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“Where’s Jackie?” US President Joe Biden asks after dead congresswoman at Hunger conference

US President Joe Biden called out Jackie Walorski, the congresswoman who died in a car crash last month.

While PFI is banned for 5 years, nexus of Islamists led by SIMI founder Ahmadullah Siddiqi continue to operate anti-India activities from the USA

Ahmadullah Siddiqi claims he left SIMI when it became extremist, but he is associated with anti-India Islamist groups in the USA

Decoding ‘Mission 2047’ document recovered from PFI, how it instigated war against Hindus to establish ‘Rule of Islam in India’

The PFI 'Mission 2047' document states that Muslims on Earth are born only to establish the law of Allah.

London: Hindus protest outside Guardian office for biased reporting blaming Hindus for Leicester violence, ask them to tone down anti-India narrative

Hindus demonstrate outside Guardian office in London protesting against their anti-Hindu reports on Leicester violence

Ex-Buzzfeed employees talk about toxic work culture after Try Guys’ Ned Fulmer admits to cheating on wife

Ned Fulmer's infidelity has sparked discussions of toxic work culture among ex-Buzzfeed employees.

‘Get out while you still can’: US Embassy in Russia issues security alert for its citizens, warns Americans with dual citizenship may be drafted...

US Embassy in Moscow asks its citizens in Russia to leave the country immediately using any available mode

PFI Ban: Islamist organisation’s links with international terrorist outfits revealed during the investigation

PFI leaders had reportedly met Turkic extremist group İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı (IHH) in November 2020.

Pakistan officials come out in support of the banned Islamist outfit PFI

The Indian government on 28 September 2022 banned the radical outfit PFI over its links with global terror organisations.

Delhi Excise Policy scam: Arrested Indospirit MD Sameer Mahendru sent to ED custody till 6 October by a Delhi court

Sameer Mahendru was named in this case along with Manish Sisodia and others in the FIR filed by the CBI.

GPS enabled Marine radio sets, pen drives with ISIS, Gajwa-e-Hind videos recovered from PFI leaders in Tamil Nadu

Two Lowrance LHR-80 Floating Handheld VHF with GPS sets, were seized from PFI member Barakabdullah's home in Tamil Nadu

Organising terror camps and engineering riots: OpIndia Exclusive on PFI’s ‘jihad’ of fomenting unrest and creating mayhem

The central government on Wednesday banned PFI over its global terror links, including with ISIS.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi opposes the ban on radical outfit PFI, plays the ‘Muslim victimhood’ card

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi fulminated against the centre's move to ban the radical Islamist outfit PFI.

Congress refuses to welcome the ban on PFI in as many words, issues word salad for statement: Read details

Congress said that the party is against all forms and types of communalism, but didn't mention the name of PFI

OpIndia Exclusive: The Islamist outfit PFI’s involvement in targeted killings of ‘kafirs’

C Sasikumar, Ramalingam, and R Rudresh were three among the countless victims of targeted killing by PFI.

West Bengal: YouTuber Tuhin Mondal arrested for allegedly offensive memes on CM Mamata Banerjee

The Kolkata police have also seized the mobile phone of the YouTuber arrested for allegedly insulting Mamata Banerjee.

OpIndia Exclusive: As Centre bans PFI, read about the Islamist organisation’s links to terror outfit ISIS

The Centre on Wednesday banned PFI citing its terror links and subversive activities across the country.

PFI General Secretary Anis Ahmed had openly supported terror organisation Hamas, other PFI leaders were hosted by Al-Qaida affiliate

A home ministry note on raids on PFI states that the group had links with terror groups like Hamas and Al-Qaida

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.