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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami tables Uniform Civil Code Bill, Opposition claims they haven’t received draft copy yet

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Referring to this, CM Dhami posted on X, "With the aim of giving equal rights to the citizens of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, a Uniform Civil Code bill will be introduced in the Assembly today. It is a moment of pride for all the people of the state that we will be known as the first state in the country to move towards implementing UCC".
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Politics

If you are facing defeats repeatedly, look for alternate leadership: Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter urges Congress party

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Former president's daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee urged Congress to look for alternatives for PM face in upcoming Lok Sabha elections
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News Reports

Sufi Khanqah Association applauds the arrest of Mufti Salman Azhari for inciting communal tensions, says he is working for Ghazwa-e-Hind

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Mufti Salman Azhari was arrested by Gujarat police in Maharashtra on February 4 for provocative speech.
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News Reports

US President Joe Biden says he recently met French President Mitterrand who has been dead since 1996, raises further questions on Biden’s mental health

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It appears as if Joe Biden confused incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron, whom he met during the G7 summit of 2021, with deceased President Francois Mitterrand.
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News Reports

ED conducts raids at premises linked to Personal Secretary of Arvind Kejriwal, other AAP leaders

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The latest development came in the wake of the probe agency moving a court in Delhi against Arvind Kejriwal for skipping its summons for the fifth time in a case linked to the excise policy case.
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News Reports

‘No Lok Sabha ticket for Karti Chidambaram, he criticised Rahul Gandhi’: Congress’ Sivaganga unit passes resolution

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As reported by The Week, Natchiappan stated that the meeting was convened to discuss the appointment of boot agents and carry out groundwork at the booth level. "Karti did not keep the flock together. Many of our party workers have joined BJP in Sivaganga", Natchiappan added.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi gives biscuit, rejected by a dog, to party worker, Himanta Biswa Sarma recalls how a similar incident made him leave Congress

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"If a party whose president and crown prince treats its party workers like dogs, then it is natural for such a party to disappear," Amit Malviya tweeted.
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Entertainment

Did he tell same thing to his son Farhan Akhtar for Mirzapur: Sandeep Reddy Vanga asks Javed Akhtar after lyricist criticises Animal

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Vanga asked Javed Akhtar, "Did he tell the same thing to Farhan Akhtar when he was producing Mirzapur?"
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News Reports

Baghpat court gives ownership rights of Mahabharata era Lakshagriha to Hindu side, rejects Muslim side’s Sufi shrine claim

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The Baghpat court handed over the ownership of land, tomb to the Hindu side and rejected Muslim side's Sufi shrine claim.
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News Reports

Attempt to kill SDM after his abduction, atrocities against Hindus: Munnan Khan, the killer of kar sevaks, whom The Wire projected as a Messiah

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Munnan Khan, who had close ties with the world of crime, primarily operated a brick kiln. A survivor of 1990 firing revealed that Khan had tried to kill the SDM after abducting him.
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News Reports

Ram Mandir, NDA 400 par, crackdown on corruption, and more: Here are the key takeaways from PM Modi’s address in Parliament

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PM Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress, adding that it intends to remain in the opposition for years to come.
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News Reports

‘Nehru thought Indians were lazy, Indira Gandhi had the same views’: PM Modi launches a scathing attack on Congress in Lok Sabha

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Quoting former PM Nehru, PM Modi said the first Prime Minister of India considered Indians lazy and unintelligent.
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News Reports

Bihar Police dismisses religious angle in the Muria village case from Darbhanga, says it is a case of land dispute

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In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Darbhanga Police clarified the same and said that it is not a case of religious conversion, but of a land dispute.
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News Reports

‘What happened is still unclear’: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury demands proof of Balakot airstrikes

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Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it is still unclear what happened in Balakot and demanded proof of the IAF airstrike.
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News Reports

“Ek hi product baar baar launch karne ke chakkar mein…”: PM Modi takes a jibe at Congress for denying opportunity to young MPs to...

