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West Bengal: Cattle head found in Durga Puja pandal, Suvendu Adhikari says accused are encouraged by radicals in Bangladesh trying to stop Hindu festival

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"Buoyed by the activities of the radicalists in Bangladesh who are trying to repress the festivities surrounding the Durga Puja, miscreants in West Bengal are trying to imitate the same, in order to fan communal tensions and create an environment of intimidation and fear during the festive season," Suvendu Adhikari said in his tweet.
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News Reports

‘You are helping infidels, we will see you’ – AIMIM’s Owaisi and TMC MP force Gulshan Foundation’s Irfan Ali to leave when he presented...

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During a JPC meeting on the Waqf Bill 2024, Asaduddin Owaisi and TMC MP Banerjee allegedly had Gulshan Foundation's Irfan Ali removed for supporting the bill.
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News Reports

Israel continues to hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, another top Hezbollah leader Nabil Qaouk killed in airstrike

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According to the Israeli military, senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouk was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike on Saturday in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut.
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News Reports

US: Department of Justice sues Alabama for removing people having non-citizen identification numbers from voter list ahead of presidential polls

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The US Department of Justice has sued the State of Alabama and its top election official for removing non-citizens from voter list.
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News Reports

Waqf Amendment Bill: Joint Parliamentary Committee held a meeting in Hyderabad with various stakeholders, received suggestions from them

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Waqf Amendment Bill JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal, BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MP Imran Masood were among others who were present in the meeting.
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News Reports

PM Modi dedicates ₹11,200 crore worth projects in Maharashtra including Pune Metro’s new segment and Bidkin Industrial Area

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated various projects in the poll-bound Maharashtra worth about Rs 11,200 crore, through video conferencing on Sunday.
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News Reports

Mint’s callous mockery: Author Nisha Susan downplays Tirupati Laddu row calling it mere adulteration, dehumanises a devotee mother’s story by asking if “she’s dead”

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Op-ed by Nisha Susan in LiveMInt sparked outrage for mocking author Saiswaroopa Iyer's mother's concerns about Tirupati Laddus, with insensitive remarks that insulted both personal faith and journalistic integrity.
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News Reports

Another road rage incident in Delhi: Police constable killed by a reckless driver, dragged on the road, accused flees

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A Delhi police constable was allegedly killed in a road rage incident after being hit by a car while he was going to the police station on his bike on Saturday night in Delhi's Nagaloi area, an official said.
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News Reports

‘Activist’ Harsh Mander, who incited Muslims to riot during anti-CAA protests, cries foul after Income Tax Dept cancels tax exemption status of his outfit

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Harsh Mander had signed mercy petition for terrorists Yakub Memon, Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru.
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News Reports

Pakistani Muslim man, who lived in India for 22 years, dehumanised as kafir in his home country, wife says never faced hatred for being...

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“We keep hearing that it is difficult for Muslims in India, but I never faced such hatred there,” Sajida emphasised.
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Crime

Lucknow: Salman becomes Rakesh to trap a Hindu girl, forced her into Halala with a Maulvi, allowed his friend Asim to rape her

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Another case of love jihad has come to light from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, where the accused Salman, posing as Rakesh, trapped a Hindu woman in his love trap.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi cricket fan Tiger Robi, who made false claims of assault during Kanpur Test, deported from India; used medical visa to watch cricket matches

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Tiger Robi came to India on medical visa for cancer treatment. Instead he attended India-Bangladesh matches in Chennai and Kanpur. Reportedly, his medical visa had also expired but he was still in India.
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News Reports

Social media platform X comes out in support of Hinduphobic fake news peddler ‘Hindutva Watch’, challenges blocking order in Delhi HC

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The X account of 'Hindutva Watch', a notorious Hinduphobic fake news peddler, was withheld in India in January 2024.
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News Reports

Activist Snehamayi Krishna files complaint against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah with ED in the MUDA scam

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Activist Snehamayi Krishna, who is also a complainant in the MUDA scam case, has filed a complaint with the Enforcement Directorate against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, alleging irregularities and corruption related to MUDA.
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News Reports

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Deputy Commander overseeing Quds Force Operations in middle east killed along with Hezbollah chief in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon

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Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Abbas Nilforushan, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ deputy commander, was killed along with Hezbollah leaders in the Israeli operation in Beirut.
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News Reports

Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: Know about Hezbollah, the Iranian terror proxy based out of Lebanon

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Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group, rose from Lebanon’s civil war to become a powerful military and political force, but financial sanctions and domestic opposition now threaten its future.
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News Reports

Operation New Order: Hezbollah confirms the death of its chief Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli airstrike, several top leaders of the group killed and its...

