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Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez whines about Indian team’s popularity, says they are “laadlas” of world cricket because they make more money

When the anchor asked Hafeez if Indian players are 'Laadlas' because they play well or they make more money, Hafeez said that it is only because they generate more revenue.

‘Take payment from them, we don’t have money’: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal tells Gujarat BJP workers to work for him ‘from inside’

Arvind Kejriwal asked Gujarat BJP workers to join his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while continuing to be with the ruling party

Gujarat AAP chief Gopal Italia uses derogatory language against state BJP chief CR Paatil and Minister Harsh Sanghavi, booked

Gujarat Police registered an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat unit President Gopal Italia for defaming BJP leaders and also inducing people to commit an offence against the state or public tranquillity.

Ahead of Brahmastra’s release, Karan Johar’s arrogance takes a hit, ‘urges’ people not to divide Indian cinema into sub-categories

Karan Johar has urged public not to divide Indian cinema into sub-categories and instead start treating it as one industry

Assam: Another madrasa with suspected terror links under the scanner, two teachers flee after locals express doubt about their identity

Dargar Alga Madrassa located at Pakhiura Char in Assam has been identified by the police for possible terror links

UP: Pieces of meat thrown inside temple compound in Shamli district, police hints at sinister plot to disrupt communal harmony

A woman who entered the temple on Friday morning to offer prayers found pieces of meat strewn across the compound.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma dubs KGF- Chapter 2 as ‘logic less film’, The Kashmir Files as ‘slow movie with no screenplay’

Ram Gopal Varma claimed that a big Bollywood director told him that he could not watch 'KGF- Chapter 2' beyond 30 minutes, despite 5 attempts.

Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu’s ‘Dobaaraa’ tanks miserably after they urged audience to boycott the movie, struggles to reach Rs 6 crore mark

Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu latest Bollywood release named 'Dobaaraa' is struggling to make money at the box office.

Uttar Pradesh: Deoband Mufti issues fatwa against Muslim BJP leader from Aligarh for worshipping Lord Ganesha

Deoband's Mufti Arshad Farooqui said that there is no idol worship. In Islam, no one is worshiped except Allah. Those who are doing this are against Islam.

Assam government carries out major eviction drive in Sonitpur district to recover 330 acres of illegally encroached land

Assam government carried out a large eviction drive in the Sonitpur district on Saturday to clear illegal encroachments from 330 acres of land

Islamic outfit to file plea in HC seeking directions to disallow religious activities of ‘other communities’ in Eidgah Maidan after Ganesh Utsav ‘disturbed’ them

The Ganesh Utasv at Hubbali Eidgah Maidan took place on August 31 after the Karnataka High Court approved Ganesh Chaturthi festivities there.

African students offer Namaz at GD Goenka University football ground, registrar directs them to use hostel room or Mosque after Hindu students protest

On August 30th, a group of around 20 students staged a protest against foreign students offering Namaz on the football ground at GD Goenka University located on Sohna-Gurgaon road

India overtakes the United Kingdom, becomes world’s 5th largest economy: Details

Earlier in 2019, British consultancy multinational, PwC, had predicted that India would overtake the UK in the rankings of the world’s largest economies

Jharkhand Police knew Dumka Hindu girl Ankita was minor when burnt alive by Shahrukh Hussain, had over-written her age as 19: Reports

In the Dumka case, It is alleged that the police tried to help the accused in the Ankita murder case by mentioning the victim's age as 19.

West Bengal: As Mamata Banerjee’s nephew gets interrogated by ED, TMC leader Raju Sahani arrested by CBI in chit fund scam

The CBI confiscated Rs 80 lakh in cash from the residence of Raju Sahani. Documents of properties worth 2.75 Cr seized.

Manipur mid-night drama: Nitish Kumar foxed as 5 out of 6 JDU MLAs merge with the BJP, only Mohammad Nasir left with the party

Only 1 JDU MLA, namely, Mohammed Nasir from the Lilong constituency, did not join BJP in the mid-night drama in Manipur

‘Built after razing Shiva temple’: Hindu organization approaches court against the Jama Masjid Complex in Badaun, hearing on 15th September

The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHB) approached the court saying that the Jama Masjid complex in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, is actually built over a razed Neelkanth (Shiva) temple.

