On Sunday, a video had surfaced online showing a group of Bajrang Dal men who forced their way into a church in Karnataka’s Hubbali, accusing them of forced religious conversion. Later, following a complaint by BJP MLA Arvind Bellad the pastor, Somu Avaradhi was arrested by the police. Screengrab Just a week before that Bajrang …

Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and accused of running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, has been arrested by the UP Police. He was arrested after hours of interrogation by the police.  Mishra had appeared before the Police on Saturday to record his statement, after missing another summons deadline on Friday. Mishra had reached the Crime Branch …

Love Jihad, Narcotic Jihad, Land Jihad, UPSC Jihad… the list only seems growing. Rakesh Kumar Pandey, a professor at Delhi University has courted controversy after he added one more jihad – Marks Jihad. Professor Rakesh Kumar Pandey According to Pandey, a member of RSS-affiliated teachers’ body National Democratic Teachers’ Front, the high number of students applying for admission in Delhi …

Even as both India and China reaffirm their commitment to disengagement and reduce tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, a new report has said that there was fresh transgression from the Chinese side. PTI has reported that some 100 soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had transgressed the LAC in the Barahoti sector in Uttarakhand …

At least 11 states in India are currently reporting an increase in the number of people getting admitted to hospital with dengue fever.  The mosquito-borne viral infection has been reported regularly in India which peaks in the monsoon season and claims hundreds of lives annually. AFP But this year, the outbreak has swept 11 states across India like wildfire. The …

As the COVID-19 situation in India continues to improve and the vaccination drive is in full swing, more and more countries are opening their doors to Indian travellers. Tourist hotspot Thailand is among the countries that have decided to allow entry for fully vaccinated Indians. Under Thailand’s “Phuket Sandbox” programme, fully vaccinated travellers from a total of 78 countries including …

A woman who alleged that a wrong haircut cost her the chance to become a top model has been awarded Rs 2 crore compensation by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). The woman, a Delhi native had in her complaint stated that a wrong haircut and treatment given to her by staff at a salon in Hotel ITC Maurya …

Ending the high drama that unfolded in Punjab in the past nearly 24 hours following the resignation of Captian Amarinder Singh, the Congress party has picked Charanjit Singh Channi to replace him. Several names including Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sukhjinder Randhawa and former union minister Ambika Soni were among those considered for the job. BCCL But on Sunday, …

A woman who had travelled nearly 300 km to meet a man who she had befriended on social media was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by him and three friends. The incident was reported from Kozhikode on Friday. The victim, a 32-year-old woman from Kollam had gone to meet a man identified as Ajnas Asees in Kozhikode. They had met on …

Mumbai Police have said that a woman who was admitted in a civic hospital after she was brutally raped and brutalized with rods has died. The woman said to be around 30-year-old was raped and then beaten with a rod, the rapist allegedly shoved a rod in her private parts, dumped her body on the desolate road before fleeing the …