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Meet Yash Vyas, 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast survivor, who saw his brother and father perish at age 8 but did not lose hope

Yash Vyas, then an 8 year old boy, lost his brother and father in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma asks the Centre to ban PFI for involvement in ‘subversive activities and radicalisation’

It is being widely reported that PFI is being funded to promote Islamism and radicalisation drives in India

Sikhs who returned from Afghanistan thank PM Modi for saving the lives of Hindus and Sikhs and also the great culture heritage

Sikhs who returned from Afghanistan while after Taliban took over Kabul expressed their gratitude towards PM Modi

‘Not a single Hindu woman come outside homes wearing religious symbols’: Islamists in Bangladesh issue threats while protesting ‘hijab ban’ in India

Radical Muslims gathered in large numbers in Dhaka in Bangladesh to protest against 'Hijab ban' in Indian schools

Relatives of Ahmedabad bomb blast convicts seen campaigning with SP chief, alleges UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Md Saif, son of SP leader Shadab Ahmed, was one of the 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case.

‘Sheer violation of rule’: EC asks Punjab police to register FIR against Arvind Kejriwal for violating model code of conduct

Punjan Chief Election Officer asks SSP SAS Nagar to file FIR against Arvind Kejriwal after complaint by Akali Dal

Indore municipal official who was assaulted by BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya with a cricket bat takes U-turn in court, says he does not know...

Indore municipal official says he does not know who had hit him in 2019, who was beaten with a cricket by BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya

Groom camps outside a police station in Madhya Pradesh after police stop DJ music at the wedding procession

The entire wedding party led by the groom on horse reached police station after cops stopped them from playing DJ music

Australian cricketer James Faulkner quits Pakistan Super League mid-season, blames PCB for non-payment of dues

James Faulkner on Saturday took to Twitter to inform that he is leaving PSL over contractual and payment issues

BJP lambasts Akhilesh Yadav for his silence after Samajwadi Party leader’s son gets convicted in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

BJP slammed Akhilesh Yadav over his silence after SP leader Shadab Ahmed's son Saif was convicted in 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case

Dawood Ibrahim forms a special unit to target India; businessmen, politicians on hit list: NIA

The NIA has learnt that top politicians and businessmen are on the radar of the unit formed by Dawood Ibrahim

‘Wanted’ posters looking for ‘absconding’ journalist Gowhar Geelani come up in Kashmir after a court issued arrest warrant against him

Activists put up posters seeking information about missing journalist Gowhar Geelani after arrest warrant issued against him

Seven more Pakistani fishing boats captured in Harami Nala in Gujarat: Read how the water channel got its name and the Sir Creek dispute

Last week, BSF had caught 6 Pakistani fishermen and 11 fishing boats from the Harami Nala in Gujarat's Kutch

YouTuber Ajit Anjum accuses UP CM Yogi Adityanath of using an abusive term for Muslims, here is what ‘kaThmullaa’ means

YouTuber Ajit Anjum falsely accuses UP CM Yogi Adityanath of abusing Muslims by using the word kathmullla for Muslim clerics

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri deactivates Twitter account after receiving death threats for his upcoming movie ‘The Kashmir Files’

Vivek Agnihotri said he began receiving threats, presumably from Chinese and Pakistani bots, after he started campaigning for 'The Kashmir Files'

From LeT, Al-Qaeda to ISIS terrorists: The sordid history of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind of extending legal aid to terror-accused

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind claims they provide legal aid to Muslims who are innocent, and are falsely implicated.

Karnataka: FIR filed against 10 girls in Tumkur for staging protests against hijab ban amid section 144 restrictions

FIR filed against Muslim girls who had protested against hijab ban in Tumkur in Karnataka despite section 144 restrictions

Stolen motorcycle recovered near Seemapuri house where IED was found, was used to plant IED at Ghazipur market last month: Delhi police

After IED recovered in Seemapuri in Delhi, abandoned motorcycle used to plant IEDs found near the house

Sadhguru’s Conscious Planet is not merely a movement, it is an urgent need of the hour to tackle Climate Change

The grim reality of Climate Change has made it incumbent on us to strive towards a more inhabitable and conscious planet

PM Modi hosts prominent Sikh leaders in Delhi, asserts India was not born in 1947

PM Modi is a Sikh in his heart, said a Sikh leader as the PM hosted prominent Sikh leaders at his official residence in Delhi

Punjab: Chandigarh DSP files criminal defamation suit against Navjot Singh Sidhu for insulting police with his ‘wet pants’ remark

Sidhu had earlier said that Congress MLA Navtej Singh Cheema could make a police officer wet in his pants.

Karnataka burqa row: Burqa clad teacher resigns after being told to not wear hijab in college

On February 10, the Karnataka High Court had issued a preliminary ruling in the Hijab row case and instructing students and stakeholders to not wear any religious garments or headdresses till the case is resolved.

Rupesh Pandey’s post mortem report reveals cruelty with which he was killed, Jharkhand administration stops people from attending his Shradh

Rupesh Pandey's post-mortem report reveals Injury marks were found all over the body, including the eyes, ears, chest, belly, and legs.

Congress leader arrested in Telangana for stealing a donkey

Telangana's Karimnagar police have arrested Venkat Balmoor, the president of the Telangana National Students' Union of India and a Congress leader, on charges of donkey theft

Vote for Yogi, says Kangana Ranaut, watch video

Amidst the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, actor Kangana Ranaut has taken to her Instagram handle to make a vote appeal for the incumbent BJP's Yogi Adityanath govt in the state

‘No hijab when they make TikTok videos, but they want to wear it inside classroom’: Non-hijabi students in Karnataka say protests spoiling their education

Amidst the disobedience of existing laws by a section of Muslim students, there is a sense of despair among the rest of the students. The non-Muslim students are facing the heat of this hijab row as the dress code has become the main issue, relegating academics and studies into the background.

