Satyapal Malik, a seasoned Indian politician and the 10th Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, passed away on August 5, 2025, at the age of 79. He died at approximately 1:10 PM in New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for kidney-related complications and other chronic health issues. Malik had been admitted…
In a deeply worrying incident in Belagavi district, Karnataka, three individuals—including Sagar Patil, the taluk president of Sri Rama Sene—have been arrested for allegedly contaminating the drinking water tank at a government primary school in Hulikatti village. The motive, according to police and state officials, was to force the transfer of the school’s Muslim headmaster,…
A 43-year-old woman identified as Pooja Jain died by suicide after jumping from the fifth floor of her apartment building in Himayatnagar, Hyderabad, on August 2, 2025. According to authorities, she left a handwritten note stating her decision to take “this step to meet God through self‑sacrifice.” The incident occurred while her husband, Arun Kumar…
A senior aide to U.S. President Donald Trump has alleged that India is indirectly supporting Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine by continuing to purchase Russian oil. The statement, which came amidst rising geopolitical tensions, has drawn significant attention ahead of the upcoming U.S. elections. Speaking to media, the aide claimed that India’s oil trade with…
AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi strongly criticised the NIA court’s verdict delivered on July 31, 2025, acquitting all seven accused—including Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit—in the 2008 Malegaon mosque bombing. He described the investigation as “deliberately shoddy,” asserting that the six namazis killed in the blast were specifically targeted because…
On July 31, 2025, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai delivered its verdict in the long‑running 2008 Malegaon motorcycle bomb blast case. All seven accused—including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit—were acquitted due to lack of “cogent and reliable evidence.” The court ruled that UAPA charges could…
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai is scheduled to deliver its verdict today, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in the nearly 17-year-old Malegaon blast case. The incident occurred on September 29, 2008, when an improvised explosive device attached to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque in a Muslim-majority area of Malegaon, Maharashtra, killing six people…
The U.S. Department of State has imposed sanctions on six India‑based companies involved in the import or trade of Iranian‑origin petroleum and petrochemical products. This action is part of a broader sanctions package targeting 20 entities worldwide for engaging in what the U.S. called “significant transactions” in sanctioned goods. The Indian firms designated are: Alchemical…
Sharjeel Imam, a research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Muslim community leader, currently jailed over protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), has announced his intention to contest the Bihar Assembly elections as an independent candidate from the Bahadurganj constituency in Kishanganj district. Incarcerated since January 28,…
A 30-year-old woman, Shama (Sama) Parveen Ansari, originally from Jharkhand and residing in Bengaluru’s Hebbal area, was arrested on July 29, 2025 by the Gujarat Anti‑Terrorism Squad (ATS). She stands accused of operating Facebook pages and an Instagram account with over 10,000 followers to distribute extremist content linked to Al‑Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Her online…
