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NPR producer Furkan Khan ‘resigns’ after tweets expose her Hinduphobia

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NPR producer Furkan Khan ‘resigns’ after tweets expose her Hinduphobia

NPR producer Furkan Khan, who uses the language used by Pulwama terrorist against Hindus, has ‘resigned’ from NPR. Following her disturbing tweets, one of which she eventually deleted, concerned social media users had written to NPR asking whether the media house endorses such behaviour. In response, NPR replied to them stating that she has resigned from NPR.


The email, sent by Isabel from NPR reads, “NPR regrets the unacceptable tweet by New Delhi producer Furkan Khan. This comment does not reflect the views of NPR journalists and is a violation of our ethical standards. She has publicly apologized for her tweet and has resigned from NPR.”

Last evening, Khan took to Twitter to assert that if Indians give up Hinduism, they will be solving most of their problems ‘what with all the piss drinking and dung worshipping’.

Now deleted tweet by Furhan Khan

Calling Hindus ‘cow piss drinkers’ or ‘dung worshippers’ is a common insult used by Islamists to deride Hinduism. In the video released by the Jaish-e-Muhammad terror outfit following the attack on the CRPF convoy that killed 40 CRPF personnel, expressing his unmitigated hatred for Hindus, Dar had justified their killings by calling them ‘infidels’ and ‘cow piss drinkers‘.

After the outrage against her Hinduphobia, Furkan proceeded to delete her original tweet where she wanted Indians to give up Hinduism and gave a shoddy explanation for it.

When caught on the wrong foot, Furkan first defended herself by chalking up her tweet to ‘sarcasm’ and also said that ‘trolls’ were missing the context. One does wonder what ‘context’ could justify her continued Hinduphobia and her speaking the language of terrorists.

New York Times blames aeroplanes while downplaying the 9/11 terror attacks, updates article after backlash on social media

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New York Times blames aeroplanes while downplaying the 9/11 terror attacks, updates article after backlash on social media

In one of the worst case of Islamic terrorism denial, the News York Times blamed aeroplanes for the 9/11 terror attacks in a now-updated article. On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States, the newspaper had published an article today.

NYT article on 9/11

In the article titled “Remembering Those Lost 18 Years Ago on 9/11”, the second paragraph said, “Eighteen years have passed since airplanes took aim at the World Trade Center and brought them down.” In fact, the word terrorism or terrorist were not even mentioned in the article, except for in the subheading, before the article was updated following outrage on social media.

To make matters worse, NYT decided to use this sentence to promote the article on social media, which invited instant backlash.

NYT tweet on terrorist planes

In the same tweet promoting the article, they had also said that more than 2000 people had died the attack, while in fact, approximately 3000 people had lost their lives on that day.

Some people noted how the language of NYT was similar to Democrat Ilhan Omar’s description of 9/11 as when she said “some people did something.”


While others took the concept of NYT article further to describe other events in history.


New York Times was widely criticised for refusing to mention terrorism in the article originally.


New York Times has updated the article now, and the second sentence finally says that terrorists had commandeered airplanes to take aim at the World Trade Centre and bring them down.

Milk costlier than petrol in Pakistan, after tomatoes, milk prices through the roof

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Milk costlier than petrol in Pakistan, after tomatoes, milk prices through the roof

While Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been busy bickering and whining like a toddler over Kashmir, his already cash-strapped country has been slipping further into a deeper economic crisis. The beggar country which has been crying over the rising price of ‘roti’ and ‘naan’ and then tomatoes will now have to cry over price of milk.

According to reports, the prices of milk in the neighbouring country has become higher than that of petrol. While the cost of one litre of petrol is around Rs 113 in the country and diesel is being sold at Rs 91 per litre, milk, on the other hand, has reached a skyrocketing price of Rs 140 per litre. Though the official price of milk set by the government is Rs 94 per litre, reports say shopkeepers were selling it at Rs 110 per-litre while at some places it was sold at an even higher price of Rs 140.

The surge in prices of milk can partially be attributed to the increase in demand due to the occasion of Muharram, but poverty-stricken Pakistan has been dealing with this conundrum for quite some time now.

