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Tamil Nadu: BJP chief K Annamalai, 5000 others booked by police for protests demanding cut in fuel prices as per DMK’s poll promise

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said party will hold a satyagraha demanding that DMK fulfil its poll promise of cutting fuel prices

ED summons Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over National Herald case

Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are prime accused in the National Herald case.

“Our history books have only 2-3 lines on Prithviraj Chauhan, but there is a lot mentioned about invaders”: Akshay Kumar

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Akshay Kumar lamented the lack of mention of Indian culture and kings in history books.

Punjab: Armed robbers loot driver, conductor and passengers of a PRTC bus near Phillaur, angry passengers block Highway

A Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation bus on Ludhiana-Jalandhar main road was robbed by 3 armed robbers

Maharashtra: Congress leader Somnath Kadam assaults elderly farmer and son, then goes to the hospital with goons to attack them again

Congress leader Somnath Kadam in Maharashtra assaulted elderly farmer and son with iron rods over a minor dispute

“In music, he lived life, in music he met death”: KK’s college bandmate pens a heartfelt note after his demise

Singer KK passed away on Tuesday night from a cardiac arrest, hours after performing at a concert in Kolkata.

Bihar: Two Muslim groups get into hand to hand combat, kick each other, throw chairs at one another ahead of namaz

The two Muslims groups used batons, pelted stones and threw chairs at each other.

Hyderabad: ‘Open Charminar mosque for Namaz, Bhagya Lakshmi temple is an illegal structure’, says Congress leader Rashed Khan

Congress leaders also called for the shut down of the Bhagya Lakshmi temple near Charminar if the government had no plans to allow Namaz in the mosque located inside the Charminar.

Kerala High Court allows lesbian couple Adhila Nassrin and Fathima Noora to live together, they still fear family

Kerala High Court said consenting adults can live together, allowed Fathima Noora to leave with her partner Adhila Nassrin

Hyderabad: BJP’s Nupur Sharma faces another FIR for her remarks on Prophet Muhammad, third since AltNews’ Zubair dog-whistled against her

A week since the debate on Times Now, BJP's Nupur Sharma continues to be inundated with threats and FIRs for stating Islamic scriptures on Prophet Muhammad.

Singer KK passes away shortly after performing at a concert in Kolkata

Singer KK passed away hours after he performed at a concert in Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium.

Bangladeshi woman swims across the Sunderbans to meet her lover in West Bengal, arrested for entering India illegally

Krishna Mandal, 22, swam across the Sundarbans and crossed the India-Bangladesh border to meet her online boyfriend in Bengal.

‘Maharanas: A Thousand Year War For Dharma’ by Omendra Ratnu chronicles the proud legacy of Rajputs who resisted Islamic invasions

Dr Omendra Ratnu in his book demolishes the lies peddled by leftist historians about the Islamic invasions of India

UK: Sperm donor fathered 15 children for lesbian mothers without telling them he had an inheritable ‘low-IQ’ illness

Sperm donor James MacDougall fathered 15 kids to lesbian mothers without telling them about his incurable genetic illness.

Oxford Union cancels Vivek Agnihotri’s Humanity Tour a day before the event, filmmaker says he will fight it legally

Oxford Union cancelled Humanity tour event of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri a day before the scheduled date

Assam: Madarsas challenge govt’s order to convert them into regular schools, reach SC with petition after HC rejects it

The Assam Repealing Act, 2020 repealed Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act, 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization of Services of Teachers and Reorganization of Educational Institutions) Act, 2018. The Governor of Assam had granted his assent to the bill on January 27, 2021.

Karnataka: Idols of Hindu deities vandalised by miscreants in Hassan; probe ordered

According to police, 10 idols of Hindu deities at the Exhibition Centre in Hassan were vandalised by the miscreants.

Maharashtra: NCP workers join Islamists to outrage against BJP’s Nupur Sharma, demand her arrest over remarks on Prophet Muhammad

The NCP workers also chanted slogans such as "Nupur Sharma Murdabad" during the demonstration.

Case of contempt of National Flag registered against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra for insulting the Indian Tricolor with a morphed image

Kamra in November 2020 had tweeted a morphed picture of the Supreme Court and had replaced the Indian tricolor atop the SC building with the flag of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

From Pitchers to Panchayat, how ‘Jeetu Bhaiyya’ has become the most bankable star in the Indian web series industry

TVF has done many good things for the world of Indian web series, maybe the best thing they did out of them all was to introduce Jitendra Kumar to the Indian audience.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain sent to ED custody till June 9 in money laundering case

The ED had arrested Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain yesterday in connection with a money laundering case.

Times of India gives a platform to paedophilia-accused British journo Hasan Suroor to mouth platitudes on ‘secularism’ over Gyanvapi

Hassan Suroor had allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old girl during a sting operation set up by an anti-paedophile group called Unknown TV.

Sidhu Moosewala’s father removes turban as a mark of respect for attendees at son’s funeral, seeks justice in murder case

Sidhu Moosewala's father removed his turban as mark of respect to attendees at son's cremation

BJP leader Gopichand Padalkar barred from entering Ahilyabai Holkar’s birthplace to celebrate her birth anniversary, Fadnavis says it is an attempt by NCP to...

