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Punjab: Teenage basketball player pushed off stadium roof after she resisted rape attempt, suffers multiple fractures

18-year-old girl pushed off the roof of a stadium in Punjab after she resisted rape attempt by her 'good friend' and 2 others

Lakhimpur Kheri, UP: Woman cuts off private part of live-in partner as he tries to rape her 14-year-old daughter

As per SHO Lakhimpur Chandrashekhar Singh, the man has been charged with rape under Section 376 of the IPC.

Popular Instagram influencer gets media coverage and wishes from Ravish Kumar as they take his sarcastic post in all seriousness 

Ravish Kumar fell for Instagram influencer Madhur Singh’s sarcastic post on the alleged purchase of a new car.

Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified state, PM says 10 crore rural households provided piped water

The Centre on Thursday released the list of Har Ghar Jal certified states to declare that the state of Goa had topped the list with every household there having access to clean water through taps

‘Woman beater, sadistic sick *#uk’: Ex-girlfriend Somy Ali asks people to stop worshiping Salman Khan

Somy Ali Friday posted a cryptic post on her Instagram account taking a jibe at her ex-boyfriend Salman Khan

‘Anyone with minimal intelligence will understand this’: Power Ministry slams Business Standard Deputy Editor for misleading allegations on coal import

Rejecting the allegations of change in coal import policy by Shreya Jai, power ministry said that India always imports coal based on requirement

‘Keep a close watch on the changing demographics in the border areas’: Amit Shah tells cops at DGP Conference

Amit Shah asked cops to keep an eye borders while at the closing ceremony of the two-day National Security Strategies Conference

Did you know: Hundreds of Bollywood artists used to get ‘pensions’ from the Akhilesh government till Yogi Adityanath put a stop to it

Yogi Adityanath discontinued the scheme of granting a monthly pension to the beneficiaries after he became CM.

‘Neither MHA nor FRRO proposed to shift Rohingyas to EWS flats’: Home ministry denies AAP claims, says it was proposed by Delhi govt

Union Home Ministry denies claims of AAP that the FRRO under MHA had proposed to shift illegal Rohingyas to EWS flats in Delhi

MK Gandhi statue outside New York’s Tulsi Mandir vandalised for the second time in two weeks: Details

Earlier this month, the same Gandhi statute outside Tulsi Mandir in New York faced a similar vandalistic attack.

Ousted AIFF President and NCP leader Praful Patel had written to FIFA instigating the international body to boot India out of FIFA: Read details...

It has now been revealed that Praful Patel, the former AIFF president and NCP leader, wrote a letter to FIFA instigating the sport's world body to boot India out of FIFA

Uttar Pradesh: Nafees abducts, sexually assaults 22-year-old Hindu girl in Fatehpur, arrested

According to the police, the case under section 366, 367 was registered against Nafees as he had forcefully assaulted the victim.

Excise Policy corruption case: CBI raids residence of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and multiple other locations, all you need to know

Amidst the controversy, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has announced that Manish Sisodia is the "best education minister of independent India."

Virat Hindu Subramanian Swamy heaps praise on Mamata Banerjee, who declared ‘jihad’ against BJP, oversaw post-poll violence

A staunch critic of the BJP, Subramanian Swamy had ignored the anti-Hindu antecedents of Mamata Banerjee out of political convenience.

Sam Harris goes on a deranged rant yet again: Supports censoring Hunter Biden story, admits it was a warranted ‘left-wing conspiracy’. Details

Sam Harris has now admitted that the censoring of the Hunter Biden laptop story was a warranted "left-wing conspiracy"

Sanyasi Rebellion: A forgotten chapter from the fight against British Rule gets much-needed attention as the motion poster of the film 1770 releases

Ashwin Gangaraju is directing the film '1770' based on the Sanyasi Rebellion, the 18th century revolt of sadhus against the East India Company.

Dahi-handi to be recognized as a sport in Maharashtra, CM Shinde says ‘Govindas’ will now get jobs under sports quota, insurance cover

After Uddhav Thackeray govt banned Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde declares it a sport

‘Don’t believe the rumours’, Yuzvendra Chahal urges fans to put an end to the gossip around his married life as trolls abuse Dhanashree on...

Cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal urged fans not to believe in rumours about his married life following the couple's Instagram activity

Village where Nupur Sharma’s murder was being planned has 6 mosques and 15 madrasas, arrested Nadeem’s father claims he was talking to ‘relatives’ in...

Father of Nadeem, arrested for plotting to murder Nupur Sharma on instructions of JeM and TTP, denies terror links of his son

‘Modi planning to demolish Ajmer Dargah’: The kind of news YouTube allowed to be monetized, govt action raises the question if Google should take...

Banned channels were monetized that means both the creators and Google were making money from fake and misleading content.

Tiranga, our pride: The history of the tricolour and how our current flag came to be

Our national flag, though, had its own difficulties and testing journey - here is a little brief about that

Did AAP or FRRO under MHA request EWS flats for illegal Rohingyas? All your questions answered after confusion created by misleading claims

Due to outrage triggered by misleading claims by Hardeep Singh Puri, MHA had to scrap plans to relocate Rohingyas to a different detention centre

Calcutta HC summons daughter of arrested TMC ‘strongman’ Anubrata Mondal, asks her to produce her Teachers’ Eligibility Test certificate

Daughter of arrested TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, Sukanya Mondal appeared before the Calcutta HC after complaint were filed that she got a job in a primary school without giving her TET

Angelina Jolie anonymously files suit against FBI for giving clean chit to ex-husband Brad Pitt in 2016 case: All you need to know

Despite the fact that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are legally divorced, the couple is still fighting over custody of their minor children.

