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A lookalike of Donald Trump spotted selling kulfi in Pakistan, netizens joke that ‘Trump has found a new job in Pakistan’

The kulfi seller's uncanny resemblance with former US President Donald Trump did not go unnoticed by social media users.

‘Snake’, ‘Islamophobe bigot’, ‘cretin’: Islamists troll Shehla Rashid for condemning #WhySoProud against LGBT community

Former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid was trolled by Islamists on Monday after she condemned the 'Why So Proud' hashtag.

BBC apologises for its coverage of footballer Eriksen’s collapse, it is time they apologise for their grotesque reportage on India’s Covid outbreak too

The western media outlets, including BBC, ought to apologise India for perpetrating racism with their egregious coverage of country's COVID-19 pandemic and linking it with morbid images of burning funeral pyres.

Rahul Gandhi joins in spreading lies about a ‘scam’ by Ram Mandir trust: Here are the facts in 10 simple points

On the 13th of June 2021, Aam Aadmi Party took to Twitter to level grave allegations against the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra.

Islamic NGO with possible terror links raised almost 150 crores to ‘Help India Breath’ amid pandemic, little of it was actually sent

Dubious NGOs with links to terrorist organizations and Pakistani army collected funds on the name of relief to India amid Covid pandemic

Kerala: Sister Lucy dismissed from the Church after Vatican rejects her appeal, had extended support to nun in Franco Mulakkal case

Sister Lucy has paid the price for speaking out in support of the nun who accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of rape

USA does a Sonu Sood, boasts about donating 80 vials of Pfizer vaccine to Trinidad & Tobago: Netizens react

The United States of America has announced that it has donated 80 vials of the Pfizer vaccine to Trinidad and Tobago.

Transgender arrested for adding ‘Shukran Allah’ song to a video shot in a Bhopal masjid

Muslim community offended after a transgender danced to shoot the 'Shukran Allah' song inside the Bhopal mosque

Congress chief says ‘will contest Maharashtra assembly elections alone’, NCP insists ‘all is well’ within MVA alliance

"Even if someone is sidelining us, that doesn’t mean we will be sidelined. By 2024, Congress will only remain the top party in Maharashtra,” said Maharashtra Congress chief.

Here is the truth about the land deal by Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and how the allegations by likes of AAP are baseless

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra and its head Champat Rai bought an additional piece of land for the purposes of additional construction to facilitate pilgrims who would be travelling to Ayodhya

Adani Group issues clarification over frozen accounts, says media report ‘blatantly erroneous’

Economic Times report had suggested that the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) has frozen accounts of three foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) holding shares in the group companies.

Vishwanathan Anand expresses disappointment after Indian billionaire admits to cheating to defeat him: Here’s what he said

Vishwanathan Anand has issued a statement after Nikhil Kamath cheated to win a game against him at a charity event.

United by football, divided by BLM: How taking the knee has become such a controversial gesture at the Euro 2020

The England Football Team and its players have been booed for taking the knee ahead of their first match at Euro 2020.

Video evidence shows there were live bats in Wuhan lab, DRASTIC exposes Peter Daszak again

Video evidence of bats in cages at Wuhan lab emerges, further exposing scientists who had dismissed 'lab leak' theories as conspiracy.

Dr Fauci, Peter Daszak and more: The damning involvement of American scientists and bureaucrats in suppressing truth about Covid origins

The email leaks of Dr Anthony Fauci shed light on the American complicity in helping China cover up the origins of COVID-19

Activist Kishore K Swamy arrested on charges of inciting communal riot for circulating ‘defamatory’ posts against DMK leaders

Activist Kishore K Swamy was arrested over a complaint filed by DMK IT Wing coordinator Ravichandran

Young billionaire Nikhil Kamath’s account closed by Chess.com as he admits cheating in charity game to defeat Vishwanathan Anand

Nikhil Kamath created quite the flutter recently after he apparently defeated Vishwanathan Anand in a game of chess.

Pakistan alleges India wants it to deny consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav so India can use it against Pak in ICJ

In July 2019, ICJ had directed Pakistan to stay the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav and allow him consular access.

Mother of ISIS terrorist hopes that ‘kind-hearted’ PM Modi will pardon and ensure her daughter’s return to India

Four women from Kerala who had escaped with their husbands to join ISIS are now in a Afghan prison.

UP: Mahfooz, a cleric and others booked for illegally converting Sikh woman and her children, performing circumcision

Harjinder Kaur was named Gulistaan while her 12-year-old son Rahul and 10-year-old Sumit were named Farman and Anas. “He also conducted a circumcision ceremony of my sons,” Kaur confirmed to the police.

Telangana govt under fire for spending crores on luxury cars for bureaucrats in the middle of raging pandemic

Immersed in the debt of Rs 40,000 crores and mounting economic woes, the KCR government recently purchased fleet of 32 luxury cars for its bureaucrats

Uttar Pradesh: Maulvi gets upset with DJ music, refuses to perform nikah ceremony

It was only after the women and girls who had danced to the DJ music apologised did the Maulvi solemnise the wedding.

Language and history: Why the Indian society lost pride in its own heritage

Have you ever gone to an Italian restaurant and felt proud when you properly pronouncedthe Italian name of that pasta you so wanted to have?

60-year-old woman gang-raped in front of her grandson: More horror stories emerge from Bengal as women speak up in SC

Women in West Bengal have moved the Supreme Court narrating the details of the horrifying gang-rapes they were subjected to in the post-poll violence by the members of ruling party.

