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PMO official during UPA govt and others spread fake news that NTA is a private society not under RTI: Here is the truth

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Former PMO media advisor Pankaj Pachauri falsely claimed that NTA is a private body because it is registered under Societies Registration Act
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News Reports

Goa CM asks centre for Rs 8,700 crores to roll out big projects, including Rs 300 crores for the decennial exposition of St Francis...

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The decennial exposition is scheduled to be held in Goa between 21st November 2024 and 5th January 2025.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Islamist mob brutally assaults Hindu boy for talking to burqa-clad girl, misbehaves with girl

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The video of the incident is making rounds on social media in which a girl wearing a burqa can be seen trying to escape from the attack by the Muslim mob.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Shah Alam poses as a Brahmin man to trap a married Hindu woman, rapes and pressurises her for religious conversion

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A Hindu woman has lodged a complaint stating that one Shah Alam posed as a Brahmin to entrap her in a relationship, subsequently raping her and pressurising her to embrace Islam.
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OpIndia Explains

Manipur government and agencies in war against fake Aadhaar and Voter ID gangs helping illegal immigrants from Myanmar

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The police have arrested two illegal infiltrators from Myanmar residing in the Churachandpur district of Manipur. Two fake identity cards were recovered from their possession. The police said that they are investigating numerous such cases.  
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News Reports

Om Birla starts his new term as Speaker by condemning the ‘Tanashahi’ of former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing Emergency in 1975

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Speaker Om Birla condemned former PM Indira Gandhi for imposing the Emergency in India nearly 50 years ago, in 1975.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Death toll rises to 61 in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, NCSC chairman meets family of deceased

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A total of 136 people have been admitted to five hospitals. The total count of people affected due to consumption of illicit liquor has now increased to 225.
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News Reports

We are not inclined to interfere: Bombay High Court dismisses plea challenging hijab ban imposed by a Mumbai college

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Bombay HC upholds Hijab ban imposed by a College in Mumbai, dismisses petition filed by Muslim students
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Mohd Salman threatens, molests minor Hindu girl in Dhar village, faces arrest and bulldozer action

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The accused has been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, POCSO, 2012, and also SC/ST Act. The Hindus meanwhile asked the local administration to take action against the accused after which the latter's illegal property was razed to ground.
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Punjab: Lovely Professional University student from Odisha gang raped by men dressed as Nihangs, Aman, Ranveer Singh and Manjit Singh arrested

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On 24th June, a 24-year-old female student of LPU who hails from Odisha was brutally gang-raped by three men disguised as Nihangs.
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News Reports

Drug smuggling gang busted in Surat: Rabia, Safiq and Ashfaq among 7 arrested, narcotics worth lakhs recovered

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The authorities conducted five raids in different parts of Surat, Gujarat, busting the drugs racket and arresting 7 individuals involved in it.
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News Reports

Delhi Excise Policy Scam: CBI formally arrests CM Arvind Kejriwal from court after questioning him in jail

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the courtroom
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‘Was afraid of Halala’: Samreen becomes Suman Yadav after Ghar Wapsi in Bareilly, marries Mitrapal amidst chants of Gayatri Mantra and Havan

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After doing Ghar Wapsi, Samreen told media that she started liking Hindu Dharma after observing the customs and ways of her lover's family.
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News Reports

CBI moves to arrest Arvind Kejriwal from Tihar, questions him in excise policy case before presenting before trial court

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Kejriwal will appear before the CBI court on Wednesday morning, where he will be detained for further custodial interrogation.
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Advocate Hari Shankar Jain files complaint against Asaduddin Owaisi for saying ‘Jai Palestine’: Here is what articles 102 and 103 say, and how Owaisi...

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Asaduddin Owaisi’s pro-Palestine remarks can be taken into consideration under Article 102 (4) for demonstrating his allegiance or adherence to a foreign State “Palestine”.
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News Reports

‘He is doing Namaz several times’: Orissa High Court commutes death sentence of Sheikh Asif Ali, who was convicted for rape and murder of...

