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India set to breach 200 crore mark for COVID vaccines doses, surpasses the figure of 199 crores

Reports mention that it took India 17 months to inoculate its 1.4 billion population with the vaccine and attain over 199 crore vaccinations.

Aam Aadmi Party announces support to opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in Presidential elections

AAP MP Sanjay Singh made the announcement that the party will support Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.

Rana Ayyub 2.0? Netizens raise concerns over a potential scam as fundraiser seeking money for master’s at Harvard goes viral

Twitter users pointed out the discrepancies in fundraiser floated by Muskaan for pursuing master's at Harvard University.

B R Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar requests Yashwant Sinha to withdraw from presidential election

Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi president Prakash Ambedkar urges Yashwant Sinha to withdraw from president election

‘Freebies culture is dangerous for country’s development’: Says PM Modi while inaugurating Bundelkhand Expressway in UP

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh that was completed ahead of schedule

Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair’s identity triggers speculation if he’s a living Kasab or a convicted rapist. Fact-checking these viral claims

The viral claims say that Mohammed Zubair is either a living Kasab, his cousin, a Nirbhaya rapist or a Rohingya Muslim.

Attempt to recreate Silchar floods in UP: FIR against 6 including Wasim Khan, Zeeshan Ali and Muddrik Ali for damaging embankment of Sharda Canal

Irrigation department has averted a catastrophic flood-like situation by nabbing six miscreants trying to break the Sharda Canal embankment in Uttar Pradesh

2006 Aurangabad arms haul case: Bombay HC suspends life imprisonment, grants bail to accused Bilal Ahmed Abdul Razaq

Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice V G Bisht passed an order allowing Bilal's bail in the Aurangabad arms haul case

Urban Naxal Himanshu Kumar refuses to pay fine imposed on him by SC for making ‘false and fabricated’ allegations against security forces

Urban Naxal Himanshu Kumar refuses to pay the “exemplary” cost of Rs 5 lakh imposed on him by the Supreme Court

Calcutta HC orders high-level probe into abduction of a pig from Kalyani district court, directs legal action against police officer for inaction

The Calcutta HC ordered the probe into the mysterious disappearance of a pig that lived in the Kalyani District Court premises

Lionel Messi won a penalty and gave it to Sergio Ramos to score, and the internet just can’t keep calm

Fiercest rivals for 15 years, Messi and Ramos were brought together at PSG under extraordinary circumstances last summer

Which one is ‘lower caste’ in Tamil Nadu: Periyar University asks controversial question to students in exam

MA first year history paper in Periyar University asked students to identity the 'lower caste' from four communities

Karnataka Hijab row: Madras HC grants bail to 7 Jamath members who had threatened Karnataka HC judges for banning hijab in school, colleges

The Police had denied permission to all the seven Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamath members for staging protest against Hijab ban.

Newly elected pro-Khalistan Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann calls Bhagat Singh ‘terrorist,’ Punjab minister slams remarks, urges to apologise

SAD (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann has a long history of openly supporting the Khalistan movement.

‘Forced to cook meat, harassed when denied’: Suspended Hindu police personnel in Sitapur, UP, allege discrimination by IPS Shafiq Ahmed, ADG Zaki Ahmed

Several suspended Hindu police officers in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh have alleged harassment and discrimination by their superior officials ADG Zaki Ahmed and IPS Shafiq Ahmed

After getting show cause notice, SSP Patna clarifies comment comparing RSS to PFI, says ‘statement misinterpreted, had no specific intentions’

"It is impossible to compare one organisation to another. The meaning of my comment was misinterpreted, which is incorrect," SSP Dhillon said.

Teesta Setalvad received ₹30 lakhs from Ahmed Patel, got Padma Shri for her campaign against Narendra Modi after 2002 Gujarat Riots, says SIT: Details

The SIT highlighted how Teesta Setalvad met Ahmed Patel along with Sanjiv Bhatt at his residence in New Delhi, four months after the riots.

