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Several PFI members went to Syria to join ISIS and become Jihadis, reveals NIA document on the banned group

There have been instances of PFI members being killed or arrested on foreign land and then deported back to India, according to the NIA

PFI cadres were being trained to infiltrate RSS and gather sensitive information to share with Islamic nations: Report

The major goal of this PFI infiltration was to keep an eye on the operations of RSS as well as to get classified material.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann left red-faced after a song on alcohol nostalgia plays during his visit to Gujarat for Navratri

Gujarati singer sang 'Apna Punjab Hove, Ghar Di Sharab Hove' in front of Bhagwant Mann at a garba event during Navratri

From Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu to foreign diplomats: All roads lead to Gujarat for Garba and Navratri

Gujarat celebrates Navratri with nine nights of dancing, known as garba, where dance is the form of worship for the goddess. Many people also fast for all nine days.

Indonesia: 129 dead, over 200 injured as riots erupt in stadium after league soccer match

Confrontations were reported between supporters of the 2 rival soccer clubs inside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java.

Chinese diplomat mocks the US after the destruction of Nord Stream Pipelines

Cao Yi, the former Chinese ambassador to Iraq and Lebanon, mocked the US administration for allegedly sabotaging the natural gas pipeline and pretending to not know about it.

Muslim Twitter users attack The Wire journalist for suggesting Muslim participation in Garba during Navratri

Idolatry is the biggest sin in Islam and is punishable with death. Navratri is celebrated to worship the Goddess and garba is a form of worship for the deity.

Suzlon Energy’s Tulsi Tanti passes away following a heart attack

Suzlon Energy's Tulsi Tanti suffered a cardiac arrest on 1st October 2022 and passed away on the same day.

Pakistan: Islamabad magistrate issues arrest warrant against former PM Imran Khan in the case of threatening a female judge

Arrest warrant issued against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in a case of threating a judge for sending his aide to police custody

Shashi Tharoor accused of plagiarising the logo of Australia’s Network 10 in his manifesto for the Congress Presidential elections

Shashi Tharoor used the logo of Australia's Network 10 for his manifesto for the upcoming Congress presidential elections.

Pakistan’s largest multinational bank, HBL, under the scanner of US agencies for ‘abetting Al Qaeda’

Pakistan's largest multinational private sector bank Habib Bank Limited (HBL) is facing allegations for facilitating terror financing by aiding al-Qaeda.

FIR against NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal for issuing death threats to a man for sending a video to him where the Minister was insulting...

The FIR against Chhagan Bhujbal was filed under section 506 of the IPC based on the phone calls and WhatsApp messages provided by the complainant

Pakistan: Ruling alliance partner JUI-F challenges Transgender Protection Act in Federal Sharia court, says it conflicts with Quran and Sunnah

For a long time, the situation of transgender people in Pakistan has been dire. They face discrimination in the country.

Gujarat: Mega operation in Bet Dwarka – illegal constructions bulldozed over PFI connection

Several commercial and religious constructions were demolished in Bet Dwarka. A large security force was deployed during this time.

Jaipur: Muslim youth forcibly enter Garba venue, bolt away on the arrival of VHP and Bajrang Dal members

The Muslim youth misbehaved with the guards to break into the Garba function held at Narayan Vatika Marriage Garden, Jaipur.

‘Can’t criticize Islam in Kerala’: Author C Ravichandran on being called Sanghi, says he has been criticising Sangh and Hindutva for a long time

C Ravichandran said that he has been criticising Sangh and Hindutva for a long time, but he was called Sanghi for criticising Islam

Agra: Burqa-clad teachers harass college principal, threaten her to take down Goddess Saraswati’s picture and replace it with Mecca

A school principal has alleged harassment at the hands of Muslim teachers who wanted girl students to wear hijabs to school, even though it went against the school dress code.

The demonisation of Hindus, the Leicester violence and the cry of Hindutva: What Hindus can learn from Jews

Violence in Leicester is a stark warning to all Hindus - and Hindus need to learn how to survive and talk about their genocide from Jews

Delhi: High Court dismisses petition by Health Minister Satyendar Jain contesting transfer of his bail plea to another judge

Satyendar Jain was arrested on May 30 this year under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Rajasthan: 17-year-old girl gang-raped by Sahil, Arbaaz, Mustaqeem, and others in Alwar, extorted girl in exchange of not uploading the rape video, booked

So far none of the accused have been arrested, however, the police have stated that efforts are being made to arrest the perpetrators.

Bombay High Court denies bail to 2012 Pune bomb blast accused Munib Memon, orders expedition of trial

Munib Memon is an accused in the five low-intensity serial bomb blasts that took plac in Pune on 1st August 2012

From 81 to 40: Decoding the 41-position jump of India in the Global Innovation Index since 2015

India jumps 41 positions in 7 years, ranks 40 in the Global Innovation Index. It now leads the lower-middle income category.

Chhattisgarh: Two Muslim men posing as Hindu Sadhus arrested over suspicions of child theft, identity revealed after they failed to recite Gayatri Mantra

The Chhattisgarh police asked the two Muslim men pretending to be Hindu Sadhus to chant Gayatri Mantra, which they could not.

‘Will attain Jannat by having sex with Hindu woman, everything is fair in Islam’, say Arbaaz, Afzal, 2 others while raping a Dalit pregnant...

