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Mob violence, Palestinian flags, and a distorted tricolour: Here are 5 incidents from Eid-e-Milad processions where Islamists went on a rampage

In an Eid-e-Milad procession taken out in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, Muslims disrespected the national flag.

27 Aug 2026 5:21 pm
Are Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses a privacy nightmare? Secret filming, data misuse and what you need to know

The AI-powered Meta smart glasses face growing criticism after reports revealed Kenyan contractors reviewed intimate footage for AI training. Meanwhile, rising incidents of covert street recordings highlight systemic risks to bystander consent and public privacy.

27 Aug 2026 4:41 pm
Websites by Congress for

Unlike the website for 'Social Media Warriors', the one for 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' continues to exist. But if you go deeper, then you are faced with the same problem. The site designed by the Congress party redirects to a betting and casino platform named 'Winexch'.

27 Aug 2026 3:31 pm
Indian Express revises erroneous

The original headline was misleading because it did not clearly mention the denominator behind the 91% figure.

27 Aug 2026 2:17 pm
US disrupts Chinese botnet network QTFY: From hacking, spies, propaganda to election interference, how China wages a shadow war against its rivals

The hackers affiliated with the Chinese state-sponsored QTFY group were employed by Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company, a China-based tech company. The QTFY group created and operated QScan and QRouter computer hacking services.

27 Aug 2026 1:43 pm
FIR against Ajeet Bharti under SC/ST act: If unsavory words and sexually coloured remarks are to be booked, Ambedkarites should be jailed first

There is a pattern of Ambedkarite activists demanding that Hindus from the General Category give away their mothers, sisters and daughters to them to end 'casteism.' The broader insinuation is that unless these women are sexually exploited by Ambedkarites, there will be no equal playing ground for all.

24 Aug 2026 1:57 pm
Bali cooks Swiss tourist, sends him to 1 year in jail: How he disrespected Hindu tradition, refused to apologise and said

Even after Luzian was arrested by the Balinese authorities, he showed no remorse for his acts and went on to mock the local rules.

23 Aug 2026 9:23 pm
Modi govt forms panel to permanently solve the issue of

The idea of a single Gorkha identity has increasingly faced challenges from various indigenous communities. Groups such as Rai, Gurung, Bhujel, Thami, Sunuwar, Jogi, Khas, Magar and Newar have sought recognition of their separate ethnic identities and, in some cases, Scheduled Tribe status and development boards.

23 Aug 2026 4:54 pm
Maharashtra govt releases draft bill for regulating private coaching and tuition industry, invites suggestions from the public: All you need to know

Major violations under the draft Maharashtra Private Coaching Classes (Registration and Regulation) Act can attract fines between 10 lakh and 50 lakh, along with suspension or cancellation of registration.

23 Aug 2026 2:06 pm
H1N1 cases surge in Delhi-NCR: What you need to know about the rising Swine Flu threat

Since the infection is contagious, its spread can be prevented by following basic hygiene.

21 Aug 2026 8:12 pm
TCS is monitoring nearly 600,000 employees: Where does cybersecurity end and workplace surveillance begin?

TCS reported monitoring of nearly 600,000 employees raises serious questions over workplace privacy, employee surveillance and whether cybersecurity tools could eventually be weaponised for performance tracking.

20 Aug 2026 9:33 pm
No, Abhijeet Dipke, support from MK Gandhi

While Abhijeet Dipke contends that receiving endorsement by Tushar Gandhi or MK Gandhis family vindicates him and the CJP against the allegations of being anti-national and is the biggest certificate of patriotism, patriotism is not a hereditary title or a stamp that one descendant of a person involved in the freedom movement can confer.

20 Aug 2026 8:06 pm
Vehicles torched, non-locals attacked in violence during the Khasi Students Union black-flag bike rally in Shillong: All you need to know

The organisation has been overtly emphasising its indigenous identity and has been averse to the Khasi community being viewed as part of the larger national identity.

20 Aug 2026 3:50 pm
Who was Sajjan Kumar? The Congress strongman whose legacy was defined by his role in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumars rise from a powerful Delhi leader to a convicted 1984 anti-Sikh riots prisoner was marked by political patronage, delayed justice and a deeply tainted legacy.

20 Aug 2026 3:42 pm
Zaira Wasim questions girls dancing at Kashmir Independence Day event: How Talibanesque orthodoxy disguised as

Zaira Wasim chose to leave Bollywood for Islam, that is her choice; but telling Kashmiri Muslim girls that dancing, performing and participating in India's public life threaten their faith is not religious freedom, it is regressive radicalism.

18 Aug 2026 7:41 pm
AAP calls BJP

AAP and its government in Punjab is inventing unique ways of censorship to essentially silence media criticism and stifle critical voices on social media.

