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The Khalistani propaganda against Tulsi Gabbard: How extremists linked to Pakistan’s ISI are targeting Hindus to influence US politics

Pieter Friedrich and OFMI's campaign against Tulsi Gabbard started in 2018 with the first anti-Tulsi article appearing on the OFMI website.

China releases highly edited video of Galwan Valley clash to whitewash the embarrassment Indian Army made them suffer

China has released a heavily edited video of the events of Galwan Valley in June 2020 during the clash between Indian and Chinese troops.

Race-baiting: Washington Post blames ‘systemic racism’ after a black woman knowingly uses superglue on her hair as hair-spray alternative

Washington Post argued that the black woman applied superglue on her hair due to anti-Black notions of beauty and professionalism

Indian Express columnist, who partnered with Khalistanis for project, claims he did not file George Floyd complaint with NHRC: Here’s what we know

Suraj Yengde has said that his email was misused to file complaints with the National Human Rights Commission.

Special MP-MLA court summons home minister Amit Shah in a defamation case filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee had filed the defamation case after Amit Shah had said in 2018 that he was involved in a series of corruptions

Another Jack Ma mystery solved? China blocked Ant IPO because it benefitted those who may challenge Xi Jinping politically

According to the WSJ report, one of Ant’s investors is Boyu Capital, a private-equity firm founded in part by Jiang Zhicheng. Jiang Zhicheng is the grandson of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Another is Li Botan, who controls the Beijing Zhaode Group

The complete story: How a Christian zealot was groomed as a Khalistani asset, a spider whose web trapped liberals in India and abroad

How did Pieter Friedrich come out from nowhere and was able to become an accepted 'South Asian analyst'?

58 years after Nagaland became a state, Jana Gana Mana played in the assembly for the first time this month

This is the first time since Nagaland became a state on 1st December 1963 that the National Anthem was played in the House

Sri Lankan government cancels Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s scheduled speech in its Parliament during his Sri Lanka visit

Sri Lankan government was concerned that Imran Khan may also talk about the rights of Muslims in Sri Lanka

Complaint filed against Manorama News, MediaOne and Reporter TV for spreading fake news to glorify Republic Day violence: Full details

Manorama News, One Media and Reporter TV have been accused of spreading false news to glorify the Republic Day mayhem

Municipal polls: Congress promises to turn ‘Sanskari Nagar’ Vadodara into dating destination, to setup clubhouses for women to organise kitty parties

In the manifesto for Vadodara municipal polls, Congress party has promised to build cafes that will serve as 'dating destinations'

Disha Ravi case: PTI misreports High Court’s interim order, claims media cannot broadcast leaked investigative material

The Delhi High Court did not ask the media to not 'broadcast' leaked investigative material but instead ensure editorial control on what is being posted and shared.

Meet Swati Mohan, the Star Trek inspired MIT graduate who led the landing of NASA’s rover on Mars

After the completion of her PhD, Swati Mohan had joined NASA again as a Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Engineer.

Islamic organisation wants to carve Muslim-majority ‘Malabar’ out of Kerala, threatens to start Telangana-like agitation

Faisi claimed that the Kerala government gives importance to Southern-region of the state despite the northern Malabar region having the most assembly seats.

Disha Ravi WhatsApp chats: Delhi HC passes interim order, asks ‘activist’ not to malign the police or authorities

Disha Ravi in her petition before the High Court did not say that the WhatsApp conversations were false.

Indian Express columnist who ranted about ‘Brahmanism’ exposed as PJF collaborator, partnered with Khalistani org for Canada Govt funded project

The most recent revelation surrounding the Greta toolkit controversy involves Indian Express columnist Suraj Yengde.

