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Child rescued in Uttar Pradesh after she was being forced into prostitution by relative Gulshan Bano

A joint team of police and Child Welfare Committee officials raided Gulshan Bano’s place and rescued the minor girl

After Kejriwal’s fake ‘house arrest’ drama, AAP takes their theatre to parliament, raises slogans at the central hall

On several occasions in the past, AAP supporters have pulled off such attention-seeking stunts to hog limelight and remain in news.

How Times of India and The Hindu turned ‘Haroon’, who posed as a priest, to a ‘Tantrik’ to secularise the crime

The Times of India, in its attempt to 'secularise' the crime, passed off the accused as a 'Tantrik', when it was, in fact, a man named Harun

Soon, it might be mandatory for restaurants and retailers to display whether they are selling Halal or Jhatka meat: Details

SDMC says intent of the proposals is not to ban Halal meat, but to enable people to make an informed choice of meat

Here is the truth behind the image of an old farmer, who according to Congress trolls and actor, died at farmers protest recently

The 2018 image was used to claim that an elderly farmer has died during the Delhi farmer protests.

Christmas, appropriation of pagan festival marked by violence against Jews, and why I am hurt as a Hindu: Time to reflect?

While coping valiantly with COVID, the beleaguered world is also busy planning New Year and Christmas celebrations

When Atal Bihar Vajpayee’s poem was brought to life by Shah Rukh Khan and Jagjit Singh on screen in 2002

Atal Bihari Vajpayee collection of poems, Samvedna, was converted into a music album by Jagjit Singh in 2002

Congress is ‘deeply disturbed’ by Delhi police searching premises of lawyer who had become ISIS poster boy

Manish Tewari stated that he is 'deeply disturbed' by the police raid on ISIS poster boy Mehmood Pracha. He even called the court warranted search 'arbitrary'.

West Bengal police unleash lathi-charge on BJP workers including women, more than 40 injured

More than 40 party workers, including several women workers, have reportedly been injured. BJYM Kolkata North Suburban District President Pintu Das also suffered injuries.

Fake TRP ‘scam’: Mumbai Police now arrests BARC CEO, days after it arrested their COO

Mumbai Police has now arrested Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC)'s former CEO Partho Dasgupta in TRP case

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has sent a legal notice to leftist troll Rachita Taneja: Here is why

The Bhopal MP has asked the 'cartoonist' to refrain from using the said website/domain name or any variant thereof in the name of Pragya Thakur.

‘People from Muslim community are threatening to kill me: Qasim receives death threats after voluntarily converting to Hinduism

28-year-old Muslim man by the name of Qasim Khan has been receiving death threats after he decided to convert to Hinduism

On his 96th birth anniversary: A look at 5 key steps undertaken by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee that radically transformed India

25 December 2020 marks 96th birth anniversary of one of the most admired politicians in history of independent India — Atal Bihari Vajpayee

NDTV promoters caught again, after insider trading, Prannoy Roy and Radhika fined Rs 25 cr by SEBI in ICICI loan case: Read details

SEBI has imposed fines on NDTV and its promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy for "violating various securities" norms

Indian crew on two ships stuck for months at Chinese ports as China does not allow them to unload cargo

China has allowed the ships of other countries to unload at its port but has kept the Indian vessels waiting.

After getting banned for two years for failing dope test, Basketball Player Satnam Singh joins farmer protests

Last month, Singh was given provisional suspension after he failed an out-of-competition test conducted in Bangalore by NADA.

Meerut: Man gives Triple Talaq to his wife for refusing to dance and wear jeans, later sets himself on fire

The woman alleged that her husband often used to force her to wear jeans and dance which would lead to fight between them.

Begusarai: Mohammad Chotu enters house of a Hindu woman by jumping over a Mosque wall, attacks her with knife for resisting molestation

This is the second time when a youth has jumped over the wall of the mosque to break into the house of victim in Begusarai

Police arrests Haroon who fooled people by pretending to be a Hindu priest named Pandit Rahul Shastri

Haroon induced a woman to deposit an amount of Rs 85,000 to his account in exchange of performing a Shanti Yajna for her.

Amitabh Bachchan’s post on ‘Chai’ stirs up a storm, actor accused of plagiarism

Social media users accused Amitabh Bachchan of hypocrisy, because the actor had sent a legal notice to poet Kumar Vishwas for using his father's poem.

‘Nuns pimped out boys to Christian priests at sex parties, clergy paid them for allowing to rape children,’ victim narrates ordeal in Germany

The victim said before the court that the nuns were key in aiding the abuse of the children at the children's home in Germany

China’s information warfare: How Beijing uses censorship, disinformation and propaganda to control and influence domestic narrative

A primer into how the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) has been regulating the flow of information and distorting it with disinformation to maintain its preeminence.

Karnataka: Soyub Kotwal arrested for forcing Hindu girl to convert into Islam, sent vulgar messages on Instagram

Soyub Kotwal, who is an employee in the Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd, was arrested by Dakshina Kannada district police

“Sooar ki charbi haram hai”: Islamic organisations issue fatwa against coronavirus vaccines from China

Muslim scholars have called Covid-19 vaccine haram as it may have pork gelatin

From being in a ‘hurry’ to double farmer income to missing Sonia Gandhi’s NAC: Bizarre excuses Communists give to put farm laws on hold

The Hindu carried an opinion piece on farmer laws which had some of the most bizarre excuses for which the farm laws must be withdrawn.