Maharashtra: Suspicious boat carrying weapons including AK-47 found abandoned along the Raigad coast, high alert sounded

A team of the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad is also leaving Mumbai for Alibaug and ATS chief Vinit Agrawal is accompanying the team after the discovery of the boat near Raigad.

Madhya Pradesh: Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra suggests ‘flop and frustrated actor’ Arjun Kapoor should focus on his acting rather than threatening public

Dr. Narottam Mishra called Arjun Kapoor a 'flop and frustrated actor' and suggested that Arjun Kapoor should focus on his acting skills.

Bihar: Vegetable vendor’s 15-year-old daughter killed in broad daylight in Patna, video caught on CCTV

The incident happened around 7:30 am when the girl was returning from her coaching in Patna, Bihar.

West Bengal police arrest two suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from North 24 Parganas, interrogation reveals 17 others active in the region

The STF unit of the West Bengal Police foiled a massive terror bid as it arrested two suspected terrorists having links with Al Qaeda

‘Business as it should be’: Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal tells how 5G spectrum allocation was done within hours of payment, details

DoT allocates 5G spectrum to Airtel on the same day the company made payments, Bharti Mittal praises Modi govt

Delhi HC restrains ED from proceeding against Rana Ayyub in money laundering case after she approached court challenging ED attachment of funds

The Delhi High Court has barred ED from taking further steps under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 against alleged journalist Rana Ayub in a money laundering case

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest Muslim cleric Phakhare Alam for raping a minor on the pretext of performing an exorcism on her

Mohanlalganj Police arrested Muslim cleric Maulana Phakhre Alam for raping minor girl in Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan: Sadhu Chetan Das found murdered outside his hut in Hanumangarh district

A Sadhu named Chetan Das was found murdered in Bhakhrawali village of Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan

Dead bodies of children found stuffed inside suitcases sold at New Zealand auction, police launch investigation

Police in New Zealand have launched a homicide investigation after human remains were discovered stashed inside suitcases in Auckland

Govt blocks 7 Indian, and 1 Pakistani YouTube channel for spreading fake, anti-India content aimed at flaring religious hatred, 102 YT channels banned so...

The ministry has informed that the blocked channels had a combined viewership of over 144 crores, and a total of 85 lakhs 73 thousand subscribers.

‘Salman Rushdie insulted Islam’: Hadi Matar, who stabbed the author, lauds Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, calls him a ‘great person’

Hadi Matar who stabbed British Author Salman Rushdie lauded Iran's former leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in a jailhouse interview

‘Convert to Islam if you want to live here’: Hindu girls in Jharkhand village assaulted after refusing to convert

Hindu organizations sat on hunger strike as Jharkhand Police failed to take action against accused in forced conversion case in Barkagaon.

From ‘Islamophobia’ to ‘don’t divide Shia, Sunni’: How New Mexico killings have a hidden pattern relevant even to India

Albuquerque, New Mexico, was reeling with the prospect of a serial killer going on a rampage, targeting Muslim men

‘Prepare for launch’: India ready for 5G rollout, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw issues spectrum assignment letters

In his Independence Day address, PM Modi had said that the wait for 5G is over and the services shall be launched soon.

Kerala: Wife of CM Vijayan’s secretary gets professor job at Kannur University, Governor Arif Khan stays appointment citing nepotism

Using the specific provisions in the Kannur University Act, 1996, the Governor has stayed all further proceedings pursuant to the selection procedure for the appointment of the associate professor in the department of Malayalam, with immediate effect, until further notice.

Husband of petitioner, fighting for Hindus’ right to worship at Gyanvapi, gets ‘sar tan se juda’ threats from Pakistan, asked to take back case

Husband of a woman plaintiff in the Gyanvapi disputed structure case has lodged an FIR with Varanasi Police saying he received death threats from Pakistan.

‘We will only salute God’: Tamil Nadu school headmistress refuses to hoist and salute the national flag saying Christianity does not allow it

Christian headmistress in Tamil Nadu refuses to hoist and salute national flag saying her religion does not allow it

YouTube channel run by Wasim, Nazim and Zayn mocks Goddess Radha, Moradabad police take cognizance after outrage

Round2Hell channel is maintained and run by three youths namely Wasim Ahmad, Nazim Ahmed and Zayn Saifi.

Swords drawn as AAP MLA gets into a war of words with pro-AAP blog editor: Naresh Balyan asks if Rifat Jawaid was behind Rushdie’s...

Rifat Jawaid claimed that Naresh Balyan was a pick-pocketer while Naresh Balyan called Rifat Jawaid a 'Talibani'

AAP may pitch Arvind Kejriwal as PM candidate for 2024 as he announces ‘Make India No 1’ mission

Arvind Kejriwal repeatedly mentioned about 130 crore Indians and aimed to connect everyone of them with his party's campaign Make India No 1.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap hopes film The Kashmir Files, based on Hindu genocide, should not be India’s entry to the Oscars

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap remarked that he hopes that The Kashmir Files would not be nominated for Oscars.

As the illegal Rohingya immigrants issue is raised again, here is how the UP government freed its land from illegal possession in Delhi

Illegal Rohingya immigrants settled on around 2.1 hectares of land in Delhi owned by the Irrigation Department of the Uttar Pradesh government.

AAP leaders found to have Facebook page admins from Qatar, the US, and Lithuania, removed after expose

Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders Facebook pages had admins from the US, Qatar and Lithuania