Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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Amar Chitra Katha issues statement after anti-Hindu comment of ‘intern’ goes viral: All you need to know

Abu Amaan faced flak from the Hindus on Twitter who asked Amar Chitra Katha to take action against him for his comments

People who fed us daadi nana stories by Priyanka now have issues believing history that RSS supported creation of Bangladesh

Narendra Modi recalled the Gana Satyagrah organised by the Jana Sanghin August 1971 to support Bangladesh liberation.

Karnataka sex CD case: FIR lodged against BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi for sexual harassment after woman files complaint

The woman has mentioned in her complaint that Ramesh Jarkiholi had promised her a job and asked her to be prepared for a "compromise'

Maharashtra Chief Secretary’s fact-finding report on phone-tapping a sham, full of fallacies: Former CM Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra chief secretary Sitaram Kunte had released a report ruling out aby wrongdoing in transfer posting of police officials

NCPCR writes to I and B Ministry, asks for removal of objectionable scenes from Netflix’s ‘Bombay Begums’

"It is clear that the Netflix Series Bombay Begums has not only violated the prevailing law of land and guidelines, it is continuing the same and affecting children's interest to a very large extent," NCPCR reiterated.

Loyalty to Israel and fellows Jews paramount: Read what convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard said in interview

Jonathan Pollard was arrested in 1985 while he was working for the US Navy and subsequently convicted for spying for Israel.

‘Pishi continues her khela’: BJP Tweets after another worker found hanging in Medinipur, claims 4 workers killed in last 72 hours

'Pishi continues her khela with human lives', BJP Tweeted informing that 4 of their workers have been murdered in the last 72 hours in West Bengal.

Maulana Jarjis lauded Mamata Banerjee for standing up against ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, urged Muslims in Bengal to vote for her: Read details

On 23 January 2021, Mamata Banerjee had walked out of the birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after being greeted with the slogans of "Jai Shri Ram"

Shamima Begum, who had joined ISIS, comes up with a far more innovative excuse for Jihad than Barkha Dutt: Read details

ISIS bride Shamima Begum says her mother is responsible for her fleeing UK and joining the Islamic terror group ISIS in Syria

Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry and the Supreme Court verdict: All you need to know about the case

On Friday, the Supreme Court formulated a total of 5 questions pertaining to the case. All the questions were answered in favour of the Tata conglomerate.

Nikita Tomar murder case: Faridabad fast track court sentences Tauseef and Rehan to life imprisonment

Nikita Tomar was shot dead from point black range by Tauseef in full public view outside the Aggarwal college in Ballabgarh, Faridabad

Black Lives Matter leader arrested in connection with vandalism of Lincoln statue with faeces, paint and signs: Reports

Black Live Matter leader Terry Wilson arrested in connection with the vandalism of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boise, Idaho.

TMC getting nervous in Nandigram? Delegation meets EC to complain about ‘voters being threatened’

TMC delegation comprised of Derek O' Brien and Kakoli Ghosh visited the Election Commission office in Kolkata regarding elections in Nandigram.

Supreme Court orders the transfer of mafia don Mukhtar Ansari from Punjab jail to Uttar Pradesh

According to reports, Mukhtar Ansari will be shifted from Rupnagar Jail in Punjab to Uttar Pradesh's Banda Jail in the coming two weeks.

After admitting Sunrise Hospital had only “temporary permission”, Uddhav Thackeray says “most people” died of COVID-19, not the fire

CM Uddhav Thackeray said that most of the patients who have died in Sunrise Hospital at Dreams Mall were on the ventilator

Maulana who calls men bh*dwas for not putting women in Burqa has a Mamata Banerjee connection

A video of Maulana Jarjis ranting and raving against women who refrain from wearing fully covering purdah has gone viral on social media.

Rajasthan: Muslim mob assaults Hindu man-Muslim woman couple, video goes viral

A Muslim mob was seen harassing and thrashing a Hindu man-Muslim woman couple at a resort in Bigod, Rajasthan.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits suppressing explosive Hunter Biden story of NY Post was a mistake, downplays it as “process error”

The Post had published a story about email conversations between a Ukrainian executive and Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Yogi Adityanath reminds Mamata Banerjee about the sacrifice of Kothari brothers for Ram Mandir movement, Suvendu Adhikari calls her ‘Begum’

CM Yogi accused Mamata Banerjee of showing concern only for infiltrators in West Bengal and hence no banning cow slaughter.

US House Rep remembers the Bengali Hindu Genocide of 1971, Indian ‘liberal’ rushes in to prove why the mass slaughter has been forgotten

Ro Khanna, progressive US House Rep remembered the 50th anniversary of the Bengali Hindu Genocide on Friday.

Where is ‘Bengal model’: A non-intellectual response to the intellectuals of Bengal

As polling in Bengal draws near, a number of these artists and performers have taken to Youtube to tell us that they are not neutral.

Three boats from Sri Lanka with drugs worth Rs 3000 crore and arms seized, brought to coast guard station Vizhinjam

Three boats with drusg and illegal arms from Sri Lanka were seized and 19 crew members were detained and brought to Vizhinjam

BJP leader Jay Panda seen flying his own helicopter for campaigning in Assam ahead of polls: Details

Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative elections, BJP spokesperson and National Vice President Baijayant Panda Jay Panda was spotted driving a helicopter

Haryana court judge transferred hours before pronouncing the quantum of sentence for convicts in Nikita Tomar murder case

The Faridabad court is supposed to announce the quantum of sentence for the convicts in Nikita Tomar murder case today

Supreme Court refuses to stay the sale of electoral bonds, says enough safeguards are already present

NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has filed a plea seeking an interim direction to bar the sale of Electoral Bonds

Fire breaks out at a mall in Bhandup with COVID-19 hospital on the top floor, hospital says ‘no casualties due to fire’, BJP says...