Love Jihad in Jharkhand: Rabani Ansari pretends to be Sajan Oraon to lure a minor Hindu girl, throws her into well after sexual exploitation,...

Rabani Ansari trapped the minor girl by saying he is singer named Sajan Oraon, sexually exploited her for 6 months

‘School denied us access’: NCPCR chairman after reports of sexual assault of Class 3 student in a Delhi government school

A Class 3 student was reportedly sodomised by a Class 10 student in a Delhi government school in Madhu Vihar, East Delhi.

From Dragon to Brahmastra: How Jalal al-Din Muḥammad Rumi became Shiva in the upcoming Dharma Productions movie

Brahmastra director Ayna Mukerji informed that the movie was titled Dragon and main protagonist was Persian poet Rumi

‘@# Hindu Kaafir’s children’: Dr Asma Begum flies into a rage after being caught delaying medicals on a Dalit minor raped by Shadab, Wasim...

A video has surfaced on social media wherein a female doctor, Asma Begum, is seen abusing and shouting at a journalist and misbehaving with the police personnel and the family members of a Dalit minor rape victim

Karnataka: Sri Murugha Math seer Dr. Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru sent to police custody for 4 days in sexual abuse case

A day after Sri Murugha Math seer Sri Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was arrested in asexual harassment, court sends him to police custody

Chhattisgarh Minister says ‘liquor unites people, we also use it sometimes’ at a de-addiction drive, video goes viral

"Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ji had written 'Mandir Masjid Jhagda Karate, Lekin Ek Karati Madhushala'. But there should be control (in the consumption of liquor). You should have control on your own", the Minister was heard saying at the event.

London: Extinction Rebellion activists enter Parliament, superglue themselves to the speaker’s chair and chain themselves to gates by necks

Extinction Rebellion activists entered Parliament building legally as tourists, and then started protests on climate crisis

High fuel prices, unprecedented inflation, and socio-political tensions could spark protest and instability in Pakistan, warns IMF

IMF has warned of demonstrations and unrest in Pakistan as inflation reaches a 47-year high of more than 27% in August.

We don’t eat our Gods: Why the publicity stunts of ‘eco-friendly’ chocolate Ganesha are deeply problematic and should be objected to

If you are saying it will go to the poor, why not just make the milkshake and distribute it? Why do you have to make a “statement” on a Hindu festival?

Teesta Setalvad, accused of fabricating evidence to frame innocents in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, granted interim bail

Teesta Setalwad is accused of tutoring witnesses and framing charges against innocents in 2002 Gujarat riots case.

‘Parliament is the right forum to debate this’: Supreme Court dismisses PIL to declare Sanskrit as national language

Supreme Court said that making Sanskrit will require constitutional amendment, and the parliament is the right forum for this debate

‘Hindu girls should not marry Muslim men’: Mohammad Salim Haider says after Ghar wapsi

For thousands, if not lakhs of non-Muslim women in India, love Jihad is a grim and disconcerting reality.

‘Hindus killed for being Hindus’ series: Story of Bajrang Dal member Harsha, murdered by Islamists for demanding uniform dress code in educational institutes

Harsha was a tailor by profession. He lived in Seegehatti in the Shivamogga district of Karnataka. He was a member of Bajrang Dal.

‘Activist’ forces ailing Padma Shri awardee Kamala Pujari to dance in Govt hospital ICU in Odisha, was admitted to treat kidney ailment: Watch viral...

A video has gone viral on social media wherein Padma Shri Kamala Pujari was seen dancing with another woman in the ICU of a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha

Uttar Pradesh: Md Rahees issues ‘sar tan se juda’ threat to the family of a Hindu girl saying ‘send her to me or get...

Khekra police in Baghpat, UP, arrested Md Rahees for issuing 'sar tan se juda' threats to a Hindu family for not sending their daughter to him

Punjab: AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur’s husband slaps her during argument, video caught on CCTV goes viral

The incident is said to have happened on July 10 but no official complaint has been filed in the case. The cops indicated they have no idea who released the footage or what triggered this episode.

Kavita Krishnan calls the Modi government ‘fascist’ after her party showed there is no tolerance for differences of opinion and harsher truths

Kavita Krishnan was relieved from the CPIML leadership after she spoke against the tyrannical socialist regimes.

