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Even as Islamist mobs burn Hindu temples, give calls for violence against ISKCON, Bangladesh govt ‘refutes’ India’s statement on ant-Hindu violence

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“It is with utter dismay and deep sense of hurt that the Government of Bangladesh notes that the arrest of Sri Chinmoy Krishna Das has been misconstrued by certain quarters since Sri Chinmoy Krishna Das has been arrested on specific charges", the statement reads.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named as prime accused along with 700–800 mobsters. Read FIR details

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In Sambhal violence, MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq is named as prime accused for inciting a mob of 700–800. Police injured, property damaged, and four mobsters killed.
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News Reports

The Wire publishes fake news claiming voter discrepancy in the 2024 Maharashtra elections, state Chief Electoral Officer exposes its falsehoods

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CEO Maharashtra emphasized that the fake news spread by The Wire could lend credence to erroneous and malicious narratives undermining the Maharashtra elections.
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Editor's picks

As Walmart rolls back DEI policies, here’s how a recent research reveals DEI training perpetuates bias against Brahmins, Muslim victimhood and racism

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Contrary to the supposed purpose of DEI to foster an environment of more inclusive, respectable and equitable towards diverse communities, DEI training programs are instilling racist and hateful thoughts in the minds of the trainees.
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News Reports

Take Muslim girl on a date, but with Abba, Ammi, or brother in tow: All about the ‘halal Muslim dating’ at Mumbai’s Islamic carnival

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While social media users expressed dismay over halal dating, according to the Islam QA website, having a girlfriend or a boyfriend is "haram" in Islam. The website reads, "It is haram for a man to have a girlfriend, and it is haram for a woman to have a boyfriend. The evil consequences and misery caused by such relationships are obvious to anyone who observes real life. For more, see the detailed answer."
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News Reports

‘When you lose, EVMs are tampered; when you win, EVMs are not tampered’: SC junks PIL demanding a return to ballot paper voting

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The Supreme Court dismissed Dr KA Paul’s PIL seeking a return to ballot paper voting, refuting claims of EVM tampering and questioning the petitioner’s motives.
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News Reports

Police seizes 1,85,000 kg cow meat marked as ‘Buffalo meat’ and ‘Hoor’ brand in Noida, BJP MLA says 8000 cows slaughtered in West Bengal

राहुल पाण्डेय -
The cow meat was stored in a cold storage unit and was meant to supplied in Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand.
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News Reports

Indian govt expresses concern on arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, asks Bangladesh to ensure safety and rights of Hindu minorities

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Chinmoy Krishna Das who was arrested on Monday was on Tuesday produced before a Chittagong court that reused to entertain his bail plea and sent him to custody.
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News Reports

‘Judiciary not here to play opposition’s role’: Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud takes a subtle dig at Rahul Gandhi, says judiciary’s responsibility to scrutinise laws

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DY Chandrachud asserted that the judiciary should not be expected to act as the opposition by people.
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News Reports

Who is Zia Ur Rahman Barq, the Samajwadi Party MP booked for instigating violence in Sambhal during the court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid

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Sambhal MP Zia ur Rahman Barq is accused of inciting violence during a court-ordered survey at Jama Masjid. FIR names him and others in the unrest.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Maulana Sajjad Nomani, who had appealed to Muslims to vote for MVA, issues apology after Mahayuti storms to power

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Sajjad Nomani had hoped that the Modi government would be destabilized if the BJP lost Maharashtra.
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Crime

Sambhal violence: Stones found on rooftops in Muzaffarnagar, UP Police on high alert, issues warnings in multiple districts

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Following violance in Sambhal, UP Police is on high alert in several districts and conducting surveillance using drones. Piles of stones were found in Muzaffarnagar and Firozabad that were removed by the police and warnings were issued against such practices.
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Crime

UP: Muslims in Etah claim Hindu family’s ancestral land as Waqf property, a mob coming from Dargah attacks Hindu family, Farhan and Rafiq arrested

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Some of the attackers also demolished the boundary wall built by Sunil. The number of attackers arriving from the direction of the nearby Dargah is said to be around 150
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Editor's picks

Union Cabinet clears One Nation One Subscription scheme, scholarly research articles and journals to become acessible nationwide through a single platform

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An official release said that a total of about Rs.6,000 crore has been allocated for One Nation One Subscription for three calendar years, 2025, 2026 and 2027 as a new Central Sector Scheme.
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World

Tensions grip Bangladesh after the arrest of prominent Hindu leader and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das who led protests for minority rights

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The arrest comes in the wake of protests by the Hindu community in Rangpur, approximately 300 kilometres north of Dhaka, calling for stronger legal safeguards and the establishment of a dedicated ministry for minority affairs.
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News Reports

SC quashes preferential land allotments for MPs, MLAs, judges, and journalists in Hyderabad, says it promotes inequality