The issue of increased milk prices in the city had aggravated after the associations involved in the milk trade in Pakistan last month said they are ready to face any action for increasing the prices. They were responding to Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani’s decision to initiate a crackdown against the price hike. The Milk Retailers Association in Karachi had threatened the government of stopping milk supply and bring their animals on the roads and go on strike if any action was initiated against them for the price hike.

Interestingly, the administration in Pakistan has called for a meeting with the farmers and stakeholders which will sit on September 13 to discuss the rising prices of milk in the country. Not to forget that Imran Khan had earlier called for a cabinet meeting to decide on the gas tariffs for tandoors and prices of roti and naan.

Recently, impoverished Pakistan had to deal with similar predicaments over the rising price of tomatoes. After the Pakistani government tried to threaten India by snapping trade ties, the country saw a sudden surge in prices of basic vegetables, especially tomatoes which reached Rs 300 per kg. Due to its high dependence on exports from India, this decision had hit the already economically- ruined Pakistan hard.

If things continue this way, the day is not far when the Google search engine’s controversy which throws up images of Imran Khan when one searches for “bikhari”- a Hindi word that means “Beggar”, might just change into a crude reality.

‘India did not influence our players to boycott Pakistan tour’: Sri Lanka rubbishes Pakistani Minister’s claim

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‘India did not influence our players to boycott Pakistan tour’: Sri Lanka rubbishes Pakistani Minister’s claim

Sri Lanka has rejected Pakistani Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry’s claims that India threatened the players of island nation against participating in an upcoming cricket series in Pakistan.

Sri Lankan Sports Minister Harin Fernando on September 10 (Tuesday) said that the ten Sri Lankan players who opted out of the tour were “purely” based on the 2009 incident when their team bus was attacked by terrorists which had left eight people dead and several others injured.

“No truth to reports that India influenced Sri Lankan players not to play in Pakistan. Some decided not to play purely based on 2009 incident. Respecting their decision we picked players who were willing to travel. We have a full-strength team & we hope to beat Pakistan in Pakistan,” Fernando tweeted on Tuesday night.


In fact, Sri Lanka never toured Pakistan following the attack. This is set to be their first after the attacks on the team bus on 3 March 2009.

However, Fernando’s statement came in response to Pakistan’s low IQ Science and Technology Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry’s claim, who fell for a prank yet again. He had said that India threatened Sri Lankan players of being ousted from the Indian Premier League (IPL) if they visit Pakistan.


On September 9 (Monday), Sri Lanka’s top 10 players, including T20I skipper Lasith Malinga, and former captains Angelo Mathews besides Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera and Niroshan Dickwella, had opted out of the tour starting September 27 to Pakistan, following a security briefing with the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board.

Sri Lanka is slated to play three ODIs in Karachi on September 27, 29 and October 3, and as many T20Is in Lahore on October 5, 7 and 9 during the tour.

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC) has announced the second set of players that would head for the upcoming tour of Pakistan after 10 players pulled out. While batsman Lahiru Thirimanne will lead the side in the ODIs, Dasun Shanka will be at the helm of affairs for the T20Is.


It’s believed that the families of several Sri Lankan players were reportedly uncomfortable with the prospect of the stars playing in Pakistan. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board has said that Pakistan would accept whatever team the Sri Lankan board sends.

BHU Students stage protest over permission granted to carry out Muharram procession through University campus

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BHU Students stage protest over permission granted to carry out Muharram procession through University campus

The Muharram procession being carried out through the BHU campus has sparked a debate as many students have staged a protest against the University administration’s decision of allowing the procession to pass through their premises. Protesting students have alleged that the administration has started a new tradition of allowing the Muharram procession to pass through the university campus.

The protest has touched off vigorous debates on social media platforms where people, including the citizens of Varanasi, have embroiled themselves in heated debates about if the university administration has kicked off the new tradition of permitting Muharram procession to pass through the campus. Even professors, who were earlier students of the same college, have been vocal to flag their concerns and have asserted that Muharram procession was not allowed in the campus premises in the past. Many professors, who were actively debating on social media platforms have withdrawn their comments after the issue spread like a wildfire.

