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Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida to arrive in India on a two-day visit on 19th March, Australian PM Scott Morrison to hold virtual summit with...

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida will arrive in India on a two-day visit, he will be in Delhi on 19th and 20th March 2022.

Nykaa’s Falguni Nayar is now five times richer than Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma with personal assets worth USD 4.9 billion

Falguni Nayar enters the Hurun Global Rich List 2022 as the richest new entrant from India with personal wealth amounting USD 4.9 Billion. India added 51 new billionaires in the list.

‘Govt takes such actions very seriously’, MEA slams OIC for inviting Hurriyat Conference to its foreign ministerial meet in Pakistan

India slammed Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting Hurriyat Conference to its foreign ministerial meet in Islamabad

Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee disallows shooting of films in temple premise, says will examine the script, purpose of filming first

Chairman of the Committee, Ajendra Ajay confirmed that the committee would sanction the permission only if the script and purpose of the shooting is authentic.

Pakistan does a Congress as ‘resort politics’ and ‘horse trading’ reaches the neighbouring country: Read full details

Amidst the vote of confidence motion scheduled against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, the opposition parties in Pakistan have alleged that the government is using its machinery to carry out raids in an effort to poach the opposition and rebel lawmakers.

People in Dehradun had stopped shooting of The Kashmir Files hearing anti-India slogans in a scene, director Vivek Agnihotri confirms

Shooting in Dehradun was restored only after the people were assured that The Kashmir Files is not an anti-India film.

‘175 terrorists arrested in a year, stone-pelting incidents almost nil in Jammu Kashmir’: CRPF DG

CRPF chief has confirmed that since the repeal of Article 370 in 2019, stone pelting incidents in the valley have been 'almost nil'.

Pakistan: ‘Unidentified object’ with tail of smoke falls from sky in Jamshoro, speculated to be failed missile test in response to the Brahmos accident

People living in Aliabad of Jamshoro in the Sindh state of Pakistan saw an unidentified object falling from the sky

Retired IPS officer says the truth of brutalities in Kashmir is scarier than what The Kashmir Files has managed to show

Dr NC Asthana has listed out the continuing massacres on Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir which has continued even after the mass exodus of 1990.

The Kashmir Files continues to rule the Box Office on Day-6, surpasses earnings of Bollywood A-list movies

Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files', is steadily inching closer to becoming one of the biggest blockbusters in recent times

Robert Vadra’s brother in law says his statements were misconstrued, claims that sex with industrialist’s wife while he watched was part of ‘reality gig’

In an episode on MXPlayer reality show Lock Upp, Tehseen Poonawalla had said India's top industrialist had offered him to have sex with his wife while he watched

‘They killed my sister’s son and threw his severed head on the front yard’: Kashmiri Hindu woman recalls the brutalities her family faced

In a program aired on India TV, a woman recalled the brutalities her family and relatives had to face in the Kashmir valley.

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan comes up with bizarre argument against bullet train, claims that Indian soil is not suitable for it

Nusrat Jahan claimed in Parliament that Indian soil is not fit to set up any infrastructure required to run bullet trains

Yoga soon to be a part of the sports curriculum in Saudi Arabia schools: Saudi Yoga committee working with Edu ministry

The president of the Saudi Yoga Committee (SYC) Nouf Al-Marwaai has announced the decision on 14th March 2022.

‘Suicide bombing is Haram, but I will become one and blow up entire opposition’: Pakistan minister threatens as Imran Khan-led govt faces a vote...

In an explosive statement on Tuesday, Pakistan's Civil Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan threatened the opposition parties that he would turn into to become a suicide bomber and blow up the entire opposition.

