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Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam calls for Sharia Law in Bangladesh: Read about the extremist group that was behind the 2021 anti-Modi protests

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Muhyiddin Rabbani emphasised that Hefazat-e-Islam's goal is to establish an Islamic state in Bangladesh.
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News Reports

US-made M4 rifles previously used by the Taliban or abandoned by American soldiers recovered during anti-terror ops in Jammu

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Security officials noted that US-made weapons used by the Taliban or abandoned by American soldiers are now being smuggled into Kashmir through Pakistan.
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News Reports

Kolkata doctor rape case: After parents allege ‘hurried cremation’, crematorium staff confirms ‘police push’

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"There were a lot of policemen with the body (of the victim); the area had become very congested... We were told that there was a chance of the body getting decomposed..." the crematorium manager said.
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News Reports

Udaipur: Hindu student who was stabbed by his Muslim classmate succumbs to his injuries

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The victim, identified as Devraj, succumbed to his injuries after being stabbed by his Muslim classmate on August 16.
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News Reports

‘Mamata has fixed rate card for rape victims, wants to purchase witnesses: Council for parents of RG Kar hospital victim slams West Bengal CM

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"The parents of the victim girl refused it (money) because they didn't want to be a part of the game played by the chief minister," informed Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 16-year-old girl in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar commits suicide after months of harassment by Kasim Pathan

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Kasim had threatened the girl with killing her brother if she turned down his advances. After months of harassment, the girl committed suicide.
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Editor's picks

West Bengal: Cops arrest another student for criticising Mamata Banerjee over RG Kar hospital rape-murder case

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The arrested girl has been identified as Kirti Sharma. "Shoot Mamata Banerjee like Indira Gandhi. If you can't do it, I wouldn't disappoint," Kirti Sharma was quoted as saying in one of her posts.
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News Reports

Kerala: Leftist ‘student’ org DYFI sells pork to raise funds for Wayanad landslide victims, Muslims object claiming their religious sentiments got hurt

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DYFI sold pork, milk and other items to raise funds to rebuild 25 houses destroyed in Wayanad land slide. Depiste objection by Muslims over sale of pork, DYFI said they will continue the sale.
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Opinions

Dear Sudha Murty, Rakshabandhan wasn’t discovered due to Mughals, stop attributing Hindu festivals and cultures to Islamic invaders

Shraddha Pandey -
It is, thus clear that Sudha Murty has advertently or inadvertently ended up peddling the lies created by unreliable sources and propagated by contemporary Mughal cheerleaders.
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News Reports

‘You are worthless Ch*mar’: Shahnawaz rapes Dalit nurse in UP, threatens to kill her, Junaid and Mehnaaz help accused

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Another nurse Mehnaaz and a ward boy Junaid, who also worked at the hospital, helped Shahnawaz to execute the heinous crime. The trio has been arrested.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: 13 girls sexually abused at a fake NCC camp, 11 persons, including school principal, teachers arrested

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Eleven individuals, including the camp's organizer, the school principal, two teachers, and a correspondent, have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Muslims ban music in village Chiksa of Tahirpur, say Islam forbids it and loudspeakers are causing distress

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Muslim elders in Chiksa, Bangladesh, banned music at events due to Islamic rules and noise concerns, with legal action for non-compliance.
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News Reports

UP: Muslim man rapes minor daughter, gives instant triple talaq to wife on being confronted, arrested after complaint

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The accused had intimidated his underage daughter into silence by threatening to kill the other family members.
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News Reports

New York Times reporter downloads 900 pages of content from Australian Jewish WhatsApp group, shares it with pro-Palestine activist leading to doxing of 600...

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Notably, Natasha Frost, whose New York Times author page still states she writes for the newspaper’s “Europe Morning Briefing” newsletter, told the Wall Street Journal that she had shared the 900-page data she downloaded with only one person. She claimed to have been unaware of the data’s further dissemination and misuse to doxx Jews.
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News Reports

Jodhpur: 3-year-old sleeping outside a temple kidnapped, raped; suspect arrested

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The video of the footage is going viral on social media in which the accused can be seen carrying the little girl on his shoulders.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Cow smuggling racket busted in Chandauli, 6 arrested for looting a cattle-loaded truck

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The accused persons looted the truck loaded with cattle when it was moving towards a gaushala. The Uttar Pradesh police reached the spot immediately after being informed.
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News Reports

‘India has a population problem, since Emergency period, nobody has focused on a solution’: Narayana Murthy on forced sterilisation of thousands under Indira Gandhi...