However, the University Proctor OP Rai denied that the tradition is new and said that Muharram procession was allowed to pass through the campus from last 30-40 years. “This is not a new practice. It has been carried out since last 30-40 years. When religious traditions are already in place for so long, it becomes difficult to suddenly stop them from following what they have been doing since a very long time.  The procession came from Chittupur and continued out of the main gate through the law faculty to the women’s college. This year also he came out at 10 am. Some students are unnecessarily creating a fuss over the issue,” he added.

While the university proctor maintains that the tradition is quite old, and is has been followed for a very long time, students protesting against the Muharram procession claim that it is a new tradition sanctioned by the university administration. The protesting students have demanded that punishment be meted out to the ones responsible for allowing this tradition.

‘These are the women we need to empower,’ Rahul Gandhi on Woman who danced weirdly in honour of DK Shivakumar

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‘These are the women we need to empower,’ Rahul Gandhi on Woman who danced weirdly in honour of DK Shivakumar

Supporters of senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar have been protesting for quite some time over his arrest. On Wednesday, one lady appeared to go over the deep end. She broke into a fit of dancing on the streets that was rarer than the sighting of Halley’s comet.


The dance sequence involved a lot of jumping around without much concern for those gathered around her. Her ponytail danced longer than Sunny Deol did during his entire Bollywood career. For a while, it appeared as if she was exhausted and was moments away from collapsing on the ground. However, she managed to defy the laws of physics to break into another spell of dancing.

Some social media users were under the impression that the footage was from some Christian evangelical event. However, we can confirm that it’s not the case. In such events, a woman acts as if she is possessed by some demon which is then cast away by a Christian priest. It is done to aid in conversion. However, it is now confirmed that this dance was performed in honour of DK Shivakumar and not as part of some missionary project.

We have been told by reliable sources that this was the same kind of dance that was observed in Pompeii during its last days before the city was buried by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. If sources are to be believed, the same dance was observed on the day Atlantis sank into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. We are trying to ascertain whether such dance was witnessed in ancient Lemuria before it sunk into the oceans as well.

POTUS Donald Trump witnessed the dance on social media as he is very active on Twitter. We are told that he immediately forwarded it to Hillary Clinton, his rival in 2016 elections, and said, “This is HIGH ENERGY! This is why you lost! You don’t have HIGH ENERGY like her!”

Meanwhile, a Michael Jackson classic started playing from the deceased popstar’s grave when one of his fans who paid his grave a visit played the dance in front of it. “Just beat it, beat it, Just beat it, beat it, Just beat it, beat it, Just beat it, beat it”.

Prabhu Deva, too, was impressed. Like the Bollywood superstar Himesh Reshammiya who gave an opportunity to a talented ordinary woman to sing one of his songs in an upcoming album, the choreographer intends to feature her in an upcoming movie venture as well.

The Harambe Support Club, too, saw the dance sequence and intends to raise a banner on Friday to celebrate the Dance Woman. “The Spirit of Harambe Lives On,” will be the text on it as tentatively planned.

Former Congress President and son of the current one, Rahul Gandhi, intends to participate in the dance sequence as well as part of his women empowerment initiative. “These are the voices we need to empower, the voices of ordinary women of this country which in this case found expression through an impromptu outburst of emotions in support of the Congress party.” Sanjay Jha, meanwhile, intends to feature alongside her in the next season of Dancing With The Stars.

Meanwhile, Kavita Krishnan and Shehla Rashid are anguished and slammed the Congress party for dancing on the streets while Kashmiris continue to suffer from the communication blockade.

BSP MP Atul Rai has been threatening me from inside the jail with ‘face Unnao victim like consequences’, alleges rape victim

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BSP MP Atul Rai has been threatening me from inside the jail with ‘face Unnao victim like consequences’, alleges rape victim

Fresh allegations have been levelled against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Member of Parliament from Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh Atul Rai, who has been accused in a rape case by a woman from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.

The victim has now alleged that she and her family members are being constantly coerced and threatened to withdraw the case by the MP and his goons. She furthered alleged that the MP’s men were constantly following her wherever she goes.

The victim said that almost for a month after she filed a complaint she was being subjected to various kinds of inducements and threats. However, she claims that when she did not back down her witness and advocate were falsely implicated and sued by some unknown girl. She accused Uttar Pradesh police of not cooperating with her in the case. She alleged that since the time she has filed the complaint and have subsequently threatened, she has been providing all the information and details to the DGP and SP of Uttar Pradesh but there has been no assistance from their end so far.

