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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’

Teen Vogue columnist calls 9/11 an ‘attack on heteropatriarchal capitalistic systems’ that ‘many White Americans fight to protect’

Jenn M. Jackson, Teen Vogue columnist, caused an outrage after making a controversial comment on the 9/11 terror attack.

Twitter suspends popular political satire handle for questioning Rana Ayyub: Here is the satirist’s statement on the issue

Popular Twitter account 'Princess Woke Liberal (@workingboxwali)' was censored and suspended by the micro-blogging site for questioning the promotion of Islamist Rana Ayyub on the Elle Magazine.

From killing civilians to allying with militias accused of raping women and young boys: How USA committed untold atrocities in Afghanistan

US forces were involved in the killing of Afghan men and inflicting war crimes during the 20 year war with Afghanistan.

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra fulfils his parents’ wish of travelling on a flight: Here is what he said

On August 7 this year, Neeraj Chopra had created history by winning the first athletic medal for India in a century.

Malini Awasthi on how she was stopped from singing a bhajan on Doordarshan under UPA because it said Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya

In 2005-2006, Malini Awasthi was stopped from singing a religious hymn on Doordarshan because it mentioned birth of Lord Rama in Ayodhya

Two FIRs filed against Asaduddin Owaisi on charges of attempting to disturb communal harmony and disrespecting the national flag

Asaduddin Owaisi has been booked on charges of attempting to disturb communal harmony, flouting Covid norms and disrespecting the national flag

US killed aid worker working for US in drone strike, claimed that he was an ISKP terrorist: Here is what we know so far

NYT reported that the US drone strike not only killed 43-year-old Zemari Ahmadi but also his 3 children, namely, Farzad (10), Faisal (16) and Zamir (20).

Actor Yami Gautam calls out sexism by India Today, asks why movie reviews should leave out the names of female actors

Yami Gautam took to Twitter on September 10 to call out the media house for dropping the names of female actors from the headline of the review of ‘Bhoot Police’.

As #IStandWithAnshulSaxena trends on Twitter, Anshul Saxena releases statement, says he is being targeted by the ‘strong missionary ecosystem’

After he started trending on Twitter, Anshul Saxena issued a statement about the case related to Missionary and Pastor Bajinder Singh

‘Kafir’, ‘laanat’: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Taimur and Sara Ali Khan perform Ganesh puja, Islamists cancel their Muslim credentials

One of the images uploaded on Instagram was that of actor Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and their son Taimur offering prayers to Lord Ganesh.

‘Figures from Kerala, Maharashtra show there is no room for complacency’: PM Modi holds high-level Covid-19 review meeting

During Covid-19 review meeting, PM Modi spoke about need for constant genome sequencing to monitor emergence of mutants

From de-coloniality to Moplah massacre: Six important things said by Sai Deepak during a debate at Shashi Tharoor’s book launch

Latest discussions between Shashi Tharoor and advocate J Sai Deepak sheds some light on some important points of Indian History

Uttar Pradesh: ASI team unearths remains of 1500-year-old temple from Gupta era with inscriptions in Shankhalipi script

The Archaeological Survey of India will now protect the remains of the 1500-year-old temple and place a shed, signboard for visitors.

Hours after Mayawati shuns gangster Mukhtar Ansari as candidate for 2022 UP polls, Owaisi’s AIMIM welcomes him with open arms

AIMIM statement came hours after BSP supremo Mayawati dropped her close aide and party MLA Mukhtar Ansari for UP elections.

After activist Anshul Saxena complained against use of a minor boy in conversion activities, the boy’s mother seeks strict action against him

Anshul Saxena had forwarded the now infamous ‘Mera Yeshu Yeshu’ video to NCPCR seeking action for use of minor boy the pastor in proapaganda

30-year-old woman in Mumbai brutally raped, rode inserted in her private parts, police makes one arrest so far: Details

The Mumbai police has so far made one arrest in the case. Investigations are underway and one person has been arrested so far.

A woman cant be Minister: Taliban spokesperson goes on misogynistic tirade on live TV

Under the previous Taliban regime (1996-2001), women were prevented from pursuing education, and getting a job.

Support pours in for OpIndia editor in chief Nupur J Sharma after she was forced to leave West Bengal by Mamata regime

The note posted by the OpIndia editor-in-chief Nupur J Sharma garnered overwhelming support from hordes of supporters.

Kapil Sibal Says Modi govt will ‘use’ the Afghan situation to take advantage in UP elections

Kapil Sibal alleged that India's policy towards Taliban regime will be guided by how this regime can use it to it’s advantage in UP election

‘Does he have a problem with idols’? Rahul Gandhi questioned after he leaves out Lord Ganesh from his Ganesh Chaturthi wish

While wishing his followers, Rahul Gandhi shared a graphic with the inscription "Ganesh Chaturthi ki hardik shubhkamnaye" but there was no Lord Ganesh