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Meet Suresh Gopi, the new Thrissur MP who created history for BJP by delivering the first Lok Sabha seat for the party in Kerala

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Suresh Gopi's entry into politics was as dramatic as his film roles. He joined the BJP in 2016 and was appointed as a Rajya Sabha MP the same year. His candidature was seen as a strategic move by the BJP to leverage his popularity and appeal to a broader demographic in Kerala, a state traditionally dominated by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF).
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Politics

“Who can be a better PM than Nitish Kumar?” JD-U MLC Khalid Anwar asks as Lok Sabha results pour in

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Notably, the NDA alliance, which includes the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and Janta Dal (United), are leading in Bihar, according to the latest trends issued by the Election Commission of India.
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News Reports

‘Queen’ defeats the ‘prince’: Actor Kangana Ranaut beats Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi

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Actor Kangana Ranaut has defeated Congress' Vikramaditya Singh, son of the former Himachal CM late Virbhadra Singh, from Mandi constituency.
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NOTA scripts history, becomes runner up in Indore Lok Sabha seat securing over 2 lakh votes, BJP registers clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh

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BJP is poised to form government for the third time with their pre-poll alliance, NDA, has swept the state securing all 29 seats of Madhya Pradesh.
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Another setback for AAP: Supreme Court refuses to grant bail to Manish Sisodia in Delhi liquor policy scam

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The apex court refused to go into the merits of the case and informed that the AAP leader could file bail petition afresh.
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DMK-Congress sweeping in Tamil Nadu, BJP fails to lead even a single seat out of 39 despite strong campaign

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In Coimbatore, BJP state president K Annamalai is trailing against DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar by 22881 votes.
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Editor's picks

Assembly Elections: Odisha set to get its first BJP CM in the state’s history, party crosses majority mark

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If the trends don’t reverse it will transform state politics, ushering in a post-Naveen era, which has been the buzz among political circles.
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Rise of Khalistan movement in Punjab: Pro-Khalistan separatists Amritpal Singh and son of former PM Indira Gandhi’s assassin Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa leading over rivals

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Jailed Khalistani separatist and Waris Punjab De Chief Amritpal Singh is leading with over 118237 votes from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, according to the latest trends shown by the Election Commission of India.
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Assembly Elections: TDP-BJP-Jana Sena alliance set for landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh

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As predicted by exit polls, TDP-BJP-Jana Sena alliance is set for landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh assembly elections
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UP: Danish installs secret camera in bathroom of businessman’s house in Lucknow, blackmailed and raped his daughter, arrested

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The incident left the girl depressed and as her health deteriorated, she informed her about Danish’s crimes. As the victim’s family asked Danish to delete the videos, the accused started demanding money and threatened to make the objectionable video viral online and send it to the family’s relatives. Reports say that after failing to extort money from the victim's family, the accused Danish circulated the girl’s videos and photos on social media platforms.
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Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh leading from Khadoor Sahib seat

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Besides, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Laljit Singh Bhullar is also trailing with 99318 votes followed by BJP’s Manjit Singh Manna, Shiromani Akal Dal leader Virsa Singh Valtoha and an independent candidate.
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Lucknow: Hindu shop owner gives job to Danish Khan in good trust and faith; Khan rapes his daughter and blackmails with private pictures

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Lucknow police in Uttar Pradesh arrested a youth identified as Danish Khan on charges of rape and blackmail
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‘From asking workers to mobilise to sar pe kafan, Rang De Basanti and more’: How I.N.D.I. Alliance leaders tried to fan violence ahead of...

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Instead of appealing for calm, they were seen doing everything possible to disturb the law and order situation.
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‘Counting agents being arrested on flimsy grounds’: BJP urges ECI to take necessary action against West Bengal police

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Reacting to Arjun Singh's post on counting agents' arrest by West Bengal Police, BJP's IT Cell chief Amit Malviya said, "Mamata Banerjee has reduced West Bengal to a police state. Widespread reports of intimidation and unlawful arrest of BJP’s counting agents coming from across Bengal. But TMC won’t be able to stop us. People of Bengal are with the BJP."
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Crime

Karnataka: Maulvi arrested for repeatedly raping a minor girl in the name of conducting exorcism in Chitradurga, had brainwashed her brother into believing this...

