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Israel decides to shut down its embassy in Ireland citing “extreme anti-Israel policy of the Irish government”

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Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced he will be closing Israel’s embassy in Ireland, citing the “extreme anti-Israel policy of the Irish government.”
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Nepal T20 team from Sita Mata’s Janakpur has a mosque in its logo? Here is what is the issue and confusion

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Janakpur Bolts face outrage as their NPL team logo resembles a mosque rather than Janaki Mandir.
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News Reports

Sambhal: SP and DM offer prayers at the newly reopened Shiv-Hanuman Temple after its discovery

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Sambhal Superintendent of Police (SP) Krishan Kumar and District Magistrate (DM) Rajender Pensiya offered prayers at the newly uncovered Shiv-Hanuman Temple in the district on Sunday.
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News Reports

45 Muslim families comprising 150 individuals embrace Sanatan Dharma in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, citing Mughal oppression of ancestors

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In Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, 45 Muslim families embraced Sanatan Dharma, reclaiming their ancestral legacy and adopting Hindu traditions, names, and rituals, led by Sansar Singh.
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Politics

Heights of arrogance: Karnataka BJP chief slams Siddaramaiah over police lathi charge at Panchamasali community’s protest

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Karnataka BJP President Vijayendra Yediyurappa criticised the state government over the police lathi charge on the Lingayat Panchamasali community during their protest for reservation
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News Reports

Viral video claims most shops to remain closed on Fridays in Shaikhpara town, West Bengal police say ‘no communal angle’

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"Shaikhpara Bazar committee wants to inform our shopkeeper friends that starting next Friday, all shops will remain closed throughout the day except hotels and the ones selling medicines, sweets, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables," the announcement read.
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News Reports

Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi detained for performing online concert without hijab, later released

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On 14th December, Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi was arrested for performing an online concert without wearing a hijab
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News Reports

Did Jyotirlinga appear overnight: UP CM Yogi Adityanath questions 46-year closure of historic Sambhal temple

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The comments from CM Yogi Adityanath followed the discovery and reopening of a 400-year-old Lord Shiva and Hanuman temple in Sambhal, which had been closed since 1978.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim mob attacks minor burqa-clad girl for talking to a ‘Hindu man’, releases her after the man turns out to be Muslim

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One Muslim man was seen slapping the underage girl multiple times. Another man took away her phone while she tried to call her brother. A third Muslim man alleged that the victim bought a 'gift' for the 'Hindu man'.
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News Reports

Atul Subhash suicide: Atul’s father pleads PM Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for custody of his grandson

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Bikas Kumar Modi, brother of Atul Subhash, has also expressed concerns regarding the whereabouts of his nephew. He said that two arrests in the case were yet to be done.
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‘Aarti’ performed at Shiva and Hanuman temple discovered and reopened after 46 years in Sambhal, govt to restore the original structure

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Aaarti was performed on Sunday morning at the recently reopened Lord Shiva and Hanuman temple in Sambhal.
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News Reports

Kerala: Maulvi Umar Faizi Mukkam makes offensive remarks about Shiv-Parvati, apologises later

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Umar Faizi Mukkam’s remarks about Bhagwan Shiv and Mata Parvati during a public meeting have sparked outrage among Hindu organisations.
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World

Pakistan: Section 144 imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ahead of anti-polio campaign

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In preparation for the anti-polio campaign set to be launched on December 16, Section 144 has been imposed in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for seven days, as reported by ARY News on Sunday.
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Crime

Kolkata: Atiur Rahman Laskar murders sister-in-law, cuts her body into 3 pieces, after she refused his sexual advances

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Kolkata Police arrested Atiur Laskar for murdering his sister-in-law, Khadeja Bibi, after she rejected his sexual advances. The dismembered body was recovered on 13th December.
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Crime

Uttarakhand: Aman Qureshi poses as Aman Choudhary to marry Hindu woman from Rudrapur; booked

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Kohli’s family visited resident of Aman Qureshi in Delhi and found that it was made to look Hindu and even had a small temple. After marriage, when they went there, it was changed to a Muslim setup.
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi presents 11 pledges for India’s bright future, says politics should be free of “parivarvad”, zero tolerance for corruption

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PM Narendra Modi on Saturday presented eleven pledges for India's bright future in his speech during the discussion in Lok Sabha on 75 years of the Constitution
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Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says he will speak with Railways for a solution after temple issued removal notice for Dadar station expansion

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Amid controversy over a removal notice to a temple in Mumbai's Dadar area, CM Devendra Fadnavis said that the state government will hold discussions with the railways to find a solution
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News Reports

