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Former UP Governor Aziz Qureshi compares Yogi Govt to Satan, demons and blood-sucking monsters for actions against Azam Khan

Former UP Governor Aziz Qureshi said legal actions against Azam Khan are more oppressive than the invaders Ghaznavi, Abdali and Durrani

‘Lord’ Shardul Thakur memes flood social media after he scores consecutive half-centuries vs England: Read what he thinks about the nickname

Following his stunning batting display, marked by fours and sixes, 'Lord' Shardul Thakur memes have flooded social media.

FIR against family of deceased separatist Syed Geelani for anti-national sloganeering, wrapping his body in Pakistani flag

The FIR was lodged at the Budgam police station under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for wrapping body of Geelani in Pakistan flag

Military coup in Guinea: President Alpha Conde detained by soldiers, government dissolved and constitution suspended

The coupe leaders appeared on TV to announce the dissolution the government and the national assembly of Guinea with immediate effect

‘Farmer’ leader Rakesh Tikair raises Allahu Akbar slogans at Kisan Mahapanchayat, ups the anti-BJP election campaign in UP

Rakesh Tikait was spotted chanting 'Allahu Akbar' during his speech at the 'Mahapanchayat' in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

Defection of Goa Congress MLAs to BJP in 2019 is similar to Judas’ betrayal of Christ, claims P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram said Congress had forgiven those who betrayed the party, but their betrayal would never be forgotten

No more ‘UP Ke Ladke’? Congress and Samajwadi Party may not join hands for upcoming elections

Ahead of 2017 legislative assembly elections, Akhilesh Yadav, the then CM of Uttar Pradesh and Rahul Gandhi, the then MP from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, like to refer to themselves as 'UP Ke Ladke' as campaign slogan

Germany: Afghan national with possible ‘Islamist Motivation’ stabs two in Berlin, including a woman for doing gardening work

An Afghan National stabbed a 58 year old woman multiple times in the neck in Berlin, and then stabbed a man who had tried to help the woman

Video of Kavita Krishnan comparing Hindutva to Taliban, Ku Klux Klan surfaces, she alleges that her comments were ‘twisted’

While India News played the video of Kavita Krishnan, she said that she never talked to the channel and it was lifted from Facebook

What BBC’s defense of Pakistan really tells us: The West is not the hero in Afghanistan

A BBC anchor shut down academic Christina Fair when she exposed the role played by Pakistan in the war in Afghanistan.

Tokyo Paralympics: Indian athletes create history with 19 medals, thank Modi government for the support they received

India has won five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals and stood at 24th position in the Tokyo Paralympics

Amid Covid-19 crisis, Nipah virus haunts Kerala again as 12-year-old boy dies in hospital, centre rushes expert team

A 12-year old boy died due to Nipah virus infection in north Kerala’s Kozhikode on Sunday morning, causing alarms across the state

Rohtak: 20-year old murders parents, grandmother, sister for opposing homosexual relationship

Abhishek, son of a Rohtak based property dealer named Pradeep, shot dead his family over a homosexual relationship.

Anti-farm law protesters harass Aaj Tak editor Chitra Tripathi, Newsclick ‘journalist’ celebrates the harassment

Aaj Tak journalist Chitra Tripathi, and editor, was harassed by anti-farm law protesters in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.

Jharkhand: Dalit woman files complaint against Christian villagers alleging torture to forcefully convert her family, harassment of minor daughter

A woman in Jharkhand has lodged a complaint alleging that some villagers are torturing her family members to accept Christianity

BBC shuts down senior academic when she talks about how Pakistan has harboured and nurtured terrorists

"You are doing their propaganda work," Christine Fair commented before being cut off by the BBC presenter Philippa Thomas

Watch: Citizens of France protest against Macron’s vaccine passport mandate, chant ‘freedom’, force police to retreat

Anti-vaccine passport protesters in France invaded a mall on Saturday and raised slogans of 'freedom' and forced police to retreat.

Jharkhand: BJP MLA Biranchi Narayan threatens legal action against allotment of namaz room in the assembly

BJP MLA Biranchi Narayan has written to Jharkhand speaker opposing the decision to allot a room in the assembly to offer namaz

Pakistan: Tehreek-e-Taliban suicide attack kills 3 in Quetta, Balochistan, Minister blames India

A suicide blast in Quetta has claimed the lives of three men of the Frontier Corps of Pakistan. TTP has claimed responsibility.

Taliban goes through porn sites to compile lists of Afghan prostitutes to kill

Many videos have surfaced on porn sites where Afghan prostitutes were having sex with their clients. Talibs are reportedly hunting them down and killing them.

New Zealand: Knife attack terrorist identified as Samsudeen with history of violent extremism, was under watch after release from jail

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern conceded that the prosecutors had ran out of legal options to keep the terrorist behind bars

Five senseless things Tavleen Singh said while ‘defending’ Naseeruddin Shah

Tavleen Singh on Sunday took it upon herself to 'defend' Naseeruddin Shah and the Islamists who cancelled him while accusing 'Hindutva trolls' of abusing him.

Javed Akhtar compares VHP, RSS to Taliban, complaint filed

While speaking on NDTV, Javed Akhtar claimed that the Islamist group Taliban and the VHP and RSS have 'same mentality'

Maharashtra: Muslim women distribute pamphlets, get minor non-Muslim girls to wear hijab in Nagpur near CM house

Girls Islamic Organisation is the women's wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, an Islamic organisation which was formed in 1948 in Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind was twice banned by the Government of India.

Is Priyamvada Gopal, whose Hinduphobic tweets had recently gone viral, granddaughter of S Radhakrishnan? Here’s what we know

An article published in The Wire referred to Hinduphobic academic Priyamvada Gopal as the granddaughter of S Radhakrishnan.