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Reportedly, the Maulvi even filmed the act and then went on to rape the victim. According to the Police, the ordeal went on for six months. 
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Congress leader Pratap Khachariyawas says ‘ECI should announce reward for hacking EVMs’: This is how this has been done and dusted

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"If so many questions are being raised on EVM, after these elections processes, Election Commission should come forward and place the EVM (before people) - that come and try to hack it in the presence of security in a hall. Who is uploading programming in the EVM? Election Commission. You don't give the same programming to the candidates," Pratap Singh Khachariyawas told ANI.
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Media

Rajdeep Sardesai threatens to leave studio as Rahul Kanwal questions Congress’s divisive ‘north vs south’ narrative

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India Today ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai threatened to leave the studio in the middle of election coverage, as his colleague Rahul Kanwal schooled him about the divisive north-south narrative peddled by Congress leaders.
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After invoking Churchill, WWII, and getting slammed for it on social media, Congress leader Manish Tewari says people’s mandate should be respected

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Tewari's post came amid a number of similar posts and statements by Congress leaders and supporters that suggested they are not going to accept the people's mandate unless they win.
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After inciting violence with ‘sar pe kafan’ and ‘balidan’, Akhilesh Yadav whines about Yogi govt allegedly detaining ‘political workers’ in UP

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After inciting violence, Akhilesh Yadav whines about Yogi Adityanath govt in UP allegedly detaining political workers
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Politics

Congress surrenders even before counting of votes: Party leader Jagdish Sharma says counting is a formality, cries about elections being looted

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Congress worker Jagdish Sharma on Tuesday alleged that the elections have been looted adding that the counting of votes is just a formality because the people of the country believe in the Constitution.
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‘Kafan bandh ke aaye’: Pappu Yadav wants to ‘save democracy’ by inciting violence, asks party workers to be battle ready on counting day

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Independent candidate from Bihar's Purnea, Pappu Yadav urged all workers to come to the counting centres ready with "kafan" prepared to sacrifice their lives while saving democracy
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Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel spreads dangerous fake news about ‘mismatch in EVMs’, CEC Chhattisgarh fact checks. Here is all you need to know

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After former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the numbers of many Electronic Voting Machines in his constituency, Rajnandgaon, have changed, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state clarified in a series of posts on 'X' that the "mismatch" in EVMs number shared with Baghel is not based on facts.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Here are 10 big ticket seats to watch out for today

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Counting day of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is upon us - elections which has seen the largest voter participation and a high pitched battle
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Politics

Ahead of election results, opposition parties prepare to dismiss people’s verdict, talk about protests and demonstrations if they don’t get “expected results”

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According to the Sources, if the opposition doesn’t get the expected results, they will raise questions on the Election Commission, a Constitutional body.
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Politics

Election Commission calls out Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s lies: Congress stalwart chickens out after making unsubstantiated allegations on Indian electoral process

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The ECI noted that if Jairam Ramesh fails to file his response with details of his claim, it will be understood that he has nothing substantial to make such a claim.
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Politics

Infamous for political violence, Bengal to have 32000 Central Security officials in the state till June 19: Know why this decision has been taken...

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This is not the first time that this has happened in West Bengal, 1000 CAPF companies were deployed for the assembly elections in 2021 as well.
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Christophe Jaffrelot, Soros, HLF, and a nexus of anti-India groups: DisInfo Lab report exposes unprecedented foreign interference in 2024 Indian elections

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A new detailed report reveals extensive foreign interference to shape public opinion and effect regime change in the recently concluded general elections in India.
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Dossier on Poll meddling: Documents reveal foreign funding and how the same lobby worked on amplifying caste narrative since 2021 – Report

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The dossier notes that several prominent academics, researchers, and educational institutions were also involved in this. It also points out that the entire caste narrative was then picked up and propagated among the political circles. 
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Pro Congress ‘journalist’, who attended madrassa to learn secularism, now uses his dead father for anti-Modi propaganda

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If there was resentment among the common people as Kapil Komireddi's late father had allegedly prophesied, it should have been reflected in the voting pattern since 2014.
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Crime

Return of Ajmer blackmail scandal: Irfan and Arbaaz held for gang-raping schoolgirl after befriending her on Instagram

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The police have now registered a case in this matter following the victim's father's complaint. The victim's father told police that his daughter became friends with a girl at the coaching centre in October of 2023.
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‘Total proceeds of crime over 1100 crores, Kavitha involved in 292 crores’: ED’s supplementary charge sheet on Excise Policy Case

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"K Kavitha conspired with the members of the South Group and the AAP leaders through Vijay Nair (who was acting on behalf of the top leaders of the AAP) to pay kickbacks to the tune of Rs 100 Cr and receive undue benefits", the ED chargesheet said.
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World

Another Indian student goes missing in USA, mysterious incidents around Indian students continue in America

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"#MissingPersonAlert: California State University, San Bernardino Police along with our partners in #LAPD, is asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of @CSUSBNews Nitheesha Kandula, to contact us at: (909) 537-5165," Guttierez posted.
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Financial Times changes tune after Exit Polls show massive NDA victory: After promoting opposition leaders, now showers praise on India and PM Modi- Read...

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he Financial Times, which batted for the opposition alliance and dismissed India’s objections to “foreign interference” in its election and narrative setting, published an article on May 24th that hyped Arvind Kejriwal
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ECI rejects Jairam Ramesh’s request seeking 1 week time, asks him to respond by evening over his claim of ‘Amit Shah has called 150...