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PM Modi point by point explained exactly how the Opposition has resolved to reserve their seats in the opposition benches itself.
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News Reports

Fantasy about Ghazwa-e-Hind, Azaan from temples, glorification of Aurangzeb and more: Old videos of Salman Azhari go viral

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Salman Azhari was seen asking his followers to teach their children about executing 'Jihad' and occupying temples belonging to the Hindus.
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News Reports

Ministry of coal achieves record production with 99.73 million tonnes in January 2024

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Coal India Limited (CIL), a key player in the coal sector, contributed significantly to this achievement by producing 78.41 MT in January 2024.
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News Reports

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams to establish platform for non-Hindus to adopt Sanatan Dharma, to prevent religious conversion

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Reddy said that this platform would be the first of its kind in the country and that the temple would become the place for people to declare their faith in Hinduism.
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News Reports

Meet Aasif Mujtaba, named by Sharjeel Imam as co-conspirator, who raised millions for illegal Rohingya through NGO formed right after Delhi anti-Hindu Riots

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Aasif Mujtaba is the founder of Miles2Smile, an NGO, who is connected to Sharjeel Imam and named as a co-conspirator by him in Delhi anti-Hindu riots
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News Reports

Delhi HC refuses to quash case against Arvind Kejriwal for sharing Dhruv Rathee video, says retweeting defamatory content amounts to defamation

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The Delhi HC refused to dismiss a criminal defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal for retweeting a defamatory video uploaded by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.
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News Reports

Assam: 2 US nationals nabbed, fined for attending Christian conversion ceremony in violation of tourist visa norms

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In October 2022, the Assam government instructed the police force across districts to monitor foreigners participating in conversion activities in violation of visa norms.
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News Reports

Election Commission asks political parties not to use children in any manner for campaign

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"This prohibition extends to the use of children to create the semblance of a political campaign in any manner including use through poem, songs, spoken words, display of insignia of political party/candidate, exhibiting ideology of political party, promoting achievements of a political party or criticizing the opponent political parties/candidates," ECI added.
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News Reports

Islamists claim Salman Azhari’s video was cropped and he was only talking about Palestine: How they are lying and what he said about Hindus

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Salman Azhari had spoken in the context of Ram Mandir and the disputed Gyanvapi mosque and labelled Hindus as 'dogs', who somehow strayed into the ground of Muslims.
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News Reports

Rajya Sabha chairman refuses to allow jailed AAP leader Sanjay Singh to take oath for his second term as MP

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RS Chairman refused to allow AAP's Sanjay Singh to take oath as the matter is with the Privileges Committee
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News Reports

Jharkhand: JMM-Congress government led by Champai Soren as CM wins floor test

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The recent political crises was triggered after Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, hours after he resigned from the post of Chief Minister of the state. However, despite being in the agency’s custody, the court had allowed him to attend the trust vote
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Opinions

Prashant Kishor’s observations on Rahul Gandhi’s confidence: Why his supporters celebrating it should consider them as a scathing critique

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Prashant Kishor recently asserted that Rahul Gandhi is convinced on being on the right path despite numerous electoral setbacks.
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Law

State couldn’t substantiate Law and Order Problem: Jharkhand HC grants permission for Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Dhirendra Shastri’s Hanumant Katha recitation

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Jharkhand High Court quashed the earlier order passed by the District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner of Palamu on 10th January refusing permission for “Hanumant Katha” recitation by Bageshwar Dham Peethadeeshwar Pandit Dhirendra Shastri.
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News Reports

Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says wife Anupama Chopra did not believe anyone would go see his film ’12th Fail’

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Anupama Chopra, who was also at the event, later said that she did say who will come to the theatres to see this film.
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Specials

‘Not the police, Munnan Khan’s goons in uniform fired bullets at me’: Mahant who escaped death during Kar Sevak massacre in Ayodhya in 1990

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Several Kar Sevaks and their families have accused then-MLA Munnan Khan of being involved in killing Kar Sevaks during massacre in 1990 in Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 10 policemen killed, 6 injured after police station attacked in Dera Ismail Khan

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The police retaliated but the terrorists escaped in the darkness of the night, the law enforcement agency added.
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News Reports

Liberal narrative, police statement and convenience to select sides: How attacks on Hindus is ignored under the garb of ‘no communal angle’

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Secondly, police have to operate in conditions where tensions and animosity escalate very quickly among the communities. There have been times when they deny communal angle even when it is present only to prevent further unrest in the region where the incident occurred.
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News Reports

Muslim mob creates chaos outside police station after the arrest of Salman Azhari, cops allow Islamic hate preacher to ‘pacify’ his supporters

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Muslims from across Mumbai assembled outside the Ghatkopar police station in the hopes of intimidating the police into releasing Salman Azhari.
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News Reports

Parliamentary panel tables report in Rajya Sabha on ‘Countering Global Terrorism at Regional and International Levels’

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Besides the report of the Committee, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav will introduce the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Bill, 2024 Bill in the Rajya Sabha later in the day to amend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. The House will later resume discussion over the motion of thanks on the President's address.
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News Reports

“If Muslim youth go out of our control, no one can save India from civil war,” says controversial Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan miffed over...

