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Sell or face consequences: Hindu residents threatened by Muslim mob to sell their flats in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, govt denies

Reports suggest that a few days back, a 100-150 people strong Muslim mob had descended upon Satvik society in Bhavnagar and threatened residents of about 15 flats to sell and leave their flats or face dire consequences

Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as Punjab Congress chief ‘as desired by Congress president’, sends one line resignation letter

In one of the shortest resignation letters, Navjot Singh Sidhu wrote to Sonia Gandhi, “I hereby resign as President (PPCC)”.

‘Come after Holi vacations’: Supreme Court refuses urgent listing of appeal against hijab row verdict by Karnataka High Court

Supreme Court refused urgent listing of plea against hijab row verdict by the Karnataka High Court.

AIUDF chief and ex-Congress ally Badruddin Ajmal demands ban on ‘The Kashmir Files’, says the movie will stoke communal tensions

Badruddin Ajmal, a former ally of the Congress party, demanded the Central government and the Government of Assam must ban the film in order to avoid communal tensions.

‘How can we interfere’: Former MP and senior journalist MJ Akbar recalls Rajiv Gandhi’s reply on the plight of Kashmiri Hindus

MJ Akbar recalled how Rajiv Gandhi-led government had turned a blind eye towards the plight of Kashmiri Hindus.

Imran Khan gloats, congratulates Muslim Ummah, as UN adopts resolution proposed by Pakistan designating March 15 as ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia’

The resolution introduced by Pakistan seeks to 'promote the message of tolerance, peaceful co-existence and interfaith and cultural harmony among all religions, races and nations'.

‘Please marry within Hindu Dharma’: Apoorva Puranik, who was stabbed 23 times by Mohammad Ijaz for leaving him, requests Hindu women

Mohammad Ijaz in Karnataka had brutally stabbed his wife Apoorva Puranik, alias Arfa Bano, for seeking a divorce after finding out that he was already married and a father of three children.

‘Religiophobias not restricted to Abrahamic faiths, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs face discrimination and violence too’: India at the UN on Islamophobia resolution

Tirumurti said India had suggested amendments to include the word 'pluralism' in the text, but it was not included by the sponsors of the resolution for 'reasons best known to them'.

Malhar Rao Holkar: From a valiant warrior who established Swarajya in Malwa to a father-in-law with a difference

Did you know that owing to an old custom among the Dhangars, Malhar Rao Holkar reserved a certain portion of his wealth as a private asset for the women of his house?

Samajwadi Party fields Gorakhpur hospital tragedy accused Kafeel Khan as a candidate for Uttar Pradesh MLC elections

Dr Kafeel Khan was named as the main accused in the case of multiple deaths of children due to lack of oxygen cylinders at Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in 2017, where he worked as a paediatrician.

Gujarati film ‘Prem Prakaran’ withdraws itself from theatres voluntarily to make way for Kashmir Files, will be re-released later

Even though Gujarati film Prem Prakaran was doing well in theatres, the filmmakers withdrew it temporarily so that The Kashmir Files can be allotted more shows

Muslim girl student moves SC after Karnataka HC dismisses petitions saying hijab is not essential religious practice

A Muslim student named Niba Namaz approached the SC challenging Karnataka HC decision verdict in the hijab case

Karnataka hijab verdict: Drawing false parallels is an older technique, Swara Bhaskar must learn something new to peddle her agenda

Swara Bhaskar has reaffirmed that the degree of reasoning she employs is unfathomable to anybody other than some left-leaning liberals.

‘Ek Bihari 100 Bimari’: TMC MLA goes on a vitriolic rant; Mamata Banerjee had earlier sowed the seeds of Bengali vs outsiders narrative

A TMC legislator courted controversy after his vitriolic rant against people of Bihar went viral on social media.

State-owned PNB reports borrowing fraud of over Rs 2000 crores in the NPA account of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Co. Ltd.

In a letter to BSE and NSE, PNB reported a a borrowing fraud of over Rs 2000 crores in ITPCL NPA account

SP workers conduct “checks” of govt vehicles with returning officers: Attempt to murder charge slapped against over 100 people

The miscreants were charged with Section 307(attempt to murder) for obstructing government officials from performing their duties.