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SC also set aside the subsequent GoMs issued in 2008 allotting the lands within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to these classes.
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News Reports

UP govt gears up for Mahakumbh 2025 with 3-tier security and comprehensive pilgrim facilities

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Advanced security measures have also been put in place from Saraswati Ghat to Sangam Ghat, including deep barricading and extensive safety nets, which are nearing completion.
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Politics

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena (UBT) elect Aaditya Thackeray as legislature party leader after the massive loss in assembly elections

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Sharing details of the meeting Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant said that Aaditya Thackeray has been elected as the chief of both the houses (legislative assembly and legislative council).
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News Reports

Improvised weapons, illegal guns, and an Islamist mob ready to attack: What the probe reveals about Sambhal violence in UP

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Sambhal DM Dr Rajendra Anjaneya said that weapons have been recovered during the police investigation. A knife has been found which can be used from both sides.
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News Reports

SC dismisses pleas challenging words ‘socialist,’ ‘secular’ in the preamble, upholds parliament’s incontrovertible authority to amend the constitution

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Socialist, secular and integrity were inserted into the Preamble during the emergency through the 42nd Amendment.
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News Reports

Floods, barricades and Google Maps: As car with 3 young men falls off a damaged bridge in UP, read what went wrong

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The trio was travelling to attend a wedding in Faridpur on Sunday. Earlier, they had attended a family function in Budaun on Saturday night and took the Budaun-Faridpur route instead of the usual Moradabad-Bareilly route and relied completely on Google Maps.
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News Reports

‘Too little, too distant, disappointed’: India rejects $300 billion climate finance at COP29. Read about the ‘paltry’ deal and the hypocrisy of the West

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The new $300 billion package annually by 2035 replaced the $100 billion pledge made in 2009.
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Opinions

‘Sanghi courts, liars’: TheWire’s Arfa Khanum Sherwani slanders courts and misinterprets Places of Worship Act over court ordering survey of Sambhal Jama Masjid

Shraddha Pandey -
Not only Arfa Khanum Sherwani but the entire left-liberal ecosystem has long been thumping its chest and claiming that Muslims gave ‘Qurbani’ of Babri ‘mosque’ for the sake of ‘peace’ in the country is the same as them peddling the lie that Muslims chose to stay back in India after partition.
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News Reports

Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan murdered in UAE, 3 arrested: Netanyahu calls it terrorism, vows revenge

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Kogan, an outreach rabbi with the Chabad movement, worked in Abu Dhabi. In addition to his outreach, the 28-year-old Kogan also ran a kosher grocery store. He is survived by his wife, who is a US national.
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News Reports

Atul Limaye: Meet the RSS strategist who played a crucial role in enabling the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to pull off a historic victory in...

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Atul Limaye is an engineer who quit a multinational company nearly three decades ago to join the RSS.
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News Reports

As Islamists go on a rampage in Sambhal over court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid, Left-liberals twist facts to pass the buck on authorities

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Violence gripped Sambhal after Islamists went on a rampage over a court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid that would determine whether it occupied the site of a Hindu temple.
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News Reports

UP: School teacher Mohd Shahid molests minor Hindu girl, offers Rs 1 lakh to convert to Islam and do nikah with him in Amroha,...

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Days later, Shahid made vulgar gestures towards the Hindu girl in the classroom. This time, he offered her Rs 1 lakh and compelled her to marry him
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News Reports

Congress worker, who endorsed language imposition, cries ‘harassment’ after being told to speak Kannada in Karnataka

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The Congress party weaponised language politics during the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha elections. However, playing with people's insecurities seems to have now backfired on its leaders and workers.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: 4 rioters dead and over 20 policemen injured, Commissioner says police fired only rubber bullets, women were throwing stones from rooftops

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Sambhal violence left four dead and 20 injured as a mob attacked police. Women were arrested for stone pelting, and police are investigating possible conspiracies behind the unrest.
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News Reports

UP: Former MP Shahid Siddiqui passes blame on Hindus for violence in Sambhal, says there won’t be any peace if “they search for shivling under...

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Chief Editor of the Urdu daily Nai Duniya and former Member of Parliament, Shahid Siddiqui, blamed Hindus for the violence in Sambhal.
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News Reports

Securities and Exchange Commission in USA has no jurisdiction to summon foreign nationals like Gautam Adani, they should go via proper channels

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The New York attorney alleged that Gautam Adani agreed to pay about USD 265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between 2020 and 2024.
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News Reports

White Professors of ‘Islamic studies’ attack Hindu academic for not re-telling Indian history from Muslim perspective

Dibakar Dutta -
'Handbook of Indian History', edited by Professor Lavanya Vemsani, contains 21 chapters and includes new groundbreaking research on Indian history
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News Reports

Encroachment on Shri Ram Janaki Temple in Madhya Pradesh: Authorities demolish boundary wall built by land mafia in Gwalior, freed 100-crore worth land