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Lebanon-based group Hezbollah has confirmed that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.
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World

Pakistan: Education for kids in Rawalpindi comes to a grinding halt as state runs out of money to pay the teachers

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Education in schools in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has come to a halt, as the Grand Teachers Alliance has called upon a citywide strike over the concerns faced by teaching professionals.
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Politics

MUDA scam in Karnataka: Allegations were made by Congress party itself – BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi

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BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi hit out at the Congress party over the alleged MUDA 'scam' and said the allegations pertaining to the case were first made by the Congress itself
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World

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei goes into hiding after Israel eliminates Hezbollah chief Nasrallah

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Following the death of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, Israel’s army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, vowed to “reach” anyone who poses a threat to Israeli citizens
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News Reports

Canada: Masked pro-Palestinian protesters deface Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue, spark outrage

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Pro-Palestine protestors defaced statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of Sikh empire in Canada. Peel Police is investigating the matter but has not released any official statement.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Illegal religious structures, including a mosque, a 500-year-old graveyard, and dargahs close to Somnath Temple demolished

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Illegal religious structures, including a mosque, a graveyard, and daragahs were levelled as a part of demolition drive by Gujarat administration near Somnath Temple.
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World

Will reach everyone who poses a threat to Israel: Army Chief Herzi Halevi promises after Hezbollah chief Nasrallah got killed

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Following the death of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah, Israel's army chief, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, vowed to "reach" anyone who poses a threat to Israeli citizens.
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News Reports

Delay in filing FIR, milder charge instituted against accused: Calcutta HC raps WB police over IAS officer’s wife’s rape case. Another rape cover-up by...

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The alleged rape of a civil servant's wife in the state's capital in July this year serves as yet another glaring example of the systemic failures and political patronage that pervades West Bengal's governance.
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News Reports

Dehradun: Islamists pelt stones during clashes with Hindu advocacy groups after a Muslim girl from Badaun travels to meet a Hindu youth, sparks protests

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Clashes erupted between two groups at Dehradun railway station after a Muslim girl, hailing from UP's Badaun, came to meet a Hindu youth.
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News Reports

Bareilly: Dispute over illegal mosque construction in Kela Dandi village, stone pelting videos go viral as communal tension persists

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This construction of a mosque in Bareilly was done without any government permission, which became the main reason for the dispute.
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News Reports

Odisha: Administration imposes 48-hour internet shutdown in Bhadrak Disrtict following violence over social media post

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On 28th September, the Odisha government imposed a 48-hour internet shutdown in Bhadrak District following communal clashes over social media posts.
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News Reports

Pakistan PM once again whines at UN General Assembly about Kashmir, India slams the stale rhetoric, calls it a travesty

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India slammed Pakistan at UNGA for its audacity to attack India and raise the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

5 arrested at Agartala Railway Station for entering India illegally from Bangladesh

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he arrested include two Bangladeshi nationals identified as Nasim Molla (19) and Shathi Molla (33), one Rohingya Addus Salam (53) and two Indian touts Shabir Aarab (48) and Abdul Sakur Fakir Mahamad Khavra (40), as per information by Tapan Das, OC at the Agartala Rail Station.
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News Reports

MUDA scam: Petition filed in Karnataka High Court for CBI probe against CM Siddaramaiah

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A petition has been filed in the High Court of Karnataka, seeking a CBI probe against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged MUDA scam.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Shias and Sunnis kill each other over land dispute, more than 37 dead so far

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The Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan has a long history of violent clashes between the two sects of Islam.
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News Reports

Kanpur Police dismisses report of assault on Bangladesh cricket team’s ‘super fan’ Tiger Roby, clarifies he collapsed due to illness

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The Kanpur Police has dismissed reports that Bangladesh fan Tiger Robby was allegedly assaulted at the Green Park stadium on Day 1 of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Jagan Mohan Reddy cancels trip to Tirupati temple amid beef fat row claiming ‘denied permission’, TDP claims he refused to sign declaration that he...