Amitabh Bachchan’s cryptic tweet amid ‘The Kashmir Files’ release leaves netizens speculating, read details

Amitabh Bachchan's wife, actress Jaya Bachchan is a Member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party, which made netizens speculate that he was not able to openly praise The Kashmir Files

Mosques in Uttar Pradesh change Namaz timings as Holi and Shab-e-Barat falls on the same day

At least 22 mosques in the Lucknow city have decided to change the Namaz time and hold Friday prayers after 1.30 PM

Nizamuddin Markaz to reopen for Shab-e-barat after Delhi HC orders, had become the first epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak in India

The Delhi HC has given a nod to Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi during Shab-e-Baraat for a few hours between March 18 and 19.

UP: Gaming addict married woman runs away to be with her PUBG lover

A married woman from UP's Maharajganj had runaway to Bihar, to meet her new love found online while playing PUBG.

Man accused of planting a bomb outside Mangaluru airport gets 20 years imprisonment

A Karnataka court sentenced Aditya Rao to 20-year imprisonment under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for planting an explosive near the departure gate of Mangalore International Airport.

Tripura: 45-year-old man who sexually assaulted a minor girl beaten to death by local women

The man deceptively took the five-year-old girl to the nearby forest at Gandacherra and assaulted her. He fled the spot as the girl cried aloud for help.

AAP likely to send former cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha: Reports

AAP may send former cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Rajya Sabha, say reports.

My Lai massacre: Over 500 innocent villagers, including women and children, were slaughtered by US troops on March 16, 1968

In a gruesome violence against innocent Vietnamese villagers perpetrated by US troops. 182 women, 173 children and a total of 504 people were killed in the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968.

Second hijacker of IC 814 killed? What we know about this viral claim

Social media users claimed that the assassination of Jamali is the second assassination of IC-814, which came after the killing of another hijacker Zahoor Mistry who was killed on March first week.

Netflix to test fee for customers who share accounts outside the household: Here is all you need to know

Netflix has decided to charge additional fee from customers who share accounts outside household

International Court of Justice orders Russia to immediately suspend invasion of Ukraine, order passed by 13-2 votes

ICJ ordered Russia to suspend invasion of Ukraine by 13-2 votes, judges from Russia and China were against the order

CBI arrests Jamia Millia Islamia professor Khalid Moin and 2 others for issuing fake structural stability certificates for projects after taking bribe

Khalid Moin had issued fake safety certificate to Gurugram’s Chintels Paradiso society, a portion of which collapsed in February 2022.

Did you know: I&B Ministry under former PM Indira Gandhi had provided $10 million to make the film ‘Gandhi’

In 1982, NFDC of India, which was under the I&B Ministry, was one of the production companies that financed the film 'Gandhi'

Hinduphobic event ‘Holi against Hindutva’ to be held yet again, was accused of appropriating Hindu festival for political protests on US campuses earlier

Like past few years, 'Holi Against Hindutva' will be organised this year too on US campuses by anti-Hindu groups

‘Fight for your ideology alone’: Congress shows Kapil Sibal his place for asking Gandhis to step aside

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the G-23 members of the Congress party don't have a habit of staying out of the governing power and suggested they stop criticizing the party.

Muslims are the majority, they must ensure harmony and assure that minorities in Assam will not face the fate of Kashmiri Pandits: Himanta Biswa...

Assam CK Himanta Biswa Sarma said that with 35% of population, Muslims are the majority community in the state

Ukrainian TV show host Fakhrudin Sharafmal cites Nazi ideologue Adolf Eichmann to call for extermination of all Russians, including children

Fakhrudin Sharafmal, a broadcaster at Channel 24, said he was ready to personally kill all Russians, along with their children.

