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Controversial Bollywood songwriter Javed Akhtar continues to target three-time national award winner actress Kangana Ranaut and this time, he has filed an intervention application in the Bombay High Court claiming that the actress failed to disclose certain facts while seeking speedy renewal of her passport.

The Calcutta High Court came down heavily on the West Bengal government over the post-poll violence in the state. In the interim order issued today in a bunch of petitions regarding the violence by TMC goons against BJP and other opposition party workers, the court made scathing observations on the role of the Mamata Banerjee government. The 5-judge bench of the High Court noted that even though the administration was in denial mode, the post-poll violence was real.

On the 1st of July, The New York Times posted an entry-level job requirement on their website and on LinkedIn. While the hiring process of any establishment seems to be a routine affair, at New York Times, they thought it fit to post very specific requirements for the job – being anti-Hindu and anti-Modi. The job posting was for that of a South Asia Business Correspondent in New Delhi.

The tentacles of mass conversion racket, where people were allegedly forced, lured and coerced into conversion to Islam, have now reached Gujarat.

Lalitaditya Muktapida of Karkota dynasty rose to power in (724 -761) CE. He was the fifth ruler of Karkota Dynasty who ascended the throne after Tarapida. Lalitaditya was the greatest king among the Karkota rulers, who lifted the country of Kashmir to pinnacle of fame. Giving a fillip to art, culture and architecture, the well being of hispeople remained his lifelong passion.

In an article published recently in the Washington Post, author Lauren Rowello batted in favour of keeping the kink community in Pride month rallies. She also argued in favour of exposing children to various acts performed by kinks in the Pride rallies, apparently to help children learn about the “scope” and “vitality” of the queer life. Lauren Rowello is a writer and activist, who describes herself as a ‘former sex worker’ in her Twitter bio.

After the controversial conversion of two Sikh girls in the Kashmir valley led to a widespread protest, another case of Grooming Jihad has been reported from Jammu. Nikita Saini, in an exclusive interview to JK Media’s Ashish Kolhi, revealed that she was tricked into religious conversion by her husband. Narrating her incident, Saini, a resident of Jalandhar, informed that she was trapped by her husband Arfin Shah and his family into marrying him when they got to know of her previously failed marriage. Shah and his family hails from Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir.

There have been interesting developments in Kashmir recently in the political sphere. It began with the controversial conversion of two Sikh girls to Islam, with one reconverting to Sikhism, but it has unquestioningly daunted the ‘Sikh-Muslim unity’ project. During the controversy, attempts were made by both sides to redirect the mutual anger they harbored against one another towards ‘Sanghis’ but the reconversion of one Sikh girl and her subsequent marriage to a Sikh man has made the unity project tad bit more difficult. While in the long run, it is indeed likely that both grou...

Pinky Baj, resident of Jaygram in Minakhan (North 24 Parganas district bordering Kolkata) had committed the ‘heinous crime’ of joining the BJP Mahila Morcha a few years ago.