As France passes anti radicalism law, anti-France protests intensify in Pakistan, demands for expelling French ambassador grows

Pakistan has been antagonistic towards France ever since the French President has taken a stand against Islamic terrorism

After the attack on Krishna Dhaba owner in Srinagar, Shiv Shakti sweet shop area in Barzulla targeted, 2 policemen injured

The attack on Shiv Shakti Sweet shop came a day after terrorists opened fired at the owner of Krishna Dhaba in Srinagar

Suit seeking restoration of worship at ancient Hindu temple in Gyanvapi mosque complex filed in Varanasi court

The suit was filed for restoration of darshan, pooja, aarti, bhog and rituals for Hindu deities inside Gyanvapi mosque complex

Mumbai: Taufiq Bashir arrested for stabbing a cow in the abdomen and limb for eating papaya from his fruit cart

The accused was enraged after a cow gulped down papaya from his fruit cart and in the fit of anger, he stabbed the bovine with a knife in the abdomen and limb

Mosques used to gather crowd for Rahul Gandhi’s ‘farmer rally’? Here is what a viral video says and what we know

A video is going viral where a Muslim cleric from Rajasthan urges his followers to attend a rally organised by the Congress party.

Patanjali’s Coronil gets Ayush Ministry certification, Baba Ramdev releases research on ‘first evidence-based Ayurvedic medicine against COVID’

Yoga Guru Ramdev released the research paper on the "first evidence-based Ayurvedic medicine for coronavirus" by Patanjali Ayurved, 'Coronil'.

George Floyd case: In eight months, Minneapolis went from defunding Police to spending millions to recruit more officers

City council members of Minneapolis have decided to spend millions of dollars on recruiting more police officers to halt crime rate in the city.

‘Your editor at NDTV has no brain, he is a bogus man’, VHP leader slams NDTV for casting aspersions on the Ram Mandir donation...

NDTV had asked VHP leader Champat Rai how much money collected in the Ram Mandir donation drive, and what is the target

West Bengal: Doctors’ body alleges non-transparency, nepotism in state govt’s recruitment process, demands rule of law

The AHDS also said that single candidates have been chosen for multiple disciplines from preclinical to super speciality.

China honours 4 soldiers who died during Galwan clash, disproves AltNews’ sly attempts to discredit India’s claims of Chinese casualties

AltNews, co-founded by Pratik Sinha and Mohammad Zubair, was a portal that propagated China claims and discredited India post Galwan clash

Telangana double murder: TRS leader arrested after lawyer couple names accused in dying testimony

The TRS leader allegedly conspired to kill the lawyer couple over an illegal house construction, their past differences and a dispute over the construction of Peddamma temple, as per reports.

BBC issues apology to Islamic outfit Raza Academy for hurting Muslim sentiments by displaying a portrait of Mohammad

Maulana Moin Ashraf Quadri, who is the head of the organisation, cleric Mohammad Saeed Noori and Congress MLA Amin Patel had approached the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to register an FIR against BBC Hindi for the usage of a certain 'blasphemous' image in one of their shows.

China officially admits it lost soldiers in June 2020 Galwan valley face-off with India, awards posthumous honour to 4 soldiers

China has posthumously awarded honorary titles to 4 of those who had died during the Galwan valley face-off in June 2020

UP court admits revision petition challenging Magistrate order that dismissed criminal case against Kunal Kamra

Kamra is also facing contempt proceedings in the Supreme Court for making derogatory remarks against the court and the judges.

‘Not one TMC goon would dare to enter the booth and stop voters from voting’, Home Minister Amit Shah promises violence-free assembly elections in...