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Speaking on the encroachment on Temple land in Gwalior, the Collector's office in social media post on Facebook said, "The swift action by the administration has not only reclaimed valuable government land but also protected innocent buyers from falling prey to fraudulent activities."
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Cricket

IPL mega auction: Rishabh Pant becomes league’s most expensive player ever, Lucknow ropes in wicket keeper-batter for Rs 27 crore

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tar India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a massive Rs 27 crores
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World

Gunman opens fire near Israeli Embassy in Jordan, shot dead; 3 policemen injured

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A gunman opened fire near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan early Sunday, state media said, adding that the gunman was killed and three policemen were injured in the incident.
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News Reports

Sambhal Mosque Survey: Stone pelting and arson by Islamists in Uttar Pradesh, police resort to tear gas and baton charge to bring situation under...

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Violence erupted in Sambhal after a court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid, as Islamists gathered and started pelting stones at the police.
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Politics

After a setback in Maharashtra during Lok Sabha elections, Mahayuti alliance rebounds in style: BJP-led alliance absolutely destroys the opposition

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When the Maharashtra Assembly Election results are compared to the Lok Sabha elections held just five months ago, the victory becomes even more impressive.
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News Reports

As BJP sweeps Maharashtra elections, a look back at top 8 losers from the Maha Vikas Aghadi

Dibakar Dutta -
The Maha Vikas Aghadi has now been reduced to a paltry 46 seats in an Assembly of 288 seats. The rival MahaYuti, on the other hand, secured a mammoth 230 seats.
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Politics

Uttar Pradesh by-elections: BJP registers historic win in Kundarki, a constituency with 60% Muslim population, Samajwadi Party candidate loses deposit

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Among the total voters in the constituency, 62% are Muslims. Of these, around 45,000 are Muslim Rajputs, and around 40,000 are Turks. They played a key role in the victory of Ramveer Singh Thakur in Kundarki.
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News Reports

Sanatan Padyatra: Seers of Varanasi extend support to Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Dhirendra Shastri’s yatra

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Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, also known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, initiated a 'padayatra' where he will walk for 160 kilometres.
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‘Negative politics, parivarvaad have been defeated’: PM Modi lauds Mahayuti’s smashing victory in Maharashtra

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PM Modi said development, good governance, and social justice delivered a crushing blow to the politics of lies and parivarvaad.
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News Reports

‘Shut down the agendas of fake well-wishers of the Consitution’: Home Minister Amit Shah takes a dig at INDI bloc after Maharashtra sweep

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Amit Shah's tweet came in the wake of the historic victory of the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra as it racked up 231 seats in a 288-seat assembly.
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World

Pakistan: Two days after attack on passenger vehicles killed dozens of Shias, fresh sectarian violence in Kurram leaves 15 dead

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Police in Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan said that at least 15 people have been killed and at least 25 people injured in fresh sectarian clashes
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News Reports

Swara Bhaskar and her husband Fahad Ahmad go on a rant against EVMs after poll loss, echo already-debunked ‘99% battery’ rhetoric

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Fahad Ahmad raised questions about the authenticity of the EVM machines and vowed to write to the Election Commission for a recount. He said, "I hope the results will not be announced for the seat before the recounting is done." However, Election Commission has already debunked the '99% battery' rhetoric.
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News Reports

After blaming EVMs, Congress now passes the buck on machinery and police as BJP gains lead on six seats in UP bypolls

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As Congress demonstrated another embarrassing show in UP by polls, state chief Ajay Rai was prompt in blaming machinery and police for the results.
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News Reports

12 Bangladeshi infiltrators caught at Tripura railway station, had planned to enter other states

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GRP and BSF have arrested 12 Bangladeshi infiltrators in a joint operation at Teliamura railway station located in Khowai district of Tripura.
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Politics

Maharashtra Elections: Incumbent CM Eknath Shinde thanks voters, says CM decision will be joint call

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As the Mahayuti alliance inches closer to a landslide victory in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, incumbent CM Eknath Shinde stated that, just as the alliance fought the elections together, they will collectively decide on the CM face once the final results are declared on Saturday.
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News Reports

After Adani, US DOJ charges Indian national Sanjay Kaushik for illegally exporting aviation components to Russia

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in Portland and prosecuted by attorneys from the Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon are investigating the case against Sanjay Kaushik
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: At Sanskrit University, a professor stops students from wearing ‘tilak’ and raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan, Hindu organisations demand action

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Director of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Professor Satyam Kumari assured that the matter would be resolved soon and attributed the situation to a possible misunderstanding.
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News Reports

Bangladesh on the verge of becoming Pakistan as HC recommends death penalty for ‘blasphemy’, Hindu minorities set to be targeted

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Muslims in Bangladesh are known to evade prosecution under blasphemy laws, just like Pakistan, while the draconian legislation unilaterally targets Hindus and other religious minorities.
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