Delhi Police raids office of Supreme Court lawyer Mehmood Pracha accused of forging affidavit and tutoring riot victims to lie

Mehmood Pracha is accused of forging affidavits and tutoring Delhi riot victims to give false evidence

India born Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias accused of sexual misconduct after his death

The law firm investigating allegations said in its interim report that allegations against Ravi Zacharias appeared to be true.

Pakistan: Terrorists convicted for the beheading of journalist Daniel Pearl released by Sindh High Court

Sheikh was one of the terrorists freed by India along with Masood Azhar in 1999 to secure the release of passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814.

Netizens call for #EcoFriendlyChristmas ahead of the festival, urge PETA and other environmentalists to join the cause

Social media users raise voice to save the planet and urge people to celebrate eco-friendly Christmas.

‘Different rules for Virat Kohli and T Natarajan, Ashwin suffered because he spoke up’: Sunil Gavaskar

Citing the examples of T Natarajan and senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar said that there are double standards in the Indian team.

“Self realisation!” Netizens wonder as Rahul Gandhi talks about an incompetent man who does not understand anything

The remark by Rahul Gandhi came after he met President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his intervention into the impasse between protesting farmers and the Centre

After supporting Naxals and terrorists, Congress plans to adopt ‘nationalism’ pitch on party’s foundation day

Congress party has decided to do Tiranga yatras and a "selfie with the tricolour" campaign on social media on the party’s foundation day

Fact-Check: Is WhatsApp suspending support for older iPhones after Christmas

WhatsApp will continue to work on iOS 9 contrary to the reports some news agencies have published

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s name emerges in the list of unauthorised occupants of land belonging to Visva Bharati University

Amartya Sen has allegedly illegally occupied 13 decimals of land, according to list of encroachments prepared by Visva Bharati University

European Court of Justice allows the EU states to ban religious slaughterings like Halal and Kosher

The decision to ban Halal and Kosher slaughter has irked people of both the communities who believe its a 'denial of democracy'

From importance of self-reliant India to Bhakti movement: Key highlights of PM Modi speech at Visva Bharati

Speaking on the historic occasion, Prime Minister Modi said that it was a matter of pride for every Indian that Vishva Bharati University completed 100 years.

Grooming Jihad: Sahib Ali poses as Rahul to entrap a Hindu woman in Delhi, rapes and tortures her when his identity is revealed

The Hindu woman from Delhi has been allegedly cheated, raped and tortured by a Muslim man pretending to be Hindu

IC 814 hijack: Where are those three terrorists India released in exchange for hostages?

On December 31, 1999, after seven days, the hostage crisis came to an end as India agreed to release three dreaded terrorists including Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed.

OfCom: The secretive govt censor that has fined the UK affiliate of Republic Bharat. Why people are rejoicing and what it means

The Office of Communications holds sweeping powers over broadcasting, telecommunications and even postal industries in the UK.

Rahul Gandhi peddles The Print’s lies about India-Russia relations, gets ‘fact-checked’ by the Russian Embassy in India

Rahul Gandhi's attempt to mislead people on India-Russia annual summit caused another 'egg-on-the-face' moment for Congress.

Loyola College in Chennai asked to pay Rs 64 lakh compensation to woman who accused Father Xavier Alphonse of sexual harassment

As per reports, the victim faced abuse and sexual harassment from Father Xavier Alphonse SJ, the Director of the Alumni association.

Donald Trump vetoes USD 740 billion annual US defence bill, calls it ‘gift to Russia and China’

Trump has vetoed the annual US defence bill that was passed with over two third majority in both the Senate and the House.

US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with retaliation after US embassy in Baghdad attacked with rockets

The attacks come at a time when tensions are growing tensions between the United States and Iran amidst the last days of Trump’s presidency.

True “wokeness” would see Christian missionaries are engaged in oppression by bringing indigenous culture under monopoly of the church

The missionaries insist that those of Indic faiths have been following the devil. They must give up this ancient culture, including goddess worship, venerating certain animals and forces of nature.

Central government merges four film units with NFDC, revises DTH guidelines

The Union cabinet has merged five film units to create one government entity to handle all issues related to movies

‘Rahul Gandhi won’t know whether potatoes grow above or below soil’: BJP leader Narottam Mishra slams Congress for misleading farmers on farm laws

"Rahul Gandhi, who drove ‘sofa-cum-tractor’ do not even know if potatoes grow above or below the ground", Narottam Mishra said

“Childish”: Sanjay Jha attacks Congress for playing petty politics over his new book

Sanjay Jha said that his book is not anti-Congress, but it touches upon the flaws of the party and its leadership

Congress MP Jasbir Dimpa manhandles a woman journalist, takes away memory card of the camera that recorded the incident

Congress MP Jasbir Dimpa tried to snatch the camera from the RPD 24 cameraman and manhandled the female journalist

Govt of India launches Grand Challenge for strengthening COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network with Rs 3.85 crore total prize, read details

The challenge invites participation from innovative startups and emerging technology specialists to augment and scale CoWIN platform

From murder to bomb blasts to hurling bricks: 8 incidents of violence against BJP in West Bengal in December alone

Though TMC has been always been in a denial mode, the fact is that BJP workers have always been at the receiving end in West Bengal