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‘Look for new born babies, infants with no teeth’: Youtuber ‘Kuwari Begum’ teaches child sexual abuse to her followers, video goes viral

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"Find an infant who doesn't even have teeth. Seek permission from the child's mother, take him/her somewhere and do something," Shikha Metray was heard saying.
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News Reports

Arrogance of politicians, Manipur, and more: Here’s what RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said about 2024 Lok Sabha election and results

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Addressing an audience of RSS leaders and workers in Nagpur on the day the new BJP-led coalition convened its first Cabinet meeting, Bhagwat emphasised the necessity of creating consensus.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Armaan sexually assaults a watchman’s six-year-old boy in Rampur, threatens his father with dire consequences, absconding

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SHO of Swar Police Station Rampur, Inspector Sandeep Tyagi told the media that a search operation is underway to apprehend the absconding accused, Armaan.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Robbers dig up footpath on Dadar-Matunga road and steal Copper wire worth Rs 6 to 7 Lakhs, people thought it is routine construction...

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People assumed it was regular work being carried out by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), but it turned out to be a case of theft.
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to stay counselling process in NEET UG 2024, issues notice to NTA over alleged paper leak

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Refusing to stay NEET counselling and admission process, the Supreme Court said, “We will not stop the counselling. If you argue further, we will dismiss this.”
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News Reports

Women protest against AAP, Kejriwal outside Atishi Marlena’s house, demand Rs 1000 per month promised by party ahead of LS 2024 elections

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"He promised us and expected us to vote for him. But now we want our money. Where is our money? People are getting free liquor bottles and here we are struggling to get the money promised. This is injustice. We want justice," the protester said.
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News Reports

ABC News ‘journalist’ Avani Dias, who lied about her visa cancellation by Modi govt, now spreads falsehoods about Indian constitution

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Avani Dias alleged, "Just so you're across it, when India was founded in 1947 after it got independence from the British, its constitution was written to say India is a secular country, which means it has to be neutral and open to all religions."
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News Reports

Amidst NEET examination irregularities and genuine concerns of students, Congress laps up fake claims of a fake news peddler, promotes it to blame NTA 

Paurush Gupta -
Patel has been in the news for her bizarre claims as in 2020, she made headlines for claiming that she had discovered a vaccine (for COVID) formula in her mind.
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Tech

‘Apple Intelligence is dangerous’: Elon Musk threatens to ban all Apple devices across his companies if they integrate OpenAI

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The main concern that Elon Musk has revolves around the security implications of embedding advanced AI capabilities directly into the OS of widely used consumer devices.
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News Reports

Delhi Water Crisis: Time for AAP to stop focusing on politicising the crisis and look at its own mismanagement of water

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Several parts of Delhi have been affected by a lack of water due to the city's current heatwave. Slums, resettlement colonies, and villages are particularly hard-struck, forcing residents to purchase water tanks or rely on Delhi Jal Board (DJB) tankers.
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News Reports

‘Absolutely false’: India TV warns Congress leaders against spreading fake news about Rajat Sharma, vows to take legal action

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On Monday (10th June), Congress spokesperson Ragini Nayak took to X (formerly Twitter) to allege that Rajat Sharma had verbally abused her on air during a live debate.
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News Reports

Kamran Akmal apologises to Harbhajan Singh after making derogatory anti-Sikh statement referring to Arshdeep Singh

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Hours after Harbhajan Singh slammed Kamran Akmal for his  “12 baj gaye hain” remark, the former Pakistani cricketer apologised to Harbhajan Singh instead of apologising to Arshdeep Singh against whom he made the hateful comment.
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News Reports

‘Never claimed sexual exploitation of women by Amit Malviya, Congress misinterpreted it’: Shantanu Sinha backtracks after BJP spokesperson sends him legal notice

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"I want to give a clear message that the post was not aimed to malign Mr. Malviya but as caution not to get entangled in honey trap," Shantanu Sinha claimed.
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News Reports

