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Delhi: Three IAS aspirants dead after UPSC coaching institute in Rajendra Nagar floods following rains, Police files criminal case against the owner

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Reacting to the incident, Delhi BJP Chief Virendra Sachdeva said, "There should be an inquiry into the corruption of Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi and their government. Delhi Municipal Corporation's corruption should be inquired. There should be an inquiry as to why the drainage was not cleaned. Will they order an inquiry into this?"
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Hezbollah kills 12 children in rocket strike, Islamists peddle conspiracy theory to shield terror outfit and blame Israel

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The Israeli Defense Forces pointed out that the attack was indeed carried out by Hezbollah from Chebaa village in Lebanon as determined by its assessment and intelligence.
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News Reports

‘She spoke her full time, was looking for an excuse to leave’: Nirmala Sitharaman calls Mamata Banerjee’s ‘mic was switched off’ claim ‘false narrative’

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Calling it an attempt to build a narrative out of falsehoods, Nirmala Sitharaman said Mamata Banerjee was given full time to speak in Niti Aayog meeting.
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News Reports

Her request to speak ahead of turn was accepted, she spoke in allotted time and left to catch flight: Niti Aayog CEO refutes Mamata...

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CEO of NITI Aayog, B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that her microphone was muted while speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting
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News Reports

Script got leaked by in-house source: Suvendhu Adhikari shares video of Rajdeep Sardesai predicting walk-out drama of Mamata Banerjee from NITI Aayog meeting

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Rajdeep Sardesai stated that Mamata Banerjee would walk out of the NITI Aayog meeting after conveying her statement.
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News Reports

Bank of India Staff Union in Kerala decides to felicitate Pervez Musharraf at its state conference, removes name from list after outrage, call for...

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Bank of India Staff Union in Kerala decided to pay tribute to former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, decision reverted following outrage and protests.
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Sports

Paris Olympics: India’s Manu Bhaker qualifies for final in Women’s 10 Metre pistol, first Indian woman to do it in 20 years

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Manu Bhaker displayed a stunning performance in the qualification round. In the first two series, Manu ended with 97 points. In the third series, the 22-year-old bagged 98 points. In the final three series, she sealed 96 points to finish in third place with a total of 580-27x.
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News Reports

‘Nautanki, jealous of Rahul Gandhi’: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan says Mamata Banerjee lying about ‘microphone being muted’ in NITI Aayog meeting

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Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said Mamata Banerjee is lying about microphone being muted during Niti Aayog meeting.
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News Reports

International Olympic Committee apologises for the blunder of introducing South Korean contingent as North Korea during the opening ceremony

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday apologised for a blunder in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony where South Korea was incorrectly introduced as North Korea
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Bihar: Muzaffarpur govt school teacher Kasif booked for sexual exploitation of minor girls, accused of violating them with his fingers

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Reportedly, around 5 minors studying in 1st class said that the accused teacher used to harass them and committed obscene acts.
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World

Canada: Jashandeep, Gurkaran, Parminder and three other Punjabi youths arrested over extortions targeting South Asian businesses

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The authorities in Canada are now investigating forty incidents related to the extortion series called "Project Gaslight."
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News Reports

Is Sheikh Hasina becoming a weak ruler? Failure to counter propaganda, growing Islamism, weaponisation of violence and more

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Following the countrywide mayhem in Bangladesh, media commentaries are already questioning the organisational capabilities of the ruling Awami League.
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News Reports

Punjab: 11, including 3 children, injured in stray dog attack in Kharar; 5-year-old boy serious

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Father of the children, Ved Prakash, said, “I was working in the society while my children were playing when the stray dog attacked them. After a lot of effort, we managed to get Sachin out of its jaws.”
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News Reports

Fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani, who supported anti-CAA protests, gets trolled online over the attire of Indian athletes at Paris Olympics 2024

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People were furious after seeing the outfit of the Indian contingent at the Paris Olympics designed by Tarun Tahiliani and voiced the same online.
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News Reports

PIB fact-checks “microphone muted” claim by Mamata Banerjee, Nirmala Sitharaman says Bengal CM alloted due time at NITI Aayog meeting

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The central government's fact checking body on Saturday refuted as "misleading" the claim made by WB CM Mamata Banerjee about her microphone being switched off during a NITI Aayog meeting
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Crime

A day after CCTV footage of brutal murder of 22-year-old Bihar girl in a Bengaluru PG went viral, the accused man arrested from Madhya...

