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Ex-Minister and Imran Khan aide insinuates that had the former PM been in power in Pakistan, al-Zawahiri might have still been alive

Ex-Pakistan minister Shireen Mazari insinuated that al-Zawahiri would have been alive if Imran Khan were in power.

116 Villages along Nepal border are now ‘Muslim majority’, madrasas and mosques mushrooming everywhere: Report

Assam and UP have recommended to increase BSF's jurisdiction from 50 KM to 100 KM in border areas.

Laal Singh Chaddha: Why is Mr Perfectionist rattled? Isn’t he confident in his craft?

As boycott calls for Laal Singh Chaddha trend, Aamir Khan has decided to come and and claim he loves India, what is Mr Perfectionist afraid of

Rahul Gandhi wants Murugha Math to send him a private tutor because he has read about seer Basavanna ‘a little’

Rahul Gandhi requested Murugha Math in Karnataka to send a private tutor to him to teach Ishtalinga and Shivayoga

‘Love Jihad’ in Greece? 30-year-old Pakistani man on the run after brutally killing 17-year-old girlfriend in Athens

The body of the dead girl was sent for medical examination which confirmed that the victim was suffocated to death. The perpetrator might have pressed his hand on the girl's face disallowing her to breathe for life.

Eighth anniversary of Yazidi genocide: A grim list of some of the most brutal atrocities ISIS committed against Yazidi women

August 3, 2014, is etched in the memory of Yazidis as a grim reminder of the day ISIS carried out its most brutal genocide in modern history.

Assam: Private board headed by Badruddin Ajmal runs 1000 madrasas, CM Himanta Biswa assures strict actions against jihadi elements

Assam state government's strict action against these madarasas comes as a preventive measure against the terrorist networks.

Punjab CM announces cash prize for Hindu athlete after netizens point out he only gave ‘good wishes’ while Sikh athlete got prize money for...

CM Bhagwant Mann announced cash prize for Hindu athlete from Punjab for CWG silver medal allegedly after backlash

Maulana Salman Nadwi, who attended inter-faith meeting with NSA Doval, backtracks on proposal to ban PFI, had earlier sworn allegiance to ISIS

Salman Nadwi opposed the ban on PFI after attending the inter-faith meeting that called for a ban on it.

‘Screaming Butterflies’, an award-winning film on love jihad by Assamese actor-director Aimee Baruah, to be screened at South Asian Short Film Festival

Aimee Baruah's Screaming Butterflies, which narrates testimonies of 26 victims of love jihad, to be screened at short film festival in Kolkata

Baloch freedom fighters claim responsibility for Pakistan Army helicopter crash, say military is lying by calling it ‘accident due to bad weather’

Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) an umbrella organization of Baloch armed groups claimed responsibility for shooting down the low-flying Pakistan military helicopter on Monday.

Jahangirpuri violence: Accused Sanwar Malik, who collected glass bottles and stones to attack the Hanuman Jayanti procession, arrested

Sanwar Malik is accused of instigating public and pelting stones at police officials during Jahangirpuri violence.

Pune Police arrests Shiv Sena leader Sanjay More for leading attack at Shinde faction MLA Uday Samant’s car, 4 more detained

Eknath Shinde faction MLA Uday Samant's car was attacked by 4-5 people led by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay More in Pune

‘You walked out, check Sansad TV for answers’: FM Nirmala Sitharaman busts TMC’s Derek O’ Brien’s ‘issues evaded’ claim

Refuting the TMC claims, FM Sitharaman called out Derek O'Brien for leaving the house during debate on price rise, GST etc.

Gujarat: Vadodara school plans mosque trip for kindergarten students on Jumma, cancels after uproar

It is not clear whether the mosque allowed entry of women since some of the children were girl children and some mosques do not allow women.

Arpita Mukherjee purchased 18 properties from the Bengal SSC scam money, Partha Chatterjee co-owns too: Reports

Arpita has claimed innocence before ED, saying that the cash seized from her houses did not belong to her and Partha had used her residences as 'banks'.