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Despite acknowledging the heinous nature of the rape and murder of the girl, the Orissa High Court highlighted the circumstantial basis of the case and the absence of premeditation.
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News Reports

Punjab: NIA announces rewards of Rs 10 lakh each for information on 2 accused wanted in VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar’s murder case

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Earlier, on April 16, the Rupnagar Police, in a joint operation with the state special operating cell (SSOC) in Mohali, arrested two Pakistani-backed operatives in connection with this high-profile murder case.
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World

Kenya: Several dead as Police opens fire on protesters trying to storm Parliament Building while opposing tax hikes

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It is pertinent to note that the protests are mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week over demands to scrap the finance bill that proposes tax hikes.
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Fact-Check

‘False and misleading’: Indian Railways debunks viral claims that said IRCTC account holders cannot book tickets for people with different surnames

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While users can book tickets for others, irrespective of surname, selling tickets booked on their ID for monetary gain is a crime, IRCTC said.
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Constitution copy Rahul Gandhi flashes at everyone was conceptualised by someone who was against OBC reservations: Read about SC Adv Gopal Sankaranarayanan

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The Gandhi scion has been flashing a small copy of the constitution that was conceptualised by SC adv Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who has spoken against OBC reservation and advocated for a complete overhaul of existing reservations.
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party’s Saurabh Bhardwaj raises questions on judiciary after stay on AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s bail, says that Court was prejudiced

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"He already stayed that (trial court) order, we have never heard or seen this. Even the Supreme Court asked how can this happen. I believe that court was already prejudiced," Bhardwaj said on stay of Arvind Kejriwal bail plea.
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MP: Muslim man pronounces triple talaq to his wife for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections

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On Sunday (23rd June), the woman who filed a police complaint against her husband accused him and her in-laws of physically and mentally torturing her for dowry.  However, the woman's husband has refuted the allegations, accusing her of having extramarital affairs.
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Politics

Asaduddin Owaisi raises pro-Palestine slogan inside Parliament while taking oath as an MP, defends it before media

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Earlier, Asaduddin Owaisi had said that the situation in Palestine concerned not only Muslims but also humanity.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Amir arrested for molesting a Hindu minor girl after luring her into a relationship, booked under POCSO and other IPC sections

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The incident is said to have happened in the JP North society in Mumbai's Mira Road region. The accused aged 18 has been booked an arrested by the Navghar Police Station under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sections 8 and 12 of the POCSO, 2012.
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Crime

Pune: Ismail Riyaz Shaikh fatally stabs a 60-year-old man in Yerawada over interfaith relationship of victim’s son with his sister

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60-year-old man was brutally murdered with a sharp weapon in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Pune’s Yerawada area over a relationship of his son with Ismail Riyaz Shaikh's sister, Pune city police officials said.
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‘Temples meant for deities, not individuals considered godmen’: Petition before Madras HC to remove Sai Baba idols from Tamil Nadu HR&CE temples

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D Sureshbabu stated that Sai Baba preached both Islam and Hinduism and that the installation of his idol in a Hindu temple contradicted 8th-century Shaivite principles.
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Opinions

‘Look at us, cameras on us, ignore the public’: How AAP leaders, from Kejriwal to Atishi all thrive on narcissistic media hogging and blame...

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Basically, the only thing Atishi's Pani Satyagraha has achieved is that it has successfully shifted the media focus from the public suffering for something as basic as water to an entitled, powerful woman, a minister no less, highlighting her own 'suffering'.
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News Reports

Delhi Excise Policy Scam: Delhi High Court rejects bail to Arvind Kejriwal, criticises trial court for mishandling the case

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Setting aside the bail granted to Arvind Kejriwal by trial court, Justice Jain said, “The observation by the trial court that voluminous material cannot be considered is unjustified and shows that the trial court has not applied its mind to the material.”
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Nuh: Mausam, Shahid and Arfat attack Hindu family allegedly for voting BJP in Lok Sabha Elections, police investigation underway

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Three villagers identified as Mausam, Shahid and Arfat came and started discussing the Lok Sabha Elections with him. When Manoj told them he voted for BJP, they attacked him.
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Hindus in UP village protest over a Muslim family slaughtering a buffalo near a Shiva temple, to patrol streets from next Bakrid to prevent...

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Hindu villagers asserted that they would patrol streets during the next Bakrid to prevent the slaughter of large animals.
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Maharashtra: ‘Maratha’ activist Jarange Patil threatens state, demands reservation for Muslims from OBC quota – Details

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Jarange Patil has seemingly lost direction while primarily fighting for the Maratha quota in the state. He has also issued threats to the government saying he would see how the state fails to provide reservation to the Muslim community.
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Canada: Police arrest activist Tommy Robinson, who criticised Justin Trudeau for being a ‘commie’, later release him with conditions

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Tommy Robinson had been a vocal critic of the Justin Trudeau government in Canada.
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No consensus on the speaker, INDI bloc’s K Suresh fielded against Om Birla for post

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BJP MP Piyush Goyal said there was no precedent to suggest that the deputy speaker's post must go to the opposition, and the opposition was needlessly choosing a showdown.
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Crime

Bihar: Teen forced to lick spit off the foot, beaten mercilessly, forced to say ‘Miyan Saheb Zindabad, Allah-Hu-Akbar’