She claimed that all her confidential information were being leaked and her phone lines and messages were being tapped. She further alleged that the MLAs goons have been threatening her of dire consequences once Atul Rai is out of the jail. She said that they will make sure that her condition is worse than that of Unnao rape victim.

The victim said that she had even written about this to CJI, Rajan Gogoi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath soliciting help.

It is being believed that the victim and her family are so apprehensive that they have been constantly changing her hideouts. According to reports, at the moment there is no news of where the victim and her family are living, however, if one is to believe the sources, it is being believed that the family has been shifted to a safe place for security reasons.

Significantly, the BSP MP has been in jail since June 22. After being on the run for months Atul Rai had surrendered before the Varanasi Magistrate on June 22 after which the court rejected his bail plea and send him to judicial custody.

Rai had absconded since his name first emerged in the kidnapping and rape case. He had not surrendered even when his anticipatory bail pleas were rejected by the courts. Rai had also not taken his oath as a member of the 17th Lok Sabha.

In his last video uploaded on Facebook on May 27 while he was still absconding, he thanked people for voting in favour of him and declared that he has been acquitted in the people’s court.

Nirmala Sitharaman gave several reasons of auto-sector slowdown, media and Congress pick only Ola-Uber to mock her

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Nirmala Sitharaman gave several reasons of auto-sector slowdown, media and Congress pick only Ola-Uber to mock her

On September 10, media houses had quoted finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying that the current slowdown in the automobile sector the result of the change in the mindsets of millennials. She had said that millennials now prefer Ola or Uber rather than committing to buying on an automobile, and it was affecting sales in the automobile sector.

This comment had created lots of outrage and ridicule on social media, with the Congress party taking the lead. The official Twitter account of Congress party has gone on an overdrive mocking the finance minister. Today they posted several tweets making fun of Sitharaman, some of which were downright silly.


Blaming app-based cab services for the slowdown in the auto sector is indeed a questionable, as the slowdown is seen in commercial vehicle and two-wheeler sectors also, which should not be affected by proliferation of Ola and Uber.

But the finance minister didn’t blame the preference towards Ola-Uber as only reason for the current situation in the automobile sector, she mentioned it along with several other reasons affecting vehicle sales.

While replying to a question on automobile industry, the finance minister acknowledged that manufacturers have cited GST and cess on vehicles as one of the reasons of slowdown. But she also cited several other reasons. Nirmala Sitharaman said, “Automobile sector, in particular, and the components sector, have been affected by several things. These include BS6 (Bharat Stage 6) movement, inclusive of the registration fee related matter that has been deferred till June, and inclusive of the mindset, some studies do tell us, the mindset of millennials who are now preferring not to commit EMIs to buying automobiles, but prefer to use Ola or Uber, or take the metro.”

She added, “So a whole lot of factors are influencing the automobile sector”. The minister said that the government is seized of the problem and working towards solving it.

This makes it clear that the finance minister mentioned the preference for app-based cabs as one of the reasons affecting the automobile sales, she didn’t say it was the sole reason. She did say a lot of factors are influencing the automobile sector, and gave few examples like BS‑VI, registration fee, Ola-Uber etc. But the media chose to highlight only one example, which was picked up by Congress and others, and they used this to mock the finance minister.

Moreover, studies have shown that there is indeed a shift in preference from own car to ride-hailing platforms like Ola and Uber, especially in big cities which see problems like traffic congestion, lack of parking space etc. There are also issues like poor quality roads, increasing cost of owning and maintaining car, reducing resale value etc.  Therefore, many people now prefer taking taxis rather than driving themselves.

Maharashtra: NCP and Congress continue to bleed as Harshvardhan Patil join BJP, Ganesh Naik to join too

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Maharashtra: NCP and Congress continue to bleed as Harshvardhan Patil join BJP, Ganesh Naik to join too

As the assembly elections in Maharashtra draw closer, a fresh group of opposition leaders from Congress and Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) left their respective political parties to join the BJP. Navi Mumbai NCP strongman Ganesh Naik and former state minister and Congress leader Harshvardhan Patil’s inclusion in the saffron party is considered as a major shot in the arm for the BJP.