Angry over European Parliament election results, Leftists protest against Right-wing party in France, run riots, and raise pro-Palestine slogans

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The left-wing protesting against the rise of right-wing in France indicates that as is the common trait in leftists across the world, it is a democracy only when the Left wins and it dies when their opponents emerge victorious.
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Fact-Check

PM Modi now in BJP’s Margdarshak Mandal? Here is the truth behind the viral claim

Anurag -
Opindia found a press release from 2014 that mentioned that five leaders were added to Margdarshak Mandal which were former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Narendra Modi, Lalkrishna Advani, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi and Rajnath Singh.
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News Reports

‘Muslim villagers socially boycotting Hindus, cut water supply to their farmlands’: Administration calls media reports about Kaushambi issue wrong. This is the ground situation

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OpIndia has also obtained a letter addressed to the local Deputy SP. In this letter, the village Pradhan Naseer Ahmed, Abrar's son Guddu, Akram, Naushad, and Wahab have been identified as the masterminds behind the boycott of Hindus.
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News Reports

No more Muslim as Minority Affairs Minister: Modi 3.0 makes a necessary change, appoints Buddhist Kiren Rijiju for the position

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Conventionally, only Muslim politicians were appointed as the Minority Affairs Minister.
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Crime

Amroha: Ata ur Rehman molests a woman, threatens to kill her, and hurls abuses; limps out of the Police station with support after being...

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During the investigation in the Amroha molestation incident, the accused was identified as Ata ur Rehman who is a resident of Gajraula. The police have arrested him.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Satnami Samaj stages protest in Baloda bazaar, seeks CBI probe in May incident where miscreants damaged revered religious symbol

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State Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, who also serves as the state Home Minister, Vijay Sharma had already ordered a judicial inquiry into the demolition of Jaitkham given the resentment of the Satnami Samaj.
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Law

Supreme Court refuses to quash charges against Congress leader Vinay Kulkarni in BJP worker Yogesh Gowda murder case: All you need to know

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As Kulkarni’s counsel requested to withdraw the plea, the bench strongly condemned the trend of cases being filed and withdrawn over unfavourable outcomes. "This has to stop. This trying your luck at the Supreme Court then back out, this court has become a gambling court or what?" the court said.
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Law

Removing minor’s innerwear and undressing oneself not ‘attempt to rape’: Rajasthan High Court changes rape conviction to outraging modesty

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Apart from changing the section of the offence, Rajasthan High Court further stated that for the offence under Section 354 I.P.C., the accused-appellant is sentenced to the period already undergone by him.
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News Reports

Muslim quota in cabinet berths: After failing to find a single ‘injustice’ to Muslims in 10 years of Modi govt, ‘Liberals’ find new excuse...

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For the past decade, PM Modi-led government has been under relentless scrutiny for various reasons, specifically by self-proclaimed left-liberals and Islamists. Despite the efforts by the government of India, these critics have struggled to pinpoint any concrete evidence that there has been systematic injustice or widespread discrimination against Muslims or any other minority community under the Modi government. The narrative of exclusion is now being pushed to set a narrative that Muslims are marginalised despite making up the largest population of the country after Hindus.
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Politics

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP activists allegedly murder senior TDP leader Gourinath Chowdary over political rivalry

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Kurnool SP paid a visit to the village where the murder happened and assured the locals of the necessary security measures. The police have also established a checkpoint in the area to avoid further unfortunate acts.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Khalil poses as Anil, rapes, tortures a Hindu woman, forces her to convert to Islam; arrested

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The state police arrested one Muslim individual identified as Khalil on 9th June after he cheated and raped a Hindu girl using a fake identity. He introduced himself to the girl as a Hindu named Anil and also forced her to convert her religion to Islam.
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News Reports

PM Modi responds to Trudeau’s sanctimonious congratulatory message after days, reminds Canadian PM of ‘mutual respect’

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The exchange between the two leaders came amidst the backdrop of strained relations between the two countries. Notably, from time to time, Canada tried to interfere in internal matters of India. For example, during farmer protests, not only Justin Trudeau but other Canadian leaders, some of them pro-Khalistanis, tried to lecture India on how to handle protesters. Furthermore, Canada accused India of killing Khalistani terrorist on Canadian soil in September last year.
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News Reports

12 baj gaye hain, don’t give an over to a Sikh at 12 o’clock: Former Pakistan cricketer Kamran Akmal insults Sikhs while talking during...

