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Akhilesh Yadav’s helicopter was delayed due to high traffic and refuelling, informs Delhi Airport official

Delhi Airport deny allegations by Akhilesh Yadav on delay of his helicopter, say it was caused by high traffic

Madras HC reserves order on petition seeking CBI investigation into Lavanya suicide case: Details

The father of Lavanya has alleged in his petition that ongoing investigation into suicide case is untrustworthy.

NCPCR says Tamil Nadu govt not cooperating in probe of M Lavanya suicide case, Chairperson-led team to visit the state for inquiry

The NCPCR s is sending a team headed by the chairperson to Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu to probe the suicide of M Lavanya

Maharashtra: NCB arrests ‘drug lord’ Sahil Shah in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput death case

The NCB had earlier raided Malad property of Sahil Shah while probing the drug angle in Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

The Hindu downplays Kishan Boliya murder, says incident acquired ‘communal colour’ only after VHP’s bandh to protest his brutal killing

Kishan Boliya was shot dead after he had shared a post on social media platforms that Muslims found offensive

‘Go Back China’: Civil society in Nepal protests against growing Chinese interference in the country’s internal affairs

Rashtriya Ekata Abhiyan in Nepal held demonstrations against China protesting against excessive interference in Nepal's internal affairs

‘Habitual defaulter’ Navjot Singh Sidhu yet to clear electricity bill since August 2021, owes ₹4.2 lakhs to PSPCL: Reports

Despite defaulting on the payment since August 2021, Sidhu's electricity connection has remained intact.

Two years since Neeraj Prajapati was killed by a Muslim mob in Lohardaga, Jharkhand, his family awaits justice: Exclusive details

Neeraj Prajapati was a part of the pro- CAA tricolour march in Lohardaga, Jharkhand on January 23, 2020 when a Muslim mob had attacked the rally

USA: 26-year-old child molester to be sent to a juvenile facility for girls because he ‘identifies as a female’

Tubbs had grabbed a 10-year-old girl by throat inside a restroom and had molested her in 2014. He has other cases of sexual assault on minors too.

Neil Young’s content removed from Spotify after he called on the streaming giant to choose between him and Joe Rogan: Details

Neil Young had asked Spotify to made the choice after an infectious disease expert on Joe Rogan's podcast had opposed to COVID-19 vaccines for children

‘Fact-checking’ site Alt News co-founder Md Zubair spreads fake news to defend Samajwadi Party, deliberately mixes up district with assembly constituency

Mohammed Zubair wrongly alleged that BJP also used Allahabad for Prayagraj district after SP had done the same

Uttar Pradesh’s electrification proves that it takes a Yogi to light up a state left in darkness by the SP-BSP regime: Read how

CM of Uttar Pradesh has proved that it takes a Yogi to enlighten a state like UP which was left behind in deep darkness in the SP-BSP regime.

Mamata Banerjee, who promised doles in Goa, unable to pay pension to retired staff, salaries of KMC contract labourers for 8 months

Besides retired employees, KMC did not pay salaries to its contract staff members and daily wage labourers for the past 8 months.

No party except BJP cares about Ram Mandir, CM Yogi visited 40 times, Modi did Shilanyas: What Ram Mandir chief priest said

Mahant Satyendra Das stated that no political party, including SP, BSP Party and the Congress care about Ram Mandir

Granddaughter of former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa dies of alleged suicide, no suicide note found yet

Soundarya was the daughter of Padma, the eldest daughter of former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa.

‘He kicked our mother out of the house for money and left her to die unattended at railway station’: NRI sister levels serious allegations...

Suman Tur said that his brother Navjot Singh Sidhu threw their mother out of the house after their father's death in 1986

Delhi: 11 including 9 women of a family arrested for kidnap, sexual assault, had beaten and paraded a woman on the streets

9 out of the 11 arrested are women. The accused family had assaulted the woman, chopped her hair and had paraded her around the streets with a garland shoes on her neck.

‘Wine not liquor, sale will benefit farmers’: Sanjay Raut defends Uddhav Thackeray govt’s decision to sell wines at supermarkets

Speaking in favour of the Uddhav Thackeray govt's decision Sanjay Raut reportedly said that the decision has been taken to double the farmers' income in the state

Wuhan scientists warn of a new coronavirus strain NeoCov with high infectivity and death rate, 1 in 3 patients can die: Report

The scientists have claimed that highly infectious NeoCov strain needs just one mutation to turn itself into a zoonotic pathogen, capable of infiltrating human cells. 

Goa: TMC Vice President Luizinho Faleiro withdraws candidature from Fatorda assembly, says he wants to campaign in the whole state

Goa TMC leader Luizinho Faleiro withdraws nomination saying that if he contests the polls, he will be confined to his constituency,

Samajwadi Party uses Allahabad for Prayagraj and Faizabad for Ayodhya in candidate list, had renamed 9 districts when in power

In its third list for UP elections, Samajwadi Party used district names Allahabad and Faizabad instead of new names

Bihar: POCSO court completes trial in 4 days, gives death penalty to Mohammad Major for raping a 6-year-old Dalit girl in Araria

The Bihar POCSO Court completed the trail in 4 days and awarded death penalty to accused Mohammad Major (48) on Thursday for raping a 6-year-old girl in Araria in December.

Communist Kerala govt says ‘no’ to Hijab over uniforms for Student Police Cadets: Details

Kerala government has made it clear that the Student Police Cadets (SPC) cannot wear hijab, scarf or full sleeves over their uniform.

Bangladeshi woman Roni Begum was living in Karnataka for 15 years as ‘Payal Ghosh’, had fake voter ID, arrested

Karnataka police have arrested a 27-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim woman who was living in India for 15 years pretending to be a Hindu.