"There was no casualty due to fire," the Dream Mall Bhandup Sunrise Hospital said in a statement on Friday, despite casualties

Maharashtra govt goes after IPS officer Rashmi Shukla who tried to investigate transfer racket in 2020, BJP sees red: All you need to know

Maharashtra Govt has placed more focus on punishing the whistleblower, Rashmi Shukla, who may have provided data to Devendra Fadnavis

INX Media scam: Chidambaram was involved in money laundering, directed firms to help Karti’s business interests, says ED charge-sheet

A special court also took cognisance of the charge-sheet on Wednesday. The court has asked Chidambaram and his son to be present in court on April 7 when charges will be framed.

If opposition political parties don’t criticise external vested interests, they will lose more support internally than gain globally

India possesses the world’s fifth-largest economy and the third most powerful military as also remains the globe’s most lucrative market.

Panipat: Human skeletons found in house were of Ahsan Saifi’s wife and two children whom he had killed in 2016

Ahsan Saifi and killed and buried 3 persons in his house in 2016. He had then sold the house and moved to Uttar Pradesh.

Watch: Congress councillor brutally assaults a woman in Chhattisgarh after her 4-year-child accidentally breaks nameplate

Following the act of hooliganism and assault, Durga Sahu filed a complaint at the Gobranawapara police station against the Congress councillor.

As losses due to roadblocks continue to pile on, ‘farmers’ dance and sing during 12-hour ‘Bharat Bandh’

The 12-hour Bharat-Bandh has been called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha against the farm reforms brought in by Modi government.

PM Modi remembers Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ahead of his visit to Bangladesh to participate in its National Day celebrations

PM Modi remembers Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, writes that India-Bangladesh could have achieved a lot more had he been alive.

NIA recovers 62 unaccounted bullets from Sachin Vaze, official ammunition missing: Reports

Vaze has claimed before the special court that he is a scapegoat in the case. The NIA has been granted his custody till April 3.

British teacher forced to apologise for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons to students, police officials read the statement to Muslim protestors

The headteacher of a school in the United Kingdom was forced to apologise to Muslims for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons to students

Did you know? Aamir Khan used to spit on heroines for ‘good luck’

The Aamir Khan of today is a celebrated actor, but back in the day, Aamir Khan had quite a notorious reputation of being a 'prankster'

The Yellow Fleet: When Suez Canal was blocked for 8 years forcing 14 ships to remain stranded on the water

It took eight years, two wars and external pressure from prominent nations to end an eight-years-long traffic jam at Suez Lake

Has Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray tested HIV positive? A fact-check

The news of Aaditya Thackeray testing positive for HIV/AIDS sent social media users into a tizzy. The claim turned out to be untrue

Covid-19 positive Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan holds meeting in room full of people, gets trolled on Twitter

Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi have both tested positive for the Chinese virus and are supposed to be in quarantine.

Adbhangi Chita-Bhasm Holi in Varanasi: Photos and videos of the mesmerising ritual where even death is a festival

In Chita Bhasma Holi, the devotees play Holi with the ashes collected from human crematory grounds at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi

Number of rape cases increase alarmingly in Rajasthan, minors are victims in many cases

The horrifying rape cases in 2021 so far suggest that minors are the biggest victims of sexual violence in Rajasthan

Mansukh Hiren was murdered in the car after being administered chloroform in Sachin Vaze’s presence: Reports

Mansukh Hiren was reportedly given chloroform before being murdered and Hiren was murdered in the presence of Sachin Vaze

Pakistan Indus Water Treaty delegates make a surprising visit to Amritsar’s Golden Temple

The Pakistan delegation that had arrived in New Delhi on March 22 made a surprise visit to Amritsar's Golden Temple on Thursday.

Congress party fields Bindhu Krishna – the organiser of anti-Hindu ‘beef festival’ from Kollam

For 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, Congress has fielded Bindhu Krishna, from Kollam, who had organised beef festival

Harappan people ate multigrain “laddoos”, used them in rituals on the banks of River Saraswati, says new ASI study

The Harappan laddoos from 2600 BCE were excavated by the ASI in 2017 and were given to the BSIP for scientific analysis

Jammu and Kashmir police opposes passport renewal of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti citing an ‘adverse report’ by CID

Jammu and Kashmir High Court is hearing a petition filed by Mehbooba Mufti over the delay in clearing her passport application

Karnataka High Court dismisses FIR against Kangana Ranaut over her tweets on farmer protests

A Karnataka Court had in October 2020 ordered the filing of FIR against Kangana Ranaut for her tweet on protests against farm bills

Antilia bomb scare case: NIA custody of Sachin Vaze extended till April 3, Vaze claims he is being made a scapegoat

NIA informed the court that Sachin Vaze has destroyed 7 to 8 crucial Digital Video Recorders linked to the Antilia bomb scare case

The significance of spitting in Islam: How spitting can ‘ward off Satan’

Understanding the cultural significance of spitting in Islam and why, it is considered as an act that can ward away Satan

Chicago City Council votes against resolution criticising CAA, alleged human rights situation in India

The proposed resolution on CAA and other issues in India was defeated in 18-26 vote in the Chicago City Council