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No Ganpati Bappa Morya tweets by SRK this year, did Islamist hate force him to celebrate in private?

After at least three years of relentless abuses faced by the Shah Rukh Khan family for celebrating Hindu festivals, this year, the popular Bollywood actor has not wished for Ganesh Chaturthi

Nipah threat: Karnataka heightens vigilance on arrivals from Kerala, issues guidelines for monitoring

The case fatality rate of Nipah is estimated at 40-75 per cent making it imperative for the affected states to enhance vigilance to contain the spread of the virus.

Shiv Sena vows to fight UP state elections to ‘teach BJP a lesson’, shows interest in Goa too

After the state unit of Shiv Sena said they would field candidates in all 403 seats, Sena leader Sanjay Raut had told media that they may contest in around 100 seats in UP.

Fact Check: Old image from Czech magazine goes viral claiming to be the creation of Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani

2018 Contest entry by Czech Reporter magazine circulated claiming to be created by Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani

Avijit’s dog refuses to leave him: Images from the last rites of late BJP Worker Avijit Sarkar surface on Twitter

Images from the last rites of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar, who was brutally murdered by the TMC goons during post-poll violence, emerge on Twitter

Unholy Nexus: Read how the Vatican snubbed the West, ignored the persecution of Christians to forge a deal with China

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin had said that West has to apologise to Pope Francis over their criticism of his policy

“Mukhiya to ek hi hota hai”: Says javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary to PM Modi during PM’s interaction with Para-athletes

Para-athlete Sandeep Chaudhary praised PM Modi's style of thinking and way of moving forward by including each and everyone

Yogi Adityanath government clears 84% of the dues to sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh government headed by Yogi Adityanath has cleared 84 per cent dues of around 45 lakh sugarcane farmers

‘Before 2017, those who say Abba jaan used to usurp the rations meant for the poor’: Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath in an address at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh took a jibe at opposition parties for engaging in appeasement politics.

Christians burn effigy of Anshul Saxena in Jalandhar for his complaint against pastor, demands strict police action

Christians demanded strict legal action against Anshul Saxena alleging that he has made fun of the Christians through his videos

26 illegal Burmese nationals arrested in Guwahati, number of refugees escaping violence in Myanmar reach around 11000 in Mizoram

Paltan Bazar police in Guwahati arrested 26 illegal Myanmar Nationals after carrying out raids in a hotel in Rehabari

Tulsi Gabbard calls out Islamist violence, receives hate from progressives and gets branded ‘Hindutva fascist’

Tulsi Gabbard in a recent tweet spoke against Islamist violence which received flak and hate from the progressives online.

Madhya Pradesh Congress says Bhupendra Patel becoming Gujarat CM is an insult because he only has 14 thousand Twitter followers

Madhya Pradesh Congress said it was a slap on the face of the citizens of Gujarat because Bhupendra Patel has only 14,000 Twitter followers

‘Bichchhoo hai, dasega’: Yogi Adityanath hits out at Samajwadi Party, says they have Talibani mindset for shooting Ram Bhakts

Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party and accused them of harbouring a 'Talibani mindset'.

Malayalam TV actress Nimisha Bijo arrested for violating temple custom by stepping into sacred boat at Aranmula temple, released on bail

Actress Nimisha Bijo and her friend Unni were arrested by Kerala police for stepping into ’Palliyodam’ at Aranmula temple wearing footwear

The Taliban accused of mass murder in Panjshir, family members of resistance leaders and civilians killed in large numbers

Mojir Haqjo, the nephew of Late Marshall Fahim and brother-in-law of Fahim's son Adib, was reportedly executed by the Taliban

How Dismantling Global Hindutva conference ended up showing that Hindu nationalists are the best people of all

Hindus are a micro-minority in most countries of this world. Then how exactly could anyone see Hindutva as a global threat?

Pakistani journalist accuses Pakistani company of selling US military vests left in Afghanistan, the company says it makes them in Pakistan

Specter Defense denied the claims that it is selling items left by Americans in Afghanistan, saying they are making all the military gear in Pakistan

Bhupendra Patel to be new Chief Minister of Gujarat after Vijay Rupani resigns

Bhupendra Patel will be the new CM of Gujarat. The announcement was made after a meeting of the BJP Legislative Party in Gandhinagar.

Taliban beheaded an Afghan soldier and then celebrated with the decapitated head: Report

Taliban celebrated the beheading of an Afghan soldier, and raised slogans in the name of their leader with the decapitated head.

Masks fall off Dismantling Global Hindutva conference: Six crazy things that were said at the anti-Hindu event

The panelists at the 'Dismantling Global Hindutva' conference have revealed that it's not a political ideology that they are against.

Surge of rape cases in Maharashtra: 14-year-old minor girl brutally raped in Ulhasnagar, accused arrested

History-sheeter Shrikant Gaikwad arrested for assaulting and raping minor girl in a railway quarter in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra

A week after Amrullah Saleh issued a video message, the Taliban capture the library in Panjshir where the video was shot

Photo a Talib brandishing a rifle in front of a bookshelf has appeared, the same bookshelf seen behind Amrullah Saleh a week ago in a video

Hitjob against Yogi by Indian Express? Newspaper apologises for using Kolkata flyover image in UP ad

The Indian Express has apologised for using the photograph of a flyover in Kolkata in an advertisement for UP Government.

Muzaffarnagar resident Shahid Hussain drops truth bombs about ‘Hindu Muslim unity’ in viral video, know more about him and what else he said

In an interview with a news channel News Views, Hussain said, "See, Musalman will never say 'Har Har Mahadev'. This is not new 'unity drama.'