Bihar: ‘Khan Sir’ disappears after FIR as protests by Railway job aspirants gathers political support, read details

The Bihar Police had on Wednesday arrested 4 students involved in the vandalization of trains in Arrah and Patna while protesting against alleged irregularities in the RRB-NTPC exams.

‘Arbitrary and unconstitutional’: Supreme Court scraps suspension of 12 BJP MLAs in the Maharashtra Assembly

Supreme Court today set aside the suspension of 12 BJP MLAs in Maharashtra assembly calling it arbitrary and unconstitutional

‘Muslim women should not be given tickets’: Congress candidate Farah Naeem quits party, says her image was tarnished by party leader

"As long as people like Omkar Singh are part of the Congress, I cannot remain there," Farah Naeem told ANI.

AAP and their ‘freebies’: How ‘free’ electricity lollipop by governments puts a high cost on the public

Free schemes for the whole population are never considered to be feasible policies. They are mere political ploys for votes.

After trains were torched by Railway job aspirants in Bihar, ministry publishes FAQs on recruitment process to clarify doubts

Railway Ministry publishes frequently asked questions over recruitment process after violence by job aspirants in Bihar

UP Elections: Political parties fight it out with songs as Election Commission prioritises digital campaigns and bans physical rallies

Due to restrictions on physical campaigning activities, the songs from various parties have made the UP elections interesting

Kishan Bharwad murder case: Ahmedabad Police nab two suspects, Hindu organizations call bandh tomorrow

Gujarat home minister Harsh Sanghavi informed that two suspects nabbed in the Kishan Bharwad murder case

Congress spokesperson lies about India Pavillion at Dubai Expo 2020, netizens bust false claim by sharing video

Congress leader Shama Mohamad claimed India Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 is filled with Modi’s photos, videos prove her wrong

TMC MP and former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar gets schooled for spreading lies on Padma awards

Jawhar Sircar asked why Dilip Kumar not awarded Padma Vibhushan, while the actor was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2015

The Kashmir Files, movie on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, advertised at Times Square in New York on Republic Day by volunteers

Advertisements for movie The Kashmir Files were displayed at Times Square in New York by Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora

‘Golden age of Air India lies ahead’, says Tata Group as it officially takes over the airline from the union government

100% shares of Air India officially handed over to Tata Group company Talace Pvt Ltd by the govt along with management control

TMC’s Madan Mitra tears a lotus, says won’t offer to Maa Durga as it is BJP’s symbol: How Netizens are demanding action

TMC MLA Madan Mitra has stated that WB will henceforth not offer the Lotus flower to Maa Durga because it is BJP's symbol

As demand for justice for M Lavanya rises here are 19 cases where Missionaries have traumatised Hindu children

The tragic suicide of Tamil Nadu student M Lavanya is indeed a wake-up call. However, this is not the first case, many Hindu children have been facing harassment at Christian institutions across the country.

“India’s future depends upon development in Uttar Pradesh”, says Amit Shah in Mathura, offers prayers at Bankey Bihari Mandir

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at the Bankey Bihari Temple in Mathura during his campaign tour in UP

‘Justice for Lavanya’ takes national centerstage: BJP demands CBI enquiry, bats for law against forceful conversions in Tamil Nadu

BJP held a press conference discussing the issue of Lavanya suicide case over forceful conversion to Christianity in Tamil Nadu

Author Gad Saad says he was astonished to receive a letter from PM Modi on Republic Day, says first politician he followed on Twitter...

PM Modi has written letters to many eminent personalities in the world on the occasion of the 73rd Republic Day, including Gad Saad

Uttar Pradesh: Madarsa cleric rapes 8-year-old girl, makes her swear by the Quran not to talk about the incident with anyone, arrested

Madarsa cleric Jamal Ahmed arrested after he brutally raped a 8-year-old child who came to study at his Madarsa

Cow protection, bringing ‘Hindustan to knees’, anti-Brahmin rants, more: Analysis of order framing sedition, other charges against Sharjeel Imam

Delhi Court has found sufficient grounds to proceed against Sharjeel Imam for offences in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1949 (UAPA) and sedition

Modi, Doval call high level meeting as Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter followers get stuck, Pres Kovind also intervenes

Rahul Gandhi's Twitter follower crisis sends India's top leadership into tizzy.

Madhya Pradesh: Shweta Tiwari lands in controversy after her ‘bra fitting’ remark on God, MP minister orders probe

Shweta Tiwari's comment has created outrage on social media for dragging the name of Hindu Gods in a derogatory statement.

Illegal cow slaughter racket busted in Maharashtra’s Tarapur, FIR filed against 11 after cops were attacked during the operation

Maharashtra Police has registered an FIR against 11 people over illegal slaughtering of cows and selling beef in Tarapur, Palghar

Rift in Punjab Congress widens, 5 party MPs boycott Rahul Gandhi’s state visit ahead of elections: Reports

Ahead of Punjab elections, Rahul Gandhi visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar earlier today along with CM Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu

The siege of Leningrad: When Russian scientists starved themselves to death to preserve the future of the world, in a seed bank

Nine botanists from the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, the world's largest seed bank at that time, had starved themselves to death while trying to preserve their collection from Nazi forces that surrounded Leningrad.

‘Modi bashing turning into India bashing’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams Hamid Ansari for his rants against Indian democracy

"Religious intolerance is encouraged in India by portraying the religious majority as a political monopoly." said Hamid Ansari

Elle India distances itself from Rana Ayyub’s brother Arif Ayyub after his tweets attacking the Saudi regime go viral

While Elle India clarified that Arif Ayyub is not associated with the publishing house since August 2019, Ayyub's Facebook profile mentions it as being associated with them.