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Jagan Mohan Reddy claimed that CM Naidu was spreading lies about the adulteration in ghee to shift focus.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Durga Puja celebrations blocked by radical groups in several places, Hindus forced to change venues in some areas

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The Hindu community in Bangladesh has been forced to change the venues of Durga Puja festival at some places due to repeated obstruction by the radical groups.
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News Reports

Syro Malabar Church stands up against Waqf Board’s plan to lay claim to the land of 600 families in Kerala, BJP extends support

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Syro Malabar Church has supported amendments to the Waqf Board Act citing land dispute in Kerala.
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News Reports

Karnataka HC quashes case against NCPCR chief, slams complainant Ashraf Khan for ‘deliberate mischief’ to disturb peace. Read scathing observations by court

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According to the high court, the complaint purposefully included these remarks to sow discord rather than unity.
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News Reports

“Bharat Mata ki Jai slogan is not hate speech”: Karnataka HC quashes FIR against 5 men who raised the slogan to celebrate PM Modi’s...

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Karnataka High Court said that chanting Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans can never foment discord rather the slogan would only lead to harmony in the country
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Opinions

The first 100 days of the Modi government 3.0 promises a path of inclusive growth, committed to the goal of long-term reforms and nation-building

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BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi brings this confidence in the minds of citizens of the stability New India needs to flourish and prosper instead of narrow political interests, U-turns and appeasements
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News Reports

MP: VHP and Bajrang Dal protest against construction of illegal mosque on Gayatri Mandir land in Jabalpur

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The incident unfolded in the Madhai region of the Ranjhi area of Jabalpur. The Hindu rights organisations alleged that the mosque question was built over land allotted for a Hindu temple. Amidst the protests by VHP and Bajrang Dal, the road connecting the mosque was closed and the area surrounding was cordoned off by the police.
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Opinions

Hamas claims ‘Israel is Waqf property’: How the politics of Islamic dominance uses the idea of Waqf as a tool in India too

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From Israel to India, the hatred of Islamic radicalism uses the idea of Waqf as a tool to spread Islamic dominance and strip non-Muslims of the legitimate claim over their houses, properties and even the motherland.
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News Reports

Army Special Train narrowly averts sabotage attempt in Burhanpur: Read why railway employee Sabir had placed 10 detonators on tracks

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A railway employee named Sabir was arrested for placing ten detonators on tracks near Sagphata between Nepanagar and Khandwa stations in the Bhusawal division.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Mob led by Asif Qureshi run riots at Dehradun railway station after Muslim girl travels from UP to meet Hindu lover

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A total of 8 two-wheelers and a police vehicle were destroyed. The police reached the station immediately after being informed.
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News Reports

Owners of plots near land owned by Lalu Yadav’s family were persuaded to sell at lower prices with promise of railway jobs: ED in...

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The ED in its Supplementary Prosecution complaint has accused Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members of obtaining illegal gratification in the form of land parcels in exchange for appointments in the Indian Railways.
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Opinions

Tirupati Laddu controversy, beef tallow and the mockery of the Hindu idea of pure vegetarianism

Rahul Roushan -
It is not a mockery coming from progressiveness or rationalism, often it’s a mockery that is coming from a sinister and vile agenda to weaken the faith and shame a community and culture that forms the civilisational fabric of India.
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News Reports

Assam: Mizo gospel singer and husband booked for forced religious conversion in ‘prayer’ meetings

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An FIR was reportedly registered against the accused duo who were converting children to Christianity in their gospel meetings on a complaint lodged by RSS and other Hindu organisations.
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News Reports

No Durga Puja holiday, no puja outside temples, no idol immersion, display anti-India statements outside temples: Islamists in Bangladesh threaten Hindu community

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Insaf Keemkari Chhatra-Janta staged a protest against the use of a playground by the Hindus for the Durga Puja celebrations.
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News Reports

Raghuram Rajan is in all praise of ‘Make in India’ after telling Modi govt not to focus on manufacturing, had earlier made failed doomsday...

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The former RBI governor, who participated in the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' of Rahul Gandhi, has repeatedly made doomsday predictions about India's economic growth (only to fail each time).
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News Reports

Hathras, UP: Class 2 boy murdered in hostel for black magic ritual, school director, and 4 others arrested

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The police said that black magic was performed to bring success and fame to the school. The incident has led to the arrest of a total of five persons including the director of the school.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Yasin Mia vandalises idols of Goddess Durga ahead of Puja, atrocities on Hindus continue unabated

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Mia entered the premises of Gobindajew temple in the wee hours of Wednesday and began destroying the idols, which had been sculpted for the past 20 days.
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Delhi court allows Indian Mujahideen founder and dreaded terrorist Yasin Bhatkal to meet his ailing mother virtually

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While passing the order, the Additional Sessions Judge, Dr Hardeep Kaur, directed the concerned Jail Superintendent to allow Yasin Bhatkal to interact with his ailing mother through video conferencing, but only as a one-time allowance.
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