Pune show of Munawwar Faruqui cancelled after Jai Shri Ram Sena submits objection letter to Commissioner of Police: Details

A comedy show of Munawar Faruqui was organized in Jawaharlal Nehru memorial hall in Pune. It was scheduled for July 15 and 16.

Bangladesh: Muslim mob vandalise a temple, a grocery store and several houses of the Hindus over a Facebook Post

A group of radical Islamists vandalised a temple, a grocery store and several houses belonging to members of the Hindu community in the Sahapara area of Lohagara, Narail, Bangladesh

Fact-check: Did Madras High Court say that a woman removing Mangalsutra is mental cruelty of highest order for her husband

Media misreports Madras HC judgement, cites 2016 order as current order in similar divorce case

Gujarat: Youth receives death threats from Islamists for uploading a picture of Nupur Sharma on Instagram

The police have arrested three Islamists for issuing death threats to a young man for supporting Nupur Sharma.

Bihar Police makes third arrest in Patna terror case, says arrested Marguv Ahmad Danish alias Tahir was associated with Ghazwa-e-Hind

Bihar Police said that WhatsApp groups created by accused distributed anti-national content and instigated violence

Islamists outrage after a Muslim girl marries a Hindu boy in a temple in Azamgarh; VHP assures security

Momin Khatun, a Muslim girl, said that it was her choice to marry Suraj and she wants to live her life happily with him.

Ajmer police to investigate links between PFI and arrested Gauhar Chisti, who had raised ‘sar tan se juda’ slogans outside Ajmer dargah

A day after Gauhar Chishti was arrested, police said they would investigate all possible angles including PFI links

Karnataka: Private school takes kids to mosque on the eve of Bakrid, Hindu groups launch protest

On July 8, staff from Young Scholar School took UKG students to Terakanambi's dargah and mosque.

Mehbooba Mufti’s sister Rubaiya Sayeed identifies terrorist Yasin Malik and 3 others as abductors in her 1989 kidnapping case

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter implicates Yasin Malik in her 1989 kidnapping case in TADA court in Jammu

‘We are on this earth to reproduce’: 76-year-old father of Tesla CEO Elon Musk opens up about having a ‘secret’ second child with his...

Speaking to The Sun about his 'secret' second child Errol Musk, the father of billionaire Elon Musk exclaimed that "the only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce."

Uttar Pradesh: Gunshots amidst Friday prayers, elderly man killed in a mosque in Bulandshahar, family accuses one Sarfaraz

65 year old Bulandshahar resident Idris was shot dead when he had gone to a mosque for prayers on Friday morning

UP: Sundarkand recital in Lulu Mall cancelled after management apologises for allowing namaz prayers; complaint filed against namazis

The management of Lulu mall have registered a police case against unknown people for using mall premises for namaz.

Madhya Pradesh: Burqa-clad woman attacks on-duty traffic policeman in Indore, accomplice Sohail joins her, both detained

in the video that went viral, the burqa-lad woman is seen assaulting the policeman repeatedly while he tries to avoid her attack.

Hamid Ansari says he did not invite Nusrat Mirza to any conference after the event organiser said ex-VP had desired Pak journalist’s presence

Dr Adish Aggarwala, who organised the conference in 2010, said Hamid Ansari desired that Nusrat Mirza be invited to the conference.

Exclusive: ‘Dalit’ Christian employee of Loyola College alleges caste discrimination, sexual harassment and more, names principal in scandal

Founded in 1925 by a French Jesuit priest, Loyola College is a Christian university, run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Delhi Court gives sermons to Hindus while granting bail to Zubair, after SC judges had blamed Nupur Sharma for beheading of Kanhaiya Lal

Granting bail to Zubair, Delhi's Patiala House court said that Hindus must be tolerant as Hinduism is most tolerant religion

Congress outraged over order barring members from holding Dharnas in Parliament, social media users dig out identical order issued during UPA era

Congress leaders mocked the BJP govt for issuing an order that barred members of the parliament from using the premises of the House to hold protests, demonstrations and Dharnas.