Thane: Shiv Sena leader Kedar Dighe booked for backing rape accused friend Rohit Kapoor and threatening the victim

The complaint against Dighe has been filed under section 506 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with criminal intimidation whereas the complaint against Kapoor has been filed under section 376 of IPC (rape).

US-China tensions: As Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan, NSC says the US does not support Taiwan’s independence

Top US govt official has stated that they do not support Taiwan's independence.

India creates history by securing gold in Lawn Bowls in the Women’s Fours category in 2022 CWG, 4th Gold medal for India in Birmingham

India has made history by winning the gold medal in the women's four Lawn Bowls final at the CWG 2022 being held in Birmingham

‘Hindu on Campus’ group subjected to online attack, faces smear campaign by Hindu Students Association of American University

HSA accused the 'Hindu on Campus' group of supporting caste discrimination against Dalits and furthering Islamophobia.

Chandigarh man makes hoax call about bomb to blow up Sabarmati Express, detained

Sandeep called the Panchkula police control room and informed them that the couple traveling on the Sabarmati Express from Jaipur to Chandigarh had threatened to blow the train up

‘Criticise people for opinion but don’t drag their families’: Delhi HC on the HT Media vs Gaurav Taneja case

Delhi Court said a person or social media influencer can be criticized but their families should not be dragged.

Love Jihad in Assam: Abdul Sahjahan becomes ‘Mintu Roy’ to entrap a Hindu girl, tortures and force feed her beef

Abdul Sahjahan, tortured the Hindu girl he married under false aliases, and forced fed her beef.

Monkeypox vaccine: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla meets Union Health Minister, says vaccine research is underway

SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said research is underway for monkeypox vaccine.

Arvind Kejriwal had promised 7 new hospitals with 6800 beds, not a single one has been built: RTI reveals

RTI reply revealed that no new hospital was constructed by Delhi government between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022

“Those who play with fire will perish by it”, China threatens USA ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit

According to reports, Nancy Pelosi is finally going to Taiwan, despite warnings from the Biden administration, who are worried about the rising escalation with China

PML-Q leader asks for expulsion of Ahmadis from Khushab in Pakistan: Here is how the area has been notorious for Ahmadi persecution

On July 30, PML-Q leader Malik Ilyas Awan wrote to the deputy commissioner of Khushab, a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan, urging him to evict the people of the minority Islamic sect of Ahmadis from the district

Kin of CWG gold medalist Achinta Sheuli lashes out at Mamata Banerjee government over lack of support to ace weightlifter

"...all other states do what’s required in order to ensure their weightlifters benefit. But it’s not the case here," Achinta Sheuli had said in 2020.

Bengal cash scam: Woman hurls ‘chappal’ at Partha Chatterjee, objects to luxury services provided to him even after being exposed

Partha Chatterjee is embroiled in the SSC scam, after over Rs 50 crores cash were recovered from his aide’s flats.

Watch: Go First airlines car drives under IndiGo plane at Delhi airport, accident avoided by inches

Go First car went under IndiGo plane's nose at Delhi Airport, accident avoided by inches; DGCA to probe the incident

Uttar Pradesh: Two Hindu students of Faiz-e-Aam Muslim College expelled for reading Hanuman Chalisa instead of Quran

The Muslim student objected to Sourav Yadav reading Rahim's couplets and asked him to read Quran, Yadav read Hanuman Chalisa instead.

Pro-Khalistani org Dal Khalsa opposes ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, urges Sikhs to hoist Nishan Sahib, ‘gherao’ govt, officials: Details

Pro-Khalistani org Dal Khalsa opposed Har Ghar Tiranga movement, urged Sikhs to hoist Nishan Sahib instead of Tiranga.

Karnataka: 6 including Suhas, Mohan and Sreenivas arrested in Mohammed Fizal murder case, cops rule out Shia-Sunni angle

Mohammed Fazil was killed by a group of assailants on Thursday, July 28, in Mangaluru, Karnataka.