After facing a crushing defeat in Assembly polls, Congress President Sonia Gandhi asks all 5 state presidents to resign

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked all these five state presidents to put down their papers after the recent Assembly poll debacle

“One-word” review: The Kashmir Files can be defined in one word – ‘Watershed’

As far as one word reviews go, let’s first start with the movie The Kashmir Files itself – it’s a 'watershed'.

Hijab verdict: Leftist portal The Wire loses it after Karnataka High Court order, compares it to death camps under Nazi Germany

The Wire, got so upset with High Court decision disallowing hijab in schools, that they compared it to Nazi Germany and Hitler's death camps.

Burqa-clad students refuse to write exams after Karnataka HC held that hijab is not an essential practice in Islam

“We will write our exam wearing hijab. If they ask us to remove hijab, we will not write exams," a Muslim student warned.

Tika Lal Taploo: One of the first murders before the genocide Kashmiri Hindus in 1990, killed for sending bricks and funds for construction of...

Taploo was believed to be killed as he raised funds and arranged bricks to be sent for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

The Kashmir Files: The real stories of brutality presented in the movie

The film takes viewers back to the year 1989-90, when due to rising of radical Islamism, a huge conflict erupted in Kashmir, forcing the minority Hindus to leave the valley.

Savarkar, Kashmir, Constitution: Books and movies questioning established narrative upsets leftist intelligentsia, here is why

A slow stream of books and movies opposing the established leftist narrative appeared on the horizon. Works challenging the leftist version of events from India's past.

SC permits Malayalam news channel MediaOne to resume operations, I&B ministry had revoked license based on national security concerns

The SC Tuesday stayed the Central government's ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne, allowed it to resume operations

‘147 foreign nationals from 18 countries evacuated under Operation Ganga, evacuation from Kharkiv, Sumy most challenging’: says EAM S Jaishankar

“Despite the challenges posed by the serious ongoing conflict, we have ensured that about 22,500 citizens have returned home safely,” S Jaishankar said in the parliament.

Teenagers join fight against Russian forces after basic training, Ukraine had earlier provided ‘military’ training to children: Details

"It is human nature to feel scared, and of course deeply in my soul I feel a bit scared, as no one wants to die, even if it's for your country," remarked 18-year-old Dmytro

Bail to ‘woman’ Ishrat Jahan in Delhi anti-Hindu riots ‘despite embargoes in UAPA, CrPc’: Details and break up of conspiracy charge sheet in 50...

Former Congress councillor, Ishrat Jahan, who was arrested on the 26th of February 2020 for her involvement in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots has been given bail by the Karkardooma Court, Delhi.

‘Ever Forward’ vessel now stuck near Washington DC, earlier ‘Ever Given’ of the same company was stuck in Suez canal for a week: Details

Meanwhile, the Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp had hired divers to inspect the vessel for possible damages and help in refloating the 'Ever Forward'.

Threats, allegations of foul play and sit-in protest: AAP candidate who lost Kapurthala assembly seat ends her 4-day dharna on a bitter note

AAP candidate Manju Rana threatened Congress' Rana Gurjeet Singh with dire consequences after losing Kapurthala seat

‘The Kashmir Files’ success: Local businesses offer discounts, incentives to encourage people to watch the movie

Incentives from independent businesses have come as an encouragement for the masses to come out and watch The Kashmir Files in large numbers.

PM Narendra Modi praises ‘The Kashmir Files’, says it presents the truth, so certain people are running a campaign against it

PM Modi has slammed the so-called liberals who have tried to dismiss the entire plot of the movie as fiction even though it is based on real events.

Chhattisgarh: Congress again blames BJP for Kashmiri Hindu genocide as BJP accuses the govt of trying to sabotage The Kashmir Files movie

As the truth of the Kashmiri Hindu genocide comes out in front of the people, Congress is busy trying to pin the blame for the same on the BJP.

Karnataka hijab row verdict: Liberals, Islamists get triggered as judiciary does not take the knee to Sharia

Most of these 'liberals' are arguing how the courts have banned hijab, but the fact is that the verdict was on petitions whether the hijab is an essential part of Islam.