Patil’s desertion is considered as a major blow to the Congress party, which is already struggling to keep its flock together as senior leaders continue to leave their party to join the BJP-Shivsena. Patil has been an MLA four times from the Indapur assembly seat in Pune District. Patil also holds a record of serving as a minister in all state governments from 1995 to 2014.

Another leader who is set to join the BJP on Wednesday is Mumbai strongman Ganesh Naik. His son and Airoli MLA Sandeep already joined the saffron party last month. Ganesh had been a cabinet minister for 15 years. The Naik family enjoys considerable clout in Navi Mumbai. Ganesh’s other son Sanjeev was elected as an MP from Thane in 2009. Along with Naik, 55 corporators from NCP will also join the BJP, bringing the municipal corporation of Navi Mumbai under BJP.

Ever since the Modi tsunami swept the entire country in the 2019 General elections, many ardent opposition leaders have relinquished their political battles with the BJP and instead joined the saffron party and its allies.

In July this year, Shiv Sena was able to lure in its fold, Sachin Ahir, the then Mumbai city chief of NCP. Ahir was considered as a close aide of the NCP chief Sharad Pawar, yet Shiv Sena was successful in poaching him away from the NCP. The BJP, on the other hand, managed to get the former Leader of Opposition-Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and his son Sujoy Patil from Congress.

Pakistan toes the Indian opposition line by equating PM Modi to Hitler, lies about UNHRC

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Pakistan toes the Indian opposition line by equating PM Modi to Hitler, lies about UNHRC

The terrorist state of Pakistan, which represents the epitome of shamelessness, seems to have no intentions to stop their third-rated propaganda against India despite being at the received end of the global shame and isolation.

It yet another display of ignominy, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has now compared to PM Modi to Adolf Hitler in response to the recent humiliation faced by Pakistan in the UNHRC.


The Indian government had nailed Pakistan on the issue of terrorism and had also highlighted forced conversion and persecution of Ahmadis, Sikhs, Hindus and other minorities in Pakistan. The government had clearly explained India’s position on the issue of Kashmir in the UNHRC.

As Pakistan’s lies on Kashmir were exposed by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in the UNHRC, a desperate Pakistan has now resorted to personal abuse against PM Modi.

The parody country Pakistan, whose national sport seems to be ‘begging’, has no shame in pointing fingers at India despite the fact the Pakistani state being one of the most failed states in the modern era. With no respect for virtues such as democracy, justice, human rights, equality and liberty, Pakistan and its military establishment has shown its dictatorial attributes more than any other state in recent times.

It is rather laughable that Pakistan, which has a history of butchering their own Bengalis in East Pakistan, the native Baloch in Baluchistan and Pashtun tribe in their Northern frontiers, is now attempting to teach democracy, human rights to India.

Interestingly, Pakistan’s ruling party PTI has decided to sing the same tune just as Indian opposition parties who often resorts to such tirade against PM Modi by comparing him with Hitler. Similar propaganda is often peddled by the Indian ‘liberals’ and opposition parties, who often foul-mouth Prime Minister Modi by comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

In April, during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, former Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana was caught sharing a digitally edited image of the German dictator ‘posing’ like he is pulling a child’s ears to compare him with Prime Minister Modi. Various Congress friendly ‘celebrities’ including disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt who regularly indulges in peddling fake news had also shared the same images in an attempt to compare Hitler with Modi just like Imran Khan’s PTI.

Fake image tweeted by Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana

Raj Thackery, who is best known for his party’s in vandalism of Maharashtra’s public property, had also compared Narendra Modi with Adolf Hitler. During a public meeting in Mumbai, Maharashtra in April, Raj Thackeray said, “PM Narendra Modi is another Adolf Hitler.”

National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah in the past had also compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler whereas Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee even gone a step further and had termed the PM as “Hitler’s uncle”.

The Indian liberals, opposition parties often share traits of the Pakistani establishment by making anti-Indian, anti-Hindu comments. Not only that the opposition parties often parrot the lines of Pakistan by not only questioning the Indian state but also giving legitimacy to Pro-Pakistan voices within India. These similarities were also manifested during both Uri, Balakot airstrikes when some of the ‘liberal-secular’ media, opposition parties demanded proof of the strikes just like the Pakistani establishment.

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