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The Election Commission of India has rejected Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh' request to be given 1 week's time to respond to their letter. The ECI has asked the Congress leader to reply by 7 pm today regarding the claims he made earlier.
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Pema Khandu wins another massive victory in Arunachal Pradesh: Here is how he has been working every day, walking every mile for it

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CM Pema Khandu is accredited to be the driving force behind the BJP's ascension to power in the state when it won 46 of 60 assembly seats for the third time in a row with a massive 54.57% vote share.
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Election Commission learns from TMC’s orgy of violence in West Bengal, to retain 40000 personnel in the State post-elections: Reports

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An official told ANI, "The decision was taken anticipating post-poll violence in West Bengal."
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Even as DK Shivakumar backtracks on claims of black magic rituals against the Karnataka govt, he refers to Lord Shiva’s Rajarajeswara Temple as Devi...

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Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar referred to Lord Shiva's Sri Rajarajeswara Temple in Kannur as a Devi temple while recanting black magic allegations levelled by him.
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World

China arm-twisting bankrupt Pakistan to accept its humiliating demands, even tells Pakistani Military to launch operations against its own citizens in Balochistan

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There are apprehensions among locals that China is frustrated by the Pakistani military and warned it that if they are not capable of protecting Chinese citizens, Beijing will deploy Chinese soldiers in the Balochistan region, further strengthening the world’s perspective that Pakistan is turning into a vassal state for China.  
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Israel embassy trolls Maldives, asks citizens to visit Indian beach destinations including Lakshadweep where they are warmly welcomed

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"Since the Maldives is no longer welcoming Israelis, here are some beautiful and amazing Indian beaches where where Israeli tourists are warmly welcomed and treated with utmost hospitality", the Israeli embassy posted on social media.
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As India awaits the results of 2024 Lok Sabha elections, read how Chacha Nehru expressed ‘relief’ over the killing of 400 Hindu peasants...

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"And so when the news came that they have been stopped at last in one place and that 400 of them had died, I felt that the balance had been very slightly righted," Nehru had written.
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Convict of 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts case Mohammed Ali Khan beaten to death in Kohlapur Prison, investigation underway

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The inmates were in the open area near the water tank at circle number 2 when a quarrel might have broke over the use of bathroom between Mohammad Ali Khan and the five inmates leading to Khan's death.
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European Union refuses to lift ban from Pakistani air carriers, including Pakistan International Airlines

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The European Union (EU) has upheld its decision to maintain the ban on Pakistani air carriers, including Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
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Bangladeshi smugglers brutally attack BSF jawan who tried to stop them from illegally entering India

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While speaking about the matter, a BSF official informed, "Constable Bhole managed to escape however he was assaulted with bamboo sticks and iron rod due to which he sustained grievous injuries."
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While AAP govt blames other states for water crisis in Delhi, its own Jal Board says Delhi is getting more than allocated water from...

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Delhi Jal Board's summer bulletin shows that Delhi is receiving more than allocated water from Haryana and Uttarakhand, contradicting AAP govt
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Another Shraddha Walker-like murder shocks Bhopal: Nadeem Uddin killed his wife over suspicion of affair, chops body in 14 pieces, burns, and buries; arrested

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26-year-old auto driver named Nadeem Uddin strangled his 22-year-old wife to death and then cut her into multiple pieces and burnt the body in Bhopal
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Rajasthan: Miscreants drag two Sadhus from an Ashram, kill them and dump the bodies near Haryana border, ₹15 lakh and a car owned by...

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Rajasthan police have identified the bodies two sadhus found near Haryana border, and revealed that they were dragged from an ashram before beaten to death
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Pune Porsche road rage case: Teen driver admits to police he was drunk driving at the time of accident, claims he does not remember...

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Despite efforts by the officials to elicit information, the teen remained tight-lipped during questioning, said police.
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Arvind Kejriwal tries to rewrite history while returning to Tihar, says he is going to prison to save the country like Bhagat Singh

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Arvind Kejriwal compared himself with the freedom fighters, specifically with Sardar Bhagat Singh and said being “son of Bhagat Singh” it is an honour for him to go to jail to save the country. He quoted Bhagat Singh saying that the revolutionary had said it was essential to go to jail against a dictator and he (Kejriwal) was doing the same.
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Elvish Yadav unmasks pro-AAP YouTuber Dhruv Rathee’s propaganda and political ties, publishes well-researched video

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Elvish said in his video that Dhruv Rathee has a habit of blocking users who criticise him while he considers Indian leadership dictatorial. He explained, “Rathee blocks anyone who questions his narrative or criticizes him, which shows his inability to accept criticism.” He added, “Rathee uses bots and mass reporting tactics to suppress opposing views, demonstrating his dictatorial traits.”
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Uttar Pradesh: Man forces eighth wife into prostitution to fund his gambling and drinking habits, gives triple talaq, throws her out and assaults her

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The culprit is a drunkard and a gambler who forced the victim to become a prostitute to provide money for his vices.
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