Watch: PM Modi interacts with para athletes who returned from Tokyo Paralympics

PM Modi shares a video of his interaction with Para athletes who made India proud at the recently concluded 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Bihar: Bhagalpur girls cry ‘Talibani Sharia law’ after superintendent issues burqa farman, pelt stones at hostel gate

Bhagalpur girls said that they are fed-up with the way their personal freedom on the campus is being questioned and they are being tortured by an orthodox superintendent to wear burqa.

Watch: US President Joe Biden booed during visit to 9/11 memorial, shamed publicly for Afghanistan crisis

Although Biden showed up at all the memorial sites including the Pentagon memorial in Washington and the memorial in Shanksville in Pennsylvania, he did not speak on any of the occasions.

Kerala: Woman goes to meet her ‘online friend’, gets gang-raped, four including main accused Ajnaz arrested

Prime accused Ajnaz invited the woman to Kozhikode on pretext of love where he and his three other friends allegedly gang raped her.

If Talibans are terrorist then Gandhi, Nehru were terrorists too, Darul Uloom Deoband’s Arshad Madani says

As Taliban has come to conquer Afghanistan a large number of Muslim scholars, politicians and leftist media are trying for the makeover the image of Taliban as ‘Good Taliban.’

Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, peaceful development of the Indo-Pacific region: Read what MEA S Jaishankar said at India Australia 2+2 dialogue

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar addressed the media at the first India Australia 2+2 ministerial dialogue held in New Delhi.

Rana Ayyub blames ‘hate and propaganda’ after FIR was registered against her fundraising campaign: Details

Rana Ayyub has issued a statement after an FIR was registered against her in Uttar Pradesh over allegations of fraud.

4 cops including two sub-inspectors suspended for trying to protect a cow slaughter accused in Uttar Pradesh

Four Uttar Pradesh policemen were suspended for protecting a cow slaughter accused named Haidar in Fatehpur district

26 out of 27 signatories of the Lancet letter dismissing lab-leak theory of COVID-19 origin are linked to Wuhan researchers: Report

In February 2020, the Lancet had published a letter dismissing the possibility of Covid-19 being leaked from the Wuhan lab

‘Shoot in my head’: Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed had told her fiancé to kill her if she was captured by the Taliban before...

Afghan pop star Aryana Sayeed recounts her harrowing escape from Kabul after Taliban captured the city

Nine cases of rape and assault reported in recent weeks from Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray administration under scanner

After the heinous Sakinaka rape case, questions are being raised on the misgovernance of the Uddhav Thackeray led MVA govt in Maharashtra.

Myanmar: Militant groups launch attack on Army after launch of “resistance war” against Junta, civilians flee across the border towards Mizoram

The Myanmar militants launched a surprise attack on the junta soldiers when the soldiers were conducting inspections in Thantlang

Former England captain Michael Vaughan blames IPL for cancellation of 5th test, Aakash Chopra reminds him of ECB calling off South Africa series

On Friday (September 10), Michael Vaughan had himself conceded that the England team had let the South African cricket down.

There is a potential rapist around the corner, pretending to dismantle Hindutva

'Dismantling Global Hindutva' was kickstarted on Friday with the vilest comments being made by the panellists.

‘Kejriwal ne Mauj Kardi’: Children swim, BJP leader rafts on Delhi roads as the city drowns in rain

Visuals from Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi showed flooding within its forecourt and adjoining areas caused by heavy rain

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha denounces ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’, says it grossly misrepresents Hindu Dharma: Details

Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha issued a press release decrying the organisation of ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ conference

Here are the possible reasons why Vijay Rupani resigned as the Chief Minister of Gujarat

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, in a surprise decision, announced his resignation from the post on Saturday.

After hiccups in private passenger train initiative, Indian Railways decides to lease passenger coaches to private payers for theme-based trains

Interested private parties will be able to lease coaching stock from Indian Railways to run them as theme-based Circuit trains

Nightmare Down Under: Australian citizen with a heart condition suffers sudden seizure during police action for not wearing a mask

The collapse of a man during an arrest made for not wearing a Mask led to unrest in the streets of Western Sydney.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns from post in Gandhinagar, Mansukh Mandaviya likely to succeed him

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has resigned from the position on Saturday. He was appointed in August 2016.

Mumbai: Sakinaka rape victim dies while receiving treatment, survived by two minor daughters

Following the death of the Sakinaka rape victim, netizens have been outraging, questioning MVA govt's silence over the incident.

Mask falls off, panelist at Dismantling Global Hindutva conference admits it aims to destroy Hinduism and ‘Hindutva’ is a just a smokescreen

The Dismantling Global Hindutva conference panelist who made the comment on Hindutva was apparently Meena Dhanda.

Script for next Anurag kashyap movie? Live Law journalist ‘tears up’ as riot accused Khalid Saifi and his wife ‘exchange looks’ in court

Live Law journalist Nupur Thapliyal says she was in tears after seeing Delhi riots accused Khalid Saifi exchanging looks with his wife

US defence analyst Sarah Chayes explains how Pakistan’s ISI ran a sophisticated campaign for reinstalling the Taliban in power

A top US Defence expert believes Pakistan's ISI was complicit in the Taliban's resurgence to power in Afghanistan

Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre claims continue, now alleges BJP and RSS have reduced the powers of Goddesses Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati

During his two-day Jammu visit, Rahul Gandhi visited the Vaishno Devi temple and he started his speech with ‘Jai Mata Di’