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Narayana Murthy stated that the US, Brazil and China and have far higher per capita land availability than India.
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News Reports

Trauma care unit vandalised, doctor attacked: Amid protests over rape-murder at RG Kar hospital, family members of dead patient attack SSKM hospital

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The incident took place amid the ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Stray dog attack leaves 25 Injured in Kallakurichi, 4-year-old child succumbs to rabies in Ranipet

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several people had gathered for a temple festival in V Mamandur near Chinna Salem. A dog suddenly started attacking and biting people. Over 15 devotees were bitten. The dog then went to another village and bit 12 people.
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News Reports

Bushra Bibi’s ‘spiritual powers’ were info planted by ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed to ‘control’ Imran Khan: Pakistan media reports

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 New details have emerged in an ongoing probe into the relationship between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and former ISI Director-General Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed, as reported by The Express Tribune.
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‘She is engaging in duplicity’: Parents of deceased trainee doctor slams CM Mamata Banerjee for suppressing public anger, say they lost faith in her...

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The late trainee doctor's father said, "The Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) speaks at length, walking the streets demanding justice for my daughter. Yet, at the same time, she attempts to suppress public anger. Why is she engaging in duplicity? Is she afraid of people? We have questions that need answers.
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News Reports

As West Bengal police starts crackdown on social media for comments on RG Kar hospital incident, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari offers free legal help to...

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has free legal assistance to social media users who have been targeted by Bengal police for their online comments on RG Kar hospital incident
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News Reports

Blow to self-respect, nothing more humiliating in a democracy than another person cancelling CM’s program: Ex-Jharkhand CM and JMM leader Champarai Soren says ‘all...

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Champai Soren wrote a long post on Twitter to mention chronological events that unfolded around his ouster which he has described as a ‘humiliating experience’ and a blow to his self-respect, forcing him to explore his future options.
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News Reports

Zomato bans AI-generated food images after surge in complaints from customers, to actively remove such images from restaurant menus

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Food delivery company Zomato "will actively start removing" the artificial intelligence (AI) generated images of dishes from restaurant menus after receiving several complaints from the customers
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Mumbai: Drunk patient and his family assault woman resident doctor on night duty at Sion Hospital

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A woman resident doctor at the Sion Hospital in Mumbai was allegedly assaulted by a drunk patient and his family
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Books describing non-Muslims as Kafirs being taught in govt-funded Madrasas in Bihar: What NCPCR Chief said about Hindus being enrolled in Madrasas, slams UNICEF

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The NCPCR Chief categorically noted that Hindu children should not be in Madrasas at all and slammed UNICEF for drafting a radical curriculum for such Madrasas.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Telecom minister denies allegations of blocking Internet services, blames excessive use of VPNs by people for internet slowdown

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Pakistan's State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Sunday rebuffed claims of the government blocking or slowing the internet services and said that the slowdown is because of excessive Virtual Private Networks (VPN) usage by the people
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News Reports

Terror conspiracy in Sabarmati Express derailment case, ATS joins investigation: Pieces of broken railway track were placed to derail the train

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It has been said in the FIR that a broken piece of track was kept on the Railway line. Sabarmati Express derailed after colliding with it. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had also said the same thing.
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Crime

Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of trainee doctor’s rape and murder case in Kolkata, CJI-led bench to hear on 20th August

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On Sunday (18th August), the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder case of the 31-year-old female trainee doctor that took place at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Troubled by stalker Siraj Ahmed, a class 9 girl stabs herself in the neck multiple times in Semaria

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Siraj Ahmed used to stalk the girl student in the school premises and village. The girl took drastic step and stabbed herself in the neck.
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Uttar Pradesh: Stray dog attack leaves 17 people injured in one hour in Gorakhpur, disturbing video of the attack goes viral

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Ashish was attending a call outside his out when stray dog attack happened. He tried to save himself but the dog managed to bit his leg, arm and face before running away.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal cancelled, cops call people to tell them to not protest, BJP shares audio clip

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"The match has been cancelled. So please do not come there to protest, okay? That's all I wanted to say," the cop from the Bidhannagar South police station was heard saying.
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News Reports

How changing context of speech helps Islamists demand ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ punishment for Hindu leaders; What Ramgiri Maharaj said in Nashik and how...