"The whole of the politics of these people has been anti-Hindu, then what gives them the right to enter birthplace of Ahilyabai Holkar?" BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar asked

AAP apes Congress in insulting PM Modi, calls him “chor” after ED arrested Satyendar Jain in money laundering case

AAP Himachal Pradesh tweeted a derogatory poster demeaning PM Modi and referring to him as a 'Chor.'

Panchayat strikes a chord with the Indian audience because it shows India for what it is – flawed but fabulous

Success of works such as Panchayat, Kota Factory, Aspirants and Gullak testify how the audience is identifying with a changing, progressing India.

Karnataka: Video of youth performing ‘burqa dance’ at Kodagu cultural event goes viral, leaves Islamists fuming

A video of students of a college in Karnataka's Kodagu district performing burqa dance has gone viral on the internet.

Xinjiang Police Files reveal Chinese govt’s involvement in unlawful activities against Muslim Uyghurs in prison-like ‘re-education centers’

The communist leaders are involved in practicing human rights atrocities against thousands of Muslim Uyghurs through a network of detention centers and prisons in the Xinjiang region.

‘Abhi Maare Jayenge Sab’: Farooq Abdullah makes controversial remark after the targeted killing of a Hindu teacher in Kashmir

The controversial remark by Farooq Abdullah came in the wake of the murder of a Hindu migrant in Kashmir.

Dear Aamir Khan, please leave Hollywood classics alone! After ruining Memento, Prestige, and Pirates of the Caribbean, Aamir comes for Forrest Gump

If the trailer of Laal Singh Chaddha is any evidence, Aamir Khan has made a parody of the Tom Hanks starrer Hollywood classic.

Anger, affection, and desperation: A roller coaster ride for a Hindu family in Chhattisgarh whose daughter has fallen prey to love jihad

The girl's parents are very much disturbed asserting that their daughter has fallen victim to a love jihad trap.

‘If we knew there was a Shivling, we would have destroyed and removed it’: President of Rashtriya Bunkar Action Committee gives controversial statement on...

Sarfaraz, who is the President of Rashtriya Bunkar Action Committee, said during a debate that if they [Muslims] knew there was a Shivling [at Gyanvapi], they would have demolished and removed it from the premises.

Another Hindu woman, a teacher shot dead by terrorists in Kashmir, a week after the murder of a woman TV artist

A Hindu migrant teacher identified as Rajni Bala has been shot dead by Islamic terrorists in Kulgam district's Gopalpora area in Jammu and Kashmir

Former Congress leader Hardik Patel to join BJP ahead of Gujarat elections

Hardik Patel was convicted in a sedition case in 2015 Mehsana riot case. However, the Supreme Court has stayed its conviction.

Hyderabad: Nehru portrait absent from Salar Jung Museum’s exhibition on freedom struggle, Congress holds protest

The Telangana Congress claimed that the 'backlash' faced by the Centre had forced it to restore the portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Salar Jung Museum.

What happens when a Muslim becomes an apostate and renounces Islam? This is what the Islamic scriptures say

Islamic scholar Assim al Hakeem remarked, "Is killing others (for apostasy) justifiable? If you are a Muslim, then, you say yes."

Bollywood superstars nearing 60 paired against women younger than half their age, what is this obsession

The film industry has negotiated this change with a thumb rule that while women are expected to age gracefully, men continue to come of age on the screen even in their 50s.

Punjab: Man kills wife and daughter in Patiala, beheads one of them over land dispute

Man killed his wife and daughter in Patiala over ongoing dispute about a 4-acre land.

New visuals of Shivling inside Gyanvapi compound surface; Swastika, Trishul and Lotus motifs found engraved on walls

New visuals from Gyanvapi compound show Swastika, Trishul and Hindu motifs engraved on the walls of the basement.

We are happy that because of his martyrdom, a thousand lives are saved: Father of braveheart J&K cop Mudassir Ahmed

"Because of his sacrifice, a thousand other lives were saved. We are very proud of him today", Mudassir Ahmed's grief-stricken father Maqsood Ahmed Sheikh said.

Heavy rains and thunderstorm leaves the central dome of the Jama Masjid structure in Old Delhi damaged

Many social media users have shared images showing the finial atop the main dome at Jama Masjid getting damaged due to the rain

Enforcement Directorate arrests AAP Minister Satyendra Jain in connection with money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain in the money laundering case against him

Sidhu Moosewala murder: Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi moves court fearing ‘encounter’ by Punjab police

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi told the court on Monday that he should not be handed over to the Punjab Police because he fears he would be killed in an encounter.

AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi dog-whistles in front of thousands of people against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma

Owaisi appealed to Prime Minister Modi to take action against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

Mass shootings continue in the USA, at least eleven more reported since the Uvalde school massacre 5 days ago

At least 11 mass shooting incidents have occured in the USA in 5 days since the Uvalde school massacre.

Hearing on the plea seeking permission to worship the Shivling inside disputed Gyanpavi mosque deferred till July 8

Two ongoing hearings in the disputed Gyanvapi Mosque case, one being heard in a fast track court and the other in district court have been adjourned till July 8 and 4 respectively

BJP goes ‘international’ as martial arts fighter Jiri Procházka launches his store, here is what has left netizens amused

Following the announcement of the 'BJP' going international, netizens are sharing hilarious reactions on Twitter.