MK Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi snubbed as Sabarmati Ashram trusts side with state govt over redevelopment plan

The Gujarat state government cleared in High Court on Monday (August 1), that MK Gandhi’s descendant could definitely be made an invitee to the committee overseeing the re-development work of the Sabarmati Ashram but could not dictate terms.

Silly Souls: Dear Priyanka Chaturvedi, here is why you need to learn logical reasoning over and above maths

After displaying her turbulent relationship with maths, Priyanka Chaturvedi now shows how logic is also not her friend.

Enforcement Directorate raids multiples locations in Delhi in the National Herald money laundering case

The ED on Tuesday raided 12 locations linked to National Herald in a money laundering case.

Pakistani drug peddlers scared of Gujarat Police, Rahul Gandhi said Guj govt was favouring ‘drug mafia’ just hours before audio went viral

Audio clip of Pakistani drug peddlers recovered by the Gujarat police, mainly the Anti-terrorist Squad, revealed that the international mafia was scared to smuggle drugs into the country

Jodhpur: Karan Johar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul found ‘innocent’ by court in 2018 case over remarks against women on Koffee With Karan show

A Jodhpur Court on Tuesday granted relief to cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul and film director Karan Johar, in a case that was registered against the trio, for some offensive remarks made on the talk show “Koffee with Karan,” hosted by Karan Johar.

Gau mutra jibes, demonisation of Jai Shree Ram and more: Akshay Kumar starrer Raksha Bandhan in a soup after filmwriter’s Hinduphobic tweets go viral

Raksha Bandhan writer Kanika Dhillon also comes across as a true Islamist apologist. In several tweets, she was seen painting the Muslims as the perpetual victims of the State.

Aamir Khan claims he loves India, then why did he want to keep Gujaratis deprived of water

As Laal Singh Chadha gears up for release and faces resistance over his mocking of Hindu faith in PK, Aamir Khan has suddenly decided to 'love India'.

‘Quattrocchi filing case against Bofors’: Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Jharkhand MLA for filing ‘fake FIR’ after 3 Congress MLAs were held with cash

Jharkhand Police filed an FIR based on the complaint filed by Jaimangal against three Congress MLAs. Jaimangal claimed that the three MLAs had called him to Kolkata to meet Assam CM who was allegedly planning to topple the JMM-led government in Jharkhand.

Jharkhand: Primary Education Dept orders to remove ‘Urdu’ from name of schools not notified by govt, weekly off to be only on Sunday, not...

Jharkhand Education Department ordered to remove Urdu from schools' names and said no holidays on Friday

PM Modi calls for changing social media DP to the Tricolour ahead of Independence Day, netizens join in to celebrate

Netizens responded to PM's call to change their social media Display Pictures to the Tiranga.

Gurugram: Aaqib Javed, Taslim and Sabir arrested for online liquor fraud and sextortion, Rs 25 lakhs seized in bank account

The gang led by the three arrested accused was exposed after one of the victims lodged an FIR against the gang members for allegedly duping the customers. The victim was duped for around Rs 1 lakhs.

NDTV, in service of Congress: How the rag tried to downplay scathing observations made by HC in Smriti Irani case, against Congress leaders

Despite all the Congress propaganda stating otherwise, Delhi High Court has noted that neither Smriti Irani nor her teenage daughter Zoish Irani was ever issued a license in connection with a restaurant named Silly Souls Cafe and Bar located in Goa. 

Prelude to World War III? Amidst sabre-rattling from China, Pelosi to go ahead with Taiwan visit

US House of Representative speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly set to visit Taiwan as a part of her Asia tour.

Aamir Khan, who once thought of moving out of India due to rising intolerance, says he ‘really loves’ India as ‘BoycottLaalSinghChaddha’ trends online

Urging people not to boycott his film Laal Singh Chaddha, which he has also co-produced, Aamir Khan, claimed that he loves India.

UP: Conversion attempt foiled in Azamgarh, six women arrested for luring villagers to convert to Christianity

On July 30, the Azamgarh police in Uttar Pradesh busted a conversion racket by arresting six women who were attempting to convert vulnerable villagers to Christianity