Biggest Jumla in India was the Garibi Hatao campaign used by Congress in elections, the party reduced the importance of the Constitution: PM Modi

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Hitting back at Congress over its frequent "jumla" jibes at the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the "biggest jumla in India" was 'Garibi Hatao'
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‘Every generation of the Gandhi family has violated the constitution’: PM Modi takes Congress to the cleaners in Lok Sabha

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Slamming Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said, "A member of the new generation (Gandhis) publicly tore up an ordinance that had been approved by the Manmohan Singh-led cabinet. This arrogant act carried out in front of the media, forced the government to overturn its decision."
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News Reports

PM Modi slams Congress over emergency in Lok Sabha speech, says ‘this sin on the forehead of Congress can never be erased’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday slammed the Congress over the Emergency and said whenever democracy' is discussed, "this very sin" of Congress will be remembered.
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News Reports

US-backed Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatens Russia for supporting India, Russian media mocks him by calling him ‘embarrassing CIA proxy’

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US-backed Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has released another video, this time threatening to attack Russian missions across the world for Russia’s support to India
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‘Shareer me garmi paida karna tapasya hai’: Rahul Gandhi’s personalised take on ‘tapasya’ leaves Lok Sabha MPs, netizens in splits

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Proposing a new definition for tapasya, Rahul Gandhi said, "Shareer me garmi paida karna tapasya hai."
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Crime

Bangladesh: Four arrested for vandalization of Hindu homes, shops and a temple in Sunamgonj over a Facebook post

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Law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested four individuals for vandalising and damaging houses and shops of the Hindu community and the local Loknath temple in Sunamganj district in Bangladesh earlier this month
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News Reports

After Atul Subhash, head constable dies by suicide in Bengaluru leaving death note blaming wife and father-in-law for torture and threats

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Tippanna Alugur, a head constable with Bengaluru Police, died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at Baiyappanahalli on Friday night, accusing wife and father-in-law of torture in death note
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News Reports

Sambhal: Shiva, Hanuman Temple discovered during operation against encroachment and electricity theft in the Shahi Jama Masjid area, reopened after 46 years

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In Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, a temple was discovered in the Shahi Jama Masjid area that remained closed for over 46 years.
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Politics

“Congress gave away Kachchatheevu island to Sri Lanka for political reasons,” says BJP MP Tejasvi Surya

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Amid the ongoing debate on the constitution in Parliament, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Congress, accusing it of giving away Kachchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka in 1974 for political reasons.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP announces Ram temple construction amid row over TMC MLA Humayun Kabir’s Babri Masjid remarks

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The BJP has announced plans to construct a Ram temple in West Bengal following TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's remarks about building a Babri Masjid-like mosque in the state
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News Reports

Several schools in Delhi receive bomb threat by email, sender says ‘our children are brave servants of Allah’

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Delhi schools received bomb threats via email, with the sender calling their children “brave servants of Allah” and threatening explosions.
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75 Indian nationals evacuated from Syria arrive at Delhi airport, Indian Embassy teams drove them to Beirut in Lebanon

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Indian nationals evacuated from war-torn Syria reached Delhi airport on Saturday. They expressed gratitude to PM Narendra Modi and Indian embassy for bringing them back home
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Gangster Sonu Matka killed in police encounter in Meerut, was wanted in multiple murder and robbery cases

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Sonu Matka, who was a native of Baghpat, was involved in several cases of robbery and murder in both Delhi and UP. There was a bounty of Rs 50,000 announced for his arrest.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Mehboob attacks minor girl for resisting harassment, tries to flee after arrest, opens fire at police

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Mehboob harrassed a minor schoolgirl in Meerut. When the girl resisted, he pulled her hair and beat her up. He was later arrested and while taking for medical examination, he tried to escape. He opened fire at police and sustained bullet wound in retaliatory response.
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News Reports

Former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, who accused ChatGPT of violating rules, found dead: Details

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On 23rd October this year, Suchir Balaji argued that OpenAI was harming businesses and entrepreneurs by stealing their data to train ChatGPT. He said, “If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company. This is not a sustainable model for the internet ecosystem as a whole.”
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News Reports

Accenture, CEO lock their X accounts after online backlash over Atul Subhash’s suicide; his wife is employed by the IT giant

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Accenture had been a target of online furore after software professional Atul Subhash committed suicide citing relentless harassment from his wife who is employed with the IT behemoth.
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News Reports

Meet the judges of the Supreme Court special bench set to decide the validity of the Places of Worship Act