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On the other hand, he claimed that Muslims want peace and do not want an atmosphere of religious fanaticism.
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News Reports

‘Release Salman Azhari’: Muslim ‘journalists’ shamelessly defend radical Islamic preacher who made genocidal remarks against Hindus

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On January 31, accused Mufti Salman Azhari gave a venomous speech during a program attended by a large number of Muslims on the grounds of Narayan Vidya Mandir near the Junagadh court.
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News Reports

Hong Kong: Multinational company loses $25 million after finance worker gets scammed with deep fake video call featuring CFO and staff

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However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like his colleagues, Chan said.
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News Reports

Darbhanga: Lone Hindu family in village harassed, forced to convert by Mohammad Guddu and Mohammad Laddu, police denies communal angle, says ‘land dispute’

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According to media reports, Vicky said that now he feels that Hindus do not have the right to live under the Constitution
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News Reports

Gujarat Police gets 2-day remand for Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari in hate speech case, bringing him from Mumbai to Junagadh

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"Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari came to the police station with them and also cooperated but there is no reply yet...Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari is ready to cooperate but the police are not giving any reply..." Sheikh said.
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News Reports

Death toll in Chile wildfires rises to 99, emergency declared

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Valeria Melipillan, the mayor of Quilpue, said that the fire was "probably the largest ever" in the area and that around 1,400 homes had been damaged
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News Reports

Rashritya Hindu Dal president booked for pasting ‘Mandir’ sticker on Gyanvapi ‘Masjid’ signboard in Varanasi, Roshan Pandey says it is a temple now after...

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Varanasi’s Lanka Police lodged an FIR against a Rashritya Hindu Dal president Roshan Pandey for pasting 'Mandir' sticker on Gyanvapi ‘Masjid’ signboard
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News Reports

Trader’s body CAIT advises traders to switch from Paytm to other payment apps following RBI’s order against Paytm Payments Bank

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"CAIT believes that if there is any evidence of fund irregularities, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) should investigate Paytm Payment Bank," the release added.
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News Reports

Kanhaiya Lal-like attack in Bhavnagar: Hindu tailor alleges police not adding Hanuman Chalisa angle and pressurising to change statement, police say accused being released

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According to the victim, even though he gave all the details to the police, the Hanuman Chalisa angle was not mentioned in the FIR and the complaint was not even read to him. Later, when he was taken to the district police chief's office, he alleges that he was not heard there either. 
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News Reports

‘Those who ruled after independence were ashamed of our own culture’ – PM Modi attacks Congress for ignoring Hindu sacred places

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PM Modi targetted previous governments for not developing sacred places
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Gangster Atiq Ahmed’s Greater Noida house “Mannat”, named after Shah Rukh Khan’s house, to be seized

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The Yogi administration will shortly take action on late gangster Atiq Ahmed's residence "Mannat" in Greater Noida.
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Editor's picks

Uttarakhand cabinet approves Uniform Civil Code (UCC) report, bill likely to be tabled in Assembly on 6th February

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The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) report in a meeting held at the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's residence.
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News Reports

Delhi LG writes to CM Arvind Kejriwal about the pathetic state of hospitals under the Health Department, Kejriwal blames officials in his reply

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A day later (on 4th February Sunday) Delhi CM Kejriwal has replied back to the LG’s letter blaming two senior secretaries for the poor health care in Delhi. He also sought the replacement of both the senior secretaries in his response letter. 
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News Reports

Pakistan: Probe launched against former PM Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan over alleged “anti-state” speech

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Aleema Khan, sister of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, has been summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of “anti-state” speech
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News Reports

Bengaluru: BJP protests outside Congress MP DK Suresh’s residence over ‘South Indian states will become a separate country’ remark, removed by police

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Reacting to the BJP protests, DK Suresh said, "...I happily welcome their protests. May god bless them” adding that anyone in a democracy has the right to protest and freedom of speech.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 15 persons including two govt officials arrested in mass marriage fraud; visuals of brides garlanding themselves had gone viral

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As per reports, it is believed that fake marriages were done to avail funds from the UP government’s mass marriage scheme. 
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Police arrest two for printing fake money, accused claim that they were inspired by ‘Farzi’ web series

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Police also seized over 800 fake notes of Rs 500 denominations as well as material assembled to print fake currencies. 
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