A six-month Dalit pregnant woman was drugged and gang-raped in Indore by four Muslim men under the guise of offering her a job

PFI had planned bomb blasts at several Hindu religious places during Dusshera and Diwali: NIA

The ATS interrogated the arrested individuals to learn that PFI had plans to launch severe anti-Hindu protests like that of anti-CAA and NRC riots. The arrested accused had plans to create riots in Hindu religious places like Kashi, Mathura, and Ayodhya.

Karnataka: Muslim woman attacked and verbally abused by Akbar and Hujur for riding on a scooter with her Hindu boyfriend

According to the police, the incident happened on September 25, at around 1:30 pm near Venkateshwaraswamy Temple on Terina Beedi in the town. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launches 5G network services in India at the India Mobile Congress in Delhi

Reliance Jio has already provided a timeframe for the deployment of Jio 5G Network services to its consumers.

5 Kerala RSS leaders on PFI’s hitlist get high-level security, 11 guards to operate in shifts to provide security to the leaders

During its inspections, the NIA discovered a list from Kerala PFI member where they had planned to target RSS leaders

After PFI’s website and social media accounts, the Government of Pakistan’s Twitter handle withheld in India

The Twitter account of the government of Pakistan has been withheld in India

Hyderabad Jubilee Hills gang-rape case: 4 minors to be tried as adults, rules JJ Board, only AIMIM leader’s son to be tried as minor

Juvenile Justice Board in Hyderabad ruled that four of the five accused minors arrested in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case might be prosecuted as adults.

‘Don’t take blood from women’: Taliban refuses to allow women to donate blood for the victims of the Kabul attack

A group of women were seen saying that they were stopped by the Taliban from donating blood to the victims of the dastardly attack Kabul

Another lie targeting Hindus in Leicester busted: Police find no evidence that Hindus attacked a Muslim traffic warden. Read details

A claim that was spread by Islamists during the spate of violence against Hindus in Leicester, was that a Muslim traffic warden was beaten up by Hindus.

Democratic party unit in New Jersey condemns anti-Hindu resolution by other arm TDMC labelling many Hindu orgs as ‘foreign hate groups’: Details

New Jersey Democratic State Committee has condemned the anti-Hindu resolution passed by the Teaneck Democrats

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky applies for fast-track membership of NATO after Russia annexes 4 regions, rules out talks with Putin

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said, "We are taking a decisive step by signing Ukraine's application for accelerated accession to NATO."

Dr Rakib Ehsan’s take on Leicester violence: Here’s a potentially new deluge of propaganda targeting Hindus under the garb of “neutral” investigation

Dr Rakib Ehsan vowed to carry out an "independent" investigation into the violence that swept Leicester.

FEMA competent authority approves India’s biggest seizure of ₹5,551.27 crore by ED from Xiaomi

ED on Friday informed that the competent authority has confirmed the seizure order of ₹5551.27 Crore passed against Xiaomi

Congress President polls: Shashi Tharoor excludes part of J&K and Lakshadweep from India’s map, calls people ‘trolls’ for pointing it out

Shashi Tharoor filed his nomination for Congress president today at the party's headquarters in New Delhi.

UP: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith dismisses guest lecturer over Facebook post criticising Navratri fasts

Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Gautam, a guest lecturer at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi University, was dismissed for criticising Navratri fasts.

Bihar Court issues arrest warrants against Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor for insulting the Indian army in AltBalaji web series

The Pyaar aur Plastic episode from the second season of 'XXX' was the one that got Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor into trouble.

Madras High Court directs Tamil Nadu govt to allow RSS ‘route march’ on November 6, to initiate contempt proceedings if permission not granted

Madras HC directed Tamil Nadu govt to grant permission for RSS march on November 6 instead of originally planned October 2

Bombay HC quashes FIR against Kerala CPM leader’s son in a rape case after he pays Rs 80 lakhs as compensation to the victim

Binoy is the elder son of former CPIM state secretary and former Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan

‘Janeu dhari Brahmin’ Rahul Gandhi meets Rijil Makutty, the Congress leader who slaughtered a cow to insult Hindus

Rahul Gandhi met Rijil Makutty, the Congress leader infamous for slaughtering a cow in broad daylight in 2017.

Maharashtra: Suspected conversion bid by Christian proselytisers foiled in Solapur, FIR registered

Three Christian foreigners abused Hinduism while preaching Christianity in a village in the Solapur district of Maharashtra.

Two Hindu temples vandalised and idols smashed within days in Trinidad, Biblical verses written on Kali Mandir walls, Ganesh Mandir looted

Kali Mata temple in Couva and Lakrani Ganesh Mandir in Penal in Trinidad were desecrated in one week

‘BJP govt implemented development projects without wasting money on publicity’: PM Modi in Gujarat while launching several projects

Today is a big day for India of 21st century, for urban connectivity and for India to become self-reliant, PM Modi said in Gujarat

Pakistan Railways come to a standstill owing to crippling fuel shortage, only two passenger trains remain operational

The deepening fuel crisis in Pakistan has progressively brought the services of Pakistani Railways to a grinding halt.

As Kharge files nomination for Congress President poll, an old video where he warns the country about Sanatan Dharma ruling the nation goes viral

After Mallikarjun Kharge filed nomination for Congress president poll, his 2018 video about Sanatam dharma goes viral

‘The party high-command culture to expire soon’: Shashi Tharoor bats for workers taking party decisions rather than top leaders. What he said

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who has filed his nomination for the post of Congress president, said that the expiry date of the 'high command' culture has come closer.

Bihar: BJP leader and contractor Bablu Singh shot by two masked miscreants in broad daylight in Arrah

BJP leader and contractor Bablu Singh was shot by two masked men when he was exercising in the Friends colony of Arrah city