18 Aug 2026 7:40 pm
How CBI, INTERPOL and foreign agencies help crack cross-border CSEAM cases

Operation Megh Chakra showed how foreign intelligence can trigger searches across India, while Thanjavur, Hisar and Aizawl demonstrate how ICSE data, CyberTipline reports and cyberforensics can converge during investigations involving online child sexual abuse material.

18 Aug 2026 5:47 pm
No azadi slogans, Hinduphobia, abuses or stone pelting: How Jharkhand student protests achieved success without going the CJP way

Following a 24-day agitation, the Jharkhand government cancelled the JSSC-CGL exam and ordered a CID probe into recruitment irregularities since 2014. However, protesting students have refused to call off their demonstration, demanding an independent investigation by the CBI.

18 Aug 2026 1:09 pm
Gujarat Police seizes Ravi Nair

The Gujarat High Court has refused to quash the FIR against propagandist Ravi Nair over the Adani-LIC story published in the Washington Post.

17 Aug 2026 10:07 pm
From Newtonian physics to fluid dynamics: What science says about deadly stampedes, and why it is not about wild irrational crowd panic

Discover the real science behind stampedes. Learn how fluid dynamics, critical density, and physics cause disastersand how predictive engineering saves lives in crowd crushes.

17 Aug 2026 8:15 pm
Rahul Gandhi asks Hemant Soren to meet protesting students: Why his appeal exposes Congress-backed JMM govt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to meet students protesting over JPSC and JSSC recruitment exam irregularities. The intervention follows heavy police deployment, action against journalists, and the deteriorating health of hunger-striking leader Devendra Nath Mahato.

17 Aug 2026 7:28 pm
Malvika Sharma asked about beef in Kerala: How the state

The Malvika Sharma beef question exposes how Keralas ideological media ecosystem increasingly treats Hindu religious sensitivities as fair game while presenting beef consumption as a badge of secularism.

17 Aug 2026 5:18 pm
UPI still climbing, The Wire still faking: Notorious fake news peddler claims decline in UPI use, data shows healthy growth

The Wire claimed Indians are using UPI less after the merchant fee announcement. But no fee imposed yet and UPI still growing.

17 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Radcliffe burnt his papers after Partition: What did the man who drew the India-Pakistan border take to his grave?

The British drew a border in haste, divided a civilisation with a ruler, and left behind a fractured subcontinent, while much of the truth about how the line was drawn went up in flames with Radcliffes papers.

14 Aug 2026 6:20 pm
Drain of wealth from India: Dadabhai Naoroji and the question that sparked the freedom movement

Dadabhai Naoroji wasnt just saying the British took Indias money. He was showing, with the actual records, how an entire monetary system could make a growing, trading economy poorer with every transaction, legally, quietly, and year after year.

13 Aug 2026 9:54 am
Floral showers on Kanwariyas

Floral showers by state officials only signify respect and are cultural symbolism; this gesture is deification of Kanwariyas.

12 Aug 2026 8:33 pm
Is Imran Khan dead? Pakistan journalist

Unverified claims by US-based Pakistani journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan suggest three military sources believe jailed former PM Imran Khan may have died in prison. With family and doctors denied access, the rumour has sparked massive concern, though no official confirmation exists.

12 Aug 2026 8:04 pm
When politics enters the home: How student protests are driving a wedge between Gen Z and their parents

By pushing young individuals to view their parents not as caretakers, but as symbols of oppressive structures or eactionary politics, far-left ideologies break these foundational emotional bonds.

12 Aug 2026 4:13 pm
Congress chooses political theatre over students

Amit Shah challenged Congress to a 24-hour debate on student protests, but Rahul Gandhi rejected the offer, demanding answers over the police action against left activists masquerading as students during July 20 march.

12 Aug 2026 3:39 pm
What is Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh government has imposed a 60 paise per litre Widow and Orphan Cess on petrol and diesel to fund welfare schemes. Charged at the first point of sale, the new levy highlights the cash-strapped state's growing reliance on additional public taxes.

12 Aug 2026 3:06 pm
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies

However, the claim made by Prakash Raj that his name was arbitrarily deleted from the Bengaluru electoral roll during the SIR exercise does not hold up against official verification.

12 Aug 2026 2:39 pm
Alchemy of superalloys and single-crystal blades: How India is mastering the metallurgical hellscape of aero engines

India has cracked one of aerospaces hardest problems producing single-crystal turbine blades that can survive the extreme heat inside a jet engine.

12 Aug 2026 12:31 pm
Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch

The story of Indian aerospace propulsion is no longer confined to PSUs. Across the country, a quiet revolution is underway as private companies are manufacturing their own jet engines from scratch.

