the constitution, says discussions are on with Netflix to stream as per law

Christopher Wambua, the acting CEO of the KFCB said the Kenyan law does not allow LGBTQ+ content and same-sex relationships. 

Muslim influencers, activists cry ‘Muslims under threat’ after radical org PFI, which teaches bomb-making to cadres, is banned

Days after nationwide crackdown on Islamist outfit PFI, on Wednesday the government of India banned the outfit for five years citing national security.

Hindu American Foundation sends legal notice to Islamist outfit IAMC for making false allegations. Here is what happened

"Cease and desist from publishing further false and defamatory statements about HAF relating to the subject matter of the Press Release," it cautioned.

From a course on bomb-making, Ghazwa-e-Hind to Mission 2047 document: Here is what was recovered in PFI raids

PFI's ban came after nationwide raids on locations linked to the organisation, where incriminating materials were recovered.

Govt of India bans Islamist org PFI and its affiliates for five years with immediate effect: Full details of the reasons cited by MHA

Government of India banned Islamist organisation PFI under UAPA for five years - here is what their notification said about the ban

‘Not Interested’: BCCI rejects ECB’s informal proposal to host India vs Pakistan series in England

ECB had earlier today informally proposed to host India vs Pakistan test series in England.

PFI was planning a ‘Shaheen bagh’ style protest, wanted a repeat of the Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Report

NIA and other agencies recently carried out second rounds of arrests and raids against PFI leaders.

CBI arrests Vijay Nair, a close aide of Manish Sisodia and AAP’s ‘ad-hoc worker’, in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday arrested Vijay Nair, one of the accused in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-2022 case

Are Muslims allowed to eat Prasad from Hindu temple and can they eat food cooked by Hindus? Here is what Darul Uloom Deoband says

Darul Uloom Deoband has a long history of issuing controversial Fatwas. It is the origin of Sunni Deobandi movement.

No, Hindu Swastika and Nazi Hakenkreuz are not the same: Here is why the Hinduphobia needs to stop

Many International media houses described the Nazi Hakenkreuz symbol on the sleeve of Russian gunman as ‘Swastika’.

Kerala: KSRTC seeks compensation of Rs 5.06 crores from PFI for damaging buses, says 71 damaged buses won’t resume services soon

The KSRTC buses have become non-operational from September 23 and that the losses incurred from non-operation of these services will be accounted as loss from the hartal. The buses will resume their services only after repair works.

From the US to UP, Hindus are awakening: Of hope and caution because the task for our generation is cut out

Yogi Adityanath embodied not just the spiritual prowess of Hindu Dharma but also gave hope to the depressed Hindu Samaj

U’khand: Man poses as Kabir Bhati to befriend a minor girl, sexually assaults and threatens to convert her to Islam, booked

The accused coerced the girl to convert to Islam and threatened to kill her if she refused to do so.

Fact-Check: Did a Times Now survey show Rahul Gandhi ahead of PM Narendra Modi in popularity?

Congress functionaries and supporters shared a fake, doctored screenshot of a survey done in 2017 by Times Now.

British Hindu body issues safety advisory for upcoming festival season amid Islamist violence

A public enquiry will also be held on October 2 to to discuss the learnings and how the community can come together support each other should such a situation arise again.

‘US govt gave coffee, biscuits and water to Pakistani delegates, but hosted dinner for Indian MEA Dr Jaishankar’: Journalist laments

Pakistani journalist shared that while Pakistani delegates accompanying Bilawal Bhutto got only coffee and biscuits, Indian EAM Dr Jaishankar got a grand welcome by the US government.

Sadanand Dhume and liberal propaganda: Why he is wrong about Indian democracy being in danger and how he refused to answer pertinent questions

Serial commentator Sadanand Dhume, tweeted a thread yesterday, yet again reminding us that democracy is in danger in India.

Russian Orthodox Church head says Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine will be cleansed of sin

Patriarch Kirill had earlier blessed the war efforts and claimed that Russians were doing a heroic deed by killing Ukrainians.

Chandigarh University video leak: Accused army personnel says he assumed Rankaj’s identity to talk to the university student

Accused Sanjeev Singh in Chandigarh University video leak case told the court he assumed identity of Rankaj to befriend the hostel girl.

Tumhari g**nd se – Heated discussion on TV channel gives a new gem for memes. NSFW, smh

On Tuesday, September 27, a video clip from a TV debate went viral on Twitter, showing a Muslim scholar exchanging unpleasantries with another panellist

Iran anti-hijab protests: Another woman Mahsa Mogoi shot dead by the Islamic regime

The ongoing protests in Iran began after a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died on September 16 in Tehran.

Hyderabad: 2 burqa-clad women held for vandalising Goddess Durga idol in Navratri Pandal

As per Hyderabad Police, the ladies barged into a pandal in the Khairatabad locality and smashed a part of Durga statue.

Amidst rumours of a coup, Chinese President Xi Jinping set to be re-elected head of Communist Party of China

The Congress, where Xi is anticipated to be re-elected for a record-breaking third term, is taking place in the midst of a large purge of top security officers who are said to be part of an ideological circle antagonistic to the Chinese President.

Mumbai: Mohammad Iqbal Sheikh kills his Hindu wife for refusing to wear burqa, arrested

Mohammad Iqbal Sheikh murdered his Hindu wife after she refused to wear burqa and follow Islamic rituals.