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Police added that the deceased Kriti Kumari had urged her roommate to stop living with the accused and move in with her. 
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Jammu and Kashmir: HSS Bani principal Mohammad Hafiz, lecturer Farooq suspended over thrashing a student for writing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ reinstated

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The government school HSS Bani has reinstated principal Mohammad Hafiz and lecturer Md Farooq, suspended for thrashing a minor student for writing 'Jai Shri Ram' on the blackboard.
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Uttar Pradesh: Speeding car travelling on the wrong side hits Hindu devotees, damages a Kanwar, Islamists and media paint accused Muslim man in car...

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On Friday (26th July) evening, a speeding car travelling on the wrong side of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway hit Hindu devotees part of the Kanwar Yatra and collided with a Kanwar
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‘Don’t know about you but I have self-respect’: Shazia Ilmi blasts Rajdeep Sardesai for defending cameramen who filmed her inappropriately

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Shazia Ilmi had left the primetime debate of Rajdeep Sardesai half-way after he asked to cut off the mic of the BJP spokesperson. Despite this, the cameraman kept filming without her consent.
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News Reports

Police reach house of person who performed dangerous stunt on Mumbai local, find that Farhat Azam Shaikh already lost a leg and an arm...

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Mumbai: Farhat Azam Shaikh who went viral on social media for performing dangerous stunts at railway stations loses arm and leg in such a stunt
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News Reports

Karnataka: Trader Abdul Razzaq under scanner over sale of ‘dog meat’, accused claims meat belonged to sheep

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Trader Abdul Razzaq had cried foul over the matter and claimed that Karehalli was making false accusations to extort money.
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Opinions

As Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ pushes for private sector reservations, a look at the economic and social pitfalls of such a step

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The proposed legislation for private sector reservations would have a chilling effect on meritocracy, ease of doing business, and investment opportunities.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Syed Mustafa Shah chops off his daughter’s legs with an axe after she tried to end her abusive marriage

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Patriarchal values are embedded in Pakistani society, which determines the subordinated position of women. Patriarchal control over women is exercised through institutionalized restrictive codes of behavior, gender segregation and the ideology
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News Reports

‘Satanic symbolism’: Radical Christians abuse pagans after accusing Olympics of committing blasphemy, mocking ‘The Last Supper’ of Jesus Christ

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Radical Christians claimed IOC hurt religious sentiments by creating a caricature of 'The Last Supper' using drag queens, trans and queer characters and resorting to hyper-sexualisation.
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Sports

Shooting, Bopanna, ‘Sat-Chi’ and men’s hockey in focus: India’s Paris Olympics schedule for Saturday

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After a glittering opening ceremony, the Indian contingent will be in action in seven different sports on Saturday, with shooting, hockey, badminton and tennis being standout sports.
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Sorry state of affairs, no solution in sight until 2027: SC expresses concern on untreated solid waste in Delhi, directs centre to hold meeting...

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The Supreme Court on Friday expressed grave concern over tonnes of untreated solid waste in Delhi and noted no concrete solution seemed to be in sight until 2027
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‘No state has been denied anything’: FM Nirmala Sitharaman busts opposition propaganda on Union Budget 2024

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FM Nirmala Sitharama busted opposition's 'unfair budget' propaganda, assuring that the budget didn't exclude any state.
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News Reports

Bengaluru is a brand: Karnataka minister HK Patil defends renaming Rmanagara district after BJP calls it Congress allergy for Lord Ram

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Karnataka Minister HK Patil cited the aspirations and demands of the people and their representatives as the driving force behind the decision to merge Ramanagara district with Bengaluru South
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‘Tum Kota ke ho b***c***, Kota mein rehna hai ke nahi rehna’: Rajasthan Congress MLA Shanti Dhariwal threatens Speaker with abusive language in assembly

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On 26th July, Congress MLA Shanti Kumar Dhariwal used foul language to address Speaker Sandeep Sharma
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‘Shows their allergy towards Ram and Ram Mandir’: BJP lashes out at Congress govt in Karnataka over renaming Ramnagara as Bengaluru South

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The Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka state cabinet approved the renaming of Ramnagara to Bengaluru South on Friday.
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Operation Chakra-III: CBI arrests 43 persons in collaboration with FBI, INTERPOL and others to dismantle cybercrime network

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The CBI in coordination with FBI and law enforcement agencies in multiple countries through INTERPOL, arrested 43 accused as a part of an ongoing Operation CHAKRA-III
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Is the US carrying out ‘political censorship’ in India under the garb of combating fake news? Here is what we know so far

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'Disinfo Lab' pointed out that the US government also forced the likes of Reddit, Amazon and Wikipedia to take down, promote certain forms of literature and make content changes.
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Gujarat: ‘Sir tan se Juda’ attempt on VHP member in Bhuj leaving him gravely injured, accused Nizam and Irfan arrested

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In Gujarat's Bhuj, a Vishwa Hindu Parishad activist was brutally assaulted by two Muslim youngsters on 22nd July, leaving him gravely injured.
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Royal Moidams of Assam’s Ahom dynasty included in the UNESCO World Heritage List: All you need to know about the 700-year-old mound burial system

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The Charaideo Moidam became India's 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first in Assam and the northeast India.
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Chilkur Balaji temple priest requests Telangana govt to preserve sanctity of sacred land, Bajrang Dal protests against efforts to construct a mosque by claiming...