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One of the attackers was holding a stick and kept beating the teen. A voice from the background kept forcing the boy to chant religious slogans. The video showed that the teen forced to lick spit off the feet of his tormentor. The teen was beaten up with a stick. He was mercilessly slapped repeatedly by the assailants. The ordeal did not end there and teen was forced to lick spit off the feet of the tormentor.
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India will be biggest economy in world by 2050 followed by China, United States: Asle Toje, Deputy Leader of Nobel Peace Prize Committee

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He emphasised the pivotal moment the world faces, particularly with global climate change, suggesting that it would be best if India proved to be a benign force that alleviates suffering and fosters peace, rather than imposing its ideals on others.
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‘How much did these people pay’: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee publicly shames party MLA for allowing illegal encroachment

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"Sujit Bose is allowing encroachment as per his wishes. He has made it seem like a competition." Mamata Banerjee was heard saying.
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Maharashtra NEET paper leak: 4 including 2 teachers booked, 2 arrested, Delhi connection exposed

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The police filed a case based on information provided by the Maharashtra anti-terrorism unit against Sanjay Tukaram Jadhav, Jalil Khan Pathan, Eranna Konalwar, and Gangadhar of Delhi.
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Boeing mess again? Starliner return delayed due to helium leaks, Sunita Williams and fellow astronaut await in the space station

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The mission was the maiden mission of Starliner after a decade-long wait of development and errors. Notably, the launch was also briefly delayed due to helium leaks and a malfunctioning valve on the rocket.
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‘His freedom is our freedom’: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange walks free after spending 5 years behind bars for ‘espionage’

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Assange's case has drawn international attention and sparked debates over freedom of the press, government transparency, and the legal implications of publishing classified information.
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OpIndia Explains

NEET-UG row: What is NTA? Why was it formed and how does it conduct exams

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While the National Testing Agency is currently under scrutiny for allegations of mismanagement, irregularities, and paper leaks, the call for establishing such an agency through legislation has been voiced for several decades.
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News Reports

‘No design or construction issue’: Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman rubbishes claims of water leakage in Ram Mandir

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Ram Mandir Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Misra rubbished online claims of water leakage stating that since Guru Mandap is exposed to the sky as the second floor and completion of Shikar will cover the opening.
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West Bengal: FMCG giant Britannia set to shut down its historic Taratala factory in Kolkata, earlier Tata had left the state over the Nano...

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Notably, the Taratala factory is the second oldest factory for Britannia in India, following the one in Mumbai. It was established in 1947. 
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Pune: Salman, Sultan, and Aslam among 9 booked for brutally attacking a Dalit Hindu activist over his association with BJP. Read FIR details

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The accused said to have attacked Dhavre given his claimed association with the BJP. The victim also works as a Hindu-Dalit activist and is known for raising his voice against Islamists in the region.
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Pakistan: Teenager kills 55-year-old Shia man over ‘blasphemy’ against Prophet Muhammad; second murder in four days

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Pakistan has been notorious for the blasphemy killings, especially against Hindu and Christian minorities who are often targeted under trumped-up charges.
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‘Two news dailies made similar claims’: Karnataka HC stays proceedings against journalist Ajeet Bharti for remarks on Rahul Gandhi

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The Karnataka HC halted the proceedings against journalist Ajeet Bharti, who faces charges under Section 153-A and 502(2) of the IPC for allegedly posting a video with comments about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
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Chhattisgarh: Hindu organisations protest after a calf’s severed head is found in Durg; police claim dog brought it

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According to Bhilai SSP Sukhnandan Rathore, an investigation is underway based on CCTV footage, and the calf's head has been sent to a laboratory for testing.
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Air India Kanishka bombing: Canadian police threaten journalist for raising questions over Khalistanis disrupting the memorial service for victims

Siddhi Somani -
Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman was rebuffed and threatened after he questioned the presence of Khalistanis during the memorial service for Air India Kanishka bombing victims.
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Foreign trips, free education for children of journalists and more: How Chinese Communist regime is influencing Nepalese media

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The Chinese regime sponsors trips for Nepalese journalists to China. These all-expenses-paid trips have been taken by an estimated 9,000 journalists till 2023.
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World

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry dies after shark attack in Hawaii

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Perry had been surfing near Mokuauia, close to Laie, Hawaii. He was discovered dead around 1 PM. An eyewitness reported seeing a man with severe shark bite injuries off Malaekahana Beach near Kahuku.
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‘₹150 for 3 women’: Rajasthan police arrest man, who was seen putting price tags on female tourists, in viral video

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"This woman is for ₹150 and that woman is for ₹200. This woman here is available for ₹500 and this woman for ₹300," he was heard saying while pointing his fingers at the female tourists.
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