Delhi HC restrains AAP leaders from making defamatory allegations against Lieutenant Governor

Delhi HC passed an ad interim injunction order in favour of Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena and against AAP for defamatory allegations of corruption.

The ‘diaspora problem’ in the Leicester issue: The conduct of certain community leaders and the lessons Hindus need to learn

The perversion that played out in Leicester against the Hindu community has left one with a lot to ponder about

Watch: NASA executes Armageddon-style experiment, crashes DART spacecraft on asteroid Dimorphos

NASA's DART spacecraft hit asteroid as an experiment to determine defense system capabilities against life-threatening asteroid in the future.

Psychiatrist instigates netizens to share pictures of meat to offend Jains over PIL seeking a ban on ads on non-veg food

Soumitra Pathare was miffed with Jain Trusts for moving Bombay HC seeking a ban on ads for non-vegetarian food.

‘Ambani’s house is a waqf property, our government would have demolished it’: Arvind Kejriwal in a viral video

In a viral video, taken from an event in 2019, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the residence Mukesh Ambani has been built on a Waqf property.

Ankita Bhandari murder case: Former staffers reveal resort owned by now arrested Pulkit Arya was ‘den of prostitution, drug abuse’

The staff members claimed that Pulkit Arya had a habit of mentally harassing the resort employees and that he would frame anyone in false cases of theft and assault if they defied him.

NIA Raids on PFI: Second round of raids underway in eight states, 45 PFI members detained in Karnataka, 25 in Assam

NIA conducting second round of raids against Islamist organisation PFI in eight states.

Chinese app TikTok may be fined to the tune of $29 million for not protecting the privacy of children. Here is what we know...

The provisional findings against TikTok came a year after Britain introduced the Children's Code, a data protection code of practice for online services accessed by children.

US whistleblower Edward Snowden gets Russian citizenship, Putin signs decree

The US authorities have been trying to bring Snowden back to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges. If proven guilty in the US court, Snowden may face prison for up to 30 years.

YouTube finally complies and blocks Dhruv Rathi video in India, but questions still remain as to who tipped him off after govt order

YouTube had failed to comply with govt order as far as one video in that list was concerned, that of Dhruv Rathi

Exclusive: YouTube ‘insider’ helping Dhruv Rathi? Govt officials left puzzled as Rathi’s video not blocked by YouTube

On Monday (26 September 2022), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) decided to block 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels including that of Dhruv Rathi

Government of India blocks 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation: Details

The GoI said the concerned YouTube videos were involved in spreading misinformation about Agnipath scheme, national security etc.

Hadis Najafi: The young Iranian woman gunned down for protesting against the hijab mandate

Hadis Najafi, netizens claimed, is the same girl, who was seen tying her hair in a bun in a viral video.

Kashmir: After Mehbooba Mufti’s misleading claims, Islamic bodies seek ban on ‘surya namaskar’ and ‘Hindu bhajans’ in schools

Mehbooba Mufti had earlier peddled misinformation that schools in Kashmir imposed surya namaskar and singing Hindu bhajans.

Land Jihad in Bihar: 2300-year-old Ashoka edict converted into Mazar in Sasaram, annual urs organised

More than 2300-year-old Ashoka edict has been converted into a Mazar in the Sasaram district of Bihar.

Congress claims BJP leaders are spreading misinformation to disrupt Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, files police complaint against Priti Gandhi

Congress filed complaint against Priti Gandhi, claimed she had shared false information to disrupt Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Uttar Pradesh: Family of a minor Hindu boy says Muslim classmates brainwashed their child to convert to Islam, was trying to flee to Ajmer...

On September 22, Thursday, the child reportedly ran away from his home due to rising pressure from family members to stop following Islam

Balochistan: Pakistani army helicopter sent to rescue kidnapped military personnel blown up by Baloch rebels, 6 killed

It has now come to light that the helicopter was deployed in Balochistan to rescue an abducted army official.

RSS headquarters in Nagpur and several top BJP leaders on PFI radar, suicide killers deputed: Reports

The PFI had planned to monitor RSS leaders during the annual Dussehra event organised by the Hindu outfit.

‘Rapid demography change happening, Islamists getting help from Pakistan’: MP from Kapilvastu discusses growing security concerns at the India-Nepal border

Demographic changes in Nepal have caused serious issues in the country. Nepali MP Abhishek Pratap Shah explained many issues in a detail discussion with the OpIndia team.

Russia school shooting: At least 6 killed, including children, and 20 injured as gunman fires in school before killing himself

A gunman opened indiscriminate firing inside a school in central Russia, killing 6 and injuring 20 before killing himself.

Asaduddin Owaisi jumps into Gujarat area to eat a slice of Muslim votebank as he announces first three candidates

Political observers believe that AIMIM along with Aam Aadmi Party may end up winning a few seats here and there mostly because the disgruntled Congress voter may end up voting for them.

Alt News again comes to rescue Islamists, this time to save PFI supporters who chanted Pakistan Zindabad slogans

Alt News came to rescue of PFI workers who raised Pakistan Zindabad slogans in Pune .

UK Sikh girl, who stood up against attack on Hindu temples in Leicester, threatened, asked to stay careful as she attends a Muslim majority...

The Sikh girl further revealed that the people threatening her know everything about her, ranging from the length of her hair to that she is a Vegan.

Ankita Bhandari murder case: Whatsapp chats reveal how the accused tried to force her into prostitution

Ankita Bhandari was threatened that she would be fired from her job and replaced with another girl if she refused to give in to the demands of Pulkit Arya.