Shinde-Fadnavis-led Maharashtra govt overturns 4 decisions taken by Uddhav Thackeray, including not letting farmers vote in APMC markets: Details

Senior govt officials, including CM Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, presided over the cabinet meeting where the decision was made.

Noida police take cognisance of grooming jihad case where Murad posed as Sameer to target Hindu woman, forced to convert and sent goons to...

The Noida police have taken cognisance of the grooming jihad case reported in Faridabad and Noida where a man named Murad Ali masqueraded as Sameer to lure a Hindu girl.

Delhi’s Patiala House Court grants bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in the FIR over derogatory Tweet against Hindus

Zubair had addressed the court through his lawyer, Vrinda Grover, to seek bail in the FIR filed by the Delhi Police.

Patna SSP, who was slammed for going slow on Munger murder of Hindu boy, now compares PFI arms training to RSS, gets support from...

In April 2021, Patna High Court ordered the transfer of then-SSP MS Dhillon for being too slow in the investigation of the Munger firing case where a Hindu boy named Anurag Poddar was killed.

Dalai Lama suggests India-China to solve border issues peacefully, says ‘use of military force outdated’

Dalai Lama has said that use of military force for solving border disputes is outdated and India and China should resolve problems through talks

Jharkhand: Probe initiated over media reports of conversion of 33 state-run schools in the Dumka district into Urdu schools

The DSE of Dumka, Jharkhand, has lodged a probe after media reports emerged that more than 33 state-run schools in the district have been converted into Urdu schools

US House of Representatives gives nod to CAATSA waiver for India to remove threat of sanctions for ties with Russia, Iran

The legislation sought to amend the National Defence Authorization Act to counter the looming threat of China against India's security.

Did you know: Sonia Gandhi got LK Advani’s comments in Parliament expunged in 2012. Here is all you need to know

L K Advani's remarks were expunged from parliament records after he said "UPA-II is an illegitimate government."

User gets Twitter notice for criticising SC judges who made comments against Nupur Sharma, injunction filed by Congress worker: Full details

Congress post holder Dipali Sikand approached the sessions court in Bangalore to get an injunction against commentary on the lunch picture

Pakistani man kills and boils wife in cauldron in front of their six children in Sindh

A Pakistan man in Sindh killed his wife, severed one of her legs and then boiled the body in a cauldron in front of his six children

Sri Lanka crisis: NDTV falsely claims ‘India sent a private jet for Rajapaksa’, deletes tweet after MEA rubbishes such rumours

The MEA meanwhile added that it will stand by the people of Sri Lanka as they seek to realize their aspirations for prosperity and progress through democratic means and values, established democratic institutions, and a constitutional framework.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar receives the highest State honour of Suriname

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had earlier declined the Padma Award in 2015.

Jahangirpuri violence was a sequel to 2020 Delhi anti-CAA riots, stones and glass bottles were kept ready at terraces days ago: Police charge sheet

The Police said that it investigated the data of around 2300 phones to discover the links between the Jahangirpuri violence and the anti-CAA violence. Police added that Jahangirpuri violence was the sequel of the 2019 riots.

Event organiser rubbishes ex-VP Hamid Ansari’s defence over Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza controversy: Read details

Aggarwala emphasised that Ansari and Mirza did not attend the Conference on Jurists but instead participated in the "International Conference against Terrorism", which was held at Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi on October 27, 2009, by Jama Masjid United Forum.

Ripudaman Singh Malik, accused in 1985 Air India bombing, ‘bumped off’ by anti-India forces to reignite Khalistan sentiments? Analysts suspect ISI role

Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was accused in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing case, has been shot dead in Surrey, Canada.