‘Everything was recorded but the Govt did not act’, says ex-CRPF soldier who worked at control room during Kashmiri Hindu genocide

An ex-CRPF officer reveals how the administration had turned a blind eye to the atrocities that were being perpetrated on the Kashmiri Hindu in the early 1990s

Maldives lifts health emergency declared during COVID-19, President Solih thanks India for providing vaccines and monetary assistance

India provided Maldives with over 2 lakh doses of vaccines in early 2021 to boost their fight against COVID-19.

Shah Rukh Khan announces his own OTT platform, here is what we know

In September 2021, it was widely speculated that Shah Rukh Khan was to make his OTT debut on Disney Hotstar.

Meet Asiya Andrabi – a Pakistani agent who sought to free Kashmir from Hindus

From slaughtering cow at Lal Chowk to raising Pakistani slogans in the valley, meet Asiya Andrabi, the women jihadi leader in the valley

‘Ghar Wapsi’ in Pakistan: Islamists target Trans woman for reverting to Hinduism

Zakriya Hanif, a Pakistani national and a trans woman, was attacked by Islamists for embracing Hinduism.

High level probe ordered for accidental release of missile during inspection which fell in Pakistan, says Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh in Rajya Sabha

No loss of lives or property was reported from Pakistan on the accidental firing of missile from India during routine maintenance

Uttar Pradesh: FIR against one Amir Khan for posting derogatory picture of CM Yogi Adityanath and BSP chief Mayawati

The accused Amir Khan was charged under sections of IPC and IT Act for posting derogatory content against Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Mayawati on his Facebook account

Hijab not an essential practice of Islam, Karnataka HC dismisses all writ petitions filed by Muslim girl students

The court was of the opinion that Government has power to issue GO, and said that it was of the opinion that no case is made out to initiate disciplinary enquiry against college authorities.

‘If they still need ‘chintan shivir’ to find out what went wrong, they live in cuckoo land’, Kapil Sibal says Gandhis must go

Sibal claimed that few prominent Congress leaders in the CWC genuinely feel that the party would not survive without the Gandhis, but he disagrees with the sentiment.

US journalist threatens India with sanctions for buying Russian oil, while all NATO countries continue paying Russia billions for energy and other products

These 'experts' have chosen to conveniently ignore that major NATO countries have continued to purchase billions of dollars worth of Russian oil and gas while using heavy words to denounce the Russian military operation in Ukraine, and pumping weapons into the war, basically paying both sides to fight.

Gujarat: Christian missionary school punishes students over Jai Shri Ram slogan, apologises after two days

Two kids of class 9 of St Mary's School, Vapi, had greeted each other with 'Jai Shri Ram' chants in the corridor which irked Kalpesh Bhagat, teacher at the school who made them apologise in writing

Wikipedia page of ‘The Kashmir Files’ vandalised, editor admits to bias: All you need to know

TrangaBellam, a Wikipedia editor, who was accused of vandalizing author Vikram Sampath's Wikipedia page, is now accused of vandalizing The Kashmir Files's page on Wikipedia

‘Kashmiri Hindus were RSS people who killed their own people to target Muslims’: Pakistani YouTube channel following the release of ‘The Kashmir Files’

The channel claimed that the entire Kashmiri Hindu Genocide was a conspiracy peddled by the RSS to maligns the Muslims in Kashmir

US-funded Biolabs in Ukraine: Tulsi Gabbard hits back with details after Mitt Romney calls her a ‘treasonous liar’

Tulsi Gabbard had released a video in which she said there were 25+ US-funded Biolabs in war-hit Ukraine

‘Oh Putin, increase your attacks and banish Ukrainians to Palestine so that we can marry their women’: Song performed at a Palestinian marriage

Singers performing at the marriage also called on China to attack Taiwan and "smash the nose of America"

‘Get your workers insured’: Netizens suggest as AAP decides to contest local body polls in West Bengal

Netizens flooded the microblogging site with suggestions on how the Arvind Kejriwal party should protect its cadres and leaders as it prepares to enter the death knell

Iraq: Tiktok star Eman Sami Maghdid shot dead by brother for wearing crop tops

Maghdid was known for posting rebellious images, including pictures of herself wearing crop tops that exposed her midriff