Rohingyas settled all over UP with forged Aadhaar, voter IDs, fresh arrests reveal they are getting financial aid too: Report

ADG informed that the Rohingyas have settled in every assembly constituency with forged voter ID cards.

G7 summit: Italian PM calls for review of China’s Belt and Road initiative, calls China an autocracy that doesn’t respect multilateral rules

The Italian Prime Minister pointed out that while the country's participation in China's expansionist policy was not raised at G7, the agreement will be carefully assessed.

Remembering Sushant Singh Rajput: An actor with a difference

Sushant Singh Rajput represented the hope of millions of middle-class individuals, hoping to make it big in Bollywood.

PM Modi kills the manufactured stories about his rift with Yogi Adityanath with just three words

In a rare gesture, PM Modi publicly praised Yogi Adityanath for a scheme amid the manufactured reports about rift between the two

Bhoomi Pujan for Bhagwan Venkateswara Mandir in Jammu conducted, the temple to be completed in 18 months

Union Ministers G Kishen Reddy and Jitendra Singh, and LG Manoj Sinha attended Bhoomi Pujan for Venkateswara Mandir in Jammu

Kamal R Khan calls Mika Singh ‘anpadh gawar sooar’ after the singer released a diss track titled ‘KRK Kutta’: Here is how the feud...

The feud between KRK and Mika Singh descends to calling each other ‘dogs’ and ‘pigs’, here how it unfolded

Indian embassy in Turkey shuts up Turkish state-run publication for peddling Pakistani propaganda against India

State-run news agency of Turkey publishes Pakistani propaganda saying India issuing fake domicile certificates in Kashmir

Hindu activist demands cancellation of resident permit of Kannada actor Chetan Kumar for hate speech against Brahmins

After anti-Hindu speech by USA citizen Kannada actor Chetan Kumar, activist petitions for cancelation of his temporary resident permit

Mumbai: Video of a car sinking in a hole within seconds goes viral after incessant rains. Watch

The car has been pulled out with the help of a crane from the 40 feet deep well and no injuries have been reported.

Video of Andhra Pradesh ASP M Sattibabu giving provocative speech to Dalit youths goes viral

‘We must give our lives for our ideology like the World Trade Centre terrorists did’, Andhra ASP M Sattibabu told Dalit youths

Punjab Elections 2022: As political landscape warms up, will Dalit votes be the game changer?

After breaking off the alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, the BJP has nothing to lose in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. How will the politics play out as elections draw close

“Global decisions no longer dictated by small group of countries”: China hits back at the G7 summit

As G7 leaders discuss ways to counter China, the Chinese govt hits back at the group saying they can't make global decisions

Throttle Aerospace Systems led consortium to start trials for drone delivery of medicine in Bengaluru

Cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty has announced that he will provide the medicines to be used during the drone trials.

Watch: Shiv Sena MLA and his supporters attack contractor blaming him for waterlogged street, dump garbage on him

Shiv Sena MLA Dilip Lande forced a contractor to sit on a waterlogged road and asked his aides to dump garbage on him

Culture of political violence in West Bengal: How the Islamist challenge can turn an already very bad situation into much worse

The outbreak of political violence in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee's victory shows no signs of abating.

Watch: People climb atop tankers to avoid queues as water crisis worsens in Delhi

Locals in the Vivekanand Camp in the Chanakyapuri area in Delhi were seen climbing atop the water tank instead of waiting in queues

How a ‘liberal’ filmmaker went from criticising Rahul Gandhi to saying ‘I am on your side’ and what it shows

Congress and their loyalists are still not able to get over the shock of not only losing 2019 elections, but BJP outperforming them and itself from the previous term.

Ayodhya to be developed as a religious, Vedic and solar-powered sustainable city, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Based on Sanatan traditions, Ayodhya will have ancient culture, heritage and traditions with sustainable modern facilities.

Yati Narsinghanand assassination attempt: Suspects Vipul and Kashif were highly radicalised, were sent by one Salimuddin

Salimuddin arrested by Mussoorie police in Ghaziabadfor deputing Vipul and Kashif to assassinate Mahant Yati Narsinghanand

Karnataka: Ibrahim steals cow from his Hindu neighbour’s house, slaughters and sells the meat at local market

Ibrahim slaughtered the animal in his house and then went ahead and even sold the slaughtered meat at a local market.

Three women accused of forcefully converting Dalit girl to Islam, video of her reading namaz sent to father: Report

The man who allegedly kidnapped the girl has threatened the father to forget his daughter and said that he is ready to compensate him with 40-50 thousand rupees.

Kerala Minister extends support to sedition accused model Aisha Sultana, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan would help her fight Centre

Coming out in support of Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana, Kerala Minister Sivankutty said the actor-turned-model need not worry about the case as she has Kerala government's support.

Shiv Sena leader demands a flyover in Mumbai be renamed after Moinuddin Chishti, who credited himself for capturing Prithviraj Chauhan

The leader of the so-called Hindutva party stated that the Muslim community’s demand must be respected and the flyover be renamed at the earliest.

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, Indian Express, others spread lies about Aisha Sultana’s ‘bio weapon’ comment. Details

How mainstream media is helping Aisha Sultana get away with accusing Indian government of using COVID as a bioweapon against the people of Lakshadweep.

Euro 2020: Christian Eriksen is awake, his condition stable after collapsing on the pitch during Denmark vs Finland

Following the incident, UEFA also confirmed that Christian Eriksen has been transferred to the hospital and his condition has been stabilised.