AgustaWestland chopper scam: Supplementary charge sheet filed against former defence secretary Shashikant Sharma, four others

CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against Shashikant Sharma and four others in UPA-era AgustaWestland chopper scam

Chhattisgarh: Congress CM Bhupesh Baghel urges PM Modi to declare ‘The Kashmir Files’ tax-free, invites all MLAs to watch the movie together

Responding to demands of BJP MLAs to make The Kashmir Files tax-free, Bhupesh Baghel asked centre to make it tax-free

Congress uses Al Jazeera to claim democracy is in danger, read how it is full of loopholes and load of cr*p

Congress clutches on to Al Jazeera to claim democracy is in danger, but is awfully misleading and biased as usual

India and China: Revisiting the 1962 war and 2020 Galwan attack

China has been receiving a lot of international criticism on the issue of Human rights violations of Uighur Muslims. Besides, China passed the Hong Kong National Security Law which faced widespread criticism both at the national and international levels.

Kerala: SFI goons attack KSU woman leader over election results in Trivandrum law college

Although SFI had won the union election this year, KSU had secured the seat of vice-chairperson in the union. Already conflicts were brewing up on the campus.

Mumbai: MNS workers vandalise team bus of IPL team Delhi Capitals near Taj Hotel, 5 arrested

The vehicle vandalised by MNS workers was to be used as a team bus by the IPL franchise Delhi Capitals for the upcoming IPL 2022 matches

‘Why can’t govt have control over churches, mosques’: Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan calls for liberation of Hindu temples

Pawan Kalyan said that Jana Sena Party will form the government in 2024 and fulfill the people’s aspirations with the due support of those standing by the party's ideals.

As Sonia Gandhi legitimizes Al Jazeera hitjob in parliament, Congress gives another signal of how it’s now looking towards ‘foreign ecosystem’ to save it

With its domestic ecosystem unravelling, Congress strategy now revolves around enlisting foreign media to salvage its existence

Islamic organisations call for ‘peaceful’ bandh in Karnataka to protest against High Court verdict upholding hijab ban in schools

Several Muslim organisations have called for a bandh to protest against the recent ruling of the Karnataka High Court, stating that the hijab is not "essential religious practice" in the Islamic faith.

Samajwadi Party worker kills himself using country-made gun in Hardoi, was upset with party’s defeat in UP elections

Upset over Samajwadi Party defeat, party worker Devendra Yadav Bablu committed suicide in Hardoi in, Uttar Pradesh

Separating myth from fact: A simple Q&A on Karnataka High Court and hijab judgement

You have to either accept that Islam does not give the choice to women, or you have to stop saying that the school is legally required to change its uniform for you. You can't have it both ways.

UP: Meraj Ahmed and Zeeshan used a gay dating app to lure victims and loot them, one injured in police encounter

Meraj Ahmed and his associate Zeeshan used to contact people using a gay dating app and call the victims at a deserted place where they looted them. Many victims, out of shame, had not even approached the police.

Shiv Sena mouthpiece calls The Kashmir Files ‘BJP propaganda’, advises Congress to throw away the ‘hijab’ of fake secularism

Shiv Sena has asked Congress to throw away the 'hijab' of fake secularism and counter the BJP's narrative in an effective manner.

Odisha: Youth beheads his 5-year old niece allegedly to cure his illness by sacrificing the minor girl

Five-year-old Rojalin beheaded with an axe by her uncle Nagarjuna Bhainsa at Hetkhamar village in Deogarh district in Odisha

Gujarat: Two Bangladeshi women among three caught with fake Aadhaar cards, arrested while attempting to escape

The women with fake Aadhaar Cards were arrested and sent to Vadodara’s Women Protection Centre. On Tuesday, at around 2:45 am, the ladies attempted to jump over the Centre's wall and escape from the reform home.

‘In a much better position to fight pandemic,’ PM Modi lauds India’s relentless vaccination efforts as inoculation for 12-14 age group started today

The Central Government has begun vaccination for children aged 12 to 14 against Covid-19 with Corbevax vaccine

Rahul Dholakia says “hate sells”: How the Left continues to shield Islamists and deny the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits by slandering ‘The Kashmir Files’

Rahul Dholakia, known for glorifying terrorist Abdul Latif in Raees, had also evaded questions on Parzania's lop-sided portrayal of Gujarat riots