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The protesters accused the Telangana Congress govt of hurting the temple's sanctity and being biased towards Muslims.
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France’s high-speed rail system TGV disrupted by multiple acts of sabotage hours ahead of Olympics opening ceremony, over 800,000 affected

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"Coordinated malicious acts targeted several TGV lines last night and will seriously disrupt traffic until this weekend. I strongly condemn these criminal actions which will compromise the vacation departures
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‘Ban on govt officials joining RSS was arbitrary and without material evidence’: Here’s what MP HC said while lamenting over the five-decade-old ban

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The Madhya Pradesh HC lamented that it took five decades for the Centre to rectify the mistake of banning an internationally famed organisation like RSS.
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Moidams, the mound burial system of the Ahom dynasty in Assam, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List during ongoing session in Delhi

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The mound burial system of the Ahom dynasty in Assam Moidams was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the category Cultural Property on Friday.
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‘Transparency and informed choice of the consumer was the idea behind the decision’: UP govt defends Kanwar Yatra ‘nameplate’ order in SC

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UP govt stated that the directive was implemented to maintain peace during the Hindu pilgrimage of Kanwar Yatra.
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Dehumanising bigotry, casteist slurs, and more: Instagram influencer’s jovial reel about her Brahmin community targeted with hateful posts

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A Brahmin Instagram influencer was targeted with dehumanising slurs, posts filled with anti-Brahmin bigotry over a reel wherein she described about her community's societal habits.
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Muslim girl’s family assaults her Hindu husband, threatens to kill him and drags her away, girl kept in police protection in Amroha

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After a Hindu boy married his Muslim lover in Uttar Pradesh, the family of the girl attacked the boy's family and forcibly took the girl with them
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Left and its delusion: Democrats debate whether ‘coconut’ for Kamala Harris is racist, Desis whine over ‘Lotus for Potus’ slogan alleging BJP connection

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The ongoing debate over 'coconut' and 'Lotus' reference for Kamala Harris goes on to show how leftist hysteria and mental gymnastics know no bounds.
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‘Agnipath is a necessary reform, we need to keep the Army young and fit’: PM Modi in Ladakh on Kargil Vijay Diwas

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Highlighting the scheme, PM Modi said that the goal of Agnipath was to make the Army young and keep the Army continuously fit for war. He said that the major reforms in the army have been a long-standing demand.
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‘Treat India on par with NATO, Japan and Korea’: Senator Marco Rubio introduces US-India Defense Cooperation Act to strengthen ties

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Taking to X, Senator Marco Rubio informed about introducing the bill “U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act” and wrote, “In order to strengthen our partnership with India, it’s essential we increase our strategic relationship w/ New Delhi. Introduced a bill to best support India as they continue to face aggression from Communist China.”
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25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh remembers the indomitable spirit of Indian soldiers

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Meanwhile, in Kargil security was heightened ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Kargil War Memorial on the occasion of the 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas 2024.
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Planned carnage, foreign intervention and a hidden Islamist nexus: Real objective behind violence in Bangladesh under the garb of ‘quota protests’

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Although the Awami League government has succeeded in foiling the attempt of the BNP-Jamaat nexus to capture power by unseating Sheikh Hasina, the coming days may bear much harder challenges as BNP-Jamaat is adamantly looking to return to power.
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Congress party distances itself from party MP and former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s support to Khalistani MP Amripal Singh in Lok Sabha, says...

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Congress party has said that the comments made by party MP Charanjit Singh Channi in support of Khalistani MP Amirtpal Singh are his own and he does not represent the party’s views
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Politics

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu compares former CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to ‘drug lord Pablo Escobar’

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Launching a scathing attack on former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday compared YSRCP chief to slain Columbian narco-terrorist, Pablo Escobar.
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Bungalow No 1: Centre allocates Lutyens bungalow to AAP for its office after the party was asked to vacate its office on court land

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Bungalow No. 1, Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane, New Delhi will be the new address of the Aam Aadmi Party headquarters.
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India strongly takes up Hindu Temple vandalisation issue with Canadian authorities, expects swift action

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Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that India has strongly taken up the vandalisation of temple in Edmonton with Canadian authorities in Delhi and Ottawa, adding that India expects Canada to take swift action.
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