Jharkhand HC directs CBI to take over probe in Rupesh Pandey murder case, the 17-year-old was lynched by an Islamist mob during Saraswati Puja

The mother of now-deceased Rupesh Pandey had demanded a CBI inquiry in the case and had said that she was dissatisfied with the Police investigation.

Assam govt sends high-level committee to Tamil Nadu to bring back the elephant Joymala after video of her brutal torture went viral

A video had emerged showing the elephant Joymala, originally from Assam, being brutally tortured in a Tamil Nadu temple

Notice of appointments of 9 corporation chairpersons in Punjab signed by Arvind Kejiwal emerges, boosts allegations of remote controlled govt

AAP worker shares notice of appointments of board/corporation chiefs in Punjab, signed by Arvind Kejriwal

‘You’re genociding our race, you’re an invader’: Viral video shows a white man harassing and attacking an Indian man in Poland

A new video of a white man racially harassing and attacking an Indian man in Poland is going viral on the internet.

One Abdul rapes an Indian medical student in Bangladesh and threatens to make her video public. Here is what she told Opindia

Indian medical student studying at the Dhaka National Medical College in Bangladesh took to Facebook to narrate how she was raped by one Abdul Wakil in a hotel room for 3 days.

Aamir Khan Productions accused of plagiarism over the ‘Micchami Dukkadam’ video, had earlier drawn criticism for typos and errors

Aamir Khan Productions is accused of plagiarism for sharing a copied video of 'Michhami Dukkadam'.

SC dismisses PIL seeking the preventive arrest of seer Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Tyagi, ban on book ‘Muhammad’: Details

Supreme Court rejected a petition filed against Hindu seer Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Tyagi (formerly known as Wasim Rizwi) seeking their immediate arrest on the ground that they have been making calls of violence against Muslims.

‘INS Vikrant is massive, it’s a giant, it is distinct and special’, PM Modi while commissioning first Made in India aircraft carrier

INS Vikrant will now serve as the Navy's second aircraft carrier alongside INS Vikramaditya.

Prayagraj: Hassan and Faizan consume Hookah and non-veg food on boat in Ganga near Nagvasuki temple, police on the lookout after video goes viral

The Prayagraj police have sprung into action after a video went viral on social media wherein a group of men could be seen consuming hookah and non-vegetarian food on a boat in the river Ganga

Ankita murder case: NCPCR to investigate gross negligence by Jharkhand police, says the victim was deprived of proper treatment and hearing

Priyank Kanoongo, chairperson of NCPCR has voiced severe concerns about the Jharkhand police investigation into murder of Ankita Kumari

PM Modi brings the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to Indian Navy’s new ensign, previous govts had kept the St George’s cross, a colonial...

"As India marks the 75 years of its independence, the new Naval ensign is a step towards liberating the mind, and further empowering the sentinels of our seas, the Indian Navy", the video ends.

Filmfare 2022 fails to invite ‘The Kashmir Files’ stars: Here is why Vivek Agnihotri said he is happy to not be invited

Filmfare 2022 was star-studded but unfortunately, not a single person from the team of the movie 'the Kashmir Files' was invited

‘Temples cater to larger needs of society’: Supreme Court gives sermons to Hindus, doubts necessity of revisiting 1863 Religious Endowments Act

SC questioned the need to revise the 1863 Religious Endowments Act, noting that the statute has enabled temples to serve "larger needs of the society."

Hindu girl gang raped by Khalid and Dilsher on the pretext of providing food amid devastating floods in Sindh, Pakistan

A young Hindu girl was gang-raped by two Pakistani Muslims in the flood-hit area on the pretext of providing grocery items and food

Jhatka meat based ‘Kulhad Biryani’ debuts on Zomato, Tajinder Bagga says AAP supporters giving fake reviews

The launch of India's first jhatka biriyani brand drew the ire of the usual suspects, who systematically posted negative reviews to tarnish the image of Kulhad Biriyani.

Kavita Krishnan tweets about socialist regimes being autocratic, removed from primary membership by CPI(ML) after differences of opinion

CPI(ML) Liberation’s Polit Bureau member and a Central Committee member for more than two decades Kavita Krishnan has been relieved of all posts she held in the party