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On a show on ARY News, where Kamran Akmal was a guest, he took a jibe at Arshdeep Singh and said even though Arshdeep's rhythm isn't looking good but '12 baj gaye hain', another co-panelist joined in and said no Sikh should be allowed to bowl at 12 o'clock.
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News Reports

BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya sues alleged RSS member Santanu Sinha for making derogatory claims of sexual harassment

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The notice sent by advocate of Amit Malviya read, "That the nature of allegations is extremely offensive in as much as they falsely allege sexual misconduct purportedly committed by my client. The same is fatally injurious to the dignity and reputation of my client who, by his professional profile, is a public figure. Such malevolently malicious statements have been deliberately made to tarnish his reputation."
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News Reports

‘Kulwinder Kaur was angry, Kangana should not have spoken like that’: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann tries to justify assault on MP by CISF staffer

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"On every issue, you say that they are terrorists and separatists. If farmers hold protests, they are called terrorists...it is wrong," CM Bhagwant Mann said adding that Punjab feeds the nation and Punjabis have made sacrifices for the country.
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News Reports

Leopard, dog, alien or something else: Mystery animal strolling in Rashtrapati Bhavan during PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony leaves netizens puzzled

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The incident took place when Madhya Pradesh MP Durgadas Uikey, who is also known as DD Uikey, was taking oath as one of the union ministers. At that time, people noticed an animal in the background. Now speculations are on as to what the animal could be.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: 52-year-old YSRCP leader commits suicide after losing Rs 30 crores he bet on Jagan Mohan Reddy’s win

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On the 4th of June, seeing the vote count turn against YSRCP, Venugopalareddy disappeared from the village, having risked a huge sum taken from several people anticipating his party's win.
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News Reports

Bihar: 2 grandsons of Lalu Yadav’s brother arrested for murder of police officer’s 17-year-old son in Patna

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As per reports, the arrested accused are family members of Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Yadav.
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News Reports

Manipur: Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s advance security convoy attacked by militants in Kuki dominated area, one injured

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Chief Minister Biren Singh was planning to visit Jiribam, which has been tense ever since a man was beheaded by unknown attackers on June 6.
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News Reports

‘Pretended to be dead’, ‘kept firing after bus fell in gorge to make sure nobody was alive’: Reasi terror attack eyewitnesses recount ordeal

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10 Hindu pilgrims were killed and 33 severely injured in a terrorist attack on a bus en route from Shiv Khori in the Reasi district
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World

European Parliament elections: Right wing parties gain ground across Europe, French president Macron dissolves parliament after results

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The European Parliament elections also came as a shocker for left-liberal parties in Belgium and Germany as well. Meanwhile, Italy’s Georgia Meloni has emerged as the “kingmaker”.
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News Reports

‘Kangana refused to hand over her mobile phone’: How this lie was peddled by popular handles to shield Kulwinder Kaur

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There is no proof that Kangana Ranaut refused to give her phone and purse for the security check but the narrative that begun with a source-based report by HT is being peddled relentlessly. Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who is known for putting a target on Hindu women, also peddled the unconfirmed narrative.
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News Reports

BJP workers in Karnataka stabbed, assaulted by mob of Muslims for celebrating PM Modi’s victory, one person critical: Exclusive FIR details

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As the workers celebrating the victory passed through the local masjid in Boliyaru, the slogans happened to irk the local Muslims who followed the BJP workers on the bikes. Later, the BJP workers were stabbed.
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News Reports

Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir: Extensive search ops on for terrorists who killed 10 Hindu pilgrims and injured 33, drones deployed to hunt

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State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has also arrived in Reasi and drones are also being used in search operation in dense forest areas in and around the incident site.
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News Reports

‘Will bury you in the ground if you chant BJP again and again’: Muslim mob attacks Dalit family with swords, hurls abuses saying ‘Modi...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
During this attack, swords were also seen in the hands of Shahbaz, Mobin, and Karim.
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News Reports

First ever BJP govt in Odisha to take oath on 12 June instead of 10 June, new chief minister yet to be named

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The first ever BJP government in Odisha was scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy on 10th June, but now it has been postponed to 12th June.
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News Reports

Modi Govt 3.0: President Droupadi Murmu administers oath to PM Narendra Modi and his team of 71 Ministers, read the full list here

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President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Narendra Modi, followed by other members of his team of ministers. A total of 30 leaders have been appointed as Union Cabinet Ministers.
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News Reports

Jammu & Kashmir: Bus carrying Hindu pilgrims falls into a deep gorge in Reasi after terrorists fire on it, 10 killed and 33 injured

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At least 10 people died after a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir fell into a deep gorge after terrorists fired on the vehicle
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Former sarpanch shaves his head after Digvijaya Singh’s defeat, had placed a bet with a villager on the Congress leader’s victory

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BJP's Rodmal Nagar defeated Congress leader Digvijaya Singh by a margin of 1.46 lakh votes in the Rajgarh constituency.
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Cricket

Amidst Islamic State threats, India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match to go ahead, several roads in New York state closed for security reasons

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New York State Police have increased the deployment of forces and ramped up security for one of the major clashes in the ongoing T20 World Cup, amidst terror threats of an attack during the India vs Pakistan match on Sunday
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News Reports

‘He was cabinet minister, accepting it will be demotion’: NCP declines MoS berth for Praful Patel, decides to wait for cabinet expansion

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NCP leader Praful Patel said on Sunday that accepting the position of Minister of State (MoS) with independent charge in the Union Cabinet will be considered a demotion
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News Reports

26-year-old Israeli woman Noa Argamani, one of the 4 hostages rescued from Gaza, was held captive by a journalist who worked for Al Jazeera

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Abdullah Al-Jamal, a Gazan journalist associated with Al Jazeera and US outlet The Palestine Chronicle, holding Israeli woman Noa Argamani who was abducted by Hamas
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Politics

Odisha: VK Pandian, close aide of Naveen Patnaik, quits active politics after BJD’s defeat in the state, says he has no desire for any...

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Announcing his decision, VK Pandian said, “My intent of joining politics was only to assist Naveen Babu and I have consciously decided to withdraw myself from active politics. I am sorry if this campaign narrative against me has had a part to play in BJD's loss.
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News Reports

Girl allegedly sold by her Muslim partner in Bahrain; Punjab and Haryana HC orders central and state governments to ensure her safety

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The situation surfaced following a petition filed by the distressed parents of the girl, seeking the court's intervention.
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News Reports

Pratapgarh: Dalit girl’s brother shot in the head for protesting molestation; Noorjahan, Ashfaq, Iqbal, and Salamat arrested

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Dalit youth Vikas was killed in Pratapgarh by Ashfaq, Iqbal, Salamat, Rustam, and Noorjahan for objecting to harassment his sister by them
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News Reports

After having led the “India Out” campaign in the Maldives, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu arrives in India to attend PM Modi’s oath ceremony 

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Maldivian President Muizzu’s visit to India for PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony has broken the ice, allowing the Maldivian leader to move past his anti-India campaign rhetoric and work towards rebuilding strong ties with India.
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WTF News

Indonesia: Woman missing for three days found dead inside 16-feet long python

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Farida was reported missing on the night of 6th June. She went out for some work but did not return home following which a search operation was launched. Village chief Suardi Rosi said while speaking to the media, “Her husband found her belongings, which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly.”
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