12 Aug 2026 12:22 pm
No Ram Mandir donation scam: External audit confirms Rs 3,300 crore fully accounted for, Oppositions Rs 20,000 crore scam lies fall flat

Amidst the criticism, speculations and politics around the alleged Chanda Chori, an external audit has found that Rs 3,300 crore of the donations made by devotees to Ram Mandir are fully accounted for.

12 Aug 2026 9:52 am
How global tech giants are flagging child abuse material and helping to catch criminals

A single abusive file can generate thousands of detections as it circulates online, while platform flags remain only a starting point and cannot by themselves identify victims, offenders or establish criminal responsibility in India independently.

11 Aug 2026 6:52 pm
British national booked in Pune under Maharashtra

According to the police, the accused made claims that illnesses could be cured and rainfall could occur by invoking the name of Jesus.

11 Aug 2026 6:46 pm
94,000 government schools shut? How Congress weaponised NITI Aayog data to hide the real story

In several states, schools with very few students have been merged with larger institutions so that teachers, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, sports facilities and other resources can be used more effectively.

11 Aug 2026 6:04 pm
Shoot us, but we won

Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan in Kerala said, Even if Narendra Modi threatens to shoot us, Vande Mataram will not be sung in full.

11 Aug 2026 5:51 pm
FIR sought against Jamia Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvi over

A criminal complaint filed with Delhi Police alleges serious irregularities in Jamia Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvis appointment, citing discrepancies in his qualifications, experience and recruitment records.

11 Aug 2026 3:24 pm
Melting Arctic ice is opening a window for India, and we need to act soon

A monsoon that sustains more than a billion people is being rewritten, one melting season at a time, in a sea most Indians will never see. That isnt a metaphor. Its a data point. It means Indias Arctic stake isnt mainly about trade or minerals. At its core, its also existential, in a way no allys is.

11 Aug 2026 11:40 am
Dear non-Left, don

The revelations of workplace harassment and abusive culture at Newslaundry expose a deeper crisis in Indian journalism: when principles become ideological weapons, accountability becomes selective.

10 Aug 2026 9:23 pm
Arfa Khanum questions Rahul Gandhi for criticising

Arfa Khanum Sherwanis reaction to Rahul Gandhi exposes the Lefts selective outrage and its willingness to overlook student suffering when political allies are in the dock.

10 Aug 2026 7:55 pm
How to plan your monthly budget that supports loan repayment

Adding small extra payments whenever possible can help you reduce your loan burden faster. However, ensure that prepayments do not affect your emergency savings or essential expenses. A balanced approach allows you to lower interest costs while maintaining financial stability.

10 Aug 2026 4:45 pm
The human cost of India

Paper leak incidents have turned Indias high-stakes examinations into a marketplace where money and connections routinely triumph over years of honest effort.

10 Aug 2026 1:25 pm
For the left ecosystem, rape now

The blurring of foundational categories of a society is a classic trait of the identitarian left, of which the trans ideology is a sub-part. The ideology treats all categorical boundaries such as man-woman, adult-child and even victim-perpetrator as an artificial construct imposed by a repressive society.

10 Aug 2026 10:32 am
TheWire peddles, yet again, its interview with foreign-funded scamster bishop Joseph D

Concurring with Thapar, D'Souza claimed that if the Bill is passed, it would enable what he termed as he legalised loot of the Indian Christian community and the global Christian community.

8 Aug 2026 8:51 pm
The art of headline construction: How Indian Express conceded no wrongdoing yet insinuated corruption in RDI Fund

While 'The Indian Express' has been able to prove nothing, it did win the narrative war temporarily. Their clickbait headline convinced amateur political enthusiasts that a scandal exists where it doesn't.

8 Aug 2026 7:02 pm
Women are relegated to the lowest position in the Liberal hierarchy of victimhood: Tarun Tejpal

While the High Court has now rejected those stereotypes as myths and upheld the victims testimony, the initial and prolonged response from sections of the Leftist journalistic and celebrity ecosystem told an opprobrious story of reflexive scepticism and even blaming and protection of Tarun Tejpal, their blue-eyed boy.

8 Aug 2026 6:24 pm
Are UPI payments going to be taxed? No, the left-liberal ecosystem and the Opposition are manipulating you

The misleading headlines and posts not only peddled misinformation about digital payments but also cast suspicions on the government by alleging US pressure behind the decision.

8 Aug 2026 5:15 pm
Sexual harassment allegations against Newslaundry? As people recount their whitewashing of rapist Tarun Tejpal, former employees speak up

The fact that Newslaundry published the rape apologist article, did not feel sorry for the trauma caused to the victim and dared to later remove it with a standard 'self-reflection' note highlighted how the rot ran deep into the system.

8 Aug 2026 3:55 pm