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As the fate of this Act relies on the judgment of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan, let’s take a look at the career trajectory of these judges.
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News Reports

Punjabi singer Ranjit Bawa’s show in Himachal Pradesh cancelled after protests by Hindu groups

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VHP and Bajrang Dal have accused Ranjit Bawa of hurting the sentiments of Hindus by his actions.
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After arresting Allu Arjun for the Pushpa 2 stampede death, Hyderabad Police says “adequate police bandobast” was in place

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Sandhya Cine Enterprise had requested Hyderabad police on December 2 for the arrangement of bandobast on December 4 and 5 in connection with the release of the 'Pushpa-2.'
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Gujarat: Fake ED team arrested after looting a jewellery story in a ‘raid’ was led by AAP leader Abdul Sattar, reveals state home minister

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Arrested fake ED team leader Abdul Sattar Manjothi is the official general secretary of Aam Aadmi Party.
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Delhi HC rejects plea by descendant of Bahadur Shah Zafar-II seeking possession of Red Fort and compensation since 1857

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The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by a Mughal descendent seeking possession of Red Fort
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Allu Arjun arrest: Sandhya theatre’s request for police arrangements on release day goes viral, raises questions on Hyderabad police

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Police said earlier that neither Allu Arjun’s team nor the theatre informed police that the actor would be visiting the theatre to attend the premiere of Pushpa 2. The letter proves the claim false.
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Atul Subhash suicide: PIL in court seeks laws to prevent harassment of innocent men, misuse of IPC Section 498A

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The plea in SC sought a direction to record during the marriage registrations, the articles or gifts given.
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Opinions

Impeachment motion by Kapil Sabil and other Rajya Sabha MPs against Justice Yadav over alleged anti-Muslim comments at VHP event: The false ‘secularism’

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A six-member delegation handed over a motion seeking impeachment of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav.
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Bangladesh has become third most dangerous place for journalists after Palestine and Pakistan, finds Reporters Without Borders

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As per the report, around 54 journalists lost their lives in the year 2024 among whom 2 were women. Of these 54, around 16 breathed their last in Palestine, 7 in Pakistan, 5 in Bangladesh, 5 in Mexico, and 4 in Sudan. Further, it said that over half of the journalists died while reporting facts from the conflict zone.
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UP: IIT scholar accuses IPS Mohsin Khan of rape and exploitation, says despite having a child and a pregnant wife, he promised to marry...

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The complainant has stated that Mohsin's wife gave birth to a second child on 27th November 2024. After this, the scholar started investigating the matter further and checked his wife's Instagram account. Then she met Mohsin's wife and found out that there was no such thing as a dispute.
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’Poora desh jaanta hai aapko kiski taarif achhi lagti hai’: VP Jagdeep Dhankar takes a brutal dig at Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha

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In an apparent reference to adulation of Gandhis, VP Jagdeep Dhankar took a swipe at Mallikarjun Kharge saying the entire country knows who he likes to be praised.
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Atul Subhash suicide: Bengaluru police arrive at accused wife’s house in Jaunpur, paste notice instructing to appear in Bengaluru in 3 days for interrogation

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A four-member team of Bengaluru Police arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur which is the residence of the wife of Atul Subhash, the techie who died by suicide
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Return to roots: Naushad uses Dubey, Irshad calls himself Pandey as Muslims adopt Hindu surnames after tracing their ancestory in Dehri village of Jaunpur

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Several Muslim families in the Dehri village have started using Hindu surnames such as Dubey, Shukla, and Mishra.
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UP: Muslim hotel worker caught spitting on rotis, two arrested in Ghaziabad

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The incident reportedly unfolded in the Modinagar Police Station area when a person named Prakash Singh went to the same hotel with his friend and noticed the accused spitting on the rotis. To prove this, he made a video of the worker. When he complained about this act to the hotel owner, the hotel owner, Anuj, and his associate Abid attacked Prakash and his friend.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand doubles its revenue from mining in 2024, earns Rs 650 crores

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"From April to November 2024, the state earned a revenue of Rs 650 crore, which is 100 per cent more than the Rs 324.81 crore of the previous year," it said.
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News Reports

When global halal can exist, why are people upset with World Hindu Economic Forum, says Organising Committee secretary Ravikant Mishra

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World Hindu Economic Forum also dismissed the controversy surrounding the invitation extended to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as a keynote speaker,
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Sports

President Murmu and PM Modi congratulate D Gukesh for becoming the youngest ever Chess World Champion

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D. Gukesh made history on Thursday, becoming the youngest-ever International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion after defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their championship tie.
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