English footballer Marc Bola charged with ‘aggravated’ misconduct for a tweet posted 9 years ago when he was 14

The Football Association has charged Middlesbrough player Marc Joel Bola with 'aggravated' misconduct for a 9 year old 'homophobic' tweet

Approval rating of Narendra Modi highest among 13 global leaders, 7 leaders including Trudeau, Johnson have negative ratings

Net approval rating of Narendra Modi was highest at 45 in the week ended August 31, according to Morning Consult Political Intelligence

Caretaker President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh slams Joe Biden administration for abandoning people of his country: What he said

Caretaker president of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, has slammed the Joe Biden administration in an article published on Daily Mail.

PDP leader Naeem Akhtar praises Taliban for ‘allowing women protests’, targets Indian govt over restrictions after Geelani’s death

PDP leader Naeem Akhtar said that the Taliban is more tolerant to protests than Indian govt because of restrictions in Kashmir after Geelani's death

China using media, academia, industries and politicians in India for its propaganda, reveals a report by Delhi based think tank

Law and Society Alliance released a study report titled “Mapping Chinese Footprints and Influence Operations in India” on 3rd September

New election issue for Samajwadi Party? Akhilesh Yadav blames Yogi Govt for street fight between two bulls

Akhilesh Yadav was found outraging on social media about a fight between two bulls, for which he blamed the Yogi Government.

Amid reports of fights between Baradar and Haqqani factions over power-sharing, Pakistan’s ISI chief arrives in Kabul to meet the Taliban

Reports suggest that purpose of ISI chief Faiz Hameed's Kabul visit is to solve differences in Taliban factions over govt formation

Pakistan: BTS member Jungkook’s birthday billboard removed after local MLA accused Korean band of promoting homosexuality

A Pakistani fan had put up a billboard wishing birthday to BTS member Jungkook on his 24th birthday. Soon, it was removed.

Centre, Assam and six insurgent outfits sign ‘Karbi Peace Accord’ in Delhi, insurgency expected to end in the Karbi Anglong region

Karbi Peace accord signed at the national capital in the presence of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM and six insurgent outfits

ABP-CVoter survey: BJP predicted to win Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, AAP leads in Punjab

The ABP-CVoter indicates that the BJP is still the most preferred political party in the country and expected to win 4 out of 5 states going to polls

Ravish Kumar makes much ado about nothing after Hathway Cable removed NDTV India from some popular packs

Ravish Kumar alleged that Hatchway Cable has removed his channel from some packs as a part of a conspiracy to blackout the channel

Alex Jones takes Ivermectin live on air to bust the left’s ‘horse dewormer’ propaganda in an unexpected fallout of Joe Rogan catching Covid

The series of events involving Alex Jones was the result of Joe Rogan catching Covid-19. Rogan said that he had taken Ivermectin.

Jharkhand Assembly to have a dedicated room to offer Namaz, BJP opposes the decision

A room in the Jharkhand Assembly has been allocated for Muslim legislators to offer Namaz, BJP has objected the move

Publicity stunts, perversion and harassment: How attention seekers have harassed Neeraj Chopra for their 2 minutes of fame

Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra was recently subjected to harassment as Rajeev Sethi pried about his sex life in an online event.

India becomes third largest start-up Unicorn ecosystem in the world: Report

India is listed as the third largest Unicorn system in the world with 51 Unicorns,32 Gazelles and 54 Cheetahs.

Kabul: Women’s protests turns violent, protesters say Taliban attacked them with tear gas shells

A women's protest in Kabul, Afghanistan turned violent after the Taliban prevented protesters from marching to the presidential palace.

Larsen and Toubro wins British Royal Navy design contract to develop bid for building Fleet Solid Support ships

Larsen and Toubro wins Competitive Procurement Phase (CPP) design contracts worth around £5 million for designing FSS ships of Royal Navy

India records its highest tally at a single Paralympics: Here’s the list of Indian athletes who won medals at Tokyo Paralympics so far

So far, India has won 15 medals - three gold, seven silver and five bronze medals. Currently, India is placed at the Tokyo Paralympics.

No more rice-bag on back of Jesuit priest Robert Solomon: The story of the preacher who became a pracharak

Dr Suman Kumar of Hindu Jagaran Manch is an interesting story about how an agent of conversion Robert Solomon returned to Sanatan dharma

MHA suspends Kerala-based NGO linked to prominent Sunni leader Sheikh Abubakr Ahmed over FCRA violations: What we found about their donors

The MHA has suspended the foreign funding licence of a prominent Kerala-based NGO Markazul Ighasathil Kairiyathil Hindiyya.

Pakistan to help Taliban reorganise its Army in Afghanistan, to send in ISI chief to assist the effort: Report

Pakistan is concerned about the possibility of TTP carrying out terror attacks by crossing over from Afghanistan.

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s ‘Murghi Paal’ scheme fails, hens did not lay eggs, citizens cooked and ate them instead

The 'Murghi Paal' scheme launched by Pakistan PM Imran Khan has failed to make any impact, according to an internal report.

Who is Rajeev Sethi? The art historian who asked Neeraj Chopra about his sex life

'Art historian' Rajeev Sethi made Neeraj Chopra extremely uncomfortable during an Indian Express event by asking about his sex life.

‘I have not fled anywhere’: Afghanistan’s caretaker President Amrullah Saleh says after rumours of Panjshir falling to Taliban

Amrullah Saleh rejected claims that he has already fled to Tajikistan. He said that he was still in Panjshir valley.

Joe Biden admin under the scanner over human trafficking concerns after US imports ‘child brides’ from Afghanistan, married to much older men

There are grave concerns about human trafficking after the US Govt under Joe Biden imported 'child brides' from Afghanistan.