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Islamist community in the state of Maharashtra chose to go on a rampage against the Hindu community last week over supposed derogatory remarks made by Ramgiri Maharaj
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News Reports

As Mamata Banerjee blames Bam and Ram (CPIM and BJP), Kolkata Police arrest TMC workers for vandalising RG Kar Hospital and attacking doctors

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While Mamata Banerjee has blamed the left and BJP for the late-night vandalism incident at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, the major arrests in the hospital vandalism incident point otherwise. Among the 30 accused arrested, some of them are linked with the ruling state party, Trinamool Congress
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Appeasement politics of INDI Alliance did not serve justice to those seeking citizenship under CAA: Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said, "CAA is not just for giving citizenship to people, it is also to give justice and rights to lakhs of people. Because of the appeasement politics of Congress and its allies, people seeking refuge did not get justice from 1947 to 2014."
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News Reports

Kolkata Police summon TMC MP Sukhendu Ray for allegedly tweeting ‘wrong information’ after he demanded custodial interrogation of police commissioner and RG Kar Hospital’s...

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Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has been served a notice by the Kolkata Police for tweeting "wrong information" about the probe in connection with the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case.
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Law

Minority Educational Institutions exempt from RTE, says Bombay High Court: How RTE is heavily skewed against Hindu institutions

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A recent report estimated that the RTE is responsible for the shutting down of more than 10,000 Hindu-run schools.
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News Reports

Central Consumer Protection Authority imposes ₹3 lakh fine on Sriram’s IAS for misleading advertisement claiming 200 plus selections in UPSC 2022 exams

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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on Sriram’s IAS for advertising misleading claims regarding the result of UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022
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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man killed after eloping with a 16-year-old Muslim girl, FIR filed against 10 including Tasleem, Irshad, Chuttan, Ashfaq, Rehman and others

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Dalit man Suraj found hanging from a tree in Fatehganj West of Bareilly six days after he had eloped with a minor Muslim girl
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Kolkata doctor murder-rape: Doctors continue protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

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The students and junior doctors continue to protest at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital over the murder and alleged sexual assault of their female colleague on August 9 in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.
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Cherry picking, drawing false equivalence and selective fact checking: Exposing BBC’s agenda to downplay attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh as ‘political violence’

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BBC imparted a political angle to the attacks by claiming that Hindus were largely 'supporters of Sheikh Hasina' and that any attack on them was the consequence of their political affiliation and not religious identity.
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News Reports

Delhi: Speeding Mercedes kills a 34-year-old cycle rider in Ashram

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The driver of the Mercedes identified as Pradeep Gautam has been arrested, and the car was seized, police said.
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Air India cabin crew member attacked in her hotel room in London, Airline issues message in support as police probe underway

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Air India has confirmed the incident and stated that a complaint has been filed with the police, who are now investigating the matter.
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False narratives and selective outrage: Anti-Hindu agenda of IAMC and HfHR behind Ram Janmabhoomi float controversy during India Parade in New York

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Organisations including IAMC, HfHR, CAIR and others have opposed Ram Janmbhoomi float at the India Parade scheduled for 18th August. They used false information and disinformation to present VHP and other organisations in bad light.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Cops arrest student for criticising Mamata Banerjee over RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, sent to custody for 14 days

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On Saturday (17th August), Sagnik Laha was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate and sentenced to 14 days in custody.
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I don’t understand whom she is protesting against or from whom she is demanding punishment: Nirbhaya’s mother questions Mamata Banerjee

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Expressing her outrage over the rape and murder of a female resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, described the incident as "the most unfortunate thing that has happened."
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Telangana: Farmers stage protest in Adilabad against Congress government’s delay in crop loan waiver, takes out mock funeral of CM Revanth Reddy

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Several farmers across Telangana as well as the opposition parties, BJP and BRS have slammed the Congress government and CM Revanth Reddy for cheating and betraying the state farmers in the name of crop loan waiver.
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Popular Congress troll accused of ransom and extortion after he claims movers and packers company stole his valuables: Here’s what the company said

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Congress troll Ankit Mayank and his wife Rohini Anand were accused of extortion and ransom after they claimed a movers and packers company had stolen their valuables.
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News Reports

Outrage on rape and murder of trainee doctor opens a can of worm on Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College: Multiple times when it made...

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The development has opened a can of worms for the hospital as this is not a one-off incidence when the medical institution made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Viscera and blood-stained items in the RG Kar Hospital case changed: Claims Suvendu Adhikari, asks CBI to seize phones of Mamata Banerjee and top...

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Suvendu Adhikari claimed that the police changed the viscera and blood-stained items in an effort to protect the accused in the RG Kar Hospital case
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