Violence and anarchy cannot stop the Lotus from blooming in West Bengal, said Amit Shah addressing a rally in West Bengal

Facebook faces trouble as countries around the world tighten the noose on the social media giant

Facebook banned linked to news sites on its portal in Australia after a law passed requiring it to pay news organisations for news shared on it

‘Lokpal bill movement led by elites like Kejriwal and Sisodia will create a parallel govt’: When Arundhati Roy made sense a decade ago

Arundhati Roy had also said in the interview with Sagarika Ghose that leaders that led the Lokpal movement ran foreign funded NGOs

Activists had prepared second ‘toolkit’ to organise a Twitter storm aimed at “creating unrest” in Delhi, could not execute it: Delhi police

Delhi police said that the second toolkit was aimed at organising a Twitter storm to “create unrest” in Delhi on February 4 and 5

‘Incident a result of political rivalry between TMC and CPI’, Indian Railways reacts to attack on minister on railway platform in West Bengal

Indian Railways issued a statement after Mamata Banerjee sought a reply from the latter since the attack took place on its premises

Rail Roko protests pass off without any untoward incident, 8 Railway zones don’t report a single stoppage of trains

The ‘rail roko’ protest was announced by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmer unions

Outrage over PopSugar article asking Rihanna to apologise to Hindus: Just another needle that punctures the ‘farmer protest’ bubble

American outlet 'PopSugar' published a piece that argued how it was time for Rihanna to apologise to Hindus and the liberals are outraged

‘Farmer’ leader Rakesh Tikait threatens to burn crops if govt asks to end protests

'Farmer' leader Rakesh Tikait today while addressing a rally in Punia, Haryana, threatened that if the government insists on farmers ending the protests, the farmers will set the crops on fire.

The Print tries to justify the brutal killing of Rinku Sharma by holding him responsible for his own murder

The Print report caters to a certain section of people who are desperately looking for clues to blame it all on Rinku Sharma.

‘Will not allow Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar to work in Maharashtra’: Maha Congress Chief Nana Patole threatens

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole says Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar will not be allowed to work in Maharashtra if they do not speak against the fuel prices.

SP leader Abu Azmi says modern women enable atrocities against women, claims social evils have risen as women don’t stay behind purdah

Abu Azmi also said that women who don't wear modest cloths are same as being naked, and opposed live-in relations

The curious case of Shweta and her friend’s sex-addict girlfriend. Here is why ‘Shweta’ is trending on Twitter

Shweta, mic on hai tera! Kids, always ensure your mics are off when you are indulging in gossiping.

Shabnam – The first woman to be hanged after India’s independence: Why she and her lover Salim killed everyone in her family

Salim, who worked at a wood sawing unit outside Shabnam's home, came from a different socio-economic background than Shabnam and was a Class VI dropout.

Why did India Today’s anchor contradict their own report? Unnao incident has the usual suspects peddling the same agenda

A coordinated campaign to peddle casteist, political angles in the Unnao case is already afoot. Even India Today's anchor peddled the same narrative, and pure speculations, contradicting their own published report.

‘Could be a conspiracy because of his tough stands’, SC closes proceedings in sexual harassment allegation against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

IB report had stated that Ranjan Gogoi was being targeted for his tough stands on finalisation of NRC in Assam

West Bengal: Saraswati idol vandalised in Howrah, devotees chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as they take to the streets to protest

Interestingly, some local TMC leaders have pinned the blame of the incident of vandalism of Saraswati idol on Hindu devotees

Kerala: One of greatest engineers of India, ‘Metro Man’, E Sreedharan to join the BJP

E Sreedharan, one of India's greatest engineers, is instrumental in envisioning and designing metro infrastructure in various cities in the country, especially the ambitious metro rail project in Delhi.

American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib joins Islamic terror sympathiser and son of terrorist Asiya Andrabi to push anti-India propaganda on Kashmir

Controversial American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib joined notorious Islamic terror sympathisers to peddle anti-India propaganda on Kashmir

Toolkit case: Disha Ravi moves Delhi HC, seeks Police does not ‘leak’ content of her chats, communication to media

Disha Ravi has also directed appropriate action against media houses CNN News 18, India Today and Times Now for publishing her damning WhatsApp conversations with Greta Thunberg and others

Unnao: Three Dalit girls found unconscious in their family field, two dead, one’s condition critical

The three girls had gone to their field to collect fodder for cattle yesterday. They were found lying unconscious.