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind opposes death penalty to 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts convict, says will take the matter till Supreme Court if needed

Jamiat has also recently given a reward of Rs 5 lakh to burqa clad person identified as Muskan Khan who shouted Allahu Akbar while protesting against hijab ban in schools since hijabs are in violation of school uniform.

‘Hope to raise mutual trade from $60 billion to $100 billion’: PM Modi during signing of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and UAE

India and UAE signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) during a virtual summit meeting

Amit Shah assures Punjab CM Channi of a thorough probe into AAP’s alleged links with Khalistani organisation ‘Sikhs For Justice’

Punjab CM Channi had written a letter to Amit Shah seeking a probe into alleged ties between AAP and banned organisation SFJ

Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar sent to ED custody till 24th February in a money laundering case

Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar sent to ED custody till 24th February by a special court

‘Ahmedabad serial blasts were a broad pan-India conspiracy, then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was one of the high-profile targets’: IPS Abhay Chudasama

The IPS officer said the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was one of the targets of the Ahmedabad serial blasts

Meta (Facebook) executive caught in paedophile sting operation, confesses attempts to lure a 13-year old boy

Meta executive fired after he was found trying to lure a 13-years-old boy in a in paedophile sting operation

Indian embassy in Kuwait calls out Shashi Tharoor for endorsing an anti-India tweet by a ‘Pakistani agent’

The embassy said Majbel Alshureha, whose tweet was shared by Tharoor, was awarded 'Ambassador of Peace' by Pakistan

NIA arrests its former officer Arvind Digvijay Negi for leaking sensitive information to overground operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba

Himachal IPS officer and former NIA officer Arvind Digvijay Negi arrested by NIA for passing secret sensitive information to Lashkar-e-Taiba

‘Can you declare you are against Khalistan?’: Kumar Vishwas challenges Arvind Kejriwal after he denies separatist charge

Kumar Vishwas alleged that Kejriwal met terror sympathisers in his house during the last assembly elections in Punjab

CBI nabs AAP councillor Geeta Rawat red-handed while taking bribe, also arrests groundnut seller Sanaullah who used to collect bribes for her

AAP Councilor Geeta Rawat arrested by CBI for demanding Rs 20000 from a person to to issue building permission

Malaysia: Female minister of women advises husbands to beat their wives to discipline them, activists demand her resignation

Malaysian deputy minister of women Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff said husbands should use “physical touch approach” to punish wives

Anti-CAA rioters in UP will still pay for the damages, under the new law: Read how misleading headlines are portraying half-truth

News portals reported half-truth saying the court has asked the UP govt to refund the amount recovered from anti-CAA rioters.

Delhi HC passes interim order in favour of Vikram Sampath, restrains Audrey Truschke and others from publishing defamatory content

Historian Vikram Sampath fhad iled a complaint with the Delhi HC against Audrey Truschke and others for defaming him.

Indonesia restores Hindu and Buddhist worship rights at Prambanan, Borobudur temples; declares them as global worship sites

Indonesia has also officially launched Pawon Temple and Mendut Temple as global worship sites along with Prambanan and Borobudur temple.

Bhima Koregaon case: Court denies bail to three accused, says prima facie evidence shows they wanted to overthrow Modi Govt, create unrest

Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, and Jyoti Jagtap, all members of the Kabir Kala Manch, denied bail in Bhima Koregaon case

Canada govt starts freezing bank accounts linked to the truckers’ protests, warns that authorities would soon remove pets and children from the protest sites

Canadian Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland said financial institutions have started freezing accounts of protestors in Ottawa.

38 convicts awarded death sentences in 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case, 11 others get life imprisonment

Out o total 49 convicts in 2008 Ahmedabad bomb blast case, 38 awarded death sentences

Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn and Indian conglomerate Vedanta to make semiconductor chips in India with a ₹900 crore investment

This action follows the unveiling of the Rs 76,000 crore PLI scheme by the government for semiconductor manufacturing in India.

After Congress-led Rajasthan govt, notorious radical Islamist outfit PFI gets support from Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt in West Bengal

After Congress in Rajasthan, the notorious radical organisation PFI has got support from TMC govt in West Bengal

MEA fumes over Singapore PM’s comments on India: This is how Singaporeans were upset after Kejriwal’s ‘Singapore variant’ comment

The Singaporean Prime Minister had commented that 'Nehru's India' was somehow overshadowed by contemporary 'criminal' Parliamentarians.

ED intensifies crackdown on fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and aides, to take his brother into custody in a money laundering case

Iqbal Kaskar, brother of Dawood Ibrahim, is already lodged in Thane jail after he was arrested on September 9, 2017, in an extortion case

Burning cargo ship carrying thousands of Porsches, Audis and Bentleys goes adrift in Atlantic ocean

Felicity Ace, a ship carrying thousands of luxury vehicles drifted off the coast of the Azores after catching fire on Thursday.

China upset after India blocks Chinese apps and raids Huawei, says India damaging business interests of Chinese companies

India till date has banned around 321 Chinese apps since 2020. Initially India blocked 59 Chinese apps, then 47 and later around 118 apps citing concerns of data security of Indian users.

Tamil Nadu: Romanian national found campaigning for DMK ahead of local body polls, immigration department issues notice

Gokul Kruba Shanker, the business partner of Marius, said that the Romanian national decided to campaign for DMK after being impressed with